- Staff Writer | March 31, 2007 5:48 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe dangers of using Paxil, a widely prescribed antidepressant drug, are increasingly reported among patients who have become pregnant and had children with severe or deadly birth defects.In December 2005, the FDA released an alert about the risk of Paxil birth defects. Following is an exerpt from that report: The Food and Drug Administration today is alerting health care professionals and...
- Shannon Weidemann | March 30, 2007 5:11 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe FDA has completed their own testing of the wheat gluten used to make the recalled pet food and found melamine in it. Melamine is used to make plastic kitchenware. It is also used as a fertilizer in Asia. Earlier this week the New York State Department of Agriculture announced it found rat poison in the recalled food. The FDA testing did not find rat poison.The melamine finding comes a...
- Christina Cole | March 29, 2007 1:20 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsOn Wednesday morning, a Police chase came to an end in the Bronx with a pile up of police cruisers, injured officers and finally an arrest.Three New York Police Department cruisers crashed into one another on the Bronx River Expressway at 177th Street after chasing a suspect who had allegedly stolen a car in the Bronx at about 9:00 a.m.Many of the officers suffered minor injuries resulting from...
- Staff Writer | March 28, 2007 6:00 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe FDA released an Alert in July 2006 about the increased risk of deadly birth defects in babies whose mothers were using Paxil. The alert reads as follows:FDA ALERT [7/2006]: Increased Risk of Neonatal Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension A recently published case-control study has shown that infants born to mothers who took selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) after the 20th week of...
- Shannon Weidemann | March 28, 2007 4:39 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesA basic breathing test for those that suffer from World Trade Center Illness is not being given to 60 percent of HMO patients. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseases, or COPD, is a common ailment for those who worked in the clean up effort at Ground Zero. It includes things such as bronchitis and emphysema. The HMOs throughout the state were asked whether their doctors give breathing-capacity...
- Christina Cole | March 25, 2007 3:05 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA Commack, New York couple is suing a fertility clinic alleging they were given the wrong sperm - resulting in the wrong child. The couple claims their daughter is too dark to be theirs. Now they are suing New York Medical Services for Reproductive medicine for medical malpractice and other claims after several genetic tests confirm the Husband is not the father of the baby.As the business for...
- Shannon Weidemann | March 23, 2007 2:21 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe New Yorks State Department of Agriculture has announced that the recalled pet food contains rat poison. They did testing of the recalled food at Cornell University. Dogs and cats that have eaten are being diagnosed with kidney failure.Spokeswomen for the department and the university would not comment on how aminopterin may have gotten into the pet food.The discovery comes nearly a week...
- Staff Writer | March 21, 2007 11:27 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA report from LifeNews.com on February 27, 2007, says that a New York state appeals court ruled that a girl is allowed to sue the city of Brooklyn for birth injuries that originated before she was born. Pro-life advocates are hailing this decision as a milestone in furthering the rights of unborn children. The case itself involved a girl whose mother worked for the city of Brooklyn while...
- Staff Writer | March 21, 2007 11:02 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesThose people who were at Ground Zero on 9/11/01 or during a certain period of time afterward may have been exposed to a number of dangerous toxins that could cause serious injury or death.The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) filed a report following the collapse fo the World Trade Center with toxic materials and their amounts. Some of the items listed in the report include:1.2 million...
- Christina Cole | March 17, 2007 6:31 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsMenu Foods Income Fund has volunatarily recalled dog and cat food they manufactured between the dates of December 3, 2006 and March 6, 2007. The recall involves "cuts and gravy" type pet food in cans and pouches that was manufactured at two of the Fund's United States facilities. The products are manufactured and sold under private label and are contract-manufactured for some popular national...
- Christina Cole | March 15, 2007 12:59 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesWhile there may not be any scientific evidence linking exposure to 9/11 dust and diseases like that of pulmonary fibrosis, it hasn't stopped the press from making assumptions and jumping to conclusions that go against science.For instance, a case involving a New York Police Officer whose son was a guest of Senator Clinton at the State of the Union just hours after his father's premature death...
- Christina Cole | March 11, 2007 10:31 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsPet owners and authorities are starting to worry about the safety of animal medicines echoing worries regarding human drugs such as Vioxx.Tested on only a couple hundred animals, a drug meant for pets is less likely than a drug for humans to show all its failings and shortcomings until it reaches market, say veterinarians. Over 700 drugs have been approved for pets, but several others are used...
- Shannon Weidemann | March 10, 2007 3:31 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesNew York City has given Bellevue Hospital $16 million to be used over the next five years to treat those affected by World Trade Center Illness. 1,000 people have already signed up for the program and the hospital has the capacity to treat 6,000 over the next few years.Bellevue is hiring more specialists - including pulmonary physicians, ear-nose-and-throat doctors, psychologists and social...
- Shannon Weidemann | March 08, 2007 2:57 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeMeriter Hospital of Dane County Wisconsin was cleared of any negligence in the birth of baby boy born in 2001. The child suffered birth injuries and has cerebral palsy and is not able to walk or talk. One of the doctors in attendance was found not negligent by the jury as well.After some 18 hours of deliberations spread over two days, jurors found two nurses from the hospital negligent in the...
- Staff Writer | March 05, 2007 11:18 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesNew York City's Mayor announced a plan in February for the city to help victims who suffer from 9/11 illness resulting from the World Trade Center attacks and collapse. The site was understandably an extremely toxic one in the hours and weeks after the devastating World Trade Center attack and collapse of the buildings. This affected not only rescue workers and cleanup crews, but also those who...
- Christina Cole | March 01, 2007 12:06 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAfter a serious car accident on Saturday, six people were transported to the hospital.State police say a 22-year-old Rochester woman was driving eastbound on Route 31 in Palmyra, when she pulled into the westbound lane to pass the car traveling ahead of her.She crashed head-on into a pickup truck that was traveling westbound. She then crashed into a 69-year-old Palmyra man who was riding a bike....