The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued 37 separate recalls and alerts, since the start of summer 2014, while the Food and Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued 14. A host of different reasons can lead to a recall, including but not limited to…
Two Children Fall from Chelsea Community Fair Ferris Wheel Witnesses recalled the horrible sight that occurred on Thursday evening at the Chelsea Community Fair when two children fell from a moving Ferris wheel. The children were seen falling in midair about 15-20 feet off of…
It is the season when thousands of colleges are set up and prepared to host tomorrow’s leaders; a time when students are anxious to explore their independence. With so much anticipation and excitement, personal safety can easily be overlooked. Students may believe they are protected…
Xarelto is a popular blood-thinning drug or anticoagulant made by Bayer Health Care and Janssen Pharmaceuticals (a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson). Xarelto, Pradaxa and Eliquis, are the new generation of anticoagulants that have been advertised as requiring less testing and monitoring than coumadin for…
Riddell SpeedFlex Helmet With concussion injuries continuing to plague football at various levels of the sport, several teams are testing a new helmet by Riddell that is designed to reduce the risk of brain injury. According to the Associated Press, however, there is “no proof…
A fatal party bus accident last year has shed light on some unscrupulous companies that have figured out a way around safety regulations and federal safety requirements by insuring their buses under less expensive insurance policies. The family of a 26-year-old single mother filed a…
The message is getting out. Since the April 2014 safety communication by the FDA, which warned about the potential cancer risks when using power morcellators during uterine fibroid removal, more women have become aware of the issue.Women who are facing uterine fibroid surgery are talking to…
After months of FDA scrutiny and national attention, due to the federal case against former Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, the newly named Rock Creek Pharmaceuticals recently announced it is suspending sales of Anatabloc and a related product, CigRx. The products were developed under the company’s…
Social Media: Within the last 20 years, an estimated 80,000 “never events,” or surgical errors that should not have happened during surgery, occurred in United States Hospitals, according to Johns Hopkins researchers. Common examples of surgical errors include: Removal of the wrong body part Leaving…
Shift from Impatient to Outpatient Urologic Surgeries Increases Mortality Rates In recent years, doctors have shifted urologic surgeries from inpatient to outpatient. Urologic surgeries involve operations on the male or female urinary tract, female pelvic floor and the male reproductive system. Urologists handle surgeries from cancerous…