At the end of January, the FDA issued a press release warning health care professionals about an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors (suicidality) in patients who take...
Read moreThe FDA recently modified the prescribing information for the Ortho Evra Contraceptive Transdermal (Skin) Patch to include the results of a new study that found that users of the...
Read moreWhen you are faced with having to place a loved one in the care of a nursing home, you expect that their needs will be met and that they...
Read moreLast Thursday, the FDA issued a Public Health Advisory for parents and caregivers, recommending that over-the-counter (OTC) cough and cold products should not be used to treat infants and...
Read moreThe media reported on Tuesday that investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (“NTSB”) have concluded that a design flaw caused last summer’s collapse of a bridge in Minnesota,...
Read moreIt was recently reported that Georgette Watson, a 46-year old woman who worked as a principal at a Chicago middle school, died of a heart attack while under sedation...
Read moreAs the football playoffs get underway, it behooves us to take note of the increasing publicity surrounding concussion injury among football players. Researchers from the University of North Carolina...
Read moreNumerous media sources reported at the end of 2007 that country music star Toby Keith and his family had won $2.8 million in a wrongful death lawsuit arising out...
Read moreAs of January 1, 2008, a new law against texting while driving went into effect in the state of Washington. Texting while driving is considered to be a secondary...
Read moreStarting today, House Bill 2872 outlaws anyone younger than 18 with a permit or a provisional driver’s license (which places limitations on the first year and a half teens...
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