Civil charges that a Norfolk police officer used excessive force when he repeatedly used his Taser to shock a mentally disabled woman because she would not turn down the radio she played while exercising with a hula hoop near Wards Corner have been settled for $65,000. The Virginian-Pilot reported on Saturday that Pamela Brown’s legal…
A toy recall by The Little Tikes Co. is asking for you to return about 1.6 million toy workshops and trucks since an 11-month-old boy got a plastic nail lodged in his throat after playing with such a toy. It has been reported by the Consumer Product Safety Commission that a boy from Goose Creek,…
An ongoing investigation of improper prostate cancer treatments at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Philadelphia has revealed that nearly all of the men who underwent a radiotherapy procedure received doses that either did them no good or caused potential harm. The Philadelphia Inquirer reported this week that cases of under- and overdosing radiation for veterans…
The FDA relaxed regulations to provide access to experimental drugs for patients who are seriously ill and have exhausted all other commercially available resources, according to the Wall Street Journal. In theory, I believe expanding access to medication for people who are extremely ill is a good thing. However, broader access to experimental drugs could…
Last Tuesday, a number of families that have been adversely affected by malfunctioning medical equipment gathered on Capitol Hill to communicate their support for the Medical Device Safety Act. As it is proposed, this bill would allow consumers to file lawsuits against their devices’ manufacturers. According to one such recipient of a faulty medical device,…