Yesterday a House subcommittee made allegations that FEMA employees manipulated scientific data in order to hide the dangers of toxic gas emitted into trailers housing survivors of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The committee cited documents given to Congress alleging that Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) aided FEMA is concealing adverse health effects of long-term exposure to...
Heparin Sodium Injection Vials were recalled due to an increase in adverse Heparin reactions. Baxter has received 100 reports of reactions and is looking into one death that may be linked to the Baxter Heparin recall.A variety of Heparin-caused reactions have been reported such as burning sensation, chest pain, abdominal pain, lowered blood pressure, diarrhea, dizziness, flushing, headache,...
Just recently, the FDA changed the warnings on the Ortho Evra birth control patch yet again. This time the agency updated the warnings to include the results of a new study. This new study showed that users of the Ortho Evra patch are twice as likely to develop blood clots known as thromboembolism (VTE). Women between the ages of 15-44 are among those facing the greater risk. The FDA...
I have to applaud fellow InjuryBoard member Jennifer Moore of Grossman & Moore in Louisville, Ky., for a great article on things patients can do to avoid hospital infections.She essentially provides a checklist for things you can ask and ask others to do if you must be hospitalized.I encourage you to read Jennifer's posting or the entire report from the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths.
On Sunday night, January 27th, 14-year-old Michael Betts and 4-year-old Cora Betts were killed after the driver of their minivan, 37-year-old Michael Betts Jr., lost control of the car after trying to avoid hitting several deer that ran across the road.The accident happened on Interstate 80 in Odessa, Nebraska. The driver tried to avoid hitting the deer, however ended up hitting one and the...
Yesterday Pfizer announced that it had received approval from Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare to manufacture and market the popular stop smoking aid known as Chantix in the US. The drug will be marketed as Champix in Japan, as it is in the UK and EU. This will be the first oral smoking cessation aid availible in Japan and Pfizer expects it to be very popular among Japanese smokers...
The Daily Oklahoman January 29, 2008 By Don Mecoy Business Writer Imprisoned former state Insurance Commissioner Carroll Fisher invoked the Fifth Amendment more than 40 times during a civil trial Monday in federal court to avoid answering questions about his relationship with American Fidelity Assurance Co. "I respectfully decline to answer that question, sir," Fisher said repeatedly, claiming...
Just FYI for all you Oklahoma drivers wondering what the state minimums for insurance are, I have pulled the following, including the penalties for not having insurance. I would recommend that everyone carry more than the state minimum shown below as this is often insufficient to protect you or your assets if a serious injury occurs. Also, because some drivers carry these low state minimums, I...
I saw that another life as been lost as a result of an automobile accident today. I did not know the family but wanted to wish them our condolences. It's always a sad situation when a life is lost as such a young age. I have a daughter who just turned sixteen and these types of instances terrify me every time I let her take the automobile out on her own. Our prayers and wishes are with the...