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Reports from England say Red Bull is a possible contributor to the death of a student in a nightclub last year. The September 2008 death of Chloe Leach revealed that she drank four cans of the drink along with several VKs – a vodka-based drink that also contains caffeine – before she collapsed around 3 a.m. on a dance floor in Hull, Great Britain. The young 21-year-old woman had been diagnosed with epilepsy and was also believed to suffer from…

The infusion system, B. Braun Outlook 400ES Safety Infusion System, Model Number 621-400ES, has been recalled in a U.S. Food and Drug Administration Class I Recall. The FDA claims the hardware in the defective medical device may become unresponsive, and can potentially cause the Management Processor to become non-responsive, which then causes normal operation to stop. Although an audible alarm lets medical staff that know the pump is not delivering medicine, no visual warning accompanies the alert. The FDA regards…

A study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal has recently linked cardiac imaging and other procedures following heart attack to increased cancer risks, reports say. After-surgery and post-heart attack procedures like angiography and nuclear scans are often used, which studies now say can increase the risk of cancer, reports say. The study reviewed data on 82,861 heart attack patients in a nearly ten-year period and found that 77 percent experienced had at least one cardiac procedure within one year of…

A popular, high-intensity cancer therapy that utilizes pinpoint radiation, could be putting patients at significant risk, reports say. The cancer treatment surgery, called Stereotactic radiosurgery, targets tumors on the brain or spinal cord. Its advantage is that it does little damage to surrounding tissue. But according to recently published reports, the amount of radiation is so concentrated and intense that if not used correctly, overdoses in radiation can occur. At least one patient was left comatose and nearly 100 patients…

The Consumer Products Safety Commission recently announced recalls for two wooden rattles, as well as liquid-filled teething rings, affecting Kid O Products, of Perth Amboy, N.J. and Calisson Inc. The first recalls pertain to around 1,500 Prisma and Duo style wooden baby rattles. Reports say the Prisma rattle, which is shaped like a bell, has beads that may separate from the rattle, which may pose a choking hazard. The Duo rattle, two interlocked rings with bead accents, have the same…