May, 2011CPSC Launches Spanish YouTube Channel

As Hispanic families across the nation prepare to celebrate el Cinco de Mayo, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is announcing the launch of its YouTube en Espanol channel. The channel features short videos that can save lives, includin…

LexisNexis® Legal News Podcast for May 4, 2011

The Supreme Court finds modern irrigation methods do not violate the water rights of several states, and, a class action lawsuit seeks $50 million from Google for tracking cell phone users’ locations. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® …

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WRK Enterprises Recalls Edge and HOG Buoyancy Control Devices Due to Drowning Hazard

The spring in the over pressure valve can corrode and break preventing the buoyancy control device from retaining air, posing a drowning hazard to consumers.

Sandbox Medical, LLC Recalls Pacifier Clip Due to Choking Hazard

The clip can break apart, posing a choking hazard to young children.

Tween Brands Recalls Beaded Curtains Due to Risk of Entrapment and Strangulation; Sold Exclusively at Justice Stores

The beaded curtains are prone to entanglement. When an adult or child plays with or runs through the beaded curtains, the risks of entanglement and strangulation are posed.

Girl’s Hooded Sweater Recalled by El Gringo Imports Due to Strangulation Hazard

The hooded sweaters have drawstrings through the hood which can pose a strangulation or entrapment hazard to children.

Sea Elite Systems Recalls Buoyancy Control Devices Due to Drowning Hazard

The spring in the over pressure valve can corrode and break preventing the buoyancy control device from retaining air, posing a drowning hazard to consumers.

Coumadin (warfarin sodium) Crystalline 5 mg Tablets: Recall – Tablets May Have Higher than Expected Potency

Audience: Cardiology, Pharmacy, Patients ISSUE: Bristol-Myers Squibb initiated a voluntary recall of one lot of 1,000-count bottles of Coumadin (warfarin sodium) Crystalline 5 mg tablets. Company testing of tablets from a returned bottle found a…

FDA: MS Drug Tysabri is Riskiest in Third Year of Treatment

Biogen Idec’s multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri poses the highest risk of brain infection during the third year of treatment, U.S. health officials warned on April 22. An infection called progressive multiform leukoencephalopathy (PML), occurs in an estimated 1.5 per 1,000 patients treated with Tysabri during months 25 to 36, the Food and Drug Administration said. The FDA reported that the PML risk was 0.3 per 1,000 patients during the first two years of treatment. After three years, the rate was …

LexisNexis® Legal News Podcast for May 2, 2011

More than $212 million is awarded in a Botox brain injury case, and, the 2nd Circuit rules that school officials have qualified immunity in an online posting dispute. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Publications. Copyright…

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