Last week , the St Cloud Times reported about the statement from St John’s Abbey about the removal this week of Rev. Thomas Andert as Prior. Abbey spokesman the Rev. Aelerd Senna said : Due to the fact the allegation dates back three decades and…
The epidemic of premature metal on metal hip implant failure continues surge at an alarming rate. DePuy ASR, DePuy Pinnacle, Biomet Magnum, Smith and Nephew, Wright Conserve, Zimmer Durom cup and Stryker Rejuvenate and ABG II, are among hip replacements that continue to fail prematurely…
Researchers from the University of Colorado and Northwestern University recently compared the retrievability factor of the Cook Celect IVC filter to the Reed Option filter and found that although retrieval figures between the two were similar, the perforation rate for the Cook Celect filter measured…
In case you haven’t noticed, gas is cheaper these days – down an average 30 percent from 2014. Good news, right? And the U.S. economy has been steadily adding jobs for quite some time. More good news (although some folks might quibble over the quality…
Alright, I am coming out of the closet for this article. Get your attention? Yeah, I thought so. I am a lover…………………of all things NASCAR. My grandfather was on the ground level of NASCAR back in the 1960’s, and I inherited his passion…
New studies of the morning sickness drug Zofran indicate that the medication may increase the risk of birth defects and congenital malformations in the offspring of pregnant women who use the medication. What is Zofran? Zofran, approved by the FDA in 1991, is a medication…
Every year, thousands of patients are implanted with a retrieval inferior vena cava filters (IVC) but they are not warned by doctors about the risk of injury from these temporary devices. And as time passes, patients tend to forget that they had this device implanted…
A preliminary accident report found that a pilot killed when his plane crashed at a railroad crossing on Long Island was directed by an air traffic controller to land on a runway that no longer exists. The fifty-nine-year-old pilot died August 16 after his single-engine…
The number of men filing lawsuits against manufacturers of testosterone replacement drugs continues to climb. These manufacturers, the plaintiffs claim, failed to provide adequate warnings about the risks their products presented to men’s health, including a potentially increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Just…
August 24 through 28 is Contact Lens Health Week. Nearly all of the 41 million estimated contact lens wearers in the U.S. may be engaging in one or more habits known to increase their risk of eye infections, according to a new report by the…