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• Hospital’s Not as Recession-Proof as Once Thought

  Jim Clark | May 07, 2009 5:48 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The American Hospital Association (AHA), as released a comprehensive survey of hospitals throughout the country. Approximately 1,100 hospitals responded to a survey conducted in March of 2009....

• Plavix and Heartburn Drugs-A Dangerous Mix

  Joe Saunders | May 07, 2009 11:22 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A new medical study jointly proffered by Medco Health Solutions, Inc. and Indiana University School of Medicine show that cardiac patients who take the anti-clotting drug Plavix in combination with...

• FDA Mandates New Warning for Botox, All Botulinum Toxin Products

  C. Todd Alley | May 04, 2009 1:24 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The FDA has ordered its most serious safety warning be attached to all botulinum toxin products due to reports of serious adverse reactions and also due to risks associated with the lack of...

• Colonoscopies, AIDS and VA Hospitals

  Joe Saunders | April 27, 2009 12:21 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Three VA patients have tested positive for AIDS after colonscopy equipment was not properly cleaned and sterilized. Another 25 VA patients, 7 in Florida have contracted hepatitis B or C due to...

• New Report Suggests Declining Physician Discipline

  C. Todd Alley | April 27, 2009 10:28 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Public Citizen, a well-known, well-respected non-profit public interest organization, just released its yearly study of state medical boards for 2008. In this study, Public Citizen tracked the...

• FDA Closes Major Testing Loophole

  Don Greiwe | April 27, 2009 10:25 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  On April 8, 2009, The Food and Drug Administration announced it would be ending loophole exploited for years by manufacturers. This loophole allowed all medical devices “manufactured and...

• Nationwide Dietary Drug Recall

  Joe Saunders | April 23, 2009 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  After an FDA analysis, Universal ABC Beauty Supply International, Inc. has recalled diet drugs that have been marketed under 34 different names. The FDA investigation found that these diet drugs...

• Obama Asked To Ensure a Clean Slate at the FDA

  Jim Clark | April 20, 2009 4:18 PM | 2 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Bold assertions were made against the Food and Drug Admistration to President Obama in a letter written April 2, and most of the assertions do an excellent job at capturing the frustration of...

• Chaos Continues In the Chinese Drywall Debate

  C. Todd Alley | April 20, 2009 4:15 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  As another columnist wrote earlier this month, the Chinese drywall disaster is still developing in the southeast. Shipments totaling 550 million pounds of the defective drywall have entered the...

• Fitness Balls Burst Causing Injuries

  Joe Saunders | April 17, 2009 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  More than 3 million fitness balls have been recalled after they burst, causing back and neck injuries to those using them. The balls in question are sold by department stores and sports shops...