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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- SJS Costs High School Football Coach His Job
Jan-31-10 Kansas City, KS A high school football coach from Kansas City was forced to leave his job of 12 years due to the debilitating effects of Stevens Johnson Syndrome ( SJS ). Kevin Kopecky coached high school football for 23 years, the past 12 of which he spent with St Thomas Aquinas High. Last summer, Kopecky was forced to resign to focus on treating h... - Head of Toyota Japan Issues Apology, but Problems Continue to Build
Feb-5-10 Flint, MN Guadalupe Alberto didn't like to drive fast. In fact, the 77-year-old avoided the freeway because of it. She was in good health and drove cautiously to a fault. Never got a speeding ticket. So it was a shock when the former GM worker from Flint, Michigan was killed after her 2005 Toyota Camry , which had only 17,000 miles on the odometer, ran... - New Contrast Agent May Reduce MRI Health Risks
Feb-5-10 Evanston, IL In an effort to curb the growing rates of MRI side effects , scientists at Northwestern University have created a new MRI contrast agent that is about 15 times more sensitive than those currently in use at most hospitals. The increased sensitivity means that patients receiving an MRI scan will have to take less of the contrast agent, sub... - New Lawsuit Alleges that Boston Police Violated Civil Rights of Man Who Videotaped Arrest
Feb-5-10 Boston, MA Members of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have filed a federal lawsuit against the city of Boston alleging that three officer who arrested a man outside of Boston Commons violated his civil rights . Thirty-three-year-old attorney Simon Glick was walking along the park line in October 2007 when he happened upon a group of police... - Activists Complain That Restaurant Violates Michigan Labor Laws
Jan-25-10 Detroit, MI A group of activists and union leaders recently held a rally in support of eight current and former workers of the Andiamo Dearborn restaurant who have filed a federal lawsuit claiming that their former employer violated Michigan labor laws . The lawsuit alleges that the restaurant violated Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Michigan... - "Chantix Nearly Killed My Wife"
Feb-4-10 North Fort Myers, FL "My wife, Louella, was a life-long smoker, so our doctor convinced her that she has to quit," says Jim. "He prescribed Chantix last April but she got weird—bizarre mood swings, and everything made her angry. Louella had tried quitting before, so it wasn't because of nicotine withdrawal, not this kind of anger." Jim had a... - FDA Warns that HIV Drug May Cause Liver Failure
Feb-4-10 Washington, DC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a warning late last week with regard to Videx , an antiretroviral medicine introduced in 1991 and manufactured by Bristol-Meyers Squibb. Videx, along with a delayed-release version known as Videx EC that was approved in 2000, are used in combination with other antiretroviral drugs to treat... - More Small Businesses Becoming Targets for Lawsuits under California Employment Law
Feb-4-10 Sacramento, CA The Sacramento Business Journal reports that an increasing number of small- to medium-sized businesses have been targeted by current and former employees for alleged violations of California state labor laws . Most of the claims stem from a perceived discrepancy between employee earnings and overtime pay. Sacramento construction fir... - Has California Cell Phone Law Reduced Car Accidents?
Feb-3-10 Los Angeles, CA California's 18-month-old ban on hand-held cell phone usage in cars seems to have made no difference on California car accident statistics, reports the Highway Loss Data Institute. The California Highway Patrol (CHP) has disputed the results of the study, according to KABC Los Angeles. The CHP has issued 231,000 tickets since mid-2008 a... - Final Report on Colgan Air Plane Crash Blames Pilots, Airline, Procedures
Feb-3-10 Buffalo, NY The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its final report last night on the ill-fated Continental Connection Flight 3407 (Colgan Air) that crashed into a Buffalo suburb last year. The report blamed the plane crash primarily on the pilots, but indicate that the tragedy was endemic of a larger problem plaguing the airline ind... - Prius Brake Failure Might Mean More Toyota Recalls
Feb-3-10 Nagoya, JAPAN The government of Japan has asked Toyota to test the brakes of its popular Prius hybrid for possible failure. The announcement could not be more badly timed for Toyota, arriving as the automaker attempts to rebuild public confidence on the heels of several massive recalls . The Prius is fitted with a complex braking system that transfe... - Alert To Pregnant Women and Nursing Mothers Taking Reglan: You Could Be at Risk of Developing Irreversible Neurological Damage.
Feb-3-10 Los Angeles, CA Reglan is not FDA-approved for morning sickness, yet the acid reflux drug, also known as metoclopramide, is being prescribed off-label to treat nausea and vomiting in pregnant women as well as to increase milk production in nursing mothers. Metoclopramide has been recommended to nursing mothers for over 20 years, yet Reglan's label st... - Herbal Remedies May Be Harmful to Health
Feb-2-10 Washington, DC A recent study suggests that some widely-used herbal supplements may be harmful to patients who take heart disease medication. Although not a lot is known about the risk of drug interactions between herbal remedies and prescription medications, the study indicates that further testing should be done to ensure that mixing supplements and... - Security Officers in California, Elsewhere, on the Wage Downlow
Feb-2-10 Hollywood, CA Employees in three different states—including California—have taken a security company to task over allegations of unpaid overtime and other violations of state and national labor laws. The employer, Andrews International, is currently under investigation by the Attorney General's Office of Massachusetts and by the National... - Some Reglan Side Effects May Be Treated by Botox
Feb-2-10 Baltimore, MD A recent study performed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University claims that the cosmetic drug Botox may actually help treat low-grade Reglan side effects like tardive dyskinesia (TD). Reglan, or metoclopramide in its generic form, is used to treat patients suffering from gastrointestinal disorders like acid reflux, heart burn and g... - Toyota Expands Recall, Halts Sales and Idles Plants Over Sticking Accelerator
Jan-27-10 New York, NY Toyota has idled its production plants in an effort to secure sufficient parts to take care of 2.3 recalled vehicles —a number that exceeds the manufacturer's total output last year. The recall even affects General Motors (GM), whose Pontiac Vibe is essentially the same car as the Toyota Matrix and was included in the massive reca... - Personal Training Sessions Left Victim with Serious Injuries
Feb-1-10 Houston, TX A thirty-eight-year-old woman from Houston thought a personal trainer would improve her health, not leave her with debilitating injuries. "The way she was treated was ridiculous and the trainer in this case was grossly negligent," says personal injury attorney Brad Wyly. "Basically she was hurt so badly after her second session that she ha... - Other Drivers Often the Cause of Motorcycle Accidents
Feb-1-10 San Diego, CA According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, motorcycle accidents have been on the rise for at least ten years in California, reflecting a nationwide trend of increasing motorcycle accident rates. Contrary to popular belief, bad weather and driving conditions are not the number one cause of motorcycle accidents&mda... - Toyota Announces Repair Strategy for Recalled Vehicles
Feb-1-10 Detroit, MN This morning Toyota announced its strategy to fix the millions of its recalled vehicles that were built with unsafe or poorly-performing accelerator pedals. Toyota announced that it would be installing a steel reinforcement bar into the pedal assembly in an effort to reduce the surface tension that caused it to stick. Toyota claims that... - Local Hospital Loses $1.4 Million Verdict in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Feb-1-10 Beaumont, TX Christus Health Southeast Texas was on the wrong side of a medical malpractice lawsuit after a 2008 misdiagnosis resulted in the death of a local woman. In 2008 Mary Ann Licatino filed a medical malpractice suit on behalf of her late daughter, Stacy Meaux, who died of a heart attack a day after receiving treatment at the Christus Hospit...