The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has ordered manufacturers to include warnings on the product labels for gabapentinoids, certain drugs that depress the central nervous system, and opioids. The warning will indicate that taking gabapentinoids with opioids can...
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Month: December 2019
Holiday DUI enforcement still going on through New Year’s Day
If you've noticed an unusual number of DUI checkpoints lately, it's not your imagination. The rate of drunk driving tends to spike this time of year due to all the alcohol available at holiday festivities. Therefore, the Tennessee Highway Safety Office and law...
Vaping nicotine may cause chronic lung disease
There's more bad news for people who took up vaping in the hopes it would be a safe alternative to cigarette smoking. Despite what some have claimed, vaping is not safe just because it doesn't involve smoke.Some of those safety claims came straight from Juul, the...
Reuters: Is sealed evidence hiding wrongdoing by corporations?
In 1978, a lawyer representing injured workers found a treasure trove of evidence involving asbestos. It was a log of the evidence from a prior worker's lawsuit, including documents written by the one-time president of Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. Those documents...
What to do if you’re arrested for DUI after an accident
There's good news and bad news in Tennessee when it comes to drunk-driving crashes. According to the Tennessee Highway Safety office, there have been fewer such crashes this year (5,171) than this time last year (5,327). And, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol,...
Reuters: FDA deferred to industry over asbestos in talc products
The Food and Drug Administration admits there is no safe level of asbestos contamination or exposure. Yet for years, the FDA relied upon the cosmetics industry's promises that their talc-based products don't contain enough asbestos to be dangerous.The cosmetic...
How does Tennessee stack up in terms of lung cancer and treatment?
According to the American Lung Association (ALA), lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in the United States. It accounts for around one in every four U.S. cancer deaths.The national five-year survival rate for most forms of lung...
The U.S. might be moving closer to banning asbestos
It is no secret that asbestos is an incredibly dangerous substance. Asbestos is known to cause mesothelioma, lung cancer, and other life-threatening diseases.That is why it might come as a shock to learn that the United States has not banned the substance yet....
Holiday DUI enforcement season starts Dec 11
The Tennessee Highway Safety Office is partnering with the highway patrol and local police departments throughout the state for a campaign to reduce impaired driving over the holiday season. The agencies plan additional DUI checkpoints and saturation patrols during...
Many toys have hidden hazards. Here are 10 of this year’s worst
Did you know that every three minutes a child in the U.S. is treated in an emergency room for a toy-related injury?Far too many toys are dangerous or defective. They may be designed poorly, fail to address obvious hazards or have inadequate safety warnings. Every...