July 8, 2008 – 4:24 pm | One Comment

In a move sure to stir controversy, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended on Monday that a more aggressive approach to treating high cholesterol in children should be implemented, even if it means prescribing …

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US Launches International Manhunt over Tainted Syringes
March 17, 2009 – 4:49 am | No Comment

The chief executive officer of AM2PAT, Inc., has fled the United States after two managers from his company’s North Carolina plant were sentenced to several years in prison for shipping medical syringes that were not …

$1 Billion Price Tag for On-going Peanut Recall
March 16, 2009 – 2:29 pm | 2 Comments

The now-bankrupt Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) inadvertently set off the largest food recall in United States history when it shipped peanut base products to food manufacturers in spite of repeated tests indicating evidence of …

Casserole Makes 200 Wisconsin Inmates Sick
March 2, 2009 – 1:04 pm | One Comment

Anyone who enjoys potluck dinners, church suppers, and other gatherings where people bring food to be shared with a crowd is familiar with the ubiquitous casserole.  This dish, in any of its many versions, has …

Two Tampa Women Hospitalized After Homemade Silicone Injections
February 12, 2009 – 10:26 pm | 2 Comments

Two women from Tampa, Florida, are suffering serious health consequences after they allowed a woman to inject their buttocks with a homemade silicon solution to enhance their appearances.  Both women, in their 30s, were hospitalized …

Tainted Peanut Butter Maker Gets Called Before Congress
January 29, 2009 – 9:51 pm | No Comment

Stewart Parnell, president of Peanut Corporation of America (PCA), the company making recent headlines for knowingly selling salmonella-tainted peanut butter to some of the nation’s leading makers of packaged food products, has been called in …

Persistent Problems Exist at Georgia Peanut Plant
January 28, 2009 – 10:21 pm | 3 Comments

Repeated inspections didn’t get the job done.  Nor did regulations governing how to operate a safe food-handling facility.  Building codes didn’t do the job, either.  Instead, it took a widespread salmonella outbreak that made more …

Peanut Butter Products Recall List Grows; Jars Still Thought Safe
January 19, 2009 – 9:04 pm | 4 Comments

The list grows as more and more peanut-based products are being voluntarily recalled after a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warning was issued on Saturday, January 17.  At this time, the source of Salmonella …

Rural America Painkiller Deaths Spike 550% in 5 Years
December 11, 2008 – 8:25 am | 4 Comments

Recent issue of ‘JAMA,’ the ‘Journal of the American Medical Association,’ says abuse and deadly overdoses attributed to prescription painkillers is on the rise, with rural America leading the way.  The study behind this alarming …

Katrina/FEMA Trailer Kids Face Serious Health Issues
November 27, 2008 – 4:25 pm | 2 Comments

The Children’s Health Fund (CHF) released its first report on the health of the children displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 and it seems that, even years after storm winds and rains have …

Will Melamine Import Alert Shanghai New FDA Offices In China?
November 17, 2008 – 6:32 am | 4 Comments

Pet food, baby formula, milk and milk products, candy, breaded shrimp, vitamins, protein supplement powders, yogurt, chocolates, biscuits, snacks, cookies. Many of these products are made in China and imported to the United States …