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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Double-Trouble for DePuy ASR Hip Patient
Jun-9-12 Whitehall, PA Imagine you're 51 years old and you've already had two hips replaced. Now imagine that both those hips have been recalled and you could be facing revision surgery. Or not, as not all patients qualify. Many will be forced to live with a defective DePuy hip implant for the remainder of their lives. "It was disturbing," said Steve Lorenz,... - Study Questions Paxil Side Effects
Jun-4-12 Memphis, TN Yet another study has been conducted that suggests infants may be susceptible to Paxil side effects and side effects from other, similar medications. Although the study did not examine the risk of Paxil heart defects, it did study what effect maternal use of an SSRI had on a newborn infant. The study found that there is some risk of Paxil s... - Rochester Meat Company E. Coli Recall
Yet another company has announced a recall of beef products. This time, the recall involves Rochester Meat Co. and was issued after the company received reports that six people fell ill after eating its ground beef patties. Approximately 188,000 pounds of ground beef patties and other products are affected by the recall. Officials are concerned th... - Asbestos Memories = Asbestosis Today?
Jun-8-12 Lakeland, FL Ken hasn’t been diagnosed with asbestosis ...yet. “My asbestosis lawyer (through LawyersandSettlements.com) recently sent my x-rays to environmental disease specialists,” says Ken. “He told me that I have to be diagnosed with asbestosis to file a claim but there are also other illnesses that come with it, which I mig... - Duragesic Fentanyl Patches Could Put Patients At Risk
Jun-8-12 Fort Worth, TX For patients dealing with severe, debilitating pain, the Duragesic patch may be their only hope. After all, the fentanyl Duragesic patch is meant to be used in patients who are tolerant to other pain medications and who have chronic pain. In such cases, the strength of fentanyl may be warranted to help patients cope. But the fentanyl pat... - Panel de la FDA Revisara los reemplazos de cadera metal-metal
Jun-8-12 Washington, DC La EE.UU. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) acaba de anunciar que está buscando el asesoramiento de expertos científicos y clínicos sobre los riesgos y beneficios de los sistemas de cadera metal-metal (MoM) . La agencia también está tratando de desarrollar el potencial del paciente y las recomendacione... - Paciente de Embolia Pulmonar Presenta Demanda Contra Yasmin
Jun-8-12 Brooklyn, Nueva York A pesar de que Caitlin es de unos 30 años, una nadadora de larga distancia y el epítome de la salud, tiene suerte de estar viva. Caitlin tomo Yasmin durante varios años, y el pasado mes de octubre, terminó con dos coágulos de sangre en sus pulmones. Nadie le dijo que Yasmin y Yaz se asocian con ef... - FDA Issues Warning About Beyaz and Other Birth Control
Jun-3-12 Chicago, IL For women choosing a birth control pill, the risk of Beyaz side effects may be a major concern. Beyaz birth control, a drospirenone-containing contraceptive, may be linked to an increased risk of serious side effects. So far, there have been no Beyaz lawsuits alleging blood clots, as contraceptive lawsuits tend to focus on Yaz and Yasmin. B... - Brain Injury Lawsuit Settlement Helps Injured Boy
Jun-3-12 Dallas, TX A tragic brain injury that left a young boy with permanent disabilities has resulted in a settlement, although the parties involved are bound by nondisclosure agreements. Nonetheless, the settlement of one brain injury lawsuit serves somewhat as closure for the family of Abdallah Khader. As reported by PR Newswire (5/30/12), the Khader... - Federal Unpaid Overtime Class Action Filed Against Holiday Inn
Carle Place, NY: Holiday Inn is facing an unpaid wages and overtime class action. Mavis Kemper, a native of Jamaica now living in Cambria Heights, Queens, is a woman with a strong work ethic. A housekeeper at the Holiday Inn in Westbury, Long Island, from June 2005 until January 2012, Kemper, 43, worked tirelessly, often working six days per week from... - Standing Up for Her California Overtime Rights
Jun-7-12 Blythe, CA Ana says that she frequently worked more than ten hours a day, from the day she started until the day she was wrongfully terminated, and she was never paid California overtime . Over the past five years, Ana figures she is owed more than $15,000 in overtime compensation. Sometimes she even worked weekends, from 7am until noon Saturdays. &l... - NuvaRing Lawsuits Allege Patients Suffered Severe Side Effects
Jun-7-12 Dallas, TX Although concerns about NuvaRing side effects may not be as well known as those about Yaz, Yasmin or other contraceptives, NuvaRing lawsuits have been filed alleging women who use the birth control are at risk of serious side effects. NuvaRing birth control is alleged to have caused injuries such as venous thromboembolism and strokes in othe... - Efectos Yasmin Secundarios: Historia de una mujer
Jun-7-12 Philadelphia, PA Su nombre es Helena y ella es una sobreviviente de Yasmin . De hecho, ella tambien esta haciendo camisetas para otras que han abandonado el control de nacimiento Yasmin y que nunca volvieron a usarlo. Y mientras que Helena no ha dicho si o no ha presentado una demanda Yasmin, la defensora de salud de las mujeres está en comuni... - Force-Placed Insurance Begat Huge Profits for Insurers: Hearings
Jun-7-12 Albany, NY On the surface it seems reasonable: a lender, for various reasons, deems it necessary to force-place additional insurance onto a homeowner in order to protect the investment. In some cases, a policy may have lapsed. However, it appears as if the incidence of forced-placed insurance terms is growing because it's more profitable for the insura... - Cadera DePuy ASR Fallo en Mujer en Menos de Dos Años
Jun-7-12 Rosemount, MN Otro ejemplo de la posible responsabilidad inherente a los dispositivos de reemplazo de cadera de metal-metal se confirma en un informe reciente realizado en el Star Tribune (Minneapolis, 3/12/12) y la situación de Terri Wagner-Morley . La mujer de Minnesota recibió un sistema de reemplazo de cadera DePuy , sólo para... - Lawsuit Funding: Can it Make a Difference in YOUR Litigation?
Jun-7-12 You were seriously injured in an auto accident, a fall at the store or at a construction site, maybe the victim of a medical mistake. You hired a lawyer and he/she filed your lawsuit. But, your case may take months, years, to settle. You are unable to work, with no other sources of income and no savings. You are physically, emotionally, and financially deva... - FDA Issues Warning For Aliskiren (Tekturna)
Washington, DC: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about combining the blood pressure medication Aliskiren (Tekturna) with ACE inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBS) in people diagnosed with diabetes or renal impairment. In addition, Novartis, the maker of Aliskiren, announced that the TekturnaR labels have been... - Zithromax Stevens Johnson Syndrome Lawsuit
Zithromax side effects reportedly include an increased risk of Zithromax Stevens Johnson Syndrome . At least one report has linked side effects of Zithromax and the development of Stevens Johnson Syndrome, a potentially fatal condition. Zithromax Zithromax, known generically as azithromycin, is an antibiotic used to treat infections cau... - Homeopathic Remedies - False Advertising - Fraud - LawyersandSettlements.com
If you have purchased Natural Homeopathic medicines you may have been involved in a homeopathy scam , or homeopathy fraud . Certain homeopathic remedies are alleged to make unsubstantiated or false claims about improving health or 'curing' various ailments. Many homeopathic fraud lawsuits are being filed—and some have settled—by consumers who belie... - BMJ: metal-metal reemplazos de cadera un "grande experimento incontrolado"
Jun-6-12 Akron, OH Cuando los consumidores piensan en la fuga de los implantes, que tienden a pensar de los implantes mamarios, no reemplazos de cadera DePuy . Sin embargo, según informes, algunos expertos están preocupados de que el ASR DePuy, la cual fue objeto de un retiro del mercado de implantes de cadera DePuy masiva en 2010, podría ca...