A manager at the Peanut Corp. of America’s plant in Plainview, Texas, said he repeatedly complained to the company owner,
, and the Texas Department of Health about unsanitary conditions at the plant.
Kenneth Kendrick said in an exclusive interview today with “Good Morning America” that when he worked at the Texas plant in 2006, he told Parnell about a rodent infestation and a leaky roof.
“Water, particularly anything leaking off a roof, and Read the rest of this entry »

The FDA is taking its licks in North Carolina today, where a leading newspaper reports the agency ignored reports of contamination at a syringe facility. Not just any facility, but AM2PAT, whose tainted heparin and saline syringes were linked with five deaths before they were pulled from the market.
reports that the FDA received “numerous complaints” about sediment and debris in the medicine, beginning as early as 2005. Besides the five patients Read the rest of this entry »

A WOMAN has told how she begged hospital staff to find her a bed
before she miscarried her baby into a toilet.
In shock, a devastated Lisa Watt, 39, tried to retrieve the
foetus before flushing it away.
Her case is one of at least four in which miscarrying women have
complained of substandard care at Maitland Hospital, in the Hunter
Valley.
Mrs Watt said the case of Jodie Whiteside, who miscarried into a
hospital toilet on December 22, showed Read the rest of this entry »

Who can the American consumer trust for protection from being poisoned?
If you picked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), be prepared for disappointment, because the agency is under fire for ignoring scientific evidence and using flawed methods when it determined that bisphenol A (BPA), a chemical used in baby bottles and can linings, wasn’t harmful, according to a scientific advisory report released Oct. 29.
The independent panel of scientists Read the rest of this entry »

By Jack P. Freer
For the past 15 years, the New York State Legislature has failed to pass a bill so sensible that most New Yorkers probably believe it already to be law. The Family Health Care Decisions Act, introduced in 1993, would allow families and guardians to make medical decisions for patients who can no longer decide for themselves.
In the vast majority of states, it is the law, but not in New York. Because of that, helpless Read the rest of this entry »

Women ignore healthy eating and lifestyle advice before a pregnancy, even when it is planned, a study shows.
Researchers questioning 12,500 UK women found very few who later got pregnant were taking enough folic acid or met recommendations on alcohol intake.
And they were only slightly less likely to smoke than those who did not get pregnant within a few months, the British Medical Journal reported.
Pre-pregnancy health messages need better Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on: Wednesday, 17 September 2008, 21:00 CDT
By Jack P. Freer
For the past 15 years, the New York State Legislature has failed to pass a bill so sensible that most New Yorkers probably believe it already to be law. The Family Health Care Decisions Act, introduced in 1993, would allow families and guardians to make medical decisions for patients who can no longer decide for themselves.
In the vast majority of states, it is the law, but Read the rest of this entry »

A manager at the Peanut Corp. of America’s plant in Plainview, Texas, said he repeatedly complained to the company owner,
, and the Texas Department of Health about unsanitary conditions at the plant.
Kenneth Kendrick said in an exclusive interview today with “Good Morning America” that when he worked at the Texas plant in 2006, he told Parnell about a rodent infestation and a leaky roof.
“Water, particularly anything leaking off a roof, and Read the rest of this entry »

Daniel Galvin died of a heart attack in August. He was six stone overweight and had high blood pressure; his hair was falling out and he was incapacitated by trembling legs. He was 29.
Daniel’s family believe his symptoms, and his untimely death, were caused by side effects from the powerful psychiatric drugs he had been taking for 14 years. He is, they think, one of thousands of people with mental health problems who have died prematurely because Read the rest of this entry »

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.—An operating room nurse testified that she was ignored when she questioned the drugs given a dying patient and the presence of a transplant surgeon accused of trying to hasten his death.
Jennifer Wiley said she was told the transplant team would remain outside the operating room until Ruben Navarro was declared dead. State law prohibits transplant teams from having a hand in the care of the patient from which they intend Read the rest of this entry »