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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- A New Stevens Johnson Syndrome Threat Arises
Mar-21-10 Washington, DC Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is a debilitating disease characterized by the blistering and sloughing off of large portions of skin, similar to a serious burn. The rare but extremely serious condition is often triggered by an adverse reaction to many commonly used and readily available medications. Now a new drug has been added to the li... - Researchers Find Link between Avandia Defenders and Drug Companies
Mar-21-10 Rochester, MN A team of researchers has found that many of the experts who defended Avandia against negative publicity actually have financial ties to drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline. The findings raise questions over the ethics of study authors who have ties to the pharmaceutical industry. After a May 2007 study suggested that Avandia significantly incr... - Fine against VA Hospital Is Second Largest in NRC History
Mar-21-10 Philadelphia, PA On St. Patrick's Day the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) hit the Philadelphia VA Medical Center with $227,500 in penalties—one of the largest fines ever levied against a medical institution. While VA hospital malpractice was not alleged, the errors that triggered the large fine could very well be of interest to VA medical ma... - Texas Car Crash Leaves Two Dead
Mar-21-10 Centerville, TX Two people died in a Texas car crash on Monday afternoon on Interstate 45 in Leon County, according to the local news. The Texas Department of Public Safety reported that a Honda four-door was slowly heading northbound on I-45 just north of Centerville when a 2006 Dodge pickup collided with the back of the sedan, sending both vehicle... - Indiana Couple Blames Botox for Death of Daughter
Mar-20-10 Indianapolis, IN The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Botox injections for only a handful of indications, but off-label use continues on a wide scale. According to a proposed lawsuit in Indiana, off-label use of Botox for muscle spasms triggered the death of a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy. Audrey Wells was born October 16,... - Accutane Plaintiff Awarded $25.16 Million in Damages for IBD Injury
Mar-20-10 Trenton, NJ: When Andy McCarrell started using Accutane for acne control, he got more than he bargained for: Accutane inflammatory bowel disease , also known as Accutane IBD. And while the disease cost him his colon, his bank account is to benefit by $25.16 million. According to the 3/7/10 issue of Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly, McCa... - FDA New Warnings about Zocor
Mar-20-10 Washington, DC The FDA has warned about an increased risk of muscle injury with higher doses of Zocor, a cholesterol-lowering drug sold genetically as simvastin. When Zocor is combined with certain other drugs, the risk of drug injury also increases, potentially leading to rhabdomyolysis, which can result in fatal kidney damage. Zocor is a member of... - Canadian Firms Tackle Pfizer's Smoking Cessation Drug
Mar-20-10 Vancouver, BC Dozens of Canadians have joined the long list of people suing for personal injuries allegedly caused by the smoking cessation drug Chantix . Class actions against Pfizer and its Canadian subsidiary have been filed in the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, British Columbia and Alberta. Lawyer David Klein from the Vancouver-based firm of Klein... - Michigan Man Files Wrongful Termination Suit Against Ford Dealer
Mar-20-10 Bad Axe, MI A 60-year-old man from Bad Axe, Michigan, has filed suit against the car dealership where he used to work, alleging that he was wrongfully terminated . Patrick Gottschalk was fired from George Ordus Ford-Mercury in Bad Axe on January 20, 2009, according to the Bay City Times. Gottschalk had been working at the dealership since 1976, servi... - Online Consumer Fraud Nets Hackers $120 Million in Three Months
Mar-14-10 San Francisco, CA According to the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), online banking scams and online consumer fraud cost companies and individuals more than $120 million during the third quarter of 2009. FDIC examiner David Nelson claims that online banking fraud, which typically involves the electronic transfer of funds, has steadily... - Dying Woman Forced to Wait for Social Security Disability Benefits
Mar-19-10 Farmington, NH The rules that govern the distribution of social security disability are forcing a 47-year-old woman dying of cancer to wait five months for her benefits—even though she was approved for aid in January and was found to have become disabled under administration rules November 1. Heather Russell will finally take delivery of her firs... - SSRI Birth Defects Claims from Users of Paxil on the Rise
Mar-19-10 Philadelphia, PA GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), the pharmaceutical giant responsible for medications like Advair, Geritol and Zantac, has seen an increased number of lawsuits related to SSRI birth defects stemming from its popular antidepressant, Paxil. Paxil, a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), has resulted in three separate kinds of lawsuits... - Illinois Transportation Company Faces Lawsuit over Railroad Worker Injury
Mar-19-10 Chicago, IL The Illinois Central Railroad Company (ICRC) is facing a lawsuit stemming from a purported railroad worker injury sustained by one of its engineers. Jeffrey Garner, an engineer with ICRC since 1995, filed suit against the Chicago-based train company after allegedly suffering injuries to his elbow and wrist due to the repetitive motions r... - New Vaccine Could Improve Treatment of Asbestos-Related Diseases
Mar-19-10 New York, NY A recent study may have successfully identified a vaccine that can be used to safely combat asbestos mesothelioma . The study, published in the American Thoracic Sociery's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, tested vaccines that help combine a patient's own dentritic cells with an antigen from the mesothelioma, pr... - Indiana Firm Recalls Frozen Chicken Pot Pie Products
Kokomo, IN : Park 100 Foods is recalling approximately 19,200 pounds of frozen chicken pot pie products that may contain foreign materials and their ingestion could result in personal injury . The following product is subject to recall: 2.5-pound cartons of "Market Day®, CHICKEN POT PIE, Made With All White Chicken Meat." Each carton bears... - Possible Listeria Contamination Prompts Recall of Parker Farms Products
Washington, DC: Parkers Farm of Coon Rapids, Minnesota is recalling products because they have the potential to cause food poisoning due to possible contamination with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infection in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although h... - Yasmin / Yaz Lawsuits Expand in Canada
Mar-18-10 Vancouver, BC Yasmin birth control remains at the center of a series of proposed class action lawsuits in Canada alleging that the drug puts women at an increased risk for blood clots and other harmful side effects. Class action lawsuits have already been filed in the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Saskatchewan, and now the net has expanded to encomp... - Hospitality Overtime Lawsuits Heating Up
Mar-18-10 Washington, DC Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis plans to be more aggressive in enforcing federal employment laws such as the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and has asked for additional funding to hire hundreds of new compliance officers for the Department of Labor (DOL)'s Wage and Hour Division, which covers overtime issues. This would increase the siz... - New Exchange Traded Funds Lawsuit Filed
Mar-18-10 New York, NY A lawsuit related to Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) has been filed against ProShares Trust. The lawsuit alleges that the investment company, which offered shares in the Ultra Basic Materials fund (UYM fund), gave false and misleading information in the Registration Statement, Prospectuses and Statements of Additional Information. The la... - Accelerator Victim Giving Toyota a "Long Leash" For Now
Mar-18-10 San Francisco, CA Carol bought her 2004 Matrix Toyota secondhand from the dealer with only 38,000 miles on it. With that little mileage on the car, however, Carol suspected that the previous owner knew of the Toyota accelerator problem , which has been ongoing since 2003. "When I bought the car I asked the sales manager why someone was reselling with...