The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency spent 2012 cracking down on entities they felt enhanced prescription drug abuse, including two CVS pharmacies near Orlando. Narcotic drug abuse often leads to serious injuries or death. Pharmacies have a responsibility to handle the drugs they prescribe with professional care. This can range from…
The Food and Drug Administration recently announced a proposed set of rules that would make it much more difficult for medical equipment manufacturers to sell all-metal hip implants. Companies took advantage of not having to prove their products safe and effective, and were putting devices on the market that they…
Florida’s Department of Financial Services, Bureau of Unclaimed Property, holds unclaimed accounts at more than $1 billion dollars. A large portion of this money was obtained through multi-million, multi-state settlement agreements with life insurance companies, including AIG, John Hancock, MetLife, Prudential, and Zurich. All of these companies were previously only…
The FDA issued a warning letter to the medical device company St. Jude’s Medical to address several violations in the manufacturing of defibrillator leads Riata and Durata. St. Jude’s Medical, following an investigation of its manufacturing plant between September 25, and October 17, attempted to show it had corrected the…
Last month, the Pentagon released a report regarding the war in Afghanistan that revealed bleak statistics – Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks have increased 56% since 2009, insider attacks are used with higher frequency, and 18,188 have been injured and 2,162 killed since the beginning of the war. At the…
Dog bites can happen in surprising places. Whether it is the governor’s mansion, or the dog-friendly stretch of Lincoln Road, dogs sometimes lash out at others, unprovoked. Recently, a waitress was mauled by a dog while attempting to serve the dog water. The dog ripped into her lip, requiring 300…