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• Houston Toy Company Recalls Fake Teeth For Lead Risk

  Scott Kappes | April 14, 2008 2:13 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  The Houston based Funtastic has issued a recall of about 26,000 sets of fake teeth after discovering that surface paint on the teeth violates lead paint standards. The fake teeth,...

• Researcher Claims Bayer Hid Data on Trasylol

  Scott Kappes | April 07, 2008 5:08 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  Last fall an FDA panel unanimously voted in favor of keeping Bayer’s Trasylol on the market. The panel was convened after a New England Journal of Medicine article suggested that the drug put...

• Guard Tasers Father Holding a Child and Injures Newborn

  Jenny Albano | August 14, 2007 9:35 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  A hospital security guard used a taser gun on a father who was trying to remove his newborn daughter from the hospital and sent them both crashing to the ground. The father is claiming that the newborn has incurred head trauma because of being dropped.The confrontation was caught on surveillance cameras, but in the video you cannot see the baby falling on her head, like the father, Williams...

• Kugel Mesh Patch Recall

  Lindsay Bauer | December 22, 2006 11:10 AM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  A hernia is described by doctors as a defect of gap in the abdominal muscle wall through which an intra-abdominal organ can protrude. Weakness or a small tear can cause this gap in the muscle. Ventral hernias usually occur in an area where surgery has previously been performed and are on the abdominal surface. In order to repair a ventral hernia a doctor may use the Kugel Mesh Patch,...

• Reckless Wrecker Kills Two

  Esmeralda Fuentes | October 19, 2006 3:24 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  Late Wednesday night an elderly couple was killed instantly when a wrecker driver who was driving at a high rate of speed as they were leaving church struck them. Police stated the wrecker driver was driving about 90 mile per hour at the time of impact. The couple was trying to pull out to go eastbound on Wallisville when they were hit but the wrecker driver that was going twice the legal...

• Pregant Women Should Cease Use of Paxil and Other SSRIs

  John Ghezzi | October 11, 2006 5:32 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  Recent studies are showing that use of Paxil and other SSRIs (selective serotonin-reuptake inhibitors) during any part of a woman's pregnancy may cause severe health risks to the unborn child. In late 2005, the FDA issued a public health advisory warning consumers that exposure to paroxetine (Paxil) during the first trimester of pregnancy may increase the risk for congenital malformations,...

• Negligence in the Emergency Room?

  Lindsay Bauer | September 15, 2006 3:55 PM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  I read an article in today's paper that disappointed me but did not surprise me. If you have ever had to visit the emergency room, you might feel the same way. The article appeared in the Houston Chronicle and centered around a woman in Waukegan, IL who at age 49 was exhibiting the classic signs of having a heart attack.She went to the emergency room and upon evaluation, her case was decided...

• Brain Injury Lawsuit Filed By Football Player

  Staff Writer | September 07, 2006 10:58 AM | 1 CommentHouston, TX

  Michael Kaplen has a blog full of brain injury news and information. I am a big fan of Michael's blog and read all his posts. Yesterday he posted about the family of a football player who has filed a brain injury lawsuit against Orthopaedic Associates of Wisconsin accusing an orthopaedist of allowing the player to return to field after a concussion during practice. He suffered a brain injury in...

• Tyson Foods Gets FDA Warning for Unsafe Conditions

  Scott Kappes | December 01, 2009 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  A letter warning a Tyson Foods about the unsafe conditions found at a Texas plant was posted online today. In the letter the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) informed Tyson that their inspectors...

• Chinese Drywall Link to Toxic effects Strengthen by Latest Report

  Scott Kappes | November 30, 2009 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Last week the suspected link between Chinese drywall and potential harmful effects on humans became stronger. On Monday the federal government released three preliminary reports that strengthen the...