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A review by the FDA finds no additional risk of myocardial infarcation (MI) or a heart attack when Pradaxa (dabigatran) is compared to Coumadin (warfarin). An MI occurs when blood suddenly stops flowing to parts of the heart injuring the heart muscle. This latest study is trying to push Pradaxa as the drug […]

How much could you spare today to make a difference in the lives of thousands who are in need in our community? May 6, 2014, is a special day for communities and charities across the country.  For 24 hours on May 6, 2014, communities around the country are engaged in […]

It is a common treatment for uterine fibroids but now Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is halting the sale and promotion of its popular surgical device, known as a morcellator, because of fears it could spread a deadly cancer. Fibroids grow in the uterus of some women. While they are often […]

A major move toward public safety may be one step closer with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announcing this week that it will put a proposal out for public comment that would reclassify pelvic organ prolapse (POP) mesh from moderate to high risk. If approved, that move would require […]

It has been one year since an outbreak of Salmonella Heidelberg was first identified and linked to Foster Farms raw chicken and since then the numbers of individuals affected keeps growing. Last month, an additional 43 people were added to the list of 524 people nationwide sickened by a drug-resistant […]

This is a project that had its genesis in tragedy. John James was a chief toxicologist for NASA in Houston when his 19-year-old son died after two doctors made a series of medical errors. John Alexander James had an abnormal heart beat and despite being treated by a “team” of […]

For the first time, a Texas jury has decided the pelvic mesh made by healthcare giant Johnson & Johnson was defectively designed. The jury awarded the 64-year-old Dallas woman $1.2 million following a two-and-a half week trial. The case has implications for all pelvic mesh which is overwhelmingly made of […]

On any given day in the state of Florida, there are approximately 750 children ready to be adopted from foster homes with no identifiable family. There are also over 50,000 children in Florida who are neglected or abused, every year. Searcy Denney has decided to do its part in trying […]

Just to be safe, drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer healthcare will remove all of its weight loss drug alli from stores shelves in the U.S. and Puerto Rico due to fear of contamination. There have been at least 20 reports of retail purchases by consumers where the pills and capsules were […]

This news is not surprising to anyone who pays attention to medical device recalls. There has been a substantial jump in medical device recalls – up 97 percent over the last decade! This news comes from the division within the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that regulates medical devices. […]