Archives : 2010 : May

Johnson & Johnson Drug Recall for Pediatric Drugs

 

in April, has had several troubling safety issues. According to the agency, it is likely to consider sanctions against the unit, McNeil Consumer Healthcare.

The problems with McNeil Consumer Healthcare’s safety issues burst into the spotlight in April this year, when the company announced a massive recall of children’s medications, including a large number of popular brands like Tylenol. Other popular drugs involved in the recall included Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl. The company said that the recall was due to excessive concentrations of the active ingredient in the drugs. The drugs also contained contaminants including metal specs, as well as inactive ingredients that did not meet testing requirements.

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Safe Driving Habits This Memorial Day Weekend

Safe driving habits are critical this Memorial Day weekend. As hundreds of thousands of Californians prepare to celebrate the Memorial Day weekend holiday, injury lawyers advise extra precautions and care while driving.

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Avoid Boating Accidents This Memorial Day Weekend

Boating accidents can make a great weekend go sour. This weekend, across the United States, thousands of boaters will kick off the official start of the summer boating season. In California, thousands of vacationers are expected to be out on the water in all kinds of watercraft. The majority of these people will be college students and teenagers out on the water with little concern for their safety. California boating accident lawyers would recommend the following steps to stay safe on the water this weekend.

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Insurance Company Survey Shows That Nearly 20% of Motorists May Be Unsafe Drivers

Auto insurer GMAC Insurance has just released the results of its National Driver’s Test for 2010. The results confirm what California personal injury lawyers know for a fact which is there are far more unsafe drivers out there than most Americans know of. The GMAC Insurance report found that approximately one out of every 5 Americans would be unable to pass a written driving test if he or she had to take one today. That works out to about 38 million Americans.

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Other E. coli Strains Emerge to Pose Deadly Food Poisoning Risk

The battle against E. coli food poisoning has focused primarily on the deadliest strain of E. coli that has been responsible for thousands of food poisoning incidents over the years, and hundreds of deaths. However, the New York Times is reporting that this single-minded focus on a single strain has led to the emergence of at least six other strains of E. coli as deadly pathogens with serious potential to cause illness.

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Use of Glasses with Multifocal Lenses Could Increase Fall Risks in Senior Citizens

Glasses with multifocal lenses have been very popular with senior citizens. These glasses allow the elderly to look at nearby objects as well as far distances, without having to change lenses, or wear different pairs of glasses. In fact, multifocal lenses are especially useful in activities like driving, in which the motorist may not only have to look further ahead into the distance, but also closer, such as the speedometer. Multifocal lenses are also very useful when a person is shopping, allowing them to identify distant aisles that they want to browse, as well as nearby cans and containers just a few inches from their faces. When you consider that more and more elderly people in California and around the country are choosing to live independent and mobile lives well into their 70s and 80s, you understand how much glasses with multifocal lenses can help these people go about their daily tasks.

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Pediatrician Group Calls for Choking Warning Labels on Food Products

Choking warning labels are very important for parents to see. Foods like popcorn and gumdrops have a much higher risk of causing a choking incident in children below the age of four. That is something that parents and California personal injury lawyers have known for a long time. However, these foods don’t come with warning labels that would caution parents of a choking hazard. That must change, says a pediatrician group. According to the American Academy of Pediatrics, foods that may pose a severe risk of choking to a child must come with choking warning labels cautioning parents and caregivers against the risk.

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California Accident Lawyers Encourage Seat Belt Use This Summer

Seat belt use around the country is at an all-time high, but there are still more than 45 million Americans every year who continue to drive unbuckled. That information comes via a report released by the Department Of Transportation.

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Adult Bicyclists Must Wear Bicycle Helmets To Prevent Injuries

The importance of bicycle helmets cannot be under estimated by California bicycle accident lawyers. Bicyclists should always wear bicycle helmets to help prevent injuries. It’s the single most important step you can take to prevent the risk of serious head injury and death in a bicycle accident. However, the focus on wearing helmet has tended to focus on little children. The fact is that adult bicyclists maybe at a high risk for serious head injuries in the event of an accident, and a bicycle helmet can prevent these injuries.

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Child Killed in Lake Elsinore, California Boating Accident

The high risk of boating accidents and injuries has been a special concern to California boat accident lawyers this summer. Last week, a tragic boating accident in Lake Elsinore, California claimed the life of a five-year-old boy.

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