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• ReNu with MoistureLoc Linked to Fusarium Keratitis

  Pete Strom | February 17, 2007 2:42 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Reports of fungal keratitis infections in users in South Carolina of the solution are surfacing in contact lens wearers who use ReNu with MoistureLoc. Fungal keratitis is a serious eye infection that can develop through the whole depth of the cornea. The infection can require prolonged drug therapy with antifungals such as natamycin, nystatin, and amphotericin B. Other antifungals that may be...

• Salmonella Peanut Butter Recall

  Pete Strom | February 17, 2007 1:49 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Make sure you look at the product code on the jar of peanut butter on your shelf. If it begins with "2111" take it back to the grocery store for a refund. Salmonella has been found in the Peter Pan brand. I read about this peanut butter recall earlier in the week and did not think much about it until I looked in our cabnet at home and a jar with"2111".DHEC urges people who have symptoms commonly...

• Nursing Home Visited by Jurors During Death Trial

  Shannon Weidemann | January 24, 2007 10:49 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Jurors in the Mabel Taylor neglect of a care dependent person, involuntary manslaughter, and reckless endangerment trial will visit the scene of the nursing home on Monday. The former Ronald Reagan Atrium I Nursing, Research, and Rehabilitation Center was closed in 2004 and replaced with a diabetes treatment facility. Mrs. Taylor, age 88, died after being left in an outdoor, fenced courtyard...

• Rear facing infant car seats fail consumer reports front and side crash tests

  Pete Strom | January 18, 2007 9:38 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  While federal standards mandate that both cars and car seats withstand a 30-mph frontal crash, new cars usually undergo more rigorous testing. Most new cars are tested in both a 35-mph frontal impact collision and a 38-mph side impact collision; yet, infant car seats are only tested in the required 30-mph frontal impact collision. Consumer Reports recently tested 12 infant seats and discovered...

• Social Security Disability

  Pete Strom | December 21, 2006 9:54 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  There is a serious misconception among today's workforce regarding what Social Security disability actually protects. Social Security disability income is a governmental program that provides monthly benefits for individuals with a substantial work history who become totally disabled from work. If, as a result of an injury, illness, or disease, a worker cannot perform any job that exists in...

• Zyprexa and Strokes

  Pete Strom | December 20, 2006 1:38 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  For millions of people, prescription drugs are necessary to health and even survival. Yet, the very drugs designed to help people may cause adverse reactions that range from illness to disability to death. As recently as April 11, 2005 the FDA issued an alert advising health care providers, patients, and patient care givers to safety issues regarding Zyprexa. New marketing documents were...

• Drug Coated Stents May Increase Risk of Stroke

  Pete Strom | December 12, 2006 5:06 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Recently the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would be studying the safety of popular heart stents. The heart stents involved in the study are stents that are coated with medicine that is supposed to prevent arteries from closing again. More than 6 million people have these medicated stents. Doctors now think these stents may raise the risk of life-threatening blood clots that...

• Strom Law Firm, L.L.C.

  Staff Writer | August 27, 2006 12:27 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Strom Law Firm, L.L.C. was founded in 1996 by former U.S. Attorney J. P. Strom, Jr., P.A. Our offices are located across from Richland Fashion Mall in Columbia, South Carolina at 2110 Beltline Blvd., Suite A. We are dedicated to protecting the rights and interests of South Carolinians in both civil and criminal proceedings. We represent clients in the state and federal trial courts. Our...

• Why Trial/Plaintiffs' Attorneys Aren't Just for "The Little Guy"

  Amanda Wick | February 12, 2009 11:37 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  A common misconception I've come across is the idea that Trial Lawyers, or Plaintiffs' Attorneys, as we're frequently called, only represent individual people that suffer personal injuries. While...

• Voluntary Recall of Ground Beef in South Carolina

  Pete Strom | October 18, 2007 2:32 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Arko Veal Co. of Forest Park, Georgia has voluntarily recalled a shipment of ground beef to South Carolina because the shipment may contain E. coli.More than 1,900 pounds of ground beef are being recalled, with some of that meat having been shipped to South Carolina. The recalled beef includes fifty-pound cases of "Beef Patties Mix," "80/20." The recalled cases include the establishment number...