GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the UK's biggest pharmaceutical company, today said that it will remove zinc from all of its denture adhesive products, bowing to consumer reports that said zinc in the creams ...

WASHINGTON (AP) – 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 ...

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 ...

Watch enough television and you could be convinced that everyone with dentures should be using an adhesive. Talk to some dentists and you might be convinced that no one should use an adhesive. The ...

After being hit with dozens of lawsuits and growing questions about product safety, GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Inc. announced yesterday it will stop selling denture creams that contain zinc.

CHICAGO, March 7 (UPI) -- Zinc is used in denture adhesives, so denture wearers are warned to pay special attention to the amount of zinc they consume, U.S. researchers said. "If a patient wears ...

FDA responds to health complaints, ABC report on possible nerve damage link. Feb. 28, 2011— -- After receiving more than 360 complaints that long-term overuse of the popular denture cream ...

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