All Topics

• Valproate Sodium Products Linked to Risk of Birth Defects

  Scott Kappes | December 04, 2009 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Yesterday the FDA notified healthcare professionals about an increased risk of neural tube defects and other major birth defects. Healthcare professionals should warn women of child bearing age...

• CPSC Issues Recall of Over 2 Million Cribs Over Suffocation Risk

  Scott Kappes | December 03, 2009 5:35 PM | 0 CommentsGalveston Bay, TX

  Last week the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission in cooperation with Stork Craft Manufacturing Inc. issued a voluntary recall of over 2 million Stork Craft drop-side cribs due to an entrapment...

• FDA Warns of Increased Risk of Sudden Death Associated With Antidepressant Drug

  Scott Kappes | December 03, 2009 12:38 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Yesterday the FDA and Sanofi-Aventis notified healthcare professionals of changes made to the prescribing information of the prescription antidepressant medication Norpramin. The changes include...

• Tyson Foods Gets FDA Warning for Unsafe Conditions

  Scott Kappes | December 01, 2009 5:07 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  A letter warning a Tyson Foods about the unsafe conditions found at a Texas plant was posted online today. In the letter the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) informed Tyson that their inspectors...

• Doctor Wins Retaliation Lawsuit against Hospital

  Beth Janicek | December 01, 2009 3:41 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  A radiation oncologist who previously worked for the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute won a potential $3 million verdict on charges that she was retaliated against for raising...

• Chinese Drywall Link to Toxic effects Strengthen by Latest Report

  Scott Kappes | November 30, 2009 2:50 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX

  Last week the suspected link between Chinese drywall and potential harmful effects on humans became stronger. On Monday the federal government released three preliminary reports that strengthen the...

• Toyota’s Largest Ever Recall of Vehicles

  Beth Janicek | November 30, 2009 1:25 PM | 3 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  Toyota Motor Corp. claims the gas pedal design in more than 4 million Toyota and Lexus vehicles makes them vulnerable to being trapped open by floor mats. On Wednesday it announced a costly recall...

• Children's Hooded Sweatshirts Recalled Due To Strangulation Hazard

  Chrissie Cole | November 29, 2009 9:44 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  Allura Imports Inc. announced a voluntary recall of about 3,700 Girls hooded sweatshirts because they have drawstrings through the hoods which pose a strangulation hazard to children. To this...

• Truck Plummets 40-Feet Off Cliff Near Corpus Christi

  Chrissie Cole | November 25, 2009 10:05 PM | 0 CommentsCorpus Christi, TX

  Eighteen people were injured on Tuesday, when a pickup truck transporting illegal immigrants from Guatemala to Mexico, plummeted 40 feet off a cliff in southwest Texas. According to authorities,...

• Texas Commercial Vehicle Accident Attorney Discusses Tragedy near Beeville

  Reynaldo Pena | November 20, 2009 11:29 AM | 1 CommentCorpus Christi, TX

  There has recently been another horrible tragedy on our Texas highways. This time, a beautiful 4 year old boy named Luca Moya was killed, and his mother, Emika Moya, was seriously injured....