All news posts from September 01, 2007 to September 30, 2007

Two Duke University Health System hospitals have been forced to contact and notify some 3,800 patients that they may have been operated on with surgical instruments that were inadvertently rinsed with used elevator hydraulic fluid .  Although the story sounds almost too incredible to believe, it ac

Millions of toys have been recalled worldwide from major toy manufacturers such as Mattel/Fisher Price and Toys “R” Us for having excessive levels of lead in their paint. The recalled toys range from SpongeBob SquarePants Notebooks to Barbie Accessories to Children’s Jewelry and more. Most of the recalled toys are

According to a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine , an analysis evaluated so-called Med-Watch reports of drug side effects and deaths to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration . According to reporting of adverse event