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Medications that control epilepsy, such as Depakote, Depakene and Depakon may affect a fetus if used during pregnancy, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration reportedly said recently. From that announcement, the FDA reportedly said it will be changing the labels of all these types of drugs, called valproate drugs, which are used to treat epilepsy and some manic symptoms associated with bipolar disorder. The FDA reportedly said that children of women who took the medications during pregnancy have an increased…

The name of the five-year-old Houston boy who drowned at the Texas City Dike Beach was released by officials Friday, reports say. The child, Fredy Lazo, drowned after slipping off a float at the Texas City Dike beach Wednesday. Lazo, who was with his mother, Lucia Joya Benitez, 33, about 4 P.M. when they suddenly realized they were in deep water. At that point, the youngster slipped off the float and under the water, reports say. Jessica Lazo, 12, the…

A five-year-old Houston boy drowned after falling from an inflatable float yesterday in the same area in which three others drown just nine months earlier. The boy, whose name has not yet been released, was under the water for about five minutes, reports said. Reports varied as to whether or not the child had fallen off while others paddled it, or whether it had overturned and he was lost then. But once family members went back into the water to…

HomeJust nine months after a set of twin nine-year-old girls and their father drowned when they were caught in an undertow at Texas City Dike Beach, a five-year-old whose name was not yet released also drowned in almost the exact same spot. Jimmy Doan, lead attorney from the Doan Law Firm, the Houston personal injury attorney whose firm hosts this website, is representing the family of victims Samantha, Alexandra and Hector Suarez, who drown in October. And it was Doan…

A device used in delivering a lifesaving cardioplegia solution to coronary arteries during cardiopulmonary bypass has been recalled, with consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, reports say. The device, specified in reports as the Terumo Coronary Ostia Cannula, has evidently been responsible for depositing fragments of adhesive and plastic in the tip, which can cause arterial injury, reports say. Terumo Cardiovascular Systems Corporation, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, removed the product line from the market and has apparently discontinued…