The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has linked another energy drink to health problems, according to Bloomberg.
The FDA has named Rockstar Inc.’s energy drinks in 13 adverse event reports dating to 2006, including increased heart rate, abdominal pain and nausea, and four hospitalizations. No deaths were cited.
The FDA considers the reports, which are submitted voluntarily, to be allegations with no proof that the drinks in question caused the adverse events. But federal lawmakers and the New York attorney general’s office ...
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Patients who go on low-dose daily aspirin appear to be at lower risk of developing potentially deadly blood clots, according to a story in U.S. News and World Report.
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Hurricane Sandy has made residents of Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale region wary of the potential for pollution from the combination of floodwaters and natural gas drilling sites, a story in the Huffington Post reports.
