As we have seen in recent weeks, the stock market can be a volatile place, especially for the investment firms who decide to gamble in the subprime securities market. For the past several months, the nation has watched as the housing market has continued its plunge to levels not seen since the Great Depression. At [...]
On October 15, 2007, the Food and Drug Administration issued a Class I Recall involving the Medtronic, Inc., Sprint Fidelis® Defibrillator Leads, model numbers 6930, 6931, 6948 and 6949. This recall specifically relates to those leads manufactured from September 2004 through October 15, 2007. This action does not affect Medtronic pacemaker patients.
In March [...]
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently asked manufacturers of all Gadolinium-based contrast agents to include a new boxed warning on the product label. These contrast agents are used to enhance the quality of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and can place patients at risk for developing a potentially fatal disease known as Nephrogenic Systemic [...]
In last month’s report, I made you aware of one of the most dangerous ATVs on the market – the Yamaha Rhino. Since the Yamaha Rhino All Terrain Vehicle was introduced to the market in the United States in 2003, it has been involved in a large number of devastating rollover accidents, leaving adults and [...]
After initially resisting their disclosure, the Bush Administration has finally allowed the names of 131 nursing homes with poor inspection records to be made public. The list released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services identifies troubled facilities cited as a “special focus facility,” a designation used to identify those that merit more [...]
