August 3rd, 2012 tmccoy
Descire Mori, Asistente Legal La Administración de Alimentos y Fármacos de EE.UU. (FDA en sus siglas en Ingles), ha advertido de que los padres no deben suministrar los productos de benzocaína durante la dentición de los bebes sin antes de consultar a un profesional de la salud. La benzocaína es una anestesia local, por la [...]
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August 3rd, 2012 tmccoy
by: Stephanie Herschaft, Esq. The California Health Department is currently investigating a local hospital accused of using experimental Stryker and Medtronic bone growth proteins on patients who did not give their consent. Supposedly, at least seventeen patients were involved in a secret research project at Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center in Pomona California. They were randomized [...]
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August 3rd, 2012 tmccoy
An initial recall of about 5,200 Athena cantaloupes distributed in New York and Maine, has expanded to more than 188,900 cantaloupes distributed in 10 states after FDA inspectors found “unsanitary conditions” at the Burch Equipment LLC cantaloupe packing facility in North Carolina. According to the FDA’s press release, both the FDA and the North Carolina [...]
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August 3rd, 2012 tmccoy
William Dubanevich, Esq. A lack of funding has resulted in delays with research on the health and environmental effects of drilling for natural gas. The demand for such investigation has followed the rapid increase of the use of hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, to reach natural gas deep underground. Fracking is a process of [...]
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August 3rd, 2012 tmccoy
by: Jonathan Macri, Esq. A number of New York City hospitals are in the news, and not for great performance. A recent report by the New York Times reveals that a number of the city’s busiest and most troubled hospitals are playing a very risky game. Specifically, some of the hospitals in the five boroughs [...]
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