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Apr-13-10 Sulphur, LA How many more suicides will it take before Chantix is taken off the market? As of last summer, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received 98 reports of suicides and 188 reports of attempted suicides by Chantix users—and that could be just the tip of the iceberg. There are many people like Annette who suffer from depressio... - Alcohol May Have Led to Fatal Missouri Car Accident
Apr-13-10 Republic, MO: Authorities are now required to check all drivers involved in fatal Missouri traffic accidents for alcohol consumption. Such was the case after a March 19 crash killed a woman from Aurora. The drivers of two other vehicles involved in the collision survived—and, while the incident is still under investigation, authorities say that on... - Three Dead, One Missing in Military Training Jet Crash
Apr-13-10 Morganton, GA At least three people were killed and a fourth is missing after a T-39N military training jet crashed and burned yesterday in a north Georgia forest. The plane crash set about 10 acres of woodlands ablaze after the jet went down just after 4:30 pm EST on April 12. CNN reports there were four people on the plane, which was a military ve... - Effexor Linked To Increased Risk of Cataracts
Apr-2-10 Ottawa, ON A Canadian study suggests that Effexor side effects include an increased risk of cataracts. According to a 3/15/10 report in the National Post, researchers discovered that patients taking Effexor and other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were approximately 15 times more likely to be diagnosed with cataracts than people not ta... - Landmark Chinese Drywall Ruling Finds for the Plaintiffs
Apr-12-10 New Orleans, LA A US District Court judge in Louisiana has delivered a landmark ruling in a Chinese drywall lawsuit, ordering a manufacturer of the defective drywall to pay a total of $2.6 million to seven Virginia families toward the remediation of their homes. The trial is the first in a series of lawsuits alleging defective drywall. The defendan... - Organization Plans to Go Paperless to Increase Efficiency of VA Disability Benefits
Apr-12-10 Baltimore, MD In an effort to provide better support to the men and women serving in the armed services, Secretary of Veteran Affairs (VA) Eric Shinseki intends to make the entire department paperless in the next two years. Shinseki hopes that entering all future and pending disability claims into a system database will not only reduce clutter and i... - Philadelphia Woman Suffers Hospital Staph Infection From Overuse of Antibiotics
Apr-12-10 Philadelphia, PN A kidney dialysis patient at Pennsylvania Hospital has developed a rare form of hospital staph infection , possibly as a result of overuse of antibiotics. The woman, who according to the Philadelphia Inquirer suffered the infection prior to transferring to the University of Pennsylvania-owned hospital, has come down with a vancomycin... - California Beef and Veal Recall Expanded to 4.9 Million Pounds
Washington, DC: Huntington Meat Packing Inc, a Montebello, CA, establishment, is expanding its recall of January 18 to include approximately 4.9 million additional pounds of beef and veal products that were not produced in accordance with the company's food safety plan. The products are adulterated because the company made the products under insanita... - ETHEX Corporation Risk of Death From Overdose Recall of Generic Drugs
ETHEX Corporation has announced that it has recalled specific lots of 5 generic (non-brand name) medications that the company markets. The recall was announced due to a risk of serious ETHEX side effects , including an ETHEX drug overdose . The cause of the side effects is oversized tablets that contain extra amounts of the drugs' active ingr... - West Virginia Coal Mine Explodes, Kills 25
Apr-6-10 Montcoal, WV A deadly explosion yesterday afternoon at a coal mine in West Virginia left 25 miners dead and four missing. Search and rescue efforts are underway to free the trapped miners, but are hindered by the presence of poison gases. The explosion occurred underground on Monday afternoon, at Massey Energy Co's enormous Upper Big Branch mine, lo... - New Jersey Lawyer Liable for Legal Malpractice for Failing to Report Settlement Offer
Apr-11-10 Trenton, NJ Veteran litigator and former state senator Gerald Stockman has been found liable for legal malpractice by a Mercer County jury after neglecting to inform a client of a $400,000 settlement offer in a personal injury case. In 2007 Stockman was representing Karen Oliver and her husband Gary in a suit that alleged that Mrs. Oliver suffered a... - California Driver Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for Texting While Driving
Apr-11-10 Santa Ana, CA Breakneck speed is not always the reason behind California car accidents —sometimes technology is the culprit. Such was the case on August 29, 2008, when Martha Ovalle, who worked as a nanny, was struck and killed by an SUV while crossing the street near Dover and Westcliff drives in Newport Beach. According to Orange County prose... - Internet Lawsuits Heat up: Son Files Charges against Mother
Apr-10-10 Little Rock, AR A family battle is going to court—but this time the battle is not between mom and dad. Instead, a 16-year-old boy has alleged that his mother harassed him when she logged onto his Facebook page, read his posts and changed his password to lock him out of Facebook. The lawsuit is a striking example of how the Internet has changed famil... - Fatal Car Accident Leaves One Dead in Memphis, Missouri
Apr-10-10 Memphis, MO A fatal car accident early Thursday morning has left a Memphis woman dead after her 1999 Lexus crossed the center line while traveling east on US 136. Karen E. Leon's car was struck head-on by a 1989 International truck after her vehicle crossed into the westbound lane of U.S. 136. Leon, 52, of Memphis, was pronounced dead at the scene b... - Final Four Coal Miners Found Dead
Apr-10-10 Montcoal, WV Rescuers and family members hoping that the final four miners not accounted four after a coal mine explosion at the Upper Big Branch coal mine might have survived the ordeal had their hopes crushed, when it was determined that the four did not survive. The mine explosion was the worst US coal mining disaster since 38 people were killed in... - Plane Crash Kills Polish President
Apr-10-10 Warsaw, Poland A plane crash has taken the lives of Polish President Lech Kaczynski, his wife, military officials and the head of the Polish national bank. The plane, carrying 67 people in all, crashed on April 10, when it attempted to land at a Russian airport. According to news reports, there were no survivors in the airplane crash. Kaczynski and... - Couple Sues Health Company, Alleges ERISA Not Applicable
Apr-10-10 Denver, CO A lawsuit recently heard by an appeals court alleges that ERISA does not govern their insurance plan and that, as a result, the plaintiffs should be allowed to sue their insurance company. According to the 4/07/10 issue of the Durango Herald, Stephen Dobbs worked for the Southern Ute Indian Tribe. His son had a rare skull condition and r... - Fosamax ONJ Jaw Death Case Goes To Trial Mid-April
Apr-10-10 Muncie, IN It seems somewhat paradoxical that a drug designed to protect bone may be causing bone fractures, writes Jill U. Adams in the 3/22/10 edition of the Los Angeles Times. The incidence rate of Fosamax osteonecrosis (bone death of the jaw) is low, but two reports presented this month during a gathering of orthopedic surgeons have indicated that... - Antitrust News: Google Faces New Challenges in Proposed Mergers
Apr-10-10 Eau Claire, WI A US Senator is calling for increased scrutiny of the proposed merger between search engine giant Google and mobile advertiser AdMob, regarding their adherence to national antitrust laws . Wisconsin Democratic Senator Herb Kohl, chairman of the antitrust subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee, claims that the merger would give... - Should Paxil Be Used During Pregnancy?
Mar-30-10 Seattle, WA Despite the wealth of research on Paxil and its link to birth defects, findings remain inconclusive. The most recent study on the subject, published in the Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health on 3/25/10, notes that depression occurs in approximately 12 to 15 percent of pregnant women and is one of the most common medical conditions to...