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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- FDA Heightens Concern about Zocor Dosage, Potential for Myopathy
Apr-5-10 Washington, DC Zocor simvastatin has long been linked to various side effects such as muscle and liver damage, but the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently strengthened the warning with regard to myopathy, or muscle injury. According to the 3/19/10 FDA news release, statins such as Zocor carry a higher risk of injury when taken at doses exceed... - Texas Family Wins $11 Million Lawsuit over Asbestos-Containing Painting Material
Apr-5-10 Dallas, TX A Texas jury awarded a Dallas couple a settlement of roughly $11 million in a lawsuit alleging that working with asbestos -containing construction material caused the husband to develop mesothelioma. Vernon Walker, a 67-year-old retiree, had worked for years as a union painter, helping to construct strip malls, skyscrapers and private home... - Yasmin Side Effects Prompt New Warnings in Europe
Apr-5-10 Barmen, Germany Bayer Pharmaceuticals will continue selling its popular Yasmin birth control in Switzerland, but will be required to update its black box warning due to a mounting number of lawsuits that stem from the medication's numerous side effects. The updated warnings will bear more specific information relating to the medication's potential... - Bank of America 401(k) Plan Investigation
In January, 2008, Bank of America Corporation ("Bank of America" or the "Company") (NYSE: BAC) has announced that it had writedowns of $5.28 billion to reflect collateralized debt obligations ("CDO's"). As a result, the value of Bank of America stock owned through the Bank of America 401(k) Plans (the "Plans"), has fallen dramatically. Bank of America... - Famous Restaurant Chain Faces California Overtime Lawsuit
Apr-3-10 Fresno, CA The famous restaurant chain Hooters is the latest company to face a California overtime lawsuit. Five Hooters restaurants in California are accused of violating a number of labor laws, including failing to pay their employees overtime. Employees at Hooters restaurants in North Fresno, Sacramento and Bakersfield allege that they were deni... - New Study Suggests Effexor Side Effects May Include Cataracts
Apr-3-10 Vancouver, BC A new study has found that an increased risk of cataracts may be one of many previously unreported Effexor side effects . Researchers from British Columbia and Quebec examined around 205,700 Quebec residents aged 65 and older, 18,700 with cataracts and 187,000 without cataracts, to draw a statistical analysis of this population. Accordi... - Anacortes Refinery Blast Kills Three, Shakes Homes Five Miles Away
Apr-2-10 Anacortes, WA Three people are dead and four critically injured following an explosion at an oil refinery in Washington State early Friday morning. The injured employees were hospitalized with major burns covering most of their bodies. According to reports from the Associated Press , the injured employees are two men aged 34 and 41, and two women a... - Child Dies of Heparin Overdose, Investigation Launched
Apr-2-10 Omaha, NE A two-year-old toddler died Wednesday after she was given too much heparin at a Nebraska hospital. Almariah Duque, who was in the hospital for multiple organ transplants and also recovering from gastrochisis, died on the afternoon of March 31 at the Nebraska Medical Center. She had been declared clinically dead that morning. The hospital d... - Barbeque Fire in Georgia Ruled an Accident
Apr-2-10 St. Simons Island, GA Local officials have ruled that the fast-moving fire that destroyed the Southern Soul BBQ restaurant in St. Simons was most likely an accident, although the investigation will continue. The local fire department arrived on the scene of the blaze at 11:22 am on March 27 and found the building engulfed in flames and spewing heavy... - Authorities Still Searching for Cause of South Carolina Plane Crash that Killed Jogger
Apr-2-10 Hilton Head, SC The National Transportation Safety Board is still attempting to deduce the cause of a recent plane crash on a South Carolina beach that claimed the life of a jogger earlier this month. Initial reports show that Edward Ivey Smith was piloting an amateur-built aircraft from Orlando Executive Airport towards Hampton Roads Executive Airp... - Boy Killed by Disney Bus
Apr-1-10 Lake Buena Vista, FL A young child is reported dead today after sustaining serious injuries in a bus accident early Thursday at Walt Disney World's Fort Wilderness in Florida. The nine-year old was struck by a Disney bus while riding his bike. The boy was accompanied by an 11-year old girl, and the accident happened at approximately 1:30 pm on Big... - Three Young Marines Killed in Massive Car Crash
Apr-1-10 Braceville, OH Three young men were killed and two others injured in a fatal car crash about forty miles southeast of Cleveland on Wednesday. Joshua Sherbourne, 21, of Southington, Zachery Nolen, 19, of Newton Falls, and Michael T. Theodore Jr, 19, of Warren, were hit by a truck en route to Cleveland, where the men were to take the oath of enlistment i... - Colorado Bill Aimed to Prevent Unum-like Denials
Apr-1-10 Denver, CO With an eye towards preventing the kinds of practices once employed by Unum over the years and under a variety of names, including First Unum, Unum Insurance and Unum Provident, the Colorado Senate in early March passed a bill that would prohibit the payments of bonuses or financial incentives by insurance companies to adjusters who deny or... - Reglan Tardive Dyskinesia Sufferer: "I'm Angry"
Apr-1-10 Reno, NV Laura Tennant is angry that she wasn't informed about the potential side effects of Reglan , despite the fact they were known at the time the medication was prescribed to her. "I'm angry because I appear to be suffering from permanent central nervous system damage associated with the prescribed drug Reglan (brand name for metoclopramide) prescr... - Fosamax Use Linked To Broken Femurs and Dead Jaws
Apr-1-10 San Francisco, CA Patients with brittle bones might want to think twice before using bisphosphonates like Fosamax , as recent studies suggest that the bone density drugs may actually put patients at an increased risk of bone fracture and osteoporosis. Approved in 1995, Fosamax has become one of the most popular medications for patients with osteoporo... - Defective Canadian Shoulder Pain Pump Surgery Injuries
A shoulder pain pump is a commonly used device designed to reduce pain after surgery but studies reveal that it is potentially dangerous when used in the shoulder joint space. Shoulder Pain Pumps and PAGCL In 2006, the American Journal of Sports Medicine reported that post-operative pain pumps are the likely cause of a condition call... - Toyota Shareholders Sue
Mar-26-10 New York, NY Investors who bought shares in the Toyota Motor Corporation thought they were buying into one of the most trusted and reliable carmakers in the world. Little did they know that Toyota had information to the contrary—information that in the view of veteran litigation lawyer Marvin Frank amounts to securities fraud . "What Toyota tol... - Plane Crashes into UPS Buidling, Kills Pilot
Mar-31-10 Roanoke, VA A small plane crash in western Virginia yesterday killed the pilot and seriously injured the passenger. Peter Sheeran, the 57-year old pilot, and John Whitmer, the passenger, both from Charlottesville, were on their way home when the crash occurred. The single engine plane flew into the side a UPS freight building in Virginia shortly af... - Mid-Air Collision at San Francisco Airport Narrowly Avoided
Mar-31-10 San Francisco, CA A United Airlines jetliner that took off from San Francisco on Saturday with 251 passengers and 17 crew on board narrowly avoided a mid-air plane crash with a small aircraft that was only several hundred feet away. According to media reports, the Beijing-bound United Airlines Flight 889 had just taken off and was at 1,100 feet when... - Attorney Focuses on Accutane and Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Mar-31-10 Pensacola, FL Probably no other attorney in the US knows more about Accutane and its relationship to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) than Mike Hook. Hook has tried and won every IBD product liability case pursued against pharmaceutical giant Hoffman-LaRoche since questions about Accutane and IBD first emerged in 2001. "Many of our cases are young p...