FDA said it has received more than 116,000 reports about the respiratory devices since April 2021, which have been found to break down and cause serious health hazards including choking, inhalation of foreign particles and increased risk of #cancer.
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-500-deaths-linked-recalled-181136891.html
#SleepApnea #MedicalDevices #HealthNews #Philips
https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-500-deaths-linked-recalled-181136891.html
Yahoo News
More than 500 deaths may be linked to recalled Philips sleep apnea machines, FDA says
Philips sleep apnea machines, which have been recalled and linked to 500 deaths, are now the subject of a $400 million plus class-action settlement.
'If Philips had done something, my husband would still be here' - Widow says spouse, 51, died from rare throat cancer linked to sleep apnea machine he bought to stop snoring
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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13065975/Philips-husband-Widow-died-throat-cancer-sleep-apnea-machine.html
#Philips #SleepApnea #MedicalDevices #Cancer
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-13065975/Philips-husband-Widow-died-throat-cancer-sleep-apnea-machine.html
Mail Online
EXCL: Man developed cancer after using Philips' sleep apnea machine
Rodney Thomas (pictured) from Louisiana was 51 years old when he died from nasopharyngeal cancer, a rare type of head and neck cancer, after using a Philips sleep apnea machine.