Posts tagged infant

• Change in Liquid Pain Medication Can Lead to Infant Overdosing

  David Mittleman | December 30, 2011 10:10 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  It's already difficult to give liquid medicine to a sick baby, but the FDA warns that it could also be dangerous and lead to overdoses, depending on how old your liquid acetaminophen is....

• Couple Files Lawsuit Over Infant Injuries Related to Bumbo Baby Sitter Seat

  David Mittleman | December 15, 2011 8:30 AM | 4 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Many new parents favor the Bumbo Baby Sitter Seat because it's more stable than a bouncy chair, but more flexible than a highchair. However, the manufacturer is coming under some serious fire...

• Doctors Say Don't Put Bumper Pads in Cribs

  David Mittleman | October 18, 2011 8:39 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Pediatricians are warning parents not to put bumper pads inside of cribs because of the risk of infants suffocating. The American Academy of Pediatricians (AAP) set the new guidelines for physicians...

• Two Strangulation Deaths Prompt Video Baby Monitors Recall

  Mark Bello | February 22, 2011 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), in cooperation with Summer Infant Inc. announced a voluntary recall to provide new on-product label and instructions for about 1.7 million video...

• Graco Recalling 2 Million Strollers After Infant Deaths: Safety Advocates Question What Took So Long

  David Mittleman | October 21, 2010 12:54 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Attention parents: Graco Children’s Products recently announced the voluntary recall of 2 million older-model strollers after receiving reports of child strangulation and death. The strollers,...

• Feds Open Investigation Into Infant Deaths at Fort Bragg Army Base, Families Blame Chinese Drywall

  David Mittleman | October 14, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Ten babies have mysteriously died at Fort Bragg Army base in North Carolina in the past four years, and now parents are starting to question the Army's explanations for the unexplicable deaths. So...

• Fisher Price Recalling 10 Million Toddler Toys for Causing Injuries, Including Genital Bleeding

  David Mittleman | September 30, 2010 3:06 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The timing couldn't be worse: yesterday Fisher Price recalled several infant and toddler toys, affecting millions of items sold between 1997 and 2010. The recall was prompted by 24 reported injuries...

• Bugs in the Formula? Abbott Laboratories Recalls 5 Million Containers of Similac Baby Formula

  David Mittleman | September 24, 2010 1:06 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  If you haven't already heard the sensational reports, Similac baby formulas were recently recalled because of a bug contamination--yes, you heard it correctly, there were bugs in the formula. Of...

• Shoulder Dyostocia: a Severe and Permanent Birth Injury

  David Mittleman | September 05, 2010 6:17 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Shoulder dyostocia can be one of the most frightening emergencies that can occur in the labor and delivery room. Shoulder dyostocia occurs when an infant's shoulder becomes stuck on the mother's...

• CPSC Recalls 30,000 Infant Recliners After 4-Month-Old MI Girl Dies

  David Mittleman | July 26, 2010 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling thousands of baby recliners that purport to help fussy babies get to sleep faster after receiving reports that a 4-month-old Michigan baby died...