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Safety
The Problem With Drop-Side Cribs: More Than 40,000 Recalled
Ethan Allen, Angel Line and Victory Land Heritage Collection have recalled a total of 40,650 cribs, all 3-in-1 convertible models that are also referred to as drop-side cribs. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) …
After 5 Deaths, Recalls From Texas Food Processing Plant
Texas health officials closed the SanGar Produce & Processing Co. plant in San Antonio and recalled all sealed packages of fresh cut fruits and vegetables that had been shipped from the plant and distributed to restaurants, …
Graco Recalls 2 Million Strollers After Infant Deaths
The Graco Children’s Products, Inc., is voluntarily recalling 2 million older models of Quattro Tour and MetroLite strollers after receiving reports of four infants who strangled to death between 2003 and 2005. The U.S. …
FDA Clears One Egg Farm to Resume Sales to Consumers
On Oct. 18, Hillandale Farms in Hampton, Iowa, sent its first batch of fresh eggs to market since the massive Iowa egg recall in August, during which 1,600 people fell ill and a total of 550 million eggs were pulled from shelves …
It’s National Teen Driver Safety Week (Oct. 17-23), So Talk to Your Kids
Car accidents are the leading cause of death among teens — 16-to-19-year-olds are four times more likely to be in a fatal car crash than 25-to-69-year-olds — so it makes sense to devote a week to a national discussion about …
Pfizer Recalled Lipitor Due to “Uncharacteristic Odor”
Pfizer announced it had recalled 191,000 bottles of Lipitor, the world’s most popular cholesterol-lowering drug, because of a noticeable odor. The recalled pills were all bottled at a third-party facility, and sold to patients in …
How to Keep Surgeons From Leaving Things Behind
It may seem unthinkable, but as many as 1 out of 1,000 people who undergo abdominal surgery end up in the recovery room with a foreign object mistakenly left inside them.
Study: Car Crash Rates Increased Despite ‘Texting While Driving’ Bans
Between 2008 and 2009, 30 states tried to reduce car crashes by enacting bans on text messaging while driving.
Why Are Black Bikers More Likely to Die in Crashes than Whites?
Motorcycle accident–related fatalities account for 1 in every 8 deaths on the road. And a new study suggests that blacks are at higher risk than whites: for every two white motorcyclists who die in accidents, three of their …
Experts Split on Safety of Diet Drug Meridia
Two months after a Food and Drug Administration advisory committee recommended stronger restrictions on the use of a popular diabetes drug, the same panel voted to impose similar limitations on the use of the diet drug Meridia.
Unlicensed Clinics Contribute to Stem Cell Confusion
Stem cell research is on the tip of everyone’s tongue and regularly in the news, but a panel of British health officials warns that a global crop of unlicensed clinics is taking advantage of all the publicity.
Clinics in places as varied as Mexico, Thailand, Germany, Russia and China offer stem cell therapies with high price tags …
The Riskiest FDA-Regulated Foods
Widespread recalls and horror stories about salmonella and E. coli outbreaks have become common fodder for news stories in the U.S. in recent years, and even worked their way into our collective pop culture — in the October …
