InjuryBoard Dallas Archives

• Dallas Considering Strict Punishment for Uninsured Drivers

  Jeff Rasansky | May 27, 2008 10:39 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  The Dallas City Council will be considering whether police should begin towing all of the vehicles who are ticketed for failing to have required insurance coverage. There has been much debate over...

• Illegal Drug Sales on the Rise in US

  Jeff Rasansky | May 23, 2008 4:15 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The abuse of pharmaceuticals has become one of the biggest problems the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has had to deal with. In 2007, over $37 million in cash and property were seized...

• FDA Shuts Down Seafood Processing Company, Products Recalled

  Jeff Rasansky | May 22, 2008 2:27 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered Hope Food Supply Inc, a Pasadena company, to shut down and recall all products manufactured from its facility since 2007. The company had...

• Casa Fiesta Salmonella Cases Adding Up

  Jeff Rasansky | May 20, 2008 5:23 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Over sixty people have fallen ill after eating at the Casa Fiesta in Norwalk this April. The cause of the illness has been identified as salmonella poisoning and at this time health officials have...

• New FDA Alerts For Smoking Cessation Drug Chantix

  Jeff Rasansky | May 19, 2008 1:22 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The FDA has issued an alert to highlight changes to the "Warnings and Precautions" section of the prescribing information regarding serious neuropsychiatric symptoms linked to Chantix. These...

• Tanker Overturns in Fort Worth

  Jeff Rasansky | May 19, 2008 10:26 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  A tanker truck overturned on Loop 820 in southeast Fort Worth Monday morning. According to police, the driver lost control of the truck as it made a turn on a ramp on southbound Loop 820. The driver...

• Girl And Aunt Mauled in Pit Bull Attack

  Jeff Rasansky | May 16, 2008 10:27 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A toddler in Fort Worth is in critical condition after being attacked by two pit bulls Wednesday night. The two year-old’s aunt was also injured by the dogs in the Redwood Mobil Home Park. Police...

• Elevators and Escalators Injure Thousands

  Jeff Rasansky | May 15, 2008 10:23 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Property Owner's Liability (Slip & Fall)

  According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), nearly 90 billion people ride an escalator annually. Out of these, approximately 11,000 related injuries happened in 2007. The...

• Chemical Found in Common Snacks Linked With Cancer

  Jeff Rasansky | May 14, 2008 11:12 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  According to a recent study, the chemical acrylamide has been linked to several forms of cancer. Acrylamide is found in French fries, potato chips and even bread and coffee. Studies conducted in the...

• Urgent Recall For Digitek (Digoxin)

  Jeff Rasansky | May 13, 2008 11:38 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  A class I recall is being issued for all Digitek (digoxin) medications, because they might have twice the approved levels of digoxin. Double-strength pills can cause digitalis toxicity, which can...

• Rio Vista Teen Killed By Train

  Jeff Rasansky | May 12, 2008 9:47 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)

  Katelyn Baker, 15, was killed after she drove her car around a railroad crossing bar and was hit by a train in Johnson County. Baker had recently received a provisionary driver's license. and...

• Women Sue Wendy's After E. Coli Outbreak

  Jeff Rasansky | May 09, 2008 10:39 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Two women are suing the popular fast food chain Wendy's after being hospitalized for several weeks. In June 2006, dozens of people attending an education conference became ill after consuming...

• Several Drugs Found to be Linked to Suicide

  Jeff Rasansky | May 08, 2008 2:55 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Suicide has been linked to several medicines over the past few years. Some of these include Accutane, Chantix, Singular and Paxil. The Food and Drug Administration has received reports on at least...

• Salmonella Outbreak at Princeton University

  Jeff Rasansky | May 07, 2008 10:25 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  At least 10 and as many as 73 cases of Salmonella have shown up at Princeton University. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), over 40,000 people are sickened by Salmonella every year....

• Insulin Pumps Tied to Injuries

  Jeff Rasansky | May 06, 2008 11:36 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Devices & Implants

  The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revealed that insulin pumps can cause injuries and even death. Insulin pumps are used by teenagers with Type 1 diabetes and the FDA has suggested that...

• Motorcyclist Dies in Accident Sunday Afternoon

  Jeff Rasansky | May 05, 2008 10:33 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  A 70-year-old man crashed his motorcycle Sunday afternoon and later died at a nearby hospital. The man's name was not released, but apparently he had a heart attack around the time of the accident....

• A Warning About NuvaRing

  Jeff Rasansky | May 02, 2008 3:33 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Devices & Implants

  A woman has suffered blood clots caused by NuvaRing, a transparent vaginal ring that provides month long birth control. The ring releases a continuous, low dose of estrogen and progestin for 21...

• Four Killed in Dallas Last Night

  Jeff Rasansky | May 02, 2008 10:47 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Police are investigating <a href=http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa080502_wz_homicides.becd1301.html target=_blank>two seperate occurences</a> of double...

• FDA Links Deaths to Defective Blood Thinner Heparin

  Jeff Rasansky | May 01, 2008 11:06 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The FDA has raised its estimate of the number of people who may have died from allergic reactions to Chinese-produced batches of Heperin to 62 people. According to the Washington Post, 47 of the 62...

• Dallas Motorcycle Officers Injured

  Jeff Rasansky | May 01, 2008 10:27 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Motorcycle Accidents

  Two Dallas motorcycle police officers were injured Tuesday night. According to the Dallas Morning News, the first accident occured at about 7 p.m. when an officer tried to stop a driver on South...