Monthly Archives: May 2011

Police in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada launched their annual spring crackdown on unsafe commercial trucks and drivers last week, setting up multiple safety check stops that resulted in more than a third of commercial vehicles being removed from the road. ... Read More

Charles H. Payne was told he was being insubordinate to his manager when the Wyeth-Ayerst Territory Manager first raised concerns about promoting the drug company’s hormone replacement therapies (HRT) Premarin and Prempro to physicians for indications that were not approved ... Read More

It has been nearly six years since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first warned consumers that studies linked the antidepressant Paxil (paroxetine) with an increased risk of birth defects, particularly heart defects, when women take it during the first ... Read More

According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2009, 4,340 workers left for work never to return home. This number represents a significant decline in the number of fatal on-the-job accidents from 2008, when 5,214 workers lost their lives, ... Read More

A senior scientist working for the non-profit Institute for Safe Medicine Practices has discovered that Chantix is a much more dangerous drug than has been officially acknowledged after finding hundreds of serious adverse reactions were reported to the FDA by ... Read More

A Pennsylvania man died from falling injuries last Wednesday afternoon, two days after the truck-mounted aerial lift he was in failed as he was cutting back tree limbs. ... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is asking manufacturers of metal-on-metal artificial hips to report any problems with the implants, especially problems caused when bits of metal fall into the soft tissue around the implant caused by the rubbing together ... Read More

For years, Mrs. Smith* chose not to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) to treat bothersome symptoms of menopause. During menopause, some women become “estrogen deficient” – their estrogen level drops so low that they experience symptoms such as hot flashes, ... Read More

The diabetes drug Avandia will no longer be sold at retail pharmacies beginning in November because of the serious health risks it poses to patients. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted to severely restrict use of Avandia and related ... Read More

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning parents, caregivers and health care providers not to feed SimplyThick, a thickening agent for management of swallowing disorders, to premature infants (born before 37 weeks gestation). The product may cause necrotizing enterocolitis ... Read More