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Reports say that possibly 25-percent of Veterans Health Administration medical centers and its outpatient mail order pharmacy may have used defective alcohol prep pads – this despite a large and reasonably well-publicized U.S. recall of the products. The swabs, which were reportedly manufactured by Triad Group, issued several large-scale recalls for tainted alcohol swabs, alcohol swabsticks, prep pads, and other products sold under various brand names due to concerns for potential contamination with bacteria. The worries involve two specific bacteria,…

Several patients have filed lawsuits alleging injuries as a result of defective Zimmer NexGen LPS High-Flex Knee Replacements, reports say, claiming complications caused by the products, forcing them to undergo revision surgeries to correct problems. The Zimmer NexGen LPS components were designed to be more flexible in everyday motion of the knee, but they also require that more bone be removed to make room for the flexible devices. But patients are reportedly saying that the devices don’t work as promoted….

Houston personal injury attorneySome 20 hip implant makers have been ordered by federal health regulators to conduct studies of hip replacement parts, reports say. The manufacturers are those that use metal-on-metal implants, and the studies are to determine the safety of the components. There have been concerns from the FDA that some of the parts may have a risk of shedding dangerous amounts of metallic debris in patients. The order concerns DePuy Orthopaedics, Zimmer, Stryker, Biomet and Wright Medical. DePuy…

Austin Police Officers responded to a fatality crash in the 3100 block of South Mopac Boulevard southbound that killed a drive early in April. A 2008 Mazda 4-door, which was reportedly driving erratically, in the 3100 block of South Mopac Boulevard lost control, left the roadway onto the grass, up a concrete bridge ramp wall, and then down the concrete ramp — striking a concrete pillar. When Emergency Services was called, they pronounced the driver deceased at the scene. It…

Reports say that PepsiCo, the makers of Mountain Dew soda, have made an arrangement with an eastern Kentucky dentist to save children’s teeth in after ABC News reports on the problem of tooth decay, or “Mountain Dew mouth,” in the area. The dentist, Dr. Edwin Smith, of Barbourville, Ky., has reportedly invested his own money to build a mobile dental clinic out of a an 18-wheel truck and trailer.11-year-old Anthony lives in Central Appalachia, which is No. 1 in the…