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Oct-6-10 Washington, DC Accidents on all terrain vehicles (ATVs), and the likelihood of dying after an ATV accident are more common than motorcycle accidents, trauma surgeons attending the annual meeting of the American College of Surgeons reported this week. In a study presented during the conference, reseachers cited some alarming numbers, including thos... - John Fratti's War on Levaquin Heats Up
Oct-6-10 Silver Spring, MD John Fratti is on a quest to tell the world about levaquin and its potential for life-altering adverse reactions. In July, John Fratti met with doctors and staff affiliated with the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with regard to levaquin. Fratti should know. In four years, the former pharmaceutical company rep has devolved fr... - Fixodent Zinc Poisoning: "They Don't Tell You How Much Is Too Much"
Oct-6-10 Broadview, SK Hedvig Ahlquist, a 56-year-old nurse from Saskatchewan, is leading a class-action lawsuit in Canada against two denture adhesive manufacturers that could potentially extend across the entire Great White North. According to the Canadian Press ( CP ), lawyers have filed statements of claim against GlaxoSmithKline and Proctor and Gamble in... - Neighborhoods Sue Tonawanda Coke
Sep-30-10 Buffalo, NY People living in a Buffalo suburb had good reason to suspect they were being negatively affected by the Tonawanda Coke plant. "It has three big smoke stacks," says environmental law attorney Charles Cobb. "People who live around there sometimes talk about 'a bad day.' That's when the air is overwhelmed visually, combined with a noticeable s... - California Labor Law: "Working at Blockbusters Is Like a Bad Movie"
Sep-30-10 Soledad, CA Ruthann worked eight years as a dedicated store manager for Blockbusters before she was terminated. According to California labor law , employment in the state is generally "at will," but it doesn't give employers the right to fire an employee based on violations like discrimination and retaliation. Blockbusters has a bad track record... - Aseptic Meningitis Risk with Use of Seizure Drug Lamictal
Washington, DC: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today warned that the drug Lamictal (lamotrigine), approved to treat seizures and bipolar disorder, can cause aseptic meningitis, an inflammation of the protective membranes (meninges) that cover the brain and spinal cord not caused by bacterial infection. The agency is working with th... - Circus World Recalls Wireless Video Baby Monitors
Washington, DC: About 800 Levana Wireless Video Baby Monitors are being recalled by Circus World Displays Limited (CWD) because the wiring in the baby monitor camera can overheat and emit smoke, posing a burn hazard to consumers. Circus World Displays has received two reports of the camera portion of the monitors overheating and smoking. ... - Bouncy Houses Contain Toxic Lead Levels Report Finds
San Francisco, CA: California Attorney General, Jerry Brown, has filed a lawsuit over toxic lead levels associated with bouncy houses and bouncy castles – those inflatable houses that kids just love to play in for hours at a stretch. According to a report in the NYTimes the lawsuit was prompted by an investigation done by the Center for Envir... - California Labor Law Victory Comes Too Late for 2010
Oct-5-10 Sacramento, CA A recent attempt to circumvent California labor law and save some dollars by dropping two paid holidays from the California state calendar has been thwarted by a Sacramento Superior Court judge, according to a recent article in the Sacramento Bee . The Schwarzenegger Administration dropped Columbus Day and Lincoln's birthday from the pa... - Norian to Pay $23 Million for Illegal Bone Cement Tests
Oct-5-10 Philadelphia, PA Norian Corp, accused of training surgeons to conduct unapproved clinical tests of its bone cement , "Norian SRS", has agreed to pay the maximum $23 million fine. Further, US prosecutors state that the company will admit criminality. In a report by the Associated Press (AP), Norian and its parent company Synthes Inc, are described a... - Even With Restrictions on Avandia, FDA Still Cautious
Oct-5-10 Washington, DC The European Medicines Agency EMA) has moved to completely banish type 2 diabetes drug Avandia from shelves in European countries. Meanwhile, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appears to have neither the willingness nor the ultimate power to effect that same decision. The FDA has instead ordered severe restrictions that ultim... - Lack of Fence near Shopping Center Could Result in Further Missouri Accident Injury
Oct-5-10 Versailles, MO Two separate Missouri accidents have claimed three lives in the last few weeks—two in traffic accidents and one involving a pedestrian. One of the victims was a passenger in a car that was struck by another vehicle after the driver went off the road and over-corrected. According to a report from the 9/24/10 edition of the Asso... - Unum Insurance Puts out Guide on Healthcare Exchanges
Oct-5-10 Chattanooga, TN The Unum insurance group recently offered some information about health insurance exchanges, which will be a major part of the healthcare landscape once President Barack Obama's reforms go into effect in 2014. Unum put out a guide called "Health Insurance Exchanges: A marketplace for the future," which is based on the requirements th... - Omnicare Qui Tam Whistleblowers
Sep-29-10 Boston, MA Omnicare has deep pockets when it comes to qui tam whistleblower lawsuits. In the past few years, the nation's largest pharmacy for nursing homes has been involved in a number of lawsuits involving claims that it paid kickbacks and made improper medication substitutions for patients. It has already paid millions upon millions of dollars to s... - Second Child Dies of Overdose At Seattle's Children's Hospital
Sep-29-10 Seattle, WA A fatal overdose of calcium chloride appears to have caused the wrongful death of an eight month old infant who was in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Seattle Children's Hospital. Kaia Zautner died on September 14, in what may be the second potential case of medical malpractice at the hospital in 18 months. According to a report b... - Asurion Recalls Counterfeit BlackBerry-branded Batteries
Washington, DC: About 470,000 counterfeit BlackBerry-branded cell phone batteries in refurbished devices are being recalled by the distributor, Asurion, of Smyrna, TN, because the counterfeit batteries can overheat, posing burn and fire hazards. Asurion has received two reports of counterfeit BlackBerry-branded batteries overheating, causing mino... - Novacare Products Recalled for Undeclared Drug Ingredient
Washington, DC: Novacare LLC has been notified by the FDA that certain of its products appear to contain sulfoaildenafil, an analogue of Sildenafil, an FDA-approved drug used as treatment for male Erectile Dysfunction. "Sulfoaildenafil" is not declared on the product labels. Products affected are sold under the following names: Stiff Nights, Az... - Costco Cookies Recalled in Canada
Ottawa, Canada: The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd. are warning the public not to consume certain Kirkland Signature brand cookies as these products may contain pieces of metal. Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd, Ottawa, Ontario, is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the marketplace The Kirkland Sig... - Warnings for Reglan Tardive Dyskinesia Need to be Stark
Oct-4-10 Washington, DC It's hard to imagine the devastation of Reglan side effects on a person. Indeed, the term "side effects" is so overused in today's pharmaceutical drug industry that people tend to get desensitized to it. But in the case of Reglan tardive dyskinesia, simply dealing with it is something else again. You can't hide or deny tardive dyskine... - Three Burned in Catalina Plane Crash
Oct-4-10 Avalon, CA Although badly burned, three people involved in a small plane crash in Southern California have survived. The twin engine Cessna 310 went down at around 3:40 Sunday afternoon near the airfield at the Airport in the Sky, located on the popular tourist island of Santa Catalina. The 54-year old pilot, the 50-year old male passenger and the...