PRODUCT RECALL | Cochlear implant device recalled due to malfunctions

NATIONAL - According to MedPage Today, "Makers of a cochlear implant device have issued a voluntary recall of the device due to malfunctions that may cause severe pain and shocking sensations within a few days of activation." According to the manufacturer, "Advanced Bionics, the HiRes 90K cochlear implant had to be removed from two patients after they experienced pain, overly loud sounds, and/or shocks eight to 10 days after the device was implanted." Advanced Bionics said "that the risk of adverse events is remote and that it is working with the FDA to make changes in the product."

HEAD INJURY | USF Health Clinic Opens Their New Concussion Center in Tampa

TAMPA - The Concussion Center at the University of South Florida, the first of its kind in the greater Tampa Bay area, has established an integrated, multidisciplinary system of care that is specifically designed to offer medical care, including diagnostic, rehabilitative and referral services for patients with acute concussions or lingering post-concussive syndrome.

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STATEWIDE - Lawmakers may be pushing to make motorcycle helmet use mandatory in Florida.  The NTSB calls this a public health issue as their figures show that approximately 4,400 people die in the United States each year due to blunt head trauma.

Last year in Florida was one of the safest on record.  There were 373 motorcycle-related deaths. In those, forty six percent of the victims were not wearing a helmet.

The NTSB can only recommend the law change.  To see helmet laws by state click link below:

http://www.iihs.org/laws/HelmetUseCurrent.aspx

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In a recent article in USA Today, "If a 747 jetliner crashed every day, killing all 500 people aboard, there would be a national uproar over aviation safety and an all-out mobilization to fix the problem."

However, "in the nation's hospitals...about the same number of people die on average every day from medical 'adverse events,' many of them preventable errors, such as infections or incorrect medications. Where's the outrage?"

USA Today goes on to recommend the expanded use of medical checklists, greater transparency to allow patients to "evaluate their local hospitals," and use of financial incentives that would prevent hospitals from profiting from failure.

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Florida court absolves some builders of Chinese drywall liability

According to The Wall Street Journal (11/12, Wotapka, Whelan) reports that a circuit court judge in Palm Beach County, Florida, has relieved some homebuilders of liability for installing tainted Chinese drywall, which is blamed for torpedoing home values and damaging residents' health.

The ruling is expected to serve as a precedent in other jurisdictions, and was based on the fact that the homebuilders did not manufacture the defective product. Florida's Centerline Homes was the defendant in the relevant case.

J and J in talks with government to resolve Risperdal marketing investigation

According to the Dow Jones Newswires (11/10, Loftus) reported that Johnson & Johnson disclosed Wednesday that it is in talks with the government to settle an investigation into whether the company improperly marketed the antipsychotic Risperdal.

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A recent study finds a certain type of hip replacement surgery may place patients at a higher risk of complications. The study, which looked at anterior total hip arthroplasty on a fracture table, was authored by Dr. Jewett and Dr. Collis of the Slocum Orthopedic Center.

The anterior approach for total hip replacement is a surgical approach to the hip that has been used for over thirty years for total hip replacement in Europe and more recently in the United States. The purported advantage of the surgery is that it provides a truly “minimally invasive” way to perform the hip replacement. No muscle is cut with the operation, providing a very stable hip with minimal damage to the soft-tissues of the hip. There are no bending or positional precautions after the surgery. The procedure utilizes a special table called a “fracture table” to perform the operation. It allows the surgeon to position the leg during the operation and helps to expose both the socket and the femur.

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DUNEDIN GOLF CART ACCIDENT | Serious and fatal injuries can occur | City approved golf carts for street use

DUNEDIN - The city of Dunedin unanimously approved allowing golf carts on city roads at a City Hall meeting.  According to BayNews 9, a city ordinance allowed people to drive golf carts within a one mile radius of the Dunedin Golf Club. Now leaders are expanding the ordinance to allow the golf carts throughout Dunedin.

SAFETY IS A BIG CONCERN.  Golf carts are designed for use on a golf course and lack the necessary safety equipment for regular daily road use.  This approval is by the city is a recipe for disaster.  

City leaders have not decided exactly which roads they'd allow the golf carts on. The city attorney is now looking into just the south side at this time and not the whole city.  The city council will continue to work in phases to get the whole city golf cart-approved.

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