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The Food Safety Authority has warned of the risks of farm-related E-coli infection. The warning comes on foot of a dramatic 118% increase of cases of Verotoxigenic E-coli in Ireland as compared to last year. There were 547 cases of verotoxigenic E-coli infection recorded in 2012 compared with 251 cases during the same period in […]

Hundreds of injuries have been caused by Health Regulators who have failed to issue safety warnings about the dangers posed by bed rails. Bed rails are actually designed to keep patients safe in their beds, namely older patients in assisted living Nursing Homes and Hospital settings. These rails extend along the beds. For many patients […]

Consumers continue to be concerned that hip replacement devices wear down, releasing metal particles that react with the body’s tissues and enter the blood stream, leading to significant adverse physical reactions. Metal-on-metal hip devices made headlines in August 2010 when DePuy recalled 93,000 of its devices worldwide over high failure rates. Studies have since revealed […]

The High Court has awarded a 36 year old school teacher who suffered a serious injury to her right ankle when she was caused to fall down steps at a Dublin Restaurant on the 3rd October 2009, the total sum of €97,000 damages. Sinead McDonald claimed in her High Court proceedings that her accident was […]

The HIGH Court has reduced an award of €223,500 made to Ms. Jade Price down to €100,575 as a result of her failure to wear a safety belt and for allowing herself to be a passenger in a vehicle where the driver had consumed excessive alcohol. Ms. Price was a front seat passenger in a […]

Kevin Greaney who sustained injuries to his back and chest in a motor cycle accident on the 10th July 2005 sued the HSE as a result of the failure by the Emergency Department of Limerick Regional Hospital to correctly diagnose compression wedge fractures of his T11 and T12 vertebrae and their failure to give him […]

Companies responsible for approving new medical devices in the E.U have unknowingly given their stamp of approval to a fake new metal-on-metal hip implant. In an undercover investigation conducted by the British Medical Journal in conjunction with the UK Newspaper, the Telegraph, several companies hired to approve new medical devices for the E.U approved a […]

Pfizer Inc. has reached a confidential settlement with the widow of a Minnesota man who killed himself after taking the anti-smoking drug Chantix. The Widow of Mark Whitely sued Pfizer after his death in November 2007 alleging the company failed to sufficiently warn that Chantix could increase the risk of suicide. The Law suit was […]

The IMB has issued a safety warning  concerning  Agomelatine  (Valdoxan) which is an innovative drug to treat depression. Reports of serious hepatotoxicity has been associated with the drug and Doctors have been reminded of the importance of monitoring liver function when treating patients with Agomelatine. Among the cases of hepatotoxicity reported with the drug since […]

A new study has found that as many as 170,000 new cases of two forms of non-melanoma skin cancer directly linked to the use of indoor sunbeds.  Many of the victims are under the age of 30 when they are diagnosed. Researchers at the University of California concluded that regular tanning bed users under the […]