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• CPSC May Strengthen Crib Standards After Recalls

  Greg Webb | October 31, 2008 10:55 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  On October 21, 2008, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued two separate recalls on cribs, involving almost 1.6 million cribs manufactured by Delta Enterprise Corp. of New York. The CPSC also...

• CPSC Labeling Requirements for Children’s Toy Ads Outlined

  Greg Webb | October 31, 2008 10:46 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission outlined the new labeling requirements for advertisements in catalogues and other printed materials for toys and games with small parts that pose a choking...

• New Website Ranks Hospitals Around The Country

  Greg Webb | October 29, 2008 8:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  HealthGrades, a leader in the measurement of health-care quality, just published new online rankings of hospitals around the nation. The company uses a rating system of one, three, or five stars...

• Nissan Recalling 204,361 Vehicles From 2007-2008 Model Years

  Greg Webb | October 28, 2008 8:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Beginning November 3, 204,361 vehicles from Nissan Motor Company Limited’s 2007 to 2008 model years are being recalled in the United States due to the possibility that the passenger-side...

• US Senators Probe Cardiac Foundation’s Relationship To Device Makers

  Greg Webb | October 27, 2008 8:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Devices & Implants

  Much to the dismay of cardiac doctors and medical device manufacturers meeting for their annual convention, two Senators from different sides of the aisle asked questions about the financial ties...

• MRI’s May Not All Be the Same – Machine and Radiologist Differences Matter

  Greg Webb | October 26, 2008 4:12 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  It seems that MRIs (Magnetic Resonance Imaging examinations) may not be as infallible as many believe them to be. Problems arise from both the quality of the MRI machine, as well as the experience...

• Bush Administration Pushes For Pre-Emption – Taking Power from the Citizenry in Favor of Corporate America

  Greg Webb | October 22, 2008 11:17 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In their last weeks in office, Bush administration officials are urging about fifty federal rules be rewritten to include changes or additions that could block product-safety lawsuits filed by...

• Physicians Lose Fight To Have Cold Medicines Banned For Children

  Greg Webb | October 22, 2008 10:28 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  A top government official has rejected pediatricians’ calls for an immediate ban on over-the-counter cold and cough medications for young kids under the age of six, claiming it might cause...

• Medtronic Faces Scrutiny By Congress Over Financial Arrangements with Physicians

  Greg Webb | October 22, 2008 10:23 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Senate lawmakers are pressuring Medtronic to disclose more information about its consulting arrangements with physicians. They cited previous evidence that the company paid surgeons to boost sales...

• Drugmakers Issue Warning on OTC Cold Medicines for Children - After the FDA Prompts the Move

  Greg Webb | October 18, 2008 10:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Drugmakers recently announced that they did not recommend over-the-counter cough and cold medicines for children under 4 years of age. What they did not say in the announcement was that one year...

• Pre-Emption Still Big Issue On Supreme Court Docket - Let the Playing Field in America be Level

  Greg Webb | October 14, 2008 10:22 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  As the United States Supreme Court continues its term into October, the Roberts’ Court will continue to adhere to its affinity for issues that are close to the heart of the nation’s...

• 94% Of Nursing Homes Accused of Violations

  Greg Webb | October 14, 2008 10:05 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Last year, more than ninety percent of nursing homes in the United States were cited for violations of federal safety and health standards; seventeen percent of these caused actual harm or immediate...

• Out-patient Surgeries May Be Skewing Surgical Error Numbers

  Greg Webb | October 07, 2008 12:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Surgical errors may be reported inaccurately in Indiana due to nearly half of all surgeries taking place in non-hospital, ambulatory, free-standing outpatient facilities that report a much lower...

• Government Initiative: Leg Pain May Be Warning Sign For Blood Clots

  Greg Webb | October 05, 2008 8:47 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Too many Americans are dying from dangerous blood clots that can masquerade as leg pain, says a new government initiative aimed at getting both patients and their physicians to recognize the...