Lawsuits are heating up (excuse the pun) with the 3M Company's Bair Hugger warming blankets. These are the blankets utilized to keep over 200 million pre-surgical patients warm while they awaited surgery in the operating room. The allegations of the lawsuits are...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally announced that consumers will be given the much needed information on the potential risk for complications linked to implantable sterilization, Bayer’s Essure. As reported previously there have been...
Our attention has been called to an odd safety concern leading to near death for a San Diego, California woman. Reportedly, a local woman did what many people do on a regular basis without any thought, and that was to sit in a shampoo chair at a local salon. She was...
Mars, a well-known United States based candy making company, has announced they are recalling candy bars internationally in 55 countries. The candy bars include Mars, Milky Way, Snickers, Celebrations, and Mini Mix. The recall is the result of plastic being found in...
As an update to our previously run blog regarding the use of talcum powder being linked to ovarian cancer in women, there is news of a ruling ordering Johnson & Johnson to pay 72 million dollars out for an ovarian cancer death. On February 22, 2016 a St....
We previously warned our readers that Honda was recalling Takata air bag systems and since then there were also recalls involving vehicle made by GM, Ford, BMW, Volkswagen, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, and Daimler trucks. In all about 24.4 million vehicles have been...
German researches have determined that there is a group of medications for heartburn, called proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) that are possibly responsible for raising the risk for dementia in older adults, especially those 75 years of age and older. The risky drugs...
Green tea extract has been touted all over the place in recent years for its claimed health benefits, including weight loss. However, it has now come to light that as the old adage goes, too much of anything can be a bad thing. A young male Australian recently found...
In the United States, consumers are taking more prescription drugs for anxiety issues and are overdoing on anxiety drugs more than ever before. Benzodiazepines (“benzos”) make up the class of prescribed drugs that are seeing markedly increased overdoses than before...
Our firm has brought you articles in the past about the dangers of distracted driving, which certainly includes texting and driving. Now, in this culture of being constantly on the phone, there is a new danger out there..... distracted walking! You did not just read...