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Last Entry: March 31, 2011 at 19:14:26

New Black Box Warning for Plavix

Posted on March 17, 2010
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that the partnership of Bristol-Myers Squibb and Sanofi Pharmaceuticals must add a black box warning, the agency's highest alert, to their prescription drug Plavix (clopidogrel) to warn of reduced effectiveness in people who cannot metabolize the drug to convert it to its active form...

Dangerous Nail Gun Recalled Due to Injuries Including Blindness

Posted on March 17, 2010
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission and Health Canada have announced today that importer Hitachi Koki U.S.A., Ltd., of Norcross, GA, is voluntarily recalling Hitachi Koki brand coil nailers because they could have a faulty feeder that allows nails to be ejected sideways, posing a risk of serious injury to the user or bystander...

Jury Returns Verdict of $7.1M for Auto Accident Injuries

Posted on March 11, 2010
An automobile driver was hit in the rear by commercial truck, resulting in injuries needing arthroscopic knee surgery and epidural injections to treat a C5-C6 herniated disc that was caused by trama. Mr. Alan Ripka tried the case for 3 weeks against Defendant driver and truck owner, produced three medical experts: neurological, orthopedic, and pain management doctors...

Black Box Warning: Reglan Increases Risk of Tardive Dyskinesia

Posted on March 10, 2010
Imagine taking a drug called Reglan to help relieve or cure symptoms of heartburn or other conditions and getting sicker with other dangerous symptoms and illnesses. Alan Ripka, Esquire, says "people should have been warned about the side effects of Reglan so that they can make an educated choice about taking Reglan...

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Telebrands Recalls Scarves With Heat Packs

Posted on March 10, 2010
Telebrands Corp. issued a voluntary recall of Therma Scarf scarves in the U.S. and Canada, because the packs can overheat when heated in the microwave, posing a burn and fire hazard. To this date, the company has received seven reports of the packs overheating, including five fires, three of which resulted in property damage to the microwave...

WTC Worker Injured in Fall

Posted on March 09, 2010
March 9, 2010 A 28-year-old worker at the World Trade Center construction site fell at least 14 feet and suffered serious injuries on Monday, a spokesperson from the New York City Fire Department told NBCNewYork.com. The accident happened about 1:30 p...

Elderly Driver Hits Five People in Brooklyn Church Parking Lot

Posted on March 09, 2010
March 8, 2010 A 72-year-old man lost control of his vehicle and hit five churchgoers on Sunday, reported The New York Daily News. Kyongkoo Park, of Queens, had just dropped a passenger off at the Pyeong Ahn Presbyterian Church at 2407 McDonald Avenue in Gravesend when his Mercedes SUV moved forward about ten feet, then suddenly shifted into reverse and accelerated in a semi-circle...

Six NJ Women Hospitalized after Getting Injections of Caulk for Butt Enhancement

Posted on March 09, 2010
March 7, 2010 The New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and State Board of Medical Examiners (BME) are investigating cases of six women who developed infections and other complications after receiving bogus cosmetic injections. Officials believe unlicensed medical providers administered injections of hardware-grade caulk, the same used to caulk bathtubs, in a buttocks enhancement procedure...

2-Year-Old Dies in Foster Care after Mom Begged Case Worker to Check on Him

Posted on March 09, 2010
March 6, 2010 A 2-year-old child died in his Linden, NJ foster home last week, reported WABC-TV New York. Vanessa Gentleman, the mother of 2-year-old Xavier and another child in foster care, trusted her children's custody to a friend, until she started noticing cuts and bruises on Xavier's face...

NY Crane Owner to be Charged in 2008 Crane Accident

Posted on March 09, 2010
March 5, 2010 The owner of a crane company is expected to be charged with manslaughter in the deaths of two construction workers killed in a 2008 when a crane collapsed, reported The New York Daily News. Read the story in its entirety here: http://www...

Man Dies after Fall down Bronx Elevator Shaft

Posted on March 09, 2010
March 4, 2010 A man died from a fall down an elevator shaft on Monday, as he and his wife were moving into a new apartment, reported the New York Daily News. Joseph Ryan, 35, and his wife Nadia Perez, were moving into the Lewis Morris Apartments building at 1749 Grand Concourse in the Mount Hope neighborhood of the Bronx at about 11 p...

Construction Worker Injured in Aerial Lift Fall at Lower Merion High

Posted on March 04, 2010
March 3, 2010 An accident involving an aerial lift at a school construction site in a Philly suburb has injured a worker, reported phillyBurbs.com. On Monday afternoon, Mark Rieser, 50, of Lower Makefield, and his brother Keith moved an aerial lift into the deep end of an empty pool on the construction site of the new Lower Merion High School in Ardmore, PA to work on piping...

GM Recalls Compact Cars Due to Power Steering Defect

Posted on March 04, 2010
March 2, 2010 General Motors announced today that the company is voluntarily recalling 1.3 million compact cars due to a power steering defect. This recall affects the 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt; 2007-2010 Pontiac G5; 2005-2006 Pontiac Pursuit sold in Canada, and the 2005-2006 Pontiac G4 sold in Mexico...

Teen Worker Falls into Sewage Pit at Long Island Dunkin Donuts and Dies

Posted on March 04, 2010
March 1, 2010 A 17-year-old employee taking out the garbage at a Dunkin Donuts on Sunday evening fell into a sewage pit and died, the Associated Press reported this morning. When Amiri Zeqiri, 17, of Central Islip, did not return after taking out the trash at the Dunkin Donuts in Smithtown on Long Island's North Shore, his 14-year-old cousin became concerned and looked for him...

Glass Atrium Collapses onto Party at Sony Building, 10 injured

Posted on February 28, 2010
February 28, 2010 Ice and glass rained down on revelers at a costume party last night as part of the roof collapsed, reported the New York Daily News. The glass atrium of the Sony Building on Madison Avenue near E. 55th Street reportedly collapsed under the weight of accumulated snow about 11:15 p...

Diabetics Warned of Blood Glucose Test Strips Recall

Posted on February 28, 2010
February 27, 2010 LifeScan, Inc., of Milpitas, CA, announced the company is voluntarily recalling specific lots of test strips, which are used to measure blood glucose levels in diabetic people, because the test strips may provide falsely low glucose results when the glucose level is higher than 400 mg/dL...

Commercial Ice Machines Recalled Due to Fire Hazard

Posted on February 28, 2010
February 26, 2010 The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Scotsman Group LLC, of Vernon Hills, IL, announced that the company is recalling about 43,000 commercial ice machines because they can catch fire. Scotsman Group LLC has received reports of 4 fires and 37 instances of burned or melted components, determining that the solenoid, an electrical component in the ice machine, can fail and result in an electrical arc that can pose a fire hazard...

Lemon Girl Scout Cookies Recalled

Posted on February 26, 2010
The Girl Scouts of America issued a precautionary recall of some lots of its Lemon Chalet Crème cookies after receiving consumer complaints of a foul smell and taste. According to a statement by Little Brown Bakers, 'Certain lots of Lemon Chalet Crème cookies contain oils that may be breaking down which can result in an off taste and smell...

Salmonella Risk Prompts Pecan Recall

Posted on February 26, 2010
American Pecan Co. is recalling 1lb. bags of Pecan Pieces after salmonella was detected during routine sampling by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). To this date, there have been illnesses associated with the recalled pecans. The pecans were sold to walk-up customers at their Yancey, Texas, location and also to mail order customers in Massachusetts, New York and Texas...

Cranesville Block Co. Fined $45,500 for Safety and Health Hazards

Posted on February 25, 2010
February 25, 2010 The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has proposed $45,500 in fines for alleged repeat and serious violations of safety and health standards at the Kingston, NY plant of Cranesville Block Co...

Sepsis and Pneumonia from Hospital-Acquired Infections Killed 48,000 People in 2006

Posted on February 25, 2010
February 24, 2010 A new study found that two common conditions caused by hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) killed 48,000 people and increased health care costs by $8.1 billion in 2006. In a release yesterday, Resources for the Future said its Extending the Cure Study researchers analyzed 69 million discharge records from hospitals in 40 states, focusing on two health care-associated infections: sepsis, a potentially lethal systemic response to infection and pneumonia, an infection of the lungs and respiratory tract...

Crushed Red Pepper Recalled

Posted on February 25, 2010
Wholesome Spice, of Brooklyn, New York, in conjunction with the Rhode Island Department of Health, announced a recall of Crushed red pepper in 25-pound boxes due to possible salmonella contamination. Salmonella infection can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections, especially in young children, the elderly and those with weakened immune systems...

Off Duty Philly Cop Crashes into PA State Police

Posted on February 23, 2010
February 22, 2010 An off-duty police officer with the Philadelphia Police Department was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after crashing into the back of a trooper's cruiser on I-95, NBC Philadelphia reported on their website www.nbcphiladelphia...

Ear Candles and Candling are a Dangerous Health Scam Says FDA

Posted on February 23, 2010
February 21, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to use ear candles because there is no scientific evidence they have any health benefits and they can cause serious injuries, even when used according to the manufacturer's directions...

Snowmobiles Recalled By Arctic Cat

Posted on February 23, 2010
Arctic Cat Snowmobiles have been voluntarily recalled due to a fuel leak that poses a fire hazard to consumers. The recall, announced in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), involves about 1,300 snowmobiles. To this date the company has received two reports of fuel leakage; but no reported injuries...

Government Report Links Avandia to Heart Attack and Heart Failure, Says GSK Knew of Dangers

Posted on February 21, 2010
February 20, 2010 'Hundreds of people taking Avandia, a controversial diabetes medicine, needlessly suffer heart attacks and heart failure each month, according to confidential government reports that recommend the drug be removed from the market,' said an article published in The New York Times yesterday, exposing the findings of confidential government reports the newspaper had obtained...

Jogger Struck and Killed as SUV Passes Double Parked Vehicles in Bayonne, NJ

Posted on February 21, 2010
February 19, 2010 An SUV passing double-parked vehicles struck and killed a jogger yesterday in an early morning accident in on Avenue A near the intersection of West 33rd Street in Bayonne, reports The Jersey Journal today. 37-year-old Daniel Gear, of West 23rd Street in Bayonne drove his Ford Explorer southbound on Avenue A about 5 a...

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Warning Consumers

Posted on February 21, 2010
February 18, 2010 GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare is warning consumers about the potential health risks associated with long-term excessive use of the company's zinc-containing denture adhesive Super Poligrip in Original, Ultra Fresh and Extra Care varieties...

FDA Warns of Label Confusion and Medication Errors with Maalox Liquid Products

Posted on February 21, 2010
February 17, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers and doctors that similar packaging of liquid Maalox and Maalox Total Relief may cause consumers to choose the wrong product for their condition, which can have harmful consequences...

GSK To Remove Zinc From Poligrip Products

Posted on February 18, 2010
GlaxoSmithKline announced today that it plans to stop manufacture of three versions of its denture adhesive Poligrip, until the company can reformulate the product without zinc. Malesia Dunn, director of communications for GSK Consumer Healthcare, said the action affects three popular Poligrip products: Super Poligrip Original, Ultra Fresh and Extra Care...

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