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Heart Attack and Stroke Risks with Popular Pain Relievers

Are you one of millions of people closely familiar with those popular pain over-the-counter pain relievers you likely pop on a daily basis for life’s annoying daily aches and pains? If so, you may want to heed the newly bolder label warnings about their link…

By Craig Kelley

/ 20 Jul 2015

Treating Knee Pain with Surgery May Not Be Worth the Risk

Over 4 million people go forward with arthroscopic knee surgery every year for conditions such as torn cartilage or to get at the heart of why their knee has pain and discomfort. Many patients choose to go forward with the surgery as they search out…

By Craig Kelley

/ 20 Jul 2015

Essure Birth Control Implant Dangers

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is looking into the dangers with yet another controversial birth control product out on the market. The Essure birth control implant has caused side effects that are non-life threatening, but more disturbing (and death in at least one instance). …

By Craig Kelley

/ 29 Jun 2015

Happy Fourth of July in Safety!

Fourth of July is a wonderful time of the year to celebrate our nation with friends and family, but often involves activities that can lead to injuries or fatalities. The first activity that comes to mind is fireworks fun. The National Council on Fireworks Safety…

By Craig Kelley

/ 29 Jun 2015

Testosterone Warnings

Low testosterone is lamented in the media today with commercials offering up solutions to those suffering from the condition and perhaps not getting all the gusto from life such advertisements portray. While low testosterone is bothersome for many individuals, it has become an over diagnosed…

By Craig Kelley

/ 17 Jun 2015

Flesh Eating Bacteria and Warm Seawater

Planning some fun vacation time in the sun and surf where delicious seafood abounds? Be careful. A deadly bacteria has caused infection in seven and death for two in 2015 in Florida. The potentially flesh eating bacteria thrives in warm seawater and is primarily a…

By Craig Kelley

/ 17 Jun 2015

Johnson & Johnson Morcellator Device Spreads Cancer

Once again Johnson & Johnson shows its true colors in allowing a defective, dangerous product to be used in real live patients. Johnson & Johnson recalled and withdrew from the market a power morcellator used in laparoscopic hysterectomy surgeries. These surgeries were of the minimally…

By Craig Kelley

/ 4 Jun 2015

Dilantin Lawsuits

Stevens Johnson Syndrome is a condition many have likely not heard of, but if you suffer from temporal lobe seizures, grand mal seizures, and/or epilepsy, you may be taking the medication, Dilantin, as an anticonvulsant medication to manage such conditions. Unfortunately, the very medication meant…

By Craig Kelley

/ 28 May 2015

Memorial Day Weekend Safety

On Memorial Day weekend there are an estimated thirty-seven million people traveling and enjoying the long weekend that kicks off summertime. With the extra traveling and celebrating, of course there are unfortunate accidents involving travel, boating, sun/weather, food, and fires. While taking ti

By Craig Kelley

/ 21 May 2015

Harley Davidson Recall

May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month and beware motorcycle owners, as motorcycle giant Harley-Davidson has issued a huge recall of 2014 and 2015 models of their bikes because of defective clutch master cylinders. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NTSA) says the models

By Craig Kelley

/ 12 May 2015

Felt Cruiser Bike Recalls

May is National Bike Month and bicyclists out there loving the cruiser style bikes may be effected by the Felt Bicycles May 1, 2015 recall of their beach cruiser, Felt Deep Six and El Guapo, bikes. These bikes are one-speed and have coaster brakes with…

By Craig Kelley

/ 12 May 2015

Some Popular Medical Devices Escape FDA Scrutiny

Countless patients around the world depend on advanced medical devices to improve their quality of life. As the $110 billion medical device industry cranks out thousands of products every year, eye-opening reports continue to surface detailing faulty devices, repeat surgeries and massive recalls. Th

By Craig Kelley

/ 28 Apr 2015