The Washington Post (3/19, Layton) reports that on Thursday, the FDA announced rules “that will severely restrict the way the tobacco industry can advertise and sell cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products, especially marketing efforts designed to appeal to children and teenagers.” Howard Koh, HHS’ assistant secretary for health, said, “This is truly a historic … Read more
Parents, if you have purchased a high chair recently, then you will want to read t about this recall immediately. The AP (3/18) reported that the government is announcing a recall of 1.2 million high chairs it says pose a fall hazard to children. The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall Thursday involving … Read more
Bloomberg News (3/17, Ohnsman, Ramsey) reported Honda has “recalled 412,000 US vehicles including the Odyssey, the country’s best-selling minivan last year, to fix a brake-system flaw that spurred driver complaints of pedals feeling ‘soft.’” Honda yesterday said a “vehicle stability assist modulator should be modified on 344,000 Odysseys and 68,000 Element wagons from the … Read more
Parents, grandparents, friends, please keep this in mind when you purchase stuff for the new baby. The AP (3/9) reported, “The government is preparing a safety warning about baby slings – those popular and fashionable infant carriers that parents strap around their chests to give the little ones a cuddle on the move.” At … Read more
If you take Plavix, you’ll want to read this. Apparently, some patients are not responding to the medication, leaving them unprotected against heart attacks and strokes. The AP (3/13, Perrone) reported that the FDA “is adding its strongest warning to the label for Plavix [clopidogrel bisulfate], cautioning that some patients do not respond to the … Read more
Drug companies are finding ways to circumvent the rules and get more off-label uses for medications… The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/14, Fauber) reported, “For years, drug companies sought out influential university doctors with impressive credentials to bring their message to other doctors and persuade them to write prescriptions for their products.” But as “the … Read more
The AP (3/8) reported, “A federal judge in Nashville has refused to dismiss 40 lawsuits against a Swedish-based pharmaceutical company accused of failing to warn patients that two of its drugs can cause severe deterioration of the jaw. U.S. District Judge Todd Campbell’s ruling last week is the latest blow to Novartis Corp. The … Read more
Parents, you will want to heed this warning about lead. You can find more information about preventing lead poisoning in children, by going to the Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) web site. The Los Angeles Times (3/8, Worth) reports that, according to a study published in January in the Archives of Internal Medicine, “even small … Read more
The Hartford Courant (3/8) editorialized that Connecticut’s “General Assembly erred in 2004 when it tampered with a law designed to make public such hospital mistakes as inadvertent cuts during surgery or serious falls.” As a result, “the confidentiality provision…now keeps most such mistakes secret,” but “patients have a right to know about hospital mistakes and … Read more
ABC World News (3/5, story 6, 2:55, Sawyer) reported on how some drug bottles look alike and how the FDA “said it gets thousands of reports of such mix-ups every year.” The FDA’s Dr. Gerald Pan said, “Today’s near-miss, today’s medication error that doesn’t cause harm to somebody could cause harm to someone tomorrow.” ABC … Read more
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