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• Deadly staph infections on the rise

  Kimberly French | October 18, 2007 10:41 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  It's all over the news lately, and yesterday there was a staph infection death in Kern County, Virginia, prompting the entire school district to close. A student reportedly died from a staph infection that proved resistant to antibiotic treatments. The story on MSNBC.com reports that more than a third of the population may carry staphylococcus infection. MRSA is the deadliest variety of staph...

• Diabetes Drug Byetta Linked to Pancreatitis

  Courtney Mills | October 17, 2007 9:42 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The FDA has reviewed 30 cases of acute pancreatitis in patients taking Byetta, a drug used to treat type II diabetes. The agency suspects a link between Byetta and pancreatitis in some of these cases.Amylin Pharmaceuticals will be updating the information about acute pancreatitis in the PRECAUTIONS section of the Byetta label. Patients on Byetta should be alert for any signs of pancreatitis,...

• Medtronic Stops Selling Heart Implant Part

  Courtney Mills | October 16, 2007 9:23 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Medtronic, the largest provider of heart implant devices, announced that it was stopping sale of a component of one of it defibrillator models because of a defect that had caused defibrillator malfunctions in hundreds of patients and possibly had led to five deaths.The faulty component in the defibrillator can cause the device to deliver a shock at the wrong time. It can also fail to deliver an...

• Focus on teen driver safety

  Kimberly French | October 15, 2007 1:29 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The statistics for teen drivers are staggering: motor vehicle crashes comprise 36 percent of all deaths for teens, amounting to more than 6,000 dead teens each year on our nation's roads. Congress has addressed this serious issue with National Teen Driver Safety Week, meant to bring to the forefront the dangers of teen driving and curb the problem. With so many distractions for teens, including...

• Child Cold Meds Pulled From Shelves

  Courtney Mills | October 12, 2007 9:18 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Major consumer manufacturers of over-the-counter infant cough and cold medications recalled fourteen different infant cold meds yesterday because of the danger of overdose of these medicines in young children.Consumer groups have long advocated changes in administering cough syrup to young children, especially two and younger. In this age group the risk of toxicity and overdose is much higher...

• Lilly Gives Zyprexa Stronger Warnings for Weight Gain, Hyperglycemia

  Courtney Mills | October 09, 2007 2:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Eli Lilly & Company, at long last, has stepped up the Zyprexa warning label on its flagship treatment for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The warning label for olanzapine, the generic name for Zyprexa, now will read that Zyprexa has a greater propensity to cause weight gain and high blood sugar than other atypical antipsychotics.Physicians have noticed for several years the alarming side...

• Frozen Hamburger Patties Recalled from Sam's Clubs

  Courtney Mills | October 08, 2007 10:50 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  The agribusiness giant Cargill has recalled over 840,000 lbs. of frozen beef patties from Sam's Clubs across the country after four children in Minnesota developed E. coli bacteria poisoning from eating hamburgers.Sam's has pulled all Cargill frozen burger patties from shelves sold under the name "American Chef's Selection Angus Beef Patties". The beef patties were processed on a variety of...

• McDonald's Strip Search Victim Wins $6.1 Million in Suit

  Courtney Mills | October 05, 2007 4:25 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  In the McDonald's Strip Search Case, after hearing Louise Ogborn's plaintive testimony in the witness box of how she endured two long hours of sexual torment as a prank caller posing as a cop subjected her to a virtual strip search while hapless McDonald's managers went along, a jury awarded her $6.1 million, far short of the $200 million she was seeking from the fast food giant.Ogborn was a...

• Tragic motorcycle accident claims life

  Kimberly French | October 03, 2007 10:51 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  The Sand Mountain Reporter published an article about a deadly motorcycle accident that claimed the life of a local high school student on Friday. The 15-year-old victim was driving a 2005 Honda motorcycle on DeKalb County Road 9 and crashed into a 1992 Ford Taurus. The story does not provide details of how the accident occurred or road conditions. The story, however, is a sad reminder of the...

• E. Coli Scare Prompts 21.7 Multimillion Lb. Burger Recall

  Courtney Mills | October 02, 2007 10:22 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Over the weekend Topps Meat Company upped the ante on the company's meat recall from last week, from just over 330,000 lbs to some 21.7 million lbs. The recalled products have a USDA establishment number of EST 9748 in or around the USDA stamp. According to reports, the frozen patties were processed between June and July. The three confirmed cases took place in August, which means that nearly...