When I first received the news blurb I thought it was a joke; but this is no laughing matter! Apparently, in addition to trying to avoid sunburn, at least one brand of spray-on sunscreen can cause you second and third degree burns. The maker of Banana Boat UltraMist Sunscreen has […]
Category: Product Defect
On Wednesday, October 10, 2012, Toyota recalled over 7 million vehicles worldwide to fix faulty window switches that can cause fires. This is not the first major recall involving Toyota. It seems the more Toyota tries to improve its image after several safety issues involving their product, the more problems […]
According to the Associated Press (7) people have died from tainted steroids produced by The New England Compounding Center in Massachusetts. So far 60 cases have been discovered in 9 states; including right here in Florida. There are (8) facilities in Florida confirmed to have received the tainted lots: Lot […]
On March 10, 2010, the Stryker Orthopaedics Division announced the release of a new hip replacement, the ADM X3 Mobile Bearing Acetabular System. Calling it the “next-generation of technology” in hip replacements, the company announced that Hall of Famer, Johnny Bench, would become the first patient in the world to […]
Do cigarette manufacturers know their customers, or do cigarette manufacturers know their customers? A recent article in the New York Times found that “low-income smokers in New York spend 25% of their income on cigarettes.” While statistics like this might come as a surprise to regular folks like you and […]
I have written about this case before. This is a case where two central Florida CVS pharmacies were filling highly suspect prescriptions for powerful pain medications for patients, including for non- Florida residents. The facts of this case were egregious and no serious effort to stop financially lucrative and improper […]
“Now I’ve been crying lately, thinking about the world as it is why must we go on hating, why can’t we just live in bliss” -Cat Stevens ‘Peace Train’ While I certainly share in the singer/songwriters desire for peace and am moved when I hear this song, it is the […]
Finasteride, one of the most popular drug used in the fight against baldness, has been linked to long-lasting sexual dysfunction in men using the drug. Commercially sold as Propecia, the drug was originally approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat prostate issues. One side effect was that […]
When participants left a two-day public hearing convened by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to discuss metal-on-metal hips (MoM) there were few answers and a lot of questions. The goal of the 18-member FDA advisory panel made up of surgeons, industry reps, and consumer advocates was to try and come […]
In the three years since Stryker first introduced the Rejuvenate and ABG II modular hip implant systems, thousands of patients have had these devices implanted. The devices were distributed by Stryker throughout the United States. The promises made about the Rejuvenate seem to have all been false. Since the device […]
