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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 ]

CT Teen Driving Reforms

04.17.08 Governor Jodi Rell’s Teen Driving Task Force  has placed a bill before the CT Legislature that would provide tougher penalties for teen drivers caught breaking the law. The Bill has been passed by the House of Representatives and is now before the Senate for review. If passed the laws would (...) [ read more ]

Heparin overdoses in infants

03.25.08 Preventable medical error leads to celebrity activismIn November 2007, Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly nearly lost their newborn twins when a nurse erroneously injected the infants with the wrong dose of heparin, an anti-coagulant frequently used in low doses to keep IV lines open. The twins have recovered (...) [ read more ]