Congressional Investigation Finds Many Booster Seat Makers “Endangered” Children’s Lives After Review of “Meaningless Safety Testing”
In an unusually harsh and pointed report, a U.S. House subcommittee, responding to a ProPublica investigation, found widespread evidence that the nation’s largest manufacturers of car seats “endangered the lives of millions of American children and misled consumers about the safety of booster seats” in crashes that can kill or paralyze children.
On Friday, the...
FDA warns against wearing masks with metal during MRIs after patient is burned
A patient wearing a face mask with a metal part was burned while undergoing an MRI exam – prompting the Food and Drug Administration to issue a warning about the potential dangers of using such coverings.
“The FDA received an injury report for a patient who was wearing a face mask with metal during a...
Volvo recalls 54,000 U.S. vehicles for air bag defect after one death
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Volvo Cars is recalling 54,000 U.S. vehicles for an air bag defect after one crash death tied to the issue, according to a filing with U.S. regulators.
The unit of Geely Automotive 0175.HK is recalling 2001-2003 model S80 and S60 vehicles sold or registered in high humidity U.S. states because the driver...
Medtronic catheter is recalled after one death, two injuries
Federal officials have announced a recall for a specific model of heart catheter made by Medtronic PLC that regulators said is responsible for one death and two injuries.
The action Tuesday involves 142 Rashkind balloon septostomy catheters that were distributed in the United States from May 2018 to August 2020.
"Quality issues ... may lead to...
Type 2 diabetes drug metformin recalled due to contamination with possible carcinogen
(CNN) -- Two lots of a widely used type 2 diabetes medication, metformin, are being recalled due to possible contamination with a potentially cancer-causing compound. Metformin is designed to lower glucose levels.
Nostrum Laboratories Inc., based in Kansas City, Missouri, announced Monday that it is voluntarily recalling its metformin HCl extended release tablets, USP 750...
Cost-Cutting at America’s Nursing Homes Made Covid-19 Even Worse
In early April the Trevecca Center for Rehabilitation & Healing in Nashville received an urgent call. At the time, Tennessee had only 3,000 coronavirus cases, compared with more than 100,000 in the state of New York. But the caller, the nursing director at a nearby kidney dialysis center, was worried. She said one of...
Justice Department ramps up inquiry into NY care home deaths
NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. Justice Department vastly expanded an inquiry Wednesday that could determine whether New York is undercounting coronavirus deaths among nursing home residents, demanding detailed data from hundreds of private facilities.
The demand ratchets up pressure on Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo after months of bipartisan criticism that the state’s official tally...
Even some doctors won’t wear masks in a pandemic, patients complain
Lost Chance as a Substantial Factor in Causing Injury: Part 2
Part 1 of this article addressed proof of diminished chance for a cure or better outcome or increased injury and pain and suffering as a substantial factor or proximate cause of injury in failure to diagnose cancer cases. This article will address the application of law and evidence to medical malpractice cases dealing with...
OxyContin maker agrees to plead guilty to federal criminal charges in $8 billion settlement
WASHINGTON – Purdue Pharma, the company whose OxyContin painkiller contributed to a nationwide opioid epidemic, has agreed to plead guilty to federal criminal charges as part of a settlement with the government that includes fines of more than $8 billion, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
The company, according to the agreement, will plead guilty to...
