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FDA Warns Baxter About Misleading Promotion Of Aralast

Posted on August 31, 2010
Baxter International has been issued a warning by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), for misleading patients and doctors about the benefits of its Aralast NP drug. In an Aug. 3rd warning letter, the FDA said the company brochure made misleading efficacy claims about the drug, which is used to treat emphysema patients with a specific genetic abnormality...

Slow Cookers And TVs Recalled

Posted on August 31, 2010
Sensio Inc. is voluntarily recalling slow cookers, because the control panel can overheat and melt, posing a fire hazard. Sixty reports of the control panels smoking, melting and sparking have been reported to the company, to date. In three incidents the unit caught fire...

Forklift Collapse Kills One Worker, Seriously Injures Another

Posted on August 31, 2010
August 31, 2010 A forklift carrying a car at a New Jersey auto salvage business collapsed, crushing one worker to death and seriously injuring another who tried to help, according to an article on NorthJersey.com. The accident happened this morning at Beji Dismantling operated by Beji, LLC, an auto parts salvage business at 251 Presidential Boulevard in Paterson, NJ...

African Americans Nearly Three Times as Likely to Get Blood Clots with Stents

Posted on August 30, 2010
August 30, 2010 A new study has found that African Americans are nearly three times as likely as non-African Americans to experience life-threatening blood clots after receiving a drug-coated stent, despite taking anti-clotting medications. The study entitled Does Black Ethnicity Influence the Development of Stent Thrombosis in the Drug-Eluting Stent Era? was published online ahead of print in the August 31 issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association...

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Weather and Careless Driving Blamed for 69 Car Pileup

Posted on August 29, 2010
August 29, 2010 Arizona state officials say bad weather and driver carelessness resulted in multiple crashes involving 69 vehicles over a 2.5-mile stretch of interstate in Phoenix. A sudden monsoon about 6:30 pm on Saturday surprised motorists on Interstate 10 near downtown Phoenix...

Coal Ash Dump Sites Polluting Drinking Water across U.S. with Heavy Metals and Arsenic

Posted on August 28, 2010
August 28, 2010 A new study has identified 39 additional coal ash dumpsites in 21 states that are contaminating water supplies with heavy metals, showing the government is inadequately monitoring these disposal sites and lax at regulating the toxic waste...

Ground Beef Recalled Due To Possible E. Coli Contamination

Posted on August 28, 2010
E. coli illnesses reported in Maine and New York has prompted Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. to recall about 8,500 pounds of ground beef, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) said on Saturday. The recalled meat was sold at BJ's Wholesale Club in eight states earlier this summer...

Rear Axle Problem Prompts Recall Of Ford Windstar Minivans

Posted on August 27, 2010
Federal regulators announced a recall of 575,000 Ford Windstar vans in several states and in Canada where road salt is used in cold weather, because the rear axle may fracture due to corrosion. In May, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) launched a preliminary investigation into the problem, after the agency received 234 reports of rear axle fractures and two minor crashes...

Packages under Hospital Lobby Desk may have Exposed Staff and Patients to Radiation

Posted on August 27, 2010
August 28, 2010 Two packages that sat under the concierge desk in the lobby of Washington's Walter Reed Army Medical Center for two days may have exposed people in the area to radiation, reports The Washington Post. On May 1 of this year, two packages addressed to the hospital administrative officer and carrying radioactive materials for treatment and diagnosis of diseases such as cancer arrived at the concierge desk in the hospital lobby...

NHSTA Investigating Potential Gas Tank Fire Hazard Affecting 3 Million Jeep Grand Cherokees

Posted on August 25, 2010
August 25, 2010 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is investigating a potential design defect of the gas tank in about three million Jeep Grand Cherokee vehicles that could pose a fire danger in case of a collision. In October 2009, the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) petitioned the NHTSA to open a defect investigation and recall model year 1993-2004 Jeep Grand Cherokees, alleging that the vehicle's defective fuel tank storage systems present a fire hazard in crashes...

New York Woman Crashes Car Due To Sneezing Fit

Posted on August 25, 2010
A sneezing fit led a woman to drive off a central New York road, crash into several trees and plow through a fence of a nearby residence before coming to rest, according to Police in New York. The woman, 62, was traveling eastbound on State Route 5 near Concord Boulevard, when she was overcome by a sneezing fit...

OSHA Fines SeaWorld $75,000 in Killer Whale Trainer Death

Posted on August 23, 2010
August 23. 2010 The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced today that, after an investigation into the death of animal trainer Dawn Brancheau in February this year, it is citing SeaWorld of Florida LLC for three safety violations and fining the theme park company $75,000...

How Many Cancer Cases Does it Take to Be Classified a Cancer Cluster?

Posted on August 22, 2010
August 22, 2010 In Frederick, MD, a town surrounding Fort Detrick U.S. Army Garrison, residents wonder just how many of them must become a cancer statistic before it is considered a cancer cluster. AOL News reports the story of Randy White who lost one daughter to brain cancer, has another daughter diagnosed with a rare stomach cancer and an ex-wife with renal cancer...

OSHA fined U.S. Postal Service more than $2.4 million this year to correct safety violations

Posted on August 21, 2010
August 20, 2010 The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced this week that the agency has fined the U.S. Postal Service $225,000 for safety violations at its Dayton, OH processing center and $350,000 for safety violations at its Portsmouth, NH processing and distribution center, bringing the total fines to 2...

New York Times Slams FDA for Failure to Act on Look-Alike Tubes Used in Hospitals

Posted on August 21, 2010
August 21, 2010 An article in the New York Times illustrates the dangerous consequences of mistakes involving look-alike tubing in medical applications and faults the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's lax oversight of these medical devices. Much of the clear plastic tubing used in hospitals for intravenous IV lines, feeding tubes, oxygen delivery and a wide range of other uses looks the same and is often interchangeable because of its small connector called a luer fitting...

380 Million Eggs Recalled Nationwide, How to Keep Your Family Safe from Salmonella in Eggs

Posted on August 19, 2010
August 19, 2010 Hundreds of salmonella infection cases have prompted a nationwide recall of eggs and reminded us of some basic food safety rules. After a four-fold increase in cases of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) infections since May 2010, a joint investigation by the U...

Defective Safety Belts Prompt Huge Recall of GM Vehicles

Posted on August 17, 2010
August 17, 2010 General Motors Corp., of Detroit, MI, announced today that the company is voluntarily recalling 2009-2010 models of the Chevrolet Traverse, Buick Enclave, GMC Acadia and Saturn Outlook to inspect second-row safety belts for damage that may cause them to latch improperly...

Study Shows #1 Selling ED Supplement Causes Potentially Fatal Changes in Heartbeat

Posted on August 16, 2010
August 16, 2010 Researchers have found that men who take Enzyte, a popular dietary supplement sold for male enhancement, are placing themselves at risk for dangerous and potentially fatal heart arrhythmia. For the study, researchers performed an electrocardiogram (EKG) at one, three and five hours after administering healthy young men either a placebo or Enzyte...

Acetaminophen (Tylenol) Linked to Asthma, Nasal Allergies and Eczema in Teens

Posted on August 14, 2010
August 13, 2010 A new study released today has found a link between acetaminophen use in teenagers and increased risk of asthma, allergic nasal conditions and eczema, a skin disorder. The study entitled 'Acetaminophen Use and Risk of Asthma, Rhino conjunctivitis and Eczema in Adolescents: ISAAC Phase Three' was published online ahead of print on August 13, 2010 by the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine (AJRCCM)...

EPA Warns Consumers that Improper Pesticide Use in Bedbug Treatment Can Make People & Pets Sick

Posted on August 14, 2010
August 14, 2010 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an alert for consumers warning of dangers associated with improper bedbug pesticide treatments. Bedbug infestations have been widely in the news lately, especially in New York. Retail stores including New York's Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister temporarily closed to combat infestations of the tiny bloodsucking insects, according to The New York Daily News...

GSK Seizure Drug Linked To Meningitis

Posted on August 13, 2010
An anti-seizure medication from GlaxoSmithKline can cause rare inflammation in the brain and spinal cord, warns federal health officials. The FDA is working with GSK to add new warnings to the labeling information on Lamictal (lamotrigine). The agency has received 40 reports of aseptic meningitis since the drug's approval in 1994...

CDC - Poultry Main Source Of Food Poisoning

Posted on August 12, 2010
Chicken, turkey and other poultry is still the leading cause of food poisoning outbreaks, according to health officials. Leafy vegetables and beef are next in line. A new report, released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), contains an overview of outbreaks that occurred in 2007...

Honda Recalls 384,220 Vehicles after Woman Nearly Ran Over by Her Own Car

Posted on August 09, 2010
August 9, 2010 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today that Honda is recalling 384,220 Accord, Civic and Element models in the United States due to a defect that can allow the vehicle to roll away unexpectedly. Under certain conditions, the interlock lever of the ignition switch in these vehicles may unexpectedly deform, allowing the interlock function of automatic transmission vehicles to fail if the driver does not shift the gear selector to the Park position before rotating the ignition key to the off position...

NJ Bill would require DUI Testing for Drivers in Fatal or Serious Injury Motor Vehicle Accidents

Posted on August 08, 2010
August 8, 2010 A bill in the New Jersey legislature would require the testing of drivers involved in motor vehicle accidents resulting in fatalities or serious injures for alcohol and drug use. Assembly Bill No. A651 requires New Jersey police officers to obtain a breath or blood sample of any motor vehicle driver involved in an accident resulting in death or serious bodily injury...

Infant Death Prompts Recall of Nap Nanny Child Recliners

Posted on August 03, 2010
August 3, 2010 Baby Matters LLC, of Berwyn, PA, has announced a voluntary recall of 30,000 Nap Nanny® portable baby recliners due to a reported infant death, according to a release by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The Nap Nanny® is a portable recliner designed for sleeping, resting and playing...

Clinical Trials Funded by Pharmaceutical Industry more likely to Report Positive Results

Posted on August 02, 2010
August 2, 2010 A study of clinical drug trials found that those funded by the pharmaceutical industry were more likely to report positive outcomes than were trials funded by other sources. Researchers examined 546 clinical drug trials conducted between 2000 and 2006 listed in the registry at www...

Inadvertent Contact with Evamist Menopause Spray Dangerous to Children and Pets, FDA Warns

Posted on August 01, 2010
August 1, 2010 Children and pets inadvertently exposed to Evamist spray, a treatment for hot flashes during women's menopause, are at risk of developing hormone related side effects, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in an agency advisory...

NRDC Sues FDA Over Antibacterial Soap Claims

Posted on July 31, 2010
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is being sued by The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC), a nonprofit environmental group, claiming the agency failed to regulate toxic chemicals found in antibacterial soaps. The lawsuit, filed in New York this week, claims that 76 percent of 395 kinds of hand soaps contain triclosan or triclocarbon, which are toxic to users...

22-Year-Old Woman Dies after Silicone Butt Enhancement by Bogus Doctors

Posted on July 31, 2010
July 31, 2010 A young mother has died after two fake doctors, who police believe are on the run, performed a butt enhancement where they injected silicone into the woman's buttocks. According to an ABC7 News article, Mayra Lissette Contreras, 22, went to the Sylmar, CA home of sisters Guadalupe Viveros, 53, and Alejandra Viveros, 50, on the morning of July 23 for a cosmetic procedure...

$13 Million Settlement to Cleanup Asbestos, Metals and Toxins at Mass. Superfund Site

Posted on July 29, 2010
July 28, 2010 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Justice Department announced today that they reached a $13 million settlement with four parties to clean up the contaminated Blackburn and Union Privileges Superfund Site in Walpole, Mass...

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