Comfort Research recalled about 125,000 vinyl bean bag chairs after risks involving entrapment and suffocation were discovered. Children are able to trap or suffocate themselves if they unzip the exterior lining of the bean bag chair. If the bags are unzipped, children can crawl inside, suffocate from lack of oxygen, or choke on the foam…
A recent study by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School has uncovered the majority of pediatric medical devices approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are only tested on adults. The study examined the records of 25 different medical devices that had been approved for children between the years…
Corporations from all industries and their insurance representatives are crying foul. They are upset because the Alabama Supreme Court affirmed the right of a man who developed a permanent muscle-control disorder from taking generic versions of the prescription severe heartburn and nausea medication Reglan to sue the maker of the brand name product, Specifically, critics of…
U.S. surgeons perform approximately 600,000 hysterectomies a year, making it the second most common female surgery. Traditional hysterectomy surgery is very invasive; the surgeon makes a 4-inch incision into the abdomen that results in a prolonged hospital stay and a slow and somewhat painful recovery. Enter laparoscopic power morcellation, supposedly the perfect minimally invasive medical…
If you’ve ever suffered from a urinary tract infection then you know the pain associated with the condition. A urinary tract infection (UTI) is an infection in any part of your urinary system, your kidneys, ureters, bladder and urethra. Most infections involve the lower urinary tract, the bladder and the urethra. A new study shows…