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Darvon, and the related drug Darvocet, may have been found to increase the risk of heart attacks and bone fractures in elderly arthritis patients, reports from a new study finds. Reports say that painkillers like Oxycontin, Darvon and Darvocet increase the risk of death by 87-percent, as compared to drugs such as Ibuprofen. The reported study, in which some 12000 people participated, says that those patients treated with narcotic painkillers known as opiods were linked to a 68 percent increase…

A Class-I recall was recently announced by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration pertaining to the ev3 NanoCross .014″ PTA Dilation Catheter, which has been reported to have the potential to crack or break. The Class I recall, which is the most serious type of recall of products believed to pose a serious health consequence, was issued for the catheter because it has shown a potential for cracking or breaking. Should that happen, it could cause potential embolization of catheter…

Bayer Healthcare’s popular birth control pills Yaz and Yasmin are under fire for possible links to an increase in blood clots, reports say. Bayer cites two studies it commissioned as proof that the drugs are safe, but other studies have found that contraceptives similar to Yaz and Yasmin increase the risk of blood clots more than other types of birth control pills. Yasmin and Yaz are reportedly made with a synthetic progestin called drospirenone. But the synthetic progestin reportedly has…

Sergio Banda Rodriguez, 28, was killed in December last year as he drove westbound on East Ben White Blvd approaching East Riverside Drive. The Red Chevrolet Silverado in which Rodriguez was driving crossed three lanes and struck the passenger side of a Red Saturn Vue. The Vue was stopped at a red light at the intersection of East Riverside Dr. and East Bent White Blvd. Rodriguez continued westbound striking a utility pole in the center median of Ben White Blvd….

Austin’s last auto fatality occurred ten days before the end of the year, reports say, making 2010 a year with less than average roadway deaths – good news for the state’s capitol. Still, it was unfortunate for the 38-year-old white female who was walking across the southbound lanes of IH 35 South, the year’s last traffic-accident victim. As she walked across the freeway for unspecified reason, a grey Toyota traveling southbound on IH 35 struck her. She was then struck…