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Toyota faces lawsuit consolidation hearing – lawsuits could cost Toyota billions

03.25.10 Associated Press SAN DIEGO - Attorneys for Toyota Motor Corp. and people suing the Japanese automaker over sudden acceleration problems urged a federal panel Thursday to consolidate more than 200 lawsuits before a single judge, with Los Angeles federal court emerging as the favored venue. Lawyers (...) [ read more ]

Recall of over 1,000,000 Infantino baby slings after 3 infant deaths

03.24.10 Jennifer C. Kerr, Huffington Post The recall involves 1 million Infantino "SlingRider" and "Wendy Bellissimo" slings in the United States and 15,000 in Canada.   Earlier this month, CPSC issued a broad warning about sling-style baby carriers, saying they pose a potential suffocation risk to infants, especially babies (...) [ read more ]

FDA isues asthma drug warnings

02.22.10 FDA urges restrictions on drugs that could make asthma suddenly worse: 2.18.2010The FDA issued safety restrictions on Advair, Symibicort, Foradil, and Serevent saying these drugs should only be used by asthmatics who can’t control their lung disease with other medications.Nor should these drugs ever be (...) [ read more ]

Electronic throttle suspected in Toyota Camry acceleration problems

02.22.10 As Congressional hearings regarding Toyota’s recent proliferation of serious safety problems continue, many officials questions whether the largest car company in the world has fully diagnosed the problems.Three fatal car crashes attributed to acceleration defects occurred in 2005 Toyota Camry’s. In each case, evidence points (...) [ read more ]

Children harmed by drug errors in hospitals

04.17.08 A new study published this month in the journal Pediatrics has found that drug mix-ups, accidental overdoses and bad drug reactions harm one out of 15 hospitalized children. These results are from the first scientific test of a new method of detecting these problems.The new monitoring method is a list (...) [ read more ]

28 medical errors that should never happen

04.17.08 1.      Surgery on the wrong body part.2.      Surgery on the wrong patient.3.      Wrong surgical procedure performed on a patient.4.      Object left in patient after surgery.5.      Death of patient who had been generally healthy during or immediately           after surgery for a localized problem.6.      (...) [ read more ]