Miscellaneous

• Batman and One Piece Action Figures Part of Huge Toy Recall

  Scott Kappes | August 27, 2007 12:13 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Mattel Inc. has recently recalled millions of toys including many popular toys like Batman and One Piece. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has confirmed the recall of about 345,000 Batman and One Piece toys that were sold at nationwide at discount department stores between June of 2006 and July of 2007. Small, powerful magnets inside the accessories of the toy figures can fall out and...

• Nursing Home Neglect Runs Rampant

  Scott Kappes | August 25, 2007 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Today a former nursing home employee became the 12th person to admit neglecting residents at the Jennifer Matthew Nursing Home and Rehabilitation Center, in Rochester, NY. The certified nurse's assistant plead guilty in court to charges of willful violation of health laws and falsifying records in regards to the elderly patient with dementia.In all there were 14 employees were charged in the...

• Toy Recalls Incite Reaction From Wal-Mart

  Scott Kappes | August 24, 2007 2:12 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  After a slew of recent toy recalls Wal-Mart is stepping up their independent toy safety testing. Almost 19 million Chinese made toys have been recalled in recent weeks and retail giant has initiated new policy in the wake. They will be reexamining the documentation on the toys they already have on the shelves, in addition to increasing new independent testing buy 50 percent. This is an effort to...

• FDA More Cautious: More Drugs Rejected

  Jenny Albano | August 21, 2007 12:21 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Recently the FDA has become more cautious about approving drugs. In the last few months the agency has rejected a number of experimental drugs or delayed their approval and required extra testing and data. This change seemed to come after the FDA was criticised for letting risky drugs slip through the cracks and making their way onto the market. The painkiller Vioxx was recalled and there...

• Avandia Might Get A New Label Change

  Allison Snoddy | August 02, 2007 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Avandia is now likely to get stricter labeling due to increase in heart attacks. The FDA recommended this to the advisory panel and added that they are not necessarily initiatiating patients to switch medications. Dr Clifford Rosen of St Joseph Hospital in Maine, who chaired the FDA meeting, said in an interview that "sometimes the older drugs work just as well" at lowering diabetics' blood...

• The Kugel Mesh Patch(2)

  Allison Snoddy | August 01, 2007 11:13 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  The FDA says that the manufacturer of the composix kugel mesh patch (Davol, Inc.), is said to have known of the dangers of the product and the several injuries liked with the patch, including one fatality, and still kept it on the market. . The FDA documents also say that Davol underreported the number of device-related complaints it received from doctors about injuries stemming from the Kugel...

• Paxil In The News(2)

  Allison Snoddy | August 01, 2007 11:10 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  The ABC News program "Primetime Live" obtained new documents pertaining to Paxil. These documents have never been made public. Earlier in the year the FDA ordered the manufacturers of Paxil to place a warning in bold print on antidepressants, alerting consumers that the drugs can cause suicidal tendencies in children and teenagers.The new documents uncovered by ABC suggest that the maker of...

• Avandia in the News(2)

  Allison Snoddy | August 01, 2007 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Avandia might offer some benefits for you, but to some doctors there are other medications that will treat diabetes better without the possible side effects of Avandia, and they recommend that patients consider switching and going off Avandia right away.The government decided that it didn't have enough information to pull Avandia off shelves last Monday afternoon, but the government did...

• Is Avandia Back??

  Allison Snoddy | July 31, 2007 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  On Monday a panel of independent experts suggested that drug regulators keep Avandia on the market even though Avandia is linked to increased heart problems. A study in the May 21 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine showed Avandia users -- more than seven million around the world -- had 43 percent greater risk of heart attack. The Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee agreed...

• Avandia History

  Allison Snoddy | July 25, 2007 11:06 AM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  8 years ago Avandia, a drug used to treat type two diabetes, came onto the market and is now used by over six million people. Experts now caution all users of Avandia to talk to their doctors about whether or not they should be on the drug, and are warned not to quit the drug all together because some side effects might occur.According to a review published by the New England Journal of...