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• Stork Craft Cribs Pose Serious Threat

  Ashley Davis | March 01, 2009 7:05 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  As of January 13, 2009, about 535,000 cribs produced by Stork Craft manufacturing have been recalled due to suffocation and entrapment risks. The hazards associated with the cribs are from the...

• Does your child play with Polly Pocket?

  Ashley Davis | March 01, 2009 7:01 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  As of August 14, 2007, about 2.4 million Polly Pocket Play Sets were recalled due to small magnets coming loose from inside the dolls. These small magnets are easily swallowed or aspirated, and...

• Compound Bow Recalls

  Ashley Davis | March 01, 2009 6:57 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  As of February 18, 2009, “ The General” Compound Bows manufactured by BowTech Archery were recalled sue to laceration, abrasion, or contusion risks. There have been about 8,000 bows...

• FDA - Raptiva Linked To Three Deaths

  Chrissie Cole | March 01, 2009 6:51 PM | 0 CommentsIndianapolis, IN

  A Public Health Advisory, recently issued by the FDA confirms three deaths, and possibly a fourth from progressive multifocal leukoencephalopthy (PML), a rare brain infection, in patients using...

• Can migranes be linked to weight?

  Ashley Davis | March 01, 2009 6:50 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Can obesity lead to migraines?? According to a recent U.S government health survey it was found that people ages 20 to 55 who were classified as obese by the use of the body mass index or a...

• What is REM?

  Ashley Davis | March 01, 2009 6:47 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  The official name for REM is actually called rapid eye movement and it is the rapid movement of the eyes during sleep. R. Robert Auger, a sleep researcher at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester,...

• More On Mattel

  Ashley Davis | March 01, 2009 6:40 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Mattel has had to recall 9 million Chinese-made toys due to safety hazards associated with the toys. Polly Pockets and Batman action figures are just two of the recalled toys and their risks...

• CHANTIX Info

  Ashley Davis | March 01, 2009 6:34 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  What should you know about CHANTIX? Although CHANTIX is designed to help smokers quit smoking, there have been many adverse side effects. The FDA announced that there is a possibility of increased...

• Benzene exposure linked to leukemia.

  Gerry McGill | March 01, 2009 5:28 PM | 0 CommentsBiloxi & Gulfport, MS

  Benzene exposure has been linked to an increased risk of certain types of leukemia, a type of cancer affecting the cells that create blood in the bone marrow. Acute Myeloid Leukemia, or AML, is the...

• Medical Negligence Experts: The Conspiracy Of Silence

  Pete Mackey | March 01, 2009 8:00 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL

  In my last post, I discussed the proposed State Senate Bill in Utah which would, among other things, subject out-of-state medical experts to disciplinary proceedings for submitting false testimony...