- Greg Webb | November 30, 2008 8:23 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsIn October, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) issued a recall on 1.6 million Delta Enterprise Corp. cribs, but those cribs that had been fixed by the recall may not be safe after all....
- Greg Webb | November 26, 2008 8:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsPlastic surgeons have vowed to aid the government in tracking one of the most popular new beauty treatments, face fillers. This procedure involves facial injections, which use various kinds of gels...
- Greg Webb | November 25, 2008 9:59 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe AARP, the lobby for older Americans, has hired an outside investigator to look into the sale of some of its more popular health insurance products after a Senate inquiry found evidence of...
- Greg Webb | November 24, 2008 8:00 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsThe HeartMate II, a medical heart pump implant manufactured by Thoratec Corp., is being recalled after five people died while using the device.
In five years of clinical studies with 1,972...
- Greg Webb | November 23, 2008 8:16 PM |
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MiscellaneousA recently published eight-year study of more than 14,000 physicians has shown that taking vitamin C and vitamin E does not prevent cardiovascular disease. The findings for vitamin C are nothing new...
- Greg Webb | November 20, 2008 8:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousA lawsuit has been filed against the Department of Veterans Affairs by two advocacy groups representing almost 60,000 veterans. The lawsuit claims that the VA is taking up to four years to process...
- Greg Webb | November 19, 2008 8:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousPresident-elect Barack Obama will be appointing federal appellate judges, and possibly multiple Supreme Court justices, without the difficulties that President George W. Bush had over the past eight...
- Greg Webb | November 18, 2008 8:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe Federal Drug Administration (FDA) is, in theory, in place to regulate the safety, marketing, and labeling of pharmaceutical drugs. However, its ability, or propensity, to do just that is doubted...
- Greg Webb | November 17, 2008 8:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAfter more than 30 reported fatalities, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is investigating recreational off-highway vehicles, also known as utility terrain vehicles (UTVs), which...
- Greg Webb | November 16, 2008 9:41 PM |
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MiscellaneousWith President-elect Barack Obama’s victory and the legislative gains by other Democrats, big business now has to go on the defensive. Corporate America faired well under the Bush...
- Greg Webb | November 16, 2008 6:50 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe U.S. Department of Justice has begun investigating Merck & Co. and partner Schering-Plough Corp.’s conduct relating to their marketing of Vytorin, an anti-cholesterol medication.
A...
- Greg Webb | November 10, 2008 8:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsReliOn insulin syringes, sold only at Wal-Mart stores and Sam’s Clubs, have been recalled because of mislabeling which may cause an overdose of as much as 2.5 times the intended dose. An...
- Greg Webb | November 09, 2008 10:10 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has attempted to preempt state tort law by redefining “designated seating positions.” The new definition helps determine the...
- Greg Webb | November 07, 2008 9:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousAlthough the FDA allows blood to be stored for forty-two days, researchers have found that patients who are given blood stored twenty-nine days or longer are twice as likely to get a...
- Greg Webb | November 06, 2008 9:45 PM |
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MiscellaneousAccording to new data from insurance companies and online brokers, there is a new gap in the cost of healthcare for men and women of the same age; women are paying much more than men for individual...
- Greg Webb | November 04, 2008 8:45 AM |
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MiscellaneousA woman in Knoxville, Tennessee is suing Starbucks for $250,000 for burns caused by scalding coffee served with an unattached lid.
Jordan Triplett, 23, ordered Starbucks coffee at the store’s...