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2.2 Million Dangerous Cribs Recalled and a Bill to Ban Drop-Side Cribs Passes in New York State

Posted on June 26, 2010
June 26, 2010 Seven crib manufacturers have recalled more than two million cribs, mainly drop-side models, due to entrapment, suffocation and fall hazards the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced. The following cribs are included in this recall...

Merck Ordered To Pay $8 Million In Fosamax Damages

Posted on June 26, 2010
Merck's first loss came on Friday when a jury awarded $8 million to a Florida woman who says the drugmaker's osteoporosis drug, Fosamax, destroyed her jaw bone. The case was brought by Shirley Boles, 72, of Fort Walton, Fla. She took the drug for ten years...

Kellogg?s Recalling 28 Million Boxes of Cereal for Sickening Odor and Flavor

Posted on June 25, 2010
June 25, 2010 Kellogg Company announced today that the company is working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to voluntarily recall certain breakfast cereals due to an uncharacteristic off-flavor and smell coming from the liner in the package that has reportedly made some consumers ill...

Govt. Report Says FDA Slack in Oversight of Foreign Drug Trials Used in U.S. Drug Approvals

Posted on June 24, 2010
June 24, 2010 A report by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that prescription drug trials conducted outside the United States and used as a basis for U.S. drug approvals lack oversight by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

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Lead Risk Prompts Recall Of Children's Tiaras

Posted on June 24, 2010
High levels of lead have prompted the recall of more than 7,300 Children's Tiara's sold by Wilton Industries. Lead is toxic if ingested by young children and can lead to adverse health effects. No injuries have been reported in connection with this recall, to date...

Unnecessary radiation exposure and cancer risk common with CT scans, researchers urge FDA oversight

Posted on June 23, 2010
June 23, 2010 Researchers say patients are currently at risk for receiving more radiation than necessary from Computed Tomography (CT scans) and increasing cancer risk due to a current lack of standardization, monitoring and regulation of how imaging equipment is used...

Is this the end of the Happy Meal?

Posted on June 22, 2010
June 22, 2010 A U.S. consumer watchdog group has sent a letter to fast food giant McDonald's demanding the company cease using children's toys in the marketing of Happy Meals or the organization will file a lawsuit. The Happy Meal has been a kids' favorite since 1979...

SEC Charges NY Investment Advisor Thomas Priore and ICP Asset Management

Posted on June 21, 2010
June 21, 2010 The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced today that it has charged a New York-based investment adviser Thomas Priore and three of his affiliated firms with fraudulently managing investment products tied to the mortgage markets as they came under pressure in 2007...

FDA Warns of Liquid Vitamin D Dropper Overdose Risk in Infants

Posted on June 17, 2010
June 17, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning to parents and caregivers that some droppers sold with liquid Vitamin D supplement products could allow dosage errors, resulting in a dangerous overdose to infants. Some droppers on the market can hold a significantly greater amount of Vitamin D than an infant should receive...

Winning a Trial, Part I

Posted on June 17, 2010
The mystery of trying a case fascinates lawyers and laypeople alike. The apprehension of standing before a judge and jury, while arguing your client's position, can be paralyzing. It is at that moment in time, however, when this advocate reaches deep within and finds the words and level of emotion needed to deliver the point...

Sen. Schumer asks FDA to release data on common sunscreen ingredient linked to skin cancer

Posted on June 16, 2010
June 16, 2010 U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer of New York has urged the U.S Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to release their review of studies concerning cancer risk associated with retinyl palmitate, a vitamin A derivative commonly used in sunscreens, to the public...

J&J Secretly Bought Defective Motrin from Store Shelves Instead of Issuing a Recall

Posted on June 12, 2010
June 11, 2010 During the course of the congressional hearing by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform investigating the April 2010 recall of over-the-counter Johnson & Johnson/McNeil pediatric products, documents revealed that McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a unit of J&J, hired contractors to buy back defective Motrin products from store shelves secretly instead of issuing a recall...

Front Load Washers Recalled Due to Fire and Shock Hazard

Posted on June 11, 2010
June 11, 2010 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that GE Appliances & Lighting, of Louisville, KY, is voluntarily recalling about 181,000 Front Load Washing Machines because an electrical defect can cause the appliance to burst into flames or shock users...

Chrysler Recalling Nearly 600,000 Jeep, Dodge and Chrysler Vehicles

Posted on June 10, 2010
June 7, 2010 The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced today that Chrysler Group LLC is recalling nearly 600,000 vehicles under three separate recalls. The car manufacturer recalled 288,968 Jeep Wrangler passenger vehicles spanning model years 2006 through 2010 because a brake fluid leak can cause partial loss of brakes at the affected wheel and increase the risk of a crash...

Study Found Serious Infection Control Problems at Many Outpatient Surgical Centers

Posted on June 10, 2010
June 9, 2010 A new study found that many ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs), also called outpatient or same-day surgery centers had serious lapses of practices designed to prevent the spread of infections. ASCs are medical facilities that perform surgeries and procedures that do not require hospital admission...

FDA Warns Pfizer for Failing to Report Drug Side Effects

Posted on June 10, 2010
June 10, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning letter to Pfizer, Inc. for failing to report potentially serious adverse side effects of its pharmaceutical drugs. In a May 26 letter to Jeffrey Kindler, Pfizer Chief Executive Officer, the FDA cites a number of instances in which the drug maker failed to report potentially serious adverse drug side effects associated with its products within the required 15 days to federal regulators...

Popular NSAID Pain Relievers Increase Risk of Heart Attack and Stroke

Posted on June 09, 2010
June 8, 2010 A new study has found that healthy people who take certain NSAID (Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs) pain relievers may increase their risk of heart attack and stroke. People commonly use NSAIDs, especially OTC formulations, to reduce fever and relieve pain caused by conditions such as arthritis, headache, toothache, back pain, muscle pain, menstrual cramps or minor injury...

DEP Says PA Gas Well Blowout Could Have Been Catastrophic

Posted on June 09, 2010
June 6, 2010 The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) vows it will thoroughly investigate a blowout at a Marcellus shale natural gas well that the agency says could have been 'catastrophic.' At about 8 p.m. Thursday June 3, operators of a EOG Resources gas well in Lawrence Township of Clearfield County, PA 'lost control' of the well when it ruptured after hydraulic fracturing the shale, shooting fracking fluid and natural gas 75 feet into the air...

Extent of Echocardiogram Backlog Debacle at NYC?s Harlem Hospital Grows

Posted on June 06, 2010
Doctors reviewing the backlog of thousands of echocardiograms performed at New York City's Harlem Hospital found there are substantially more of the unread tests than previously thought and they span a period years longer, said an article yesterday by The New York Times...

Anonymous Tip to CA Congresswoman Leads to Recall of 12 Million Shrek Glasses by McDonald?s

Posted on June 05, 2010
McDonald's Corp. is recalling 12 million Shrek themed glasses because testing after an anonymous tip found the heavy metal cadmium in the designs on the glass. The glasses being recalled are 'Shrek Forever After 3D' collectable 16 ounce drinking glasses that came in four designs, Shrek, Fiona, Puss n' Boots, and Donkey...

Over 80 NYC Elementary Students Poisoned After Drinking from School Water Fountain

Posted on June 04, 2010
More than eighty elementary school children from Public School 20 in Flushing, Queens became sick after drinking contaminated water from the school's water fountains. Students of PS 20, called the John Brown School, complained of stomachaches and vomiting in the early afternoon, prompting the school principal to call 911, according to a New York Times article...

1.7 Million Dishwashers in the U.S. are Fire Hazards and Recalled

Posted on June 03, 2010
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that Maytag Corp. is recalling about 1.7 million dishwashers in the United States because they pose a serious fire hazard.Maytag Corp. manufactured the recalled dishwashers at both the Newton, IA and Benton Harbor, MI plants...

Consumer Reports Warns of Protein Drink Dangers

Posted on June 03, 2010
A study by Consumer Reports found that most people do not need to add a protein supplement to their diet and that some protein drinks contain contaminants and metals that can cause serious health problems. Manufacturers of protein drinks once marketed only to body builders, athletes and health fanatics, however in recent years they have aimed promotion of these supplement products to busy professionals, working mothers, pregnant women, young adults and even children...

Antidepressants Linked to Miscarriages

Posted on May 31, 2010
Researchers at the University of Montreal have linked use of antidepressants by pregnant women to miscarriages. The study found that pregnant women taking antidepressant prescription medications for depression and anxiety, including selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) and the older tricyclics, are at increased risk for miscarriages than those who do not use antidepressants...

Woman Sues Google after She is Hit by Car While Following Google Maps

Posted on May 31, 2010
A woman has filed a suit against Google after a car hit her while she was following walking directions provided by Google Maps. Lauren Rosenberg, of Los Angeles, CA, used the Google Maps site on her Blackberry wireless device for walking directions from Daly Street, Park City, UT to Prospector Avenue, Park City, UT on January 19, 2009...

More Children?s OTC Medicine Recalled

Posted on May 31, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Blacksmith Brands, Inc., of Tarrytown, NY, is voluntarily recalling all lots of four children's medicines because of their manufacture at the dirty Fort Washington, PA plant of McNeil Consumer Healthcare, a division of McNeil-PPC, Inc...

NYC?s Harlem Hospital Fails to Read 4,000 Echocardiograms in 3 Year Backlog

Posted on May 31, 2010
4,000 echocardiograms performed in the last three years at Harlem Hospital in New York City were never read by a cardiologist due to understaffing, according to an article in The New York Times. An echocardiogram is a test that uses sound waves to create a picture of the heart...

1 in 5 Licensed Drivers Would Fail a Written Driving Exam, New York Drivers the Worst

Posted on May 31, 2010
GMAC Insurance released results from its 2010 National Drivers Test today, showing that 1 in 5 licensed drivers – roughly 38 million Americans – would not pass a written drivers test exam if taken today. 5,202 licensed drivers in all 50 states and the District of Columbia answered questions in an online survey...

FDA - PediaCare Products Recalled

Posted on May 28, 2010
Blacksmith Brands, Inc., in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), announced a voluntary recall of four children's products in the PediaCare line. The products are sold exclusively in the U.S. and manufactured by McNeil Consumer Healthcare (a Johnson & Johnson Company)...

Upright Vacuum Cleaners Recalled By Hoover

Posted on May 27, 2010
Hoover Inc., in cooperation with the CPSC, announced a voluntary recall of select Hoover WindTunnel vacuum cleaners due to a defect involving the power cord, which poses a fire and shock hazard. To this date, the company has received three reports of minor burns to furniture and carpet and one report of a minor burn to a consumer's hand...

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