WASHINGTON - The maker of Poligrip denture cream will stop making formulas containing zinc amid lawsuits claiming years of excessive use caused neurological damage and blood problems in consumers, ...

Based on a hunch and tips, News 8 medical reporter Janet St. James started investigating poisoning from denture paste, a product used by an estimated 10 million Americans. At first, manufacturers ...

GlaxoSmithKline said Thursday it will remove zinc from its denture cream, following reports that excessive use over many years can cause neurological damage and blood problems in consumers. The ...

One of my earliest childhood memories is watching my father sing, "You'll wonder where the yellow went..." as he dropped his dentures into a cup of fizzing Polident. Never mind that the jingle was for ...

GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) plans to settle "the vast majority" of several hundred lawsuits that allege consumers suffered zinc poisoning and neurological disabilities after using GSK Super Poligrip denture ...

Could denture cream become GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)'s new Paxil -- a blockbuster product that becomes the target of mass litigation? Lawyers have brought at least a dozen cases and are potentially ...

When he began getting weak, 61-year-old Ronald Beaver figured he might just be feeling his age. Eventually his problem was traced to a serious blood disorder caused by low levels of copper. "I didn't ...

We independently review everything we recommend. When you buy through our links, we may earn a commission. Learn more› By Anna Wenner Denture adhesives can provide extra security for even the ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Zinc in denture adhesives has been blamed in dozens of cases of nerve damage, including that of a North Carolina man who says 20 years of using the glues caused him to become ...

Go through life and you can't help but worry about your health -- about prescription drugs and their side effects, about finding a lump, about an aneurysm doing you in. But your denture cream ...

A Bennett woman who had spent her life as a dancer, athlete and coach was barely into her 40s when she began to lose the use of her legs. Doctors and specialists spent two years testing Rae Ann ...