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On March 21, 2008 B. Braun Medical, Inc instituted a nationwide recall of Heparin. The recall affected 23 lots of Heparin manufactured and distributed by B. Braun Medical Inc both here and in Canada. There have been numerous reports of serious injuries and deaths in patients who have received Heparin injectable products. The typical symptoms include anaphylactic like reactions...abdominal...

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Last week, Bailey and Oliver Law Firm filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of St. Francis County, Arkansas against Tornado Bus Company, Inc. for Mary Alice Royko and James A Royko. The suit arises out of a wreck that occurred on November 25, 2007 on I-40 near Forest City, Arkansas.The suit alleges that over the last 30 months, Tornado Bus Company has had 32 moving violations and its buses have...

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Pet food, children's toys, and now Heparin...all unsafe Chinese products. Investigators are trying to determine if the drug Heparin was deliberately contaminated with a fake ingredient resulting in up to 19 known deaths.We know Heparin is a commonly used blood thinner. All the ingredients come from China. Dr. Janet Woodcock, the Federal Drug Administration's deputy commissioner said it is...

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The skies are clear and no rain in the forecast. It would seem that the dangers of last week's rain had passed. Unfortunately, this is not the case for residents of the Arkansas "prairie" region in eastern Arkansas. The flash point centers around a break on Saturday in the 60-year old levee that held back the Black River in Northeast Arkansas.Flash flood watches were issued for this area of...

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Chantix, manufactured by Pfizer, was looked to by smokers as the answer to kicking a tough habit. It was approved by the FDA in 2006 as a drug to help people quit smoking. It acts in the parts of the brain affected by nicotine. Unfortunately, it appears that the dangers of the drug can't outweigh the positive chance to quit smoking.Investigators for the federal government are now researching...

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If you have been injured, the Arkansas Legislature attempted in 2003 to limit your right to compensation to the amount of medical bills actually paid. For example if you had Medicare Insurance that paid a lower rate than the hospital charged, the legislation only required the wrongdoer to pay the lower amount. In effect this gave the wrongdoer the benefit of your insurance.Fortunately there...

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Botox is associated with anti-aging and continuing that youthful look. Most people don't realize that a death warning should come with the use of the drug. Botox is classified as a drug and is given for a variety of conditions. Unfortunately, it has become the latest subject of a FDA warning.On Friday, February 8, 2008, the FDA warning came 2 weeks after the consumer advocacy group Public...

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Medicine should relieve our pain or enable us to live better lives. In the case of Johnson and Johnson's Duragesic pain patch, death and life-threatening conditions have been the unfortunate effect on patient's lives. Before I talk about the details in these cases, let me put one fact out there: Duragesic generated $l.29 billion in global sales last year.This makes it Johnson and Johnson's 6th...

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Has your doctor been disciplined? The National Practitioner Data Bank is kept secret from both patients and from almost all physicians thanks to the American Medical Association's successful lobbying for secrecy when the legislation concerning the Data Bank was being considered.Public Citizen's Health Research Group has established its own data bank of doctors who have been disciplined. The...

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Can you believe the reactions Sigma Sigma Sigma members had to HAZING. It these members knew of the grief, the danger, the lives lost due to hazing they surely would take this more seriously. Engaging in drinking parties is dangerous. Underage drinking kills.The National Chapter should be applauded for suspending the Chapter for these violent acts of hazing. When will this plight on our...

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