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Health Care Week in Review: Asbestos Found in Makeup at Claire's, Amazon's Haven Project, Grapefruit Juice Affects Medications, CDC's Opioid Guideline Misapplied

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Here's The Latest in Health Care:

•  In a recent statement by the Food and Drug Administration, the agency reported that several makeup products from Claire's stores, a common sight in many malls across the U.S., tested positive for asbestos. Asbestos is a mineral that has been linked to deadly cancers. Claire's has removed the three products that tested positive from stores, which includes eye shadows, compact powder, and contour powder.  Read More

•  The joint health care venture between Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, and JPMorgan Chase will officially be called Haven. The aim of the company is to bring together the three companies to create better patient outcomes, greater satisfaction, and lower costs for U.S. employees and their families.  Read More

•  Eating grapefruit or drinking grapefruit juice can have dangerous and even life-threatening effects while taking certain drugs. Grapefruit juice is known to interfere with absorption of some drugs. Additional drugs affected by grapefruit are some AIDS medications, certain birth control pills, antihistamines, some blood pressure drugs, and more.  Read More

•  Health care professionals are urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to clarify its opioid guideline pertaining specifically to the matters of opioid taper and discontinuation. Experts say the CDC's opioid guideline is being misapplied and is hurting chronic pain patients, even driving some to suicide.  Read More

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