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• FDA: They Don't Know What They Don't Know

  Joe Saunders | July 21, 2009 6:56 PM | 2 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  According to the Government Accounting Office, the FDA doesn't have enough data to even make a decision about what it needs to keep consumers safe. While this isn't surprising to those of us who've...

• Inadequate Staffing Takes its Toll in Health Care Industry

  Don Greiwe | July 20, 2009 11:02 AM | 3 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Recently, the American Nurses Association (ANA) released the results of an ongoing survey of nurses across the U.S., and the findings are grim. The survey received more than 15,000 responses from...

• Bisphenol A (BPA) California Ban Prompts FDA to Reinvestigate

  Don Greiwe | June 18, 2009 4:10 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Bisphenol A, or BPA, is an organic compound used in the production of plastics around the world. BPA is found in plastics used in numerous industries. Some uses include children’s food and...

• Father To Sue Over Handling of Jessica Lunsford Case

  Shannon Weidemann | February 27, 2008 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Jessica Lunsford was killed in 2005 by a registered sex offender living about 100 yards from her home. John Couey was convicted of killing her and has been sentanced to death. He claims he held the girl captive for days in his bedroom closet before killing her. Mark Lunsford feels the sheriff's office did not do enough to find his daughter. He is now planning to sue the Citrus County...

• Man Dies After Riding Roller Coaster at Disney

  Jenny Albano | December 19, 2007 7:31 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  On Tuesday, December 19 a man died after riding a roller coaster at the Walt Disney World Resort.Jeffery Reed, 44, was unconscious at the end of the Expedition Everest ride at the Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom.Disney personnel provided medical assistance to Reed, and he was transported to Celebration Hospital where he was pronounced dead, Orange County Sheriff's officials said. Inspectors...

• FDA says no heart attack risk for users of Nexium or Prilosec

  Brenda Fulmer | August 10, 2007 8:15 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The FDA has released preliminary results of U.S. and Candian studies involving two popular heartburn medications, Prilosec and Nexium. The studies, which began in May of 2007, seem to indicate that the drugs do not pose a threat for heart problems. The Food and Drug Administration and its Canadian counterpart began reviewing the drugs, used by tens of millions of people, back in May. That's...

• "Park To Reverse" Transmission Defect Kills California Man

  Bob Carroll | March 08, 2007 5:39 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  When you park your pickup truck or automobile you should not have to chain it to a post to keep it from backing over you. That should be Rule #1 for motor vehicle manufacturers. Apparently, DaimlerChrysler didn't realize how important a secure Park in its transmissions is. After a $55 Million Verdict the company may finally correct the problem.55 Million Verdict Imposed Against...

• Serious Brain Injury Sustained By Skateboarder Who Hitched A Ride

  Bob Carroll | January 27, 2007 3:44 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  Just about every week I learn of new ways for people to be seriously injured. Not too long ago it was tube kiting that burst on the scene. (Sitting on large inner-tube shaped "kites" towed behind motorboats at high enough speeds to become airborne.) This week it is skitching. (Hitching a ride by grabbing a car while on a skateboard.) The details of a skitcher who sustained a brain injury in...

• MRSA Infection Lawsuits

  Bob Carroll | October 25, 2006 6:28 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  As hospital-acquired infections continue to kill patients in the U.S. it is the threat of lawsuits which may force steps to find and eradicate the organisms.The biggest push for search and destroy may come, sadly, from the threat of lawsuits. Several large ones have been settled with hospitals where patients died of infections.This is the way Slate reports the largely unchecked spread of...

• One Vote For Spinal Immobilization

  Bob Carroll | August 03, 2006 7:26 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  The title of the correspondence in a medical journal was not particularly dramatic or catchy. The Evidence for Spinal Immobilization: An Estimate of the Magnitude of the Treatment Benefit, Annals of Emergency Medicine, Volume 48 • Number 2 • August 2006 But, it attracted my attention because of the number of spinal cord injuries experienced by my clients over the years. And, because of...