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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning consumers not to use a sexual enhancement capsule distributed by Natural Wellness because the product contains an undeclared ingredient that may cause serious, life-threatening conditions for some populations.
Many moms who have toted their tots in baby slings swear by them, but the recent recall of baby slings by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has cast a dark shadow on the popular parenting accessory. The CPSC announced last week that it is investigating at least 14 deaths associated with the sling-style infant carriers because they pose two different types of suffocation hazards to babies. Those at greater risk of injury or death include babies younger than 4 months, low birth weight twins, premature infants, and babies with breathing issues such as a cold.
A Cullman, Alabama, man died Tuesday afternoon after falling on the scene of a construction site. Authorities said that Kenneth Ball, 51, a contractor and resident of Cullman, was installing a window on the fourth floor of a construction project when his scaffolding collapsed.
People who take the highest dose of a cholesterol-lowering medication simvastatin are at an increased risk of muscle injury, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The agency made the announcement following a review of data from a large clinical trial as well as other sources. Simvastatin is sold as a single-ingredient generic medication, under the brand-name Zocor, and in combination with esetimibe as Vytorin, and niacin as Simcor.
Wyoming has become the 20th state to ban texting while driving, surprising many opponents given the state’s traditional reluctance to impose restrictions on drivers. Under the new law, which takes effect on July 1 of this year, drivers caught texting behind the wheel will receive a $75.00 fine.
For decades, big pharmaceutical companies have spent untold millions researching drugs that will assist in the recovery of traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Now, new research shows that the answer may have been there all along.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said it is notifying the owners and managers of about 15,000 workplaces that their rate of employee injury is exceedingly high compared to other similar companies. OSHA uses data, known as the DART rate (Days Away, Restrictions and Transfers) to determine which businesses have the highest number of illnesses and injury resulting in days away from work, restricted work activities, or job transfers.
At a time when the news is full of reports of cars accelerating out of control and crashing, drivers texting behind the wheel and car roofs crushed in deadly rollovers, here’s some welcome news: the number of people killed in U.S. traffic accidents is the lowest since 1954.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning health care professionals, hospital personnel and patients that counterfeit flat sheets of polypropylene surgical mesh are being marketed in the United States and labeled with the C.R. Bard/Davol brand name. Four products have been identified to date as not being Bard-manufactured products. These products are used to reinforce soft tissue where weakness exists in the repair of hernias and chest wall defects.
A Frankfort, Illinois man was killed while conducting pressure tests for Peoples Gas in Chicago Wednesday. According to Chicago Fire Department authorities, Mike Gryga, 41, and his fellow workers, also employees of Peoples Gas, were performing an air pressure test on a section of a 20-inch gas pipe in downtown Chicago below Jackson Boulevard and Wacker Drive at the time of the accident.
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