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• Valeant Withdraws Permax

  James Sabatini | March 31, 2007 12:52 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The FDA announced that the maker of the Parkinson's disease drug Permax was voluntarily withdrawing the medication because of the risk of serious damage to patients' heart valves. Permax increases the chance of regurgitation of the tricuspid, mitral and aortic valves of the heart.

• Zelnorm Pulled From Market

  James Sabatini | March 30, 2007 1:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Swiss pharmaceutical maker Novartis AG will stop selling a drug to relieve constipation after it was linked to higher chance of heart attack, stroke and worsening heart chest pain that can become a heart attack, U.S. government health officials said Friday. Novartis agreed to withdraw Zelnorm at the FDA's requestZelnorm, also called tegaserod maleate, is a prescription medication approved for...

• SUV Hits Pedestrian in Vernon

  James Sabatini | March 30, 2007 10:48 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A 57-year-old pedestrian who was hit by an SUV Thursday night is recovering this morning from head injuries, police said. The woman is in stable condition at Hartford Hospital, police said. The woman was struck while crossing Hartford Turnpike in Vernon, CT. The accident remains under investigation.

• Drunk Driver Arrested

  James Sabatini | March 26, 2007 10:52 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In Seymour, a 45-year-old woman who hit a state police cruiser head-on while driving the wrong way on Route 8 has been arrested. She was arrested for driving while intoxicated and driving the wrong way among other charges. Fortunately, no one was injured during the accident near exit 22 at 1:53 a.m.

• Two Students Hit By Car In Enfield

  James Sabatini | March 23, 2007 10:46 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Two students are at the hospital this morning after they were hit by a car near the intersection of Brainard Road and Katherine Road in Enfield, Connecticut. Police said that serious car accident happened at 7:15 a.m. near a bus. The names of the students nor the extent of the injuries have not been disclosed.

• Truck Accident on Interstate 395

  James Sabatini | March 22, 2007 11:56 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  In Uncasville, Connecticut, tractor-trailer overturned on Interstate 395 on Thursday morning.State police have shut down the northbound lanes of I-395 in Uncasville between exits 78 and 79-A. Injuries have been reported but the nature and numbers of injuries have not been disclosed.

• Newington - Police Arrest Driver in Fatal Accident

  James Sabatini | March 21, 2007 11:43 AM | 3 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Police have arrested a 26-year-old man on charges that he was criminally negligent when the Ford Expedition he was driving slammed into a motorcyclist last year in a deadly accident near the Berlin Turnpike. Meriden resident Timothy Stevens had been involved in two minor car accidents minutes before the Oct. 3 crash that killed 42-year-old James Delude, police said.The first happened in the...

• Diagnosis Momentum

  James Sabatini | March 20, 2007 9:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  I am always looking for a catchy phrase that describes how and why a doctor has committed malpractice. The latest phrase I have discovered is diagnosis momentum. This phrase describes the tendency of each doctor brought into a case to accept blindly the initial doctor's diagnosis. It is like a rock rolling down a mountain, where the farther it rolls down the more force it gains, crushing...

• Peanut Butter Recall Extended to 2004

  James Sabatini | March 12, 2007 10:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  On Friday, March 9, 2007, the F.D.A. announced the manufacturers of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter and peanut butter toppings, ConAgra Foods Inc. extended peanut butter recall for Georgia-produced goods with product code 2111 to October 2004. The new date represents an additional year from the original recall start date of December 2005. Peanut butter has a long shelf life, and the...

• Small Plane Crash Kills Two

  James Sabatini | March 05, 2007 1:30 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A small plane crashed into a home near a southern Indiana airport Monday, killing both people aboard, authorities said. There were no immediate reports of injuries on the ground, though the impact left much of the plane lodged inside the house.

• Contaminated Peanut Butter(2)

  James Sabatini | March 01, 2007 11:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  U.S. health officials on Thursday confirmed finding salmonella in samples taken from the Georgia processing plant linked to contaminated Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, inspections of ConAgra's plant in Sylvester uncovered the same strain of salmonella found in jars of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter responsible for 370 cases...

• Fatal Car Accident - Montville

  James Sabatini | March 01, 2007 4:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A West Hartford woman died in a car accident near the Mohegan Sun Casino on Route 2a this morning, state police said. Wendy Jenkins, 28, of Lovelace Drive, died in a head-on collision with another vehicle around 1:51 a.m., state police said. She was driving the wrong way on a highway ramp. The driver and passengers of the other vehicle suffered non-threatening injuries.