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• FDA Warns Singulair Users and Physicians

  Greg Owen | March 28, 2008 5:45 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed healthcare professionals and patients alike of their findings regarding the possible links between the use of Singulair and changes in mood and behavior. Their concerns pertain to suicidal thinking, changed behavior and indeed suicide. Merck, the manufacturer of Singulair, is stressing that this warning is based on a small number of studies. (Still...

• Deaths and Injuries Linked to Heparin

  Greg Owen | March 19, 2008 1:36 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is working to identify the contaminant that has been found in Heparin, which may be linked to as many as 19 deaths. Although, at this time, the FDA has not established a direct causal link. The drug Heparin is used in dialysis and heart procedures to stave off blood clots. Baxter sells somewhere in the range of 35 million units of heparin sodium injection...

• Mitsubishi to Pay Parents $11 Million in Settlement

  Greg Owen | March 10, 2008 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  A Florida jury orded Mitsubishi to pay a couple $11 million in compensatory damages this week. Mr. & Mrs. Laliberte's 25-year-old son, Scott, died in 2007 as a result of being ejected from a Montero SUV.Attorneys for Donna and Peter Laliberte of Maine argued that Mitsubishi put its Montero SUV on the market despite known problems with the seat belt. The couple's 25-year-old son, Scott, died...

• Actavis Recalls Remaining Patches as a Precaution

  Greg Owen | March 07, 2008 4:53 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Actavis Inc., announced that its subsidiary Actavis South Atlantic LLC is moving forward with the recall of all of the Fentanyl transdermal system CII patches that were sold in the U. S. The concern pertains to a possible defect that could cause a leakage of the fentanyl gel. Initally, 14 lots of the patches were recalled. However, it is unknown if the defect is present in patches that are still...

• Dog Eats Woman Alive

  Greg Owen | March 03, 2008 5:54 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Mangled Mandy Peynado lay face down frozen in terror...as a rottweiler began eating her alive.You may have seen the slogan "Punish the deed not the breed." Many feel strongly that the slogan is reasonable while others feel there should be extra measures taken to protect the public from breeds that have a propensity to be aggressive and have the body weight and strength to carry out a severe dog...

• Ex-House aide Claims Wrongful Termination

  Greg Owen | February 29, 2008 5:42 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Stephen A.H.Keefer, a former House Democratic Caucus staffer, has filed a wrongful termination suit against his former employers. The case was filed in Commonwealth Court.Keefer was director of information technology. In his suit he claims that the only reason he was fired from that position was to divert attention of an investigation pertaining to House operations away from certain...

• Fears Over Defective Weighing Scale

  Greg Owen | February 19, 2008 1:41 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  It is bad enough that a four-year-old child has cancer, but can you imagine the hospital using a defective weighing scales to determine her radiation dosage!!! That is what happened recently in a hospital in the United Kingdom. Recent check on the scales and other equipment in U.K. hospitals revealed that there are not only inaccuracys in the hospitals' scales, but found equipment was missing. ...

• Johnson & Johnson & Sandoz Recall Pain Patches

  Greg Owen | February 15, 2008 5:50 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Johnson & Johnson and Novartis AG's Sandoz unit recalled pain patches that are leaking the painkiller fentanyl. Fear of overdoses of the painkiller fueled the recent recall. This is the fifth (count them) recall of several versions of the patches since 1994. The problem is that the pain patch delivers an opiod known as fentanyl, which is highly addictive. In fact, it is 80 times more potent...

• FDA Anounces Class 1 Recall of Infusion Pump

  Greg Owen | February 11, 2008 3:46 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  The most serious type of FDA recall is known as a "Class I recall." This type of recall is only issued if a given defective medical device will cause serious injury or death. According to the FDA recall notice, Medtronic notified its customers of the SynchroMed El Implantable Infusion Pump via a letter dated August 3, 2007.The Implantable Infusion Pump administers drugs to a specific site in the...

• Dog Bite Solutions

  Greg Owen | February 08, 2008 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  In October 2007, two letter carriers were separately attacked in Casper City Wyoming. In both incidences they were attacked by pit bulls. The dog attacks necessitated hospital visits, stitches and shots. The city is now looking into adding a link to the website informing people of the location of dogs that have been identified as vicious. Additionally, having an insurance policy on vicious dogs...