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• Unproven Drugs Allowed to Remain on Market By FDA

  Angel Reyes | November 02, 2009 1:28 PM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  We trust organizations like the FDA to keep us safe. After all, that's why they were created in the first place, right? Well, a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) suggests...

• Window Blinds Are Finally Recalled; Strangulation Risk is Cited

  Angel Reyes | October 29, 2009 8:42 PM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  In an update to a recent blog posting I did about window blinds and how deadly they can be for children. This week nearly one-million roller blinds and Roman shades were recalled. The blinds and...

• Update on Trucking Accident That Killed 10 in Oklahoma

  Angel Reyes | September 22, 2009 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  A prosecutor in Miami, Oklahoma, filed negligent homicide charges against Donald Creed, the driver of the 18 wheeler that slammed into a line of stopped cars, killing 10 people, four of whom were...

• Drivers Injured in Wrong-Way Crash on Dallas North Tollway

  Angel Reyes | September 18, 2009 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  Just about every month brings forth another tragic tale of a wrong-way driver on the Dallas North Tollway. According to the Dallas Morning News: There have been at least five wrong-way accidents...

• Labor Secretary Hot Over Texas Working Conditions

  Angel Reyes | September 10, 2009 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  Labor Secretary, Hilda Solis, is taking a good hard look at Texas’ safety record as it relates to working conditions here in the Lone Star State. The Labor Department is looking at several...

• Pfizer Pleads Guilty to a Felony and Pays U.S. $2.3B Fine

  Angel Reyes | September 04, 2009 7:18 AM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  Just yesterday I wrote about Forest Laboratory's problems with paying doctors to prescribe Lexapro over Celexa because Lexapro costs almost 6 times more than Celexa, yet is so similar to Celexa the...

• Big Pharma Will Stop At Nothing To Get Your Money

  Angel Reyes | September 03, 2009 7:36 AM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  In a recent development, Federal Prosecutors in Boston announced a civil lawsuit against Forest Laboratories. You may ask yourself, what did Forest Laboratories do? The answer is, they promoted two...

• Beware the Window Shades and Blinds

  Angel Reyes | August 31, 2009 3:57 PM | 1 CommentNorth Dallas, TX

  Every month a child is strangled by the cords on window blinds. Often times, this leads to a tragic, avoidable death. In Garland, Texas, the Yearout family has made a crusade out of their near...

• Are US Roads Filled With Unsafe Trucks?

  Angel Reyes | August 27, 2009 10:00 AM | 3 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  You’ve been driving for ten hours. You’re tired, you’re hungry, and busloads of school children won’t stop trying to get you to honk your horn. Cars are passing you every...

• Ft. Worth Motorcyclist Dies in Crash With Van

  Angel Reyes | August 24, 2009 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsNorth Dallas, TX

  In a tragic accident yesterday, a 53 year-old motorcyclist died when a van turned in front of him in the 3600 block of Carson Street in Haltom City. The motorcyclist was wearing a helmet at the...