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Toronto, ON: Bauer Canada is recalling roughly 100,000 hockey sticks because they contain excessive amounts of lead. Lead is extremely toxic for young children, as they can absorb it more easily than adults, placing them at greater risk for adverse health effects such as developmental delays, behaviour modification, and harmful effects to hearing... - FDA Recommends Clinicians Temporarily Suspend Use of Rotarix Vaccine
Washington, DC: the FDA is recommending that healthcare practitioners temporarily suspend use of the Rotarix vaccine for rotavirus immunization in the United States while the agency learns more about components of an extraneous virus detected in the vaccine. There is no evidence at this time that this finding poses a safety risk. The agency recently be... - Nationwide Recall for Certain Lots of Cleviprex Expanded
Parsippany, NJ: The Medicines Company is expanding the recall of Cleviprex ® (clevidipine butyrate) injectable emulsion due to the potential presence of visible particulate matter which has been observed in some vials. Four (4) additional lots of Cleviprex are being recalled. The four additional Cleviprex lots are 68-407-DJ, Exp. 08/2010; 68-408-DJ,... - California Unpaid Overtime: Missed Meal Breaks Equals Extra Hours
Jun-6-08 Sacramento, CA It may be subject to interpretation, but the fact remains that any individual required to work through meal, and other breaks without compensation are not only missing their breaks, but are also effectively working, over the course of the week, more hours than the standard work week allows. Could this, too, be another example of California... - Warning Issued for OneTouch SureStep Test Strips
Ottawa, ON: LifeScan has initiated a voluntary recall of specific lots of OneTouch® SureStep® Test Strips because they may provide low test results when your blood glucose is greater than 22.2 mmol/L. According to the press release, "If you receive a meter reading that is greater than 22.2 mmol/L with these test strips, it is important that you... - Environmental Hazard, Yes, But What of BP Oil Spill Effect on Volunteers?
May-12-10 Biloxi, MS The BP oil spill that occurred in the aftermath of the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon has already proved itself to be an environmental disaster—but could it also adversely impact those charged with the responsibility of cleaning up after it? According to CNN, the job is too big even for the professionals, and a call has gone out fo... - FDA Adds Boxed Warning to Plavix (Clopidogrel) Over Metabolization
Washington, DC: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added a Boxed Warning to the label for Plavix, the anti-blood clotting medication. The Boxed Warning is about patients who do not effectively metabolize the drug (i.e. "poor metabolizers") and therefore may not receive the full benefits of the drug. The Boxed Warning in the drug labe... - Railroad Worker FELA injuries
The Federal Employers' Liability Act ("FELA") was enacted by Congress in 1908 to address the growing number of work-related injuries in the railroad industry. Like other industrial safety statutes, the FELA was an attempt to require the railroad industry to bear the costs for the inevitable deaths and injuries of employees--the "human overhead" of business... - Adderall Too Easy to Prescribe, Led to Jail Time
Aug-7-13 Burbank, WA Rocky tried Adderall and liked it, it made him feel better. That pretty much sums up all he said to a doctor at a walk-in clinic to get a prescription for the stimulant. Six months later he had a “psychotic episode” that landed him behind bars on more than one occasion. “A few of my friends told me that Adderall had imp... - Risks Flow with Menstrual Drug Lysteda
Jan-27-12 Washington, DC Heavy menstrual bleeding is a sufficient-enough issue for some women to consider surgery, such as a hysterectomy, to stem the flow and related health issues once and for all. That said, the pharmaceutical industry could always be counted on to propose and provide medicinal options to such challenges, in spite of the potential for drug side... - Videx side effects | Didanosine side effects | Lawyersandsettlements.com
Washington, DC: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting healthcare professionals and patients about a rare, but serious complication in the liver known as non-cirrhotic portal hypertension in patients using Videx or Videx EC (didanosine). Didanosine is a medication used to treat human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Videx was the fi... - MRI Health Risks Have Little To Do With Magnetic Personality
Jun-1-08 Washington, DC As important as the MRI is in detecting disease and abnormalities deep within the human body, the process carries certain risks that have only recently come to light. Risks from imaging agents such as gadolinium, and recent concern over the long-term impact of the magnetic fields associated with Magnetic Resonance Imaging, can pose seriou... - Ortho Evra Patch: Lucky to be Alive
Jun-5-06 "I am very angry, I could have died from taking the Ortho-Evra [birth control] patch and some women have. I am so healthy and normal and I have never smoked. This shouldn't have happened to me." Anna Scott (not her real name pending instructions from the law firm she retained through this website) from Virginia had been on the Ortho Evra patch for about 3... - Salad Mix Linked to Stomach Illnesses in Iowa and Nebraska
Aug-3-13 Washington, DC Stomach Illnesses in Iowa and Nebraska have been traced to salad mix from Mexico served in two restaurant chains over the past few months. More than 400 people in 14 other states have reported food poisoning from the cyclospora outbreak but it is not clear that the salad mix is the source in all affected states. The salad mix was supp... - New York Firm Recalls Various Chicken Products
Washington, DC: NY Gourmet Salads Inc, of New York, is recalling an undetermined amount of various chicken products because the products were produced without the benefit of federal inspection. The following products are subject to recall: 5-pound tubs of "CHICKEN SALAD, MADE WITH ALL WHITE MEAT." 5-pound tubs of "GRILLED CHICKEN PASTA &... - Yasmin Side Effects Led to Warning from FDA
Jan-23-12 Washington, DC A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee reportedly recommended increasing the warning on birth control pills, as the Yasmin side effects prompted the agency to act, according to Consumer Reports. The news outlet reported that this recommendation came on the heels of the agency's recently released analysis that showed... - HPV Vaccine Adverse Events to Be Presented to the FDA
Denver, CO: Called the "Little Women," six women who have spent the past three years listening, documenting and researching parental concerns about Gardasil have been invited to formally present their information to the FDA on March 12. FDA participants include the Office of Communication, Outreach and Development/Center of Biologics (CBER), Office of Bio... - Many a Wary Eye Watching the Potential for Januvia Pancreatic Cancer
Jul-30-13 Washington, DC When the medical and regulatory communities start to gang up on you with post-market studies and independent reviews, the only thing a manufacturer can do is to put as positive a spin as possible on the issue. Such is the case with Merck & Co., the manufacturer and distributor of type 2 diabetes drug Januvia, in the wake of renewed conce... - FDA Issues Warning about Certain Homeopathic Remedies
Jan-17-12 San Francisco, CA It is not that every homeopathic remedy is a scam. The problem is when homeopathic fraud occurs; when a person or company markets a product that has no proven benefits and can, in fact, harm people. In such cases, consumers may be able to file a homeopathy fraud lawsuit, alleging they were injured by the use of the homeopathic product... - Warnings of Overdose and Cardiac Problems for Norpramin (desipramine hydrochloride)
Washington, DC: Sanofi-Aventis and FDA notified healthcare professionals of changes to the Warnings and Overdoses sections of the Prescribing Information for Norpramin (desipramine hydrochloride), indicated for the treatment of depression. The new safety information states that extreme caution should be used when this drug is given to patients who...