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• Birth Control Patch Warning Signs

  saunders saunders | November 14, 2005 7:31 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  Now that the FDA has "re-labeled" Ortho Evra the popular birth control patch, it's important to recognize the symptoms of impending health issues caused by the patch. Women who use this patch are at a significantly increased risk for blood clots, strokes, and death than those women who use other forms of oral contraceptives. The manufacturer of Ortho Evra, Ortho-McNeil now admits that women...

• FDA Issues Warning About Birth Control Patch

  saunders saunders | November 14, 2005 9:31 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  On November 10, 2005 the Food and Drug Administration issued an updated labeling concerning Ortho Evra, the birth control patch used by many women. Here is the statement released by the FDA:The Food and Drug Administration today approved updated labeling for the Ortho Evra contraceptive patch to warn healthcare providers and patients that this product exposes women to higher levels of estrogen...

• Motorcyclist dies in I-Drive crash

  super super | November 03, 2005 3:43 PM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  ORANGE COUNTY -- A Kissimmee man on a motorcycle died Wednesday afternoon on International Drive in what witnesses told investigators was possibly a street-racing accident.Gabrail Montanez, 28, was riding a 2005 Kawasaki motorcycle south on International Drive south of Central Florida Parkway about 4:45 p.m. Beside him, Christopher Jones, 27, of Orlando was riding a 2005 Yamaha.Montanez tried to...

• County sends teams to aid South Florida

  super super | October 28, 2005 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  A contingent of Osceola County public-safety and electric-utility workers is helping residents in South Florida recover from Hurricane Wilma.On Thursday, eight Kissimmee police officers left for the Miami area to provide security for Florida Power & Light Co. as the utility restores electricity in the storm-devastated area. They plan to spend a week on the assignment.Earlier, Kissimmee Utility...

• A rip in fabric that holds law enforcement together

  super super | October 28, 2005 11:02 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

  ike many Americans, I watched with great interest, and with increasing anger, the recent beating of a 64-year-old retired schoolteacher on the streets of New Orleans. The glare of the public eye almost wasn't there. A New Orleans police horse appeared to be made to walk backward, apparently to block the probing eye of the TV camera.Unlike many Americans, as a former police chief and current...

• Fla. Physicians, Plaintiffs Lawyers Battle Over Med-Mal Discovery

  super super | October 28, 2005 10:56 AM | 1 CommentOrlando, FL

  A West Palm Beach, Fla., attorney has won a ruling declaring that the state Legislature's implementing law for last year's Patient Right to Know ballot initiative is unconstitutional because it fails to provide full public access to records on medical errors.The ruling is at least the second recent Florida circuit court decision in favor of medical malpractice plaintiffs who want to use the new...

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  Staff Writer | March 02, 2005 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsOrlando, FL

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