Giving Babies Tylenol Can Blunt Vaccine Effectiveness
New research suggests that giving babies Tylenol to prevent fevers when they get childhood vaccinations can actually backfire and make the vaccine less effective. The first major study to tie a reduction in immunity to the use of fever-lowering medication found that the effect was relatively small, and an overwhelming majority of children still got [...]
Targets Pays Civil Penalty for Lead Paint based Toys
Government officials recently penalized Target stores for the unusually high amount of lead found within and on in some of their toys. Target in turn agreed to pay a $600,000 dollars in civil penalties for selling toys that contained these dangerous lead levels. Authorities reveal that the lead content in some of the Target [...]
Widow Calls on Toyota to Pull Dangerous Floor Mats
Melodie Bohuchot, widow of Troy Johnson who died 2 years ago in a crash suspected of being caused by the Toyota floor mats, is pleading for Toyota to recall and remove them. This comes shortly after a family of four was killed because of the dangers associated with them. To date, Toyota has informed the [...]
Target Under Fire for Lead Paint in Toys
Target has recently agreed to pay six hundred thousand dollars in civil penalty for importing and retailing various types of toys containing high levels of lead paint on their surfaces. Government safety officials have said that the lead content of some of the toys’ surface coatings were higher than is legally allowed by the 1978 [...]
Helicopter and Plane Collision Prompts Widow’s Lawsuit
After husband Steven Altman, a small plane pilot, died in an August 8 collision with a helicopter over the Hudson river, his widow, Pamela Altman, filed a wrongful death suit. The crash occurred between New York and New Jersey killing a total of 9 people between the 2 aircraft. Steven Altman, his nephew and brother [...]
Over Half a Million Kids have bad Drug Reactions
A new study that appeared in October’s Pediatrics on Monday indicated that greater than half a million kids suffer from adverse reactions to common medicines. 5 % of that number require hospitalization. Research indicated that children 5 years and under were the most commonly affected, developing rashes, hives stomachaches and diarrhea after being treated [...]
Infant and Children’s Liquid Tylenol is Recalled
Johnson & Johnson voluntarily recalled at least 57 lots of infant and children’s liquid Tylenol because of a potential bacterial contamination. An official spokesperson for the company stated that an inactive ingredient did not meet normal testing standards. They also detected B. cepacia bacteria in some of the unused test batches. As soon as they [...]
Knee Repair Product Approved by FDA Despite Apparent Flaws
A renowned lawyer for the Food And Drug Administration (FDA) disclosed information regarding the government agency’s acceptance of a knee repair product that indicates they overlooked glaring problems prior to FDA approval. The Menaflex apparatus, which was manufactured by ReGen Biologics, is considered to have defects that would have made it near impossible for the [...]
Heart Problems Possibly Sparked by Prostate Cancer Treatment
A common hormone treatment for men with prostate cancer may be linked to a slight increase in heart related health issues. European medical experts learned through intensive studies that prostate cancer patients had a 28 percent higher risk of having a fatal heart attack as well as 21 percent chance of dying from heart disease [...]
FDA Reveals Database to make Food Safety Reporting Faster
Soon to become mandatory, the Food and Drug Administration has set up a system wherein food manufacturers could report potentially contaminated products within a 24 hour period. The move comes after a stern rebuke from congress as well as a slew of product liability lawsuits when tainted foods like peanuts and spinach caused sickness and [...]