Members of two FDA advisory panels had a joint meeting recently to vote on Advandia. The drug is made by GlaxoSmithKline and is used to treat diabetes. In a vote of 22 to 1, the advisors recommended that Advandia stay on the market. The FDA advisors recognized that Advandia increases ischemic heart risks for patients with type 2 diabetes. Even though the vote was overwhelmingly to keep the...
The Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the Bush Administration change in the hours permitted to operate tractor trailer trucks . The Bush adminstration changed the laws to help their friends in the trucking industry . The law was changed to allow truckers to drive 11 hours per day instead 10 hours . The ten hour requirement has been the law for years . Every one who takes a...
Two people out for an evening ride on a motorcycle in Tampa got into a fatal accident with a minivan on Monday. The motorcycle accident happened on Morris Bridge Road. The motorcycle drove into the minivan. The Harley Davidson collided with the van, killing two on the bike, and leaving the mother driving the minivan in critical condition.There were three other people in the minivan, a man...
19 year old Chantelle Still was killed in a motorcycle accident on I-405 in Kirkland recently. Ms. Still was a passenger on the motorcycle. The driver lost control of the motorcycle at a high speed in a construction zone. Both the driver and Ms. Still were thrown from the motorcycle.In situations like this accident, Washington's wrongful death statutes allow the victim's family to pursue a...
On Monday a panel of independent experts suggested that drug regulators keep Avandia on the market even though Avandia is linked to increased heart problems. A study in the May 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine showed Avandia users -- more than seven million around the world -- had 43 percent greater risk of heart attack.The Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee agreed...
On Monday a panel of independent experts suggested that drug regulators keep Avandia on the market even though Avandia is linked to increased heart problems. A study in the May 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine showed Avandia users -- more than seven million around the world -- had 43 percent greater risk of heart attack. The Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee agreed...
A 16 year old Tacoma girl died last week after a vehicle she was a passenger in left the road, hit a tree and rolled over.Troopers say the 17-year-old Tacoma girl who was driving a 2006 Honda Civic on State Route 7 yesterday evening lost control of her vehicle and it left the roadway, hitting a tree and rolling.The passenger ... 16-year-old Ashley Magnusson of Tacoma ... died today at Tacoma...
A brief update on Lawrence Truijillo, the man who hit and killed three members of the Bingham family last November at 15th and Arapahoe in downtown Denver, has pled guilty to all thirteen charges brought against him. As always, our thoughts and prayers are with the Bingham family. This incident serves as yet another reminder that it NEVER pays to drink and drive. This is why Bachus & Schanker...