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The Cordis unit was recalled Friday after the Food and Drug Administration determined the product could lead to a heart attack, surgery or death.The Class 1 recall, the most serious type of recall, affects Cordis' Dura Star RX PTCA and Fire Star RX balloon catheters. The products were manufactured in Mexico from February 2007 to December 2007 and distributed worldwide from March 26, 2007,...

While most of the doctors agreed they needed to keep up with changes in the profession and have their competence reviewed, only 31 percent had undergone a competency review in the past three years. Dr. James Thompson, chief executive officer of the Federation of State Medical Boards, said one problem may be that doctors know there is not much that can be done to help doctors who are struggling...

Ten years after the first of three traffic fatalities at a Mabton, Washington raidroad crossing, the state is finally installing a crossing gate to protect motorists. The state has approved a $20,000 grant to pay for a crossing gate at the intersections of state routes 241 and 22, this is where three drivers have died starting in 1997. There are warning lights that flash when a train is...

Yesterday, a Puyallup man who police say was racing in his car along westbound Highway 512 near Puyallup was killed when his car collided with a semi-truck this morning. The man, 30, was killed after he lost control of his car and crossed the median, striking an eastbound semi-truck head on near Portland Avenue East around 2 a.m.The truck driver, 45, was treated for minor injuries and released....

A bus that was carrying employees for the Montana State Prison to work hit a deer and flipped over on Friday, November 16, killing 1 person and injuring 21. The accident, which occurred at 5:30 a.m., was transporting 26 people and flipped into the median of Interstate 90, 50 miles southwest of Helena.Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Rodger Kenney said a front tire of the bus hit the deer and it...

A Bellevue woman who was severely injured three years ago in a collision involving a State Patrol trooper has been awarded a $4 million settlement. The victim was home for the 2004 winter holidays when her vehicle was T-boned by former Trooper Josh Stuart's.Terlinchamp suffered traumatic brain injuries and required months to recover, according to a lawsuit she filed last year in King County...

Snow has been blamed for dozens of accidents in the Kittitas Valley of central Washington. Few significant injuries were reported. Light overnight snow also was followed by a rash of accidents the next morning in Spokane. State troopers told KHQ Television at least six collisions had occurred by about daybreak, including a number along I-90 west of town.

A 17-year-old was airlifted to Harborview Medical Center after the car he was driving went under a cable barrier near Centralia and struck a southbound pickup truck Wednesday morning. The driver remained in critical condition at Harborview Medical Center today. The driver of the truck suffered minor injuries and was treated and released at a local hospital.

Millions of Chinese-made toys for children have been pulled from shelves in North America and Australia after scientists found they contain a chemical that converts into a powerful date rape drug when ingested. Two children in the U.S. and three in Australia were hospitalized after swallowing the Aqua Dots beads. With only seven weeks until Christmas, the recall is yet another blow to toy...

A pedestrian's legs were nearly severed when a man crashed into the two parked cars surrounding her Saturday night, police said. A woman who was pinned between both vehicles involved in the crash had her legs nearly severed from the impact. The woman was standing between two parked cars on North Chautauqua Boulevard just before 5:30 p.m. when a pickup truck struck the car behind her. The impact...