- Jessica Smagacz | March 31, 2009 9:33 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesUSA Today reported that a California company is recalling one million pounds of pistachios after test results found them contaminated with salmonella.
These pistachios were distributed nationwide....
- Jessica Smagacz | March 30, 2009 4:43 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Mansfield News Journal recently reported that two women from Mansfield, Georgia were taken into a Georgia Hospital for medical treatment after a car accident occurred this past Saturday...
- Jessica Smagacz | March 29, 2009 11:05 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsAP reported that FDA advisers said the benefits of an experimental anticlotting drug from Johnson & Johnson outweigh its risks which include bleeding and incomplete data about liver side...
- Jessica Smagacz | March 28, 2009 6:53 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
The West Georgian reported that last week on Saturday, March 14th, Willie Pitts died after a tragic car accident. Willie Pitts was only 21 years old and “one of West Georgia’s finest...
- Jessica Smagacz | March 24, 2009 10:07 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Coastal Courier reported that yesterday, a pile-up with a flipped Escalade created major traffic problems on an afternoon during school traffic. This car accident occurred on Highway 84....
- Jessica Smagacz | March 24, 2009 12:24 AM |
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Tractor-Trailer AccidentsThe Times-Herald reported that a tractor-trailer rig crashed and burned on Interstate 85 southbound in north Coweta, Georgia this past Thursday night. This truck crashed in the same exact spot a...
- Jessica Smagacz | March 21, 2009 5:54 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesU.S. News reported this past Friday that FDA announced an expanded nationwide alert about tainted weight-loss products containing undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients.
Herbal Xenicol,...
- Jessica Smagacz | March 20, 2009 4:49 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Gainesvilletimes reported that two women were hit by a car when crossing the street.
The two women were attempting to cross Browns Bridge Road this past Wednesday evening. Their names have not...
- Jessica Smagacz | March 19, 2009 8:07 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsCNN reported that the new proposed drug, Rivaroxaban, designed to keep blood clots from forming, has an increased bleeding risk. The drug actually was found better than a comparator drug at stopping...
- Jessica Smagacz | March 17, 2009 8:11 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAccessNorthGA.com reported that a car accident occurring in Barrow County, Georgia killed on woman and injured another.
The victim was traveling south on Barber Creek Road on Monday after 5 p.m....
- Jessica Smagacz | March 14, 2009 10:36 PM |
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MiscellaneousAtlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC) reported that wide receiver Donte Stallworth, 28 years old, from the Cleveland Browns hit and killed a pedestrian with his Bentley earlier this Saturday morning....
- Jessica Smagacz | March 14, 2009 12:13 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsU.S. News and World Report reported that a drug derived from magnolia trees appears to be able to prevent blood clots. This came from a phase 2 study conducted by researchers at the Duke Clinical...
- Jessica Smagacz | March 12, 2009 9:26 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesThis past Tuesday, FDA issued new safety guidelines for companies that use peanut products, reported Red Orbit.
FDA said “it may seize products that test positive for salmonella bacteria,...
- Jessica Smagacz | March 11, 2009 10:06 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsFDA released a new study that supported claims of a smoking-cessation drug used by service members and veterans may put them at risk for suicidal thoughts, reports the Navy Times.
According to the...
- Jessica Smagacz | March 08, 2009 7:08 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA car hit a woman from Macon, Georgia this past Thursday morning. She was crossing Jeffersonville Road near Hitchcock Road around 8:30 a.m., reported Macon.com.
The woman was Amirrah Giddens, 28...
- Jessica Smagacz | March 07, 2009 4:01 PM |
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MiscellaneousNewsInferno reported this past Thursday that the FDA may be given the power to oversee the tobacco industry. This legislation is still in the proposal stage, in a 39 to 13 House vote that now...
- Jessica Smagacz | March 06, 2009 7:09 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe Moultrie Observer reported that a woman from Hartsfield died this past Thursday in a car wreck.
The car accident occurred around 2:45 pm. Phyllis Sellers Orozco, of 706 Faison Road, was...
- Jessica Smagacz | March 03, 2009 11:36 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsYesterday FDA announced that manufacturers of the drug metoclopramide, most commonly found in Reglan, must add a boxed warning to their drug labels about the risk of its long-term or high-dose use....
- Jessica Smagacz | March 03, 2009 8:51 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsSurprisingly, over 700,000 Americans go to emergency rooms each year because of adverse drug reactions from mainstream pharmaceutical drugs, reports PharmaLive. Furthermore, “adding insult to...