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By Richard Schlueter, Esq.

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Do you know what to do if you are in a car accident?

Posted on November 09, 2008
Many car accidents occur each year making it important to know what to do if you ever find yourself in this situation. In Georgia, the most car accidents occur with teenage drivers. According to DMV.org (the unofficial guide to the DMV) “the numbers don’t lie...

Do you have PAGCL?

Posted on November 08, 2008
PAGCL stands for Postarthroscopic Glenhumeral Chondrolysis. PAGCL is a condition caused by the deterioration of cartilage around the shoulder area. Recent studies have suggested the use of pain pumps implanted in the shoulder during surgery are linked to the development of PAGCL...

Contaminated Heparin seized by FDA

Posted on November 07, 2008
After asking a Cincinnati based manufacturer of medical products to recall contaminated heparin and the manufacturer not answering, FDA seized the contaminated heparin. This past Thursday, FDA sent US marshals to seize 11 lots of the heparin drug. Heparin is a blood-thinning drug...

Lung Cancer Awareness Month-Information about Mesothelioma

Posted on November 06, 2008
This month is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. Trans World News says this is a time where “Americans have the opportunity to do their part to increase lung-related cancers, including mesothelioma…” Mesothelioma is a type of lung cancer caused from exposure to asbestos...

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Ellie's Mission Page & the Dangers of Yamaha Rhino 660

Posted on November 03, 2008
Ellie’s Mission page is published to make the public more aware of the dangers of Yamaha Rhinos. Ellie was a young child who died as a result of riding in a Yamaha Rhino. She was riding with a young adult with her seat belt on. As the driver was going at a normal speed on a flat filed, the Yamaha Rhino tipped over crushing Ellie...

Pain Pumps Found to Lead to Permanent Shoulder Cartilage Damage

Posted on November 02, 2008
Recent studies suggest that the use of pain pumps implanted in the shoulder during surgery may be linked to a serious injury called Postarthroscopic Glenhumeral Chondrolysis (PAGCL). Pain pumps are used during arthroscopic surgery and implanted in the shoulder...

Yamaha Rhino 660 Lawsuits Filed In Georgia To Protect Consumers Rights

Posted on November 01, 2008
According to numerous reports and news articles, the Yamaha Rhino 660 continues to cause serious and fatal injures as a result of its now well documented product design defects. The Yamaha Rhino has been noted to roll over without warning at slow speeds thereby causing thousands of injuries to its users and riders...

Public Citizen warns FDA danger of Avandia

Posted on November 01, 2008
Public Citizen, a consumer group, petitioned the FDA asking them to ban Avandia. Avandia is a prescription drug used for diabetes by GlaxoSmithKline. Public Citizen said “the government should ban the diabetes drug Avandia because of a wide variety of life-threatening risks, including heart and liver damage…” Similarly, the American Diabetes Association released updated treatment guidelines last week recommending doctors to not use Avandia...

Bayer & Illegal marketing of 2 Aspirin Products

Posted on October 30, 2008
Bayer is illegally marketing two aspirin products by claiming that the over-the-counter medications are effective in battling heart disease and osteoporosis. These effective health claims are unproven and against FDA regulation. Because of this marketing, FDA warned Bayer by sending them two warning letters for never submitting proof that its pills are effective in battling the heart disease and osteoporoses...

High Level of Lead Found in Toys from China

Posted on October 29, 2008
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reported the U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Consumer Product Safety Commission removed 499 cartons of toy jewelry made in China. The shipment was headed for Marietta, Georgia. After the toys were tested, the results showed high concentrations of lead...

Product Safety News-Recall of Small Mechanical Heart Pump

Posted on October 27, 2008
Today’s American Association of Justice’s News Brief reported on a company called Thoratec Corp. recalling batches of a small mechanical heart pump. The device recalled is a medical device with catalog numbers 1355 and 102139 (distributed to 153 hospitals and distributors throughout the US and other countries)...

2008 First Quarter Reports High Number of People Continue to Suffer Injuries from Prescription Drugs

Posted on October 26, 2008
A study done by The Institute for Safe Medication Practices recently identified a record number of serious injuries and deaths associated with drug therapy the first quarter of 2008. As consumers, the following information is surprising concerning our safety...

One Million Ford Vehicles Under Investigation

Posted on October 23, 2008
Preliminary investigations of around 1 million 2007 Ford motor vehicles by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) just began. NHTSA received 37 complaints about the snap-in tire valves cracking and leaking air which resulted in a flat tire...

Recent FDA Health Notification--Serious Complications Associated With Transvaginal Placement of Surgical Mesh for Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Stress Urinary Incontinence

Posted on October 22, 2008
FDA recently released a health notification concerning surgical mesh for pelvic organ prolapsed and stress urinary incontinence. This notification is important for those who are thinking about or are having this procedure done. There are serious complications that may occur when surgical mesh is used in the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse and stress urinary incontinence...

Promoting Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Awareness

Posted on October 21, 2008
Health nurses at Integris Baptist Medical Center rewarded Darrilyn Smith, a teenager patient for having a positive attitude. Smith has been infected with the Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a rare and life threatening disease usually caused from a drug reaction...

FDA Voluntary Recall of Chicken-Basted Rawhide Chips because of Potential Salmonella Contamination

Posted on October 20, 2008
FDA recently released a recall by the Hartz Mountain Corporation in Secaucus, NJ. The Hartz Mountain Corporation is voluntarily recalling one specific lot of Hartz Chicken-Basted Rawhide Chips because there is a possibility the chips have been contaminated with Salmonella...

Exposure to Asbestos-What Results?

Posted on October 19, 2008
A result of frequent exposure to asbestos is mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a rare cancer that usually takes anywhere from 20 to 60 years for someone to notice they have it. People who are more susceptible to mesothelioma are individuals who work in asbestos mines, manufacture asbestos products, employees in construction trades, and employees in shipyards...

Total Body Formula Updates from FDA

Posted on October 18, 2008
The FDA completed a final analysis of the Total Body Formula and Total Body Mega Formula Products in May 2008. If you are not aware of the earlier report, check out the FDA warning about Total Body Formula. In this final report, FDA found hazardous amounts of chromium in addition to finding hazardous amounts of selenium in the previous study...

Food Recalls affect Georgia

Posted on October 16, 2008
FDA released two recalls on Tuesday this week of products that are sold in Georgia. The first is a product called Kroger Value Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips sold by Kroger Stores. The product is 12 oz with a UPC Code is 11110–86603. On the package is says "sell by" date of May 30, 2010...

Nationalization of US Banks-Bush's New Plan

Posted on October 14, 2008
Today President Bush announced a change to the $700 billion plan to help financial firms. The government's new plan includes investing $250 million of taxpayer's money into private banks. According to a USA Today article, executives of the country's biggest banks met Monday at the Treasury Department to discuss this new plan...

Current Financial Crisis--Investors as Victims of Security Fraud?

Posted on October 13, 2008
With the latest financial crisis and DOW continuously dropping in the past week, investors must take action. If you invest in stocks, bonds, options, limited partnerships, mutual funds, commodities, etc. (all considered securities) YOU should go over your account statements from the brokerage firm to review the trading activity in your account as recommended by the following homepage...

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome--What you need to know about this Serious Disease

Posted on October 12, 2008
Have you heard of the Stevens-Johnson Syndrome? This syndrome is a life-threatening disease that affects skin usually caused from a drug reaction, from prescription drugs and over the counter drugs. A 2001 report completed by the Journal of American Medical Association found adverse drug reactions caused over 100,000 deaths among hospital patients each year, suggesting adverse drug reactions are one of the top causes of death in the United States...

Taking an Initiative to Prevent Food Contamination-FDA Launches First Tool Kit For Employees in the Food Industry

Posted on October 11, 2008
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture on October 10th initiated a food defense awareness training kit for first line food industry employees. The FDA launched this tool kit to help in keeping OUR food supply safe...

TOTAL BODY FORMULA LAWSUITS FILED

Posted on August 18, 2008
If you have ever taken TOTAL BODY FORMULA or TOTAL BODY MEGA FORMULA, a self proclaimed vitamin supplement, you should be aware of recent findings that caused a recall of the popular liquid supplement. After dozens of unexplained events causing hair loss, fingernail loss, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, diarrhea and other very serious conditions, the Food and Drug Administration found TOTAL BODY FORMULA contained hazardous amounts of the mineral selenium which is a trace mineral that is essential to good health but required only in small amounts...

Suspects Flee Scene Of Fatal Georgia Car Accident

Posted on August 10, 2008
The Dalton Police Department's Traffic Unit is seeking additional help and witness information after the driver and a second passenger fled the scene of a one car accident that left one man dead on Friday. Authorities suspect the fatal Georgia car accident which occurred around 11p...

Dangerous Truckers And The Lack Of Adequate Regulation

Posted on August 06, 2008
Terrifying information has recently been released by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, which is the federal agency charged with regulating the trucking industry. All United States citizens, specifically including Georgians, should be on specific attention and alert to of the following remarks: "We have a major public safety problem, and we haven't corrected it," said Gerald Donaldson, senior research director at the Washington-based Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, whose members include consumer, health and safety groups and insurance companies...

Day Care Worker Charged After Inadequate Supervision Of Student

Posted on May 29, 2008
When you place your child's care and wellbeing in the hands of a professional day care facility you expect them to take the necessary steps and precautions to ensure your child's safety. After all they are being paid large sums of money for this service and usually hold themselves out to be highly trained caring people that want the best for their children and their families...

Tractor Trailer Driver Kills Pedestrian In Hit And Run Incident

Posted on April 21, 2008
Police in Dublin, Georgia are still on alert to find the driver of a tractor trailer who ran over a pedestrian on April 7, 2008. Local authorities said the local man was in the crosswalk on Georgia 31 when the unknown truck struck and killed him early that morning...

Ford Recall On F-Series Trucks

Posted on March 12, 2008
Ford Motor Company has just issued a nationwide recall on over 100,000 2008 F-Series trucks due to non-conformance of the driver's seat with federal standards and guidelines. This particular Ford recall covers Ford's F-250 through F-550 Super Duty trucks sold in the United States and Canada...

Infantino Rattles Recalled Due to Choking Hazard

Posted on March 06, 2008
Infantino LLC., in conjunction with the CPSC, is recalling about 20,000 Infantino Lamb Grabby Rattles due to a choking hazard. Part of the rattle can detach, which can pose a choking hazard to infants and young children. So far the company has not received any reports of injury, but there have been eight reports of the tall piece of the rattle detaching.

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