- Jessica Smagacz | December 31, 2008 10:47 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsStryker Leibinger USA, a firm based in Portage, Michigan, is recalling it Stryker Custom Cranial Implant kits product. FDA reported this product as recalled on October 24, 2008.
The products use:...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 31, 2008 10:28 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesWhole Foods Market said it is pulling three popular ‘gluten-free’ products, Chicago Tribune reports, because the products actually contain gluten.
The Chicago Tribune investigated the...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 31, 2008 9:44 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Athens Banner-Herald reported 24 people died in Georgia over the Christmas weekend as a result of car accidents across the state. The Georgia State Patrol predicted only 19 deaths would occur....
- Jessica Smagacz | December 29, 2008 9:16 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe Atlanta Journal Constitution wrote an article yesterday on tips for 2009 or any year for the purpose of watching out for your safety and pocketbook. I thought they were very good tips for anyone...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 28, 2008 9:59 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThis past Friday night a woman died in a head-on collision right in Lithia Springs, Georgia, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Virginia Mitchell was 69 years old and from Lithia Springs,...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 27, 2008 3:41 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesThe Consumer Product Safety Improvement was passed in order to tighten the restrictions on the amount of lead present in children’s toys. Hopefully this act will lessen the amounts of recalls...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 22, 2008 9:49 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesToday FDA alerted customers nationwide not to consume or purchase more than 25 different products marketed for weight loss. FDA says these products contain undeclared, active pharmaceutical...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 19, 2008 6:05 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesConstruction workers have been working on building a “Canopy Walk” attraction at the Atlanta Botanical Garden so visitors can walk among the trees. Unfortunately earlier today as workers...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 18, 2008 11:09 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA new study released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) shows that drivers between the ages of 21-24 are involved in more alcohol-impaired fatal crashes in comparison to...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 18, 2008 7:08 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesMesothelioma is a rare cancer usually associated with frequent exposure to asbestos. This disease takes about 20 to 60 years for a person to notice they even have it.
There are around 14 in a...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 18, 2008 10:58 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported last Sunday that an analysis of federal data found taxpayers have paid out around 200 million dollars since 2004 for medications that have never been...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 17, 2008 10:48 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsFDA released the results of a study today finding printed consumer medication information voluntarily provided by retail pharmacies with new prescriptions does not provide user friendly, easy to...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 17, 2008 10:59 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesUS officials said Monday that Mattel, the huge US toy company, will pay 12 million dollars to US authorities because of last year’s recall of two million Chinese-made toxic toys.
These toys...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 17, 2008 12:24 AM |
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Toxic Substances The Coca-Cola Co. is going to use a new sweetener that has zero calories in their products, NY Times reports. FDA has taken longer than expected to approve the new sweetener. The sweetener is made...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 12, 2008 2:36 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsYesterday FDA sent out an alert about reports of acute phosphate nephropathy which is a type of acute kidney injury and its association with the use of oral sodium phosphate products for bowel...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 12, 2008 11:39 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe FDA panel, with outside advisers, made their decision and decided that two of the four asthma drugs should not longer be used in the treatment of asthma as discussed in my previous post: FDA to...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 11, 2008 8:37 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsToday FDA is seeking the advice of a large panel of medical and scientific advisers concerning whether four medications used for asthma patients should remain on the market. NY times reports that...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 10, 2008 1:05 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsUSA Today reports that researchers at Wake Forest University of Medicine reviewed 10 previous drug trials and found for every 20 women in their 70s with type 2 diabetes who took the brand name...
- Jessica Smagacz | December 09, 2008 7:43 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsOn December 1, Terumo Cardiovascular Systems issued an urgent worldwide and nationwide recall of the company’s Tenderlow Pediatric Arterial Cannulaw. This recall included 21 lot codes....