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Why Family Rituals Are So Important For Living Safer

Rituals are those repeated actions done again and again in the interest of things like focus, grounding, tradition, cultural symbolism, predictable life rhythms, and feeling a part of something. The current world of today leaves family times together in person less frequent and less personal.…

By Ryan Sewell

/ 28 Oct 2017

Danger: Household Products That Should Never Be Mixed

Green is a word that is used daily in our current world. Companies are geniusly employing green methods to their marketing and practices, labeling their businesses or methods as green or green or ecofriendly. The word green has come to mean life, renewal, natural, pure,…

By Ryan Sewell

/ 28 Oct 2017

Diabetes Drug Invokana and Amputation Risk

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed manufacturing giant Johnson & Johnson in May, 2017 that they must put new warning labels on diabetes drug, Invokana (generic, canagliflozin), and its variations, Invokamet and Invokamet XR. The new warning is to alert the consumer to…

By Ryan Sewell

/ 20 Jun 2017

Mibelas Nationwide Birth Control Recall

Lupin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has voluntarily recalled some of its birth control pills, called Mibelas 24 Fe (Lot L600518, Expiration Date 05/18). A packaging error occurred, in at least one market reported complaint, in which the blister pack the pills are housed in was rotated 180…

By Ryan Sewell

/ 19 Jun 2017

Johnson & Johnson Will Pay Millions for Talc – Ovarian Cancer Verdicts

This firm has given the information and updates on talcum powder and its realized link to deadly ovarian cancer in women. The latest news in the world of verdicts against talcum powder makers involves a verdict against Johnson & Johnson by a by a jury in the…

By Ryan Sewell

/ 12 May 2017

Contaminated Devices by LivaNova (fka Sorin) Dangerous for Heart Surgery Patients

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have put out warnings about contaminated devices used in open heart surgery made with LivaNova PLC (formerly Sorin Group Deutschland GmbH). The device is a the 3T heater-cooler devices that…

By Ryan Sewell

/ 12 May 2017

Erectile Dysfunction Medications Linked to Blindness

Erectile dysfunction drugs have become big sellers since the first one, Viagra, was approved in 1998. Viagra, Cialis, and Levitra are enormous money makers for the drug companies that manufacture them. What many people may not realize is that Dr. Howard Pomeranz, a neuroopthalmologist and…

By Ryan Sewell

/ 8 Apr 2017

Zimmer Biomet Class I Recall of Shoulder Replacement Systems

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recognizes that a Class I recall has been issued on the Zimmer Biomet Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder with a product description of Comprehensive Reverse Shoulder System Humeral Tray Model 115340 distributed between October of 2008 and September of 2015.…

By Ryan Sewell

/ 5 Apr 2017

Oball Rattle Recall for Choking Hazard

Parents of little ones check your baby’s toy collection to see if your child plays with an Oball Rattle manufactured by Kids II Canada Co. Although the company is Canadian, the rattles are sold in the United States, and in fact, there have been a…

By Ryan Sewell

/ 2 Apr 2017

Yankee Candle Recall

The popular Yankee Candle company and the Consumer Product Safety Commission have put out a joint statement regarding a recall for a line of Yankee Candle’s Luminous Collection, their newest line of candles. There is a risk of consumers is apparently one of receiving a…

By Ryan Sewell

/ 28 Mar 2017

Polaris Sportsman 850 & 1000 ATV Recalls

Polaris has announced recalls involving its all-terrain vehicle models Sportsman 850 and Sportsman 1000 due to burn and fire hazards. Both models run the risk that the right-side panel heat shield will melt, which could lead to fire risks and burns to riders. The Sportsman…

By Ryan Sewell

/ 28 Mar 2017

Tips from Snowplow Drivers on Driving Safe in Blizzard Conditions

Although we are getting a little closer all the time to Spring, we still have some winter left for 2017 and the possibilities of being stuck driving in blizzard conditions. Fortunately, there are ways to drive as safe as is possible in such conditions with…

By Ryan Sewell

/ 7 Feb 2017