http://www.attorneydaily.com Mon, 25 Aug 2008 22:23:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Indiana hospitals and surgery centers reported 105 serious medical errors in 2007, according to a report released on August 25, 2008 by the state Department of Health. The report showed 105 cases of severe bedsores, 24 cases of foreign objects being left in the body of a surgery patient and 23 ... http://www.attorneydaily.com/2008/08/25/number-of-medical-errors-at-indiana-hospitals-increases/ On August 7, 2008, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. Name of Product: Signature Gourmet™ and Crofton® Personal Blenders Units: About 124,000 Importers: Atico International USA Inc., ... http://www.attorneydaily.com/2008/08/21/atico-international-usa-recalls-personal-blenders-due-to-laceration-risk/ On July 24, 2008, Zimmer Holdings, the nation’s biggest producer of orthopedic devices, announced it would suspend sales of an artificial hip component that some doctors have complained was failing at a high rate. In recent months, several doctors have complained that the device, a hip socket known as the Durom ... http://www.attorneydaily.com/2008/08/19/zimmer-suspends-sales-of-durom-cup-hip-device/ Mark & Associates, P.C., a law firm representing victims of defective medical devices, is investigating reports of defective Zimmer Durom Cup artificial hip devices. The firm has been contacted by numerous patients whose Durom Cup hip replacements have failed and caused them to undergo a second hip replacement surgery. Patients ... http://www.attorneydaily.com/2008/08/19/mark-associates-pc-offering-free-legal-consultations-for-hip-patients-and-their-families-at-wwwzimmerhiplawsuitcom/ Over the past several months, the FDA has been contemplating weather or not physicians should be required to undergo special education in order to prescribe powerful narcotics. “I think it is a good idea, and it is something we are considering,” said Dr. Bob Rappaport, the director of the division of ... http://www.attorneydaily.com/2008/08/18/fda-may-recommend-doctors-receive-training-to-dispense-narcotics/ On August 14, 2008, a gigantic support leg of a 30-story-tall crane once used to build ships collapsed as it was being dismantled at Fore River Shipyard, killing an iron worker. It was the third death in three years resulting from a crane failure at the shipyard. Four additional ironworkers ... http://www.attorneydaily.com/2008/08/15/ironworker-killed-after-massachusetts-crane-accident/ As a result of a defect that might cause part of the devices to snap off during surgery, Boston Scientific Corp. announced a recall of some artery-opening stents. The mesh-metal tubes are used to prop opening arteries after they have been cleared of fatty plaque deposits. On August 14, 2008, the ... http://www.attorneydaily.com/2008/08/15/artery-opening-stents-recalled-by-boston-scientific/ Since November 2007, Chantix has been in the news after the FDA began reviewing reports of suicidal behavior submitted to the administration by the drug maker, Pfizer, as well as instances of other side effects associated with Chantix. Recently Chantix was pulled from at least one military pharmacy in the Pacific ... http://www.attorneydaily.com/2008/08/13/chantix-removed-at-one-military-pharmacy/ On August 12, 2008, the federal government froze all approvals for new bus companies after a fatal crash in Texas on August 8, 2008 exposed a flaw in regulations that allows banned companies to come back under new names. The head of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, John H. Hill, ... http://www.attorneydaily.com/2008/08/12/us-halts-approvals-of-bus-companies/ From August 8, 2008 through August 10, 2008, there have been three bus accidents in Texas, Nevada, and recently in Mississippi, with fatalities in all. On August 10, 2008, a casino bus full of tourists overturned in northwestern Mississippi, killing three people and injuring several others. The bus belonged to Harrah's ... http://www.attorneydaily.com/2008/08/12/numerous-injured-3-dead-after-mississippi-bus-accident/