No. 3 Cause of US Deaths – Medical Errors
Medical errors rank behind heart disease and cancer as the 3rd leading cause of death in the United States according to researchers at Johns Hopkins. The authors of the article from Johns Hopkins, including surgeon Dr. Martin Makary, calls for changes in death...
DILAUDID OVERDOSES
Dilaudid, the brand name for Hydromorphone, is an opiate pain medication that has become frequently prescribed for severe pain. Although all medications carry risk, there is an unusually high number of injuries caused by Dilaudid. At times, doctors and nurses...
SUPREME COURT FINDS COUNTY NOT LIABLE FOR ACCIDENT WHERE TEEN DRIVER HIT UNUSUALLY HIGH PAVEMENT EDGE DROP
The Ohio Supreme Court in the case of Baker v. Wayne County, 2014-2079 ruled in April, 2016 that the county cannot be held legally responsible for the death of a 17 year old who was driving on a county road that was being repaved and had a 4 ½ to 5 inch drop edge drop...
MENTOR, OHIO CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED/LIMITED LIABILITY OF EMPLOYER
A 28 year old construction work was killed in a trench collapse at a Mentor construction site recently. The excavated trench collapsed while a crew was relocating a water line as a part of a road widening project. The Occupational Safety & Health Administration...
TAKATA DEFECTIVE AIRBAGS RECALL – $24 BILLION DOLLARS
Takata Corp. has predicted a potential $24 billion dollar cost for a complete call back of the defective airbag inflators responsible for 9 fatalities in the United States. This recall is the biggest of its kind in the history of the auto industry and a worst-case...
PANASONIC RECALLS LITHIUM-ION LAPTOP BATTERY PACKS DUE TO FIRE HAZARD
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, www.saferproducts.gov, has issued a product recall for lithium-ion computer battery packs sold in Panasonic CF-S10 Series laptop computers, which pose a risk of fire. Consumers should immediately stop using the laptop...
ZOFRAN ANTI-NAUSEA DRUG MAY BE LINKED TO SERIOUS BIRTH DEFECTS
Zofran, manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline was first approved by the FDA in 1991, and intended for extreme cases of nausea, such as with cancer medications or following surgery. Zofran was not FDA approved for use during pregnancy. However, it has increasingly been...
WHISTLEBLOWER FILES SUIT AGAINST VW AFTER EMISSIONS SCANDAL
A former employee has sued Volkswagen alleging it deleted documents and obstructed justice after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, accused the company of cheating on emissions tests. The whistleblower, Daniel Donovan, says in a lawsuit that he was wrongfully...
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