NATIONAL – According to the Chicago Tribune (8/18) reports that Mazda “is recalling 215,000 Mazda3 and Mazda5 vehicles to fix problems with the power-steering system that could lead to a crash,” saying that the “vehicles could have a sudden loss of power-steering assist, making it more difficult for the driver to steer the vehicle. The automaker…
NATIONAL – An investigation by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) has prompted lawsuits to be filed today by CEH and the California Attorney General against leading makers, distributors and suppliers of bounce houses (also called jump houses or inflatable jumpers). CEH testing found one bounce house contained more than 70 times the federal limit…
NATIONAL – According to TIME (8/12, Park) reports that the FDA panel’s recent decision to recommend keeping Avandia (rosiglitazone) on the market is “a move worth billions of dollars to GSK but that also may have put millions of patients at risk.” The move is also an example “of the drug industry’s outmaneuvering FDA regulators,”…
Whiplash injuries result in about a twenty five percent result in long term chronic disorders. It can exceed forty percent of some whiplash patients suffer with long-term symptoms. Some symptoms may last for months or even years and for some, it can last a life time, never making a complete recovery. It can be especially…
NATIONAL – Recently a woman was awarded $2.35 million in damages after doctors at a hospital “misdiagnosed a kidney blockage, leading to an infection that had spread through her body. As a result of this misdiagnosis, part of one leg and part of one foot would have to be amputated.”
HOLIDAY — The Pasco County Sheriff’s Office and The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is investigating a boating accident that occurred near Anclote River Park off U.S. 19. According to the Pasco County Sheriff’s Office, two boats collided in the water about 30 feet from the park’s main docks. The collision happened near marker #18, as…
NATIONAL – According to the Associated Press (8/10, Tanner) reports, “Medical filters that stop blood clots from reaching the lungs can move or break and cause life-threatening problems for patients, the government and a medical journal report said Monday.” The AP adds, “In an advisory to doctors and patients, the Food and Drug Administration said it…
NATIONAL – According to The New York Times (8/10, A15, Pear) reports, “The Obama administration is investigating pay practices throughout the health care industry after finding that many hospitals and nursing homes do not pay proper overtime to nurses and other employees who work more than 40 hours a week.” Many “hospitals around the country…
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NATIONAL – According to The Washington Post (7/30, Cha) reports that Toyota announced yesterday the recall of “412,000 Avalons and Lexuses for steering problems, bringing the number of cars recalled around the world since October to nearly 9 million. The 373,000 recalled Avalons, dating from between 2000 and 2004, have improperly cast steering lock bars…