Wrigley, the gum company, will stop the production of chewing gum that includes a caffeine jolt until the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) figures out to how regulate caffeine-enhanced consumer items. The new gum was marketed as Alert Energy Caffeine Gum and it contains about 40 milligrams of caffeine, […]
They are called “legal” drugs, but for the thousands of fatalities that result from their use the comparison with illegal drugs is a distinction without a difference. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the number of deaths attributed to prescription painkillers now exceeds those attributed […]
In the United States most hospitals operate for profit so it’s a bit disturbing when a report says that complications actually work to increase the profits of a hospital. In other words, as complications increase, profits increase. Not that anyone is intentionally increasing the complication rate, but the Boston Consulting […]
When I was a kid, I knew we were poor. What I did not know and my mother saved us from ever experiencing was being homeless. But, I have had homeless relatives and homeless friends with whom I went through with them the struggle to come out . In Palm […]
For a diabetic, accurately monitoring his blood sugar level can mean a matter of life or a diabetic coma. So this latest warning from healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson is especially troublesome. Its popular OneTouch Verio IQ blood glucose meters have been found to be faulty when the blood sugar […]
If you are over the age of 65 a dangerous fall could be in your future according to federal health regulators. None of us likes to think we’re getting older but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) finds that among Americans age 65 and older, one in three […]
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is cracking down on compounding pharmacies after a nationwide fatal outbreak of fungal meningitis was found in contaminated steroid injections made at the New England Compounding Center (NECC). Now a Georgia compounding pharmacy, Clinical Specialties Compounding Pharmacy (CSCP) of Augusta, has voluntarily recalled all […]
They have barely found themselves back on land and a number of lawsuits have already been filed against Carnival Cruise Lines over the disastrous ship Triumph’s trip from hell. An engine room fire on February 10 left the 3,000 passengers with no toilets or air conditioning, little food and fresh […]
Consumers are being warned to stop using the Imaginarium Activity Walkers for children after the government received five reports of the wheels detaching. No children were injured. The product is sold by Toys R Us which has issued a recall for 9,000 units of the walkers, used to help babies […]
I, and the other attorneys in my firm, represent people who experience tragedies in their lives. Sometimes clients do receive justice. Sometimes the defendants make honest mistakes, other times their neglect is particularly egregious. The case I recently tried, with Greg Barnhart and Matt Schwencke in my firm, was flagrant […]
