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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Excessive Bank Fees? How Does 79.9 Percent APR Grab You?
Oct-19-09 San Diego, CA The propensity of banks and other financial institutions to charge excessive bank overdraft fees and other excessive bank fees has raised the ire of at least one Congressman. Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-CT) said back in September that he would introduce legislation to "protect Americans from excessive checking account... - Will Overlap of Old and New Heparin Be a Problem?
Oct-19-09 Washington, DC Heparin contamination will hopefully become a thing of the past thanks to a new protocol that will impact all heparin products, including heparin injection and that found in heparin syringes. The issue however will be whether or not the health care community is sufficiently informed of the change, given a change in the potency to the stan... - New York labor law: Getting $1 per day constitutes work
Oct-19-09 New York, NY A laid-off New York attorney was reportedly declared ineligible for unemployment benefits because New York labor law declared the $1.30 a day she received from online advertising on her blog constituted work. The attorney, who was identified by ABC News as Karin because she asked that her last name not be published, started a blog in A... - Study finds more people may be exposed to MRI risk in certain areas
Oct-19-09 Stanford, CA A new study has found that people who live in areas with more MRI machines use the machines more often, suggesting an increase in MRI health risks such as kidney disease and failure. According to Stanford University researchers Jacqueline D. Baras and Dr Laurence Baker, there would have been 5.4 percent fewer lower back MRIs and 9 percent... - California Car Crash the Result of High Speed Chase
Oct-18-09 Vallejo, CA California car accidents are like car accidents anywhere—they can be dangerous and deadly. And even when California auto accidents don't take lives or cause injury, actual damage can be extensive and the potential for injury or death is always present. Especially when there is a high-speed chase involved, as was the case Friday nigh... - Banned Herbal Fen-phen / Ephedra Still Lurking in Cyberspace
Oct-18-09 Washington, DC When the Fen-phen drug was banned back in 1997 by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), fans of the then-popular diet cocktail were looking for alternatives. After all, Fen-phen worked. Yet it injected the term primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) into the public lexicon; a serious condition that can take years to emerge after Fen-p... - Amiodarone + Simvastatin = Increased Risk: FDA
Oct-18-09 Washington, DC An adverse reaction to statin use, including amiodarone interaction and simvastatin side effect, was identified by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last year. And while simvastatin rhabdomyolysis is rare, researchers from the University of Western Ontario warned that side effects are likely to increase as more patients were pres... - Unum Continues to Systematically Deny Claims: Advocate
Oct-18-09 Chattanooga, TN Linda Nee knows a thing or two about Unum. She once worked for Unum and while the Unum long-term disability insurance provider remains a powerhouse in the global insurance industry, there are those who think Unum has not changed its stripes of old. Nee is one of them. A disability claims expert no longer associated with Unum, Nee rem... - Getting Around California Labor Law Overtime
Oct-17-09 Sacramento, CA Although new overtime regulations went into effect for the state of California in 2000, some employers continue to violate the California Labor Law by not paying their employees overtime after working 8 hours in a work day. "My company furloughed all its employees rather than lay some of us off," says Robert, an electrician. "On our fur... - Company claims school district owes $200K in IT overtime
Oct-17-09 Frankfort, IL A company is suing an Illinois school district claiming it was allegedly not paid $200,000 in IT personnel overtime . In the lawsuit, Synapse Technology claims that an official from Rich Township High School District 227 is holding the company's overtime pay in exchange for certain kickbacks, the Neighborhood Star reports. The company... - California Overtime: Domestic Workers Have Rights Too
Oct-16-09 San Francisco, CA They are a group of people who are often exploited when it comes to California overtime pay. They work long days, often with little pay, and many do not understand their rights when it comes to California overtime laws. However, domestic workers are entitled to overtime pay in California—the problem is that many of them do not r... - Supervalue Gourmet Macaroni And Cheese Recalled
SUPERVALU Inc, is recalling frozen Culinary Circle Gourmet Macaroni and Cheese products because they may have the potential to be contaminated with listeria monocytogenes. The products are found in the frozen foods section in a 38 oz. package and were sold at SUPERVALU-owned stores including Acme, Albertsons, biggs, Cub Foods, Farm Fresh, Hornbacher's... - $12 million Allocated for PCA Salmonella Foodborne Illness: Make Your Claim Now
Oct-15-09 Roanoke, WV In January 2009 federal officials linked products manufactured by The Peanut Corporation of America (PCA) to the Salmonella foodborne illness outbreak that sickened 677 people in 45 states and killed nine since early September 2008. Attorney Ron Simon of Simon and Luke has been in negotiations on behalf of his clients since April. "The cou... - Ford Hit With Largest Single Recall Yet in US History
Oct-15-09 Detroit, MI The automaker that beat the odds and charged through the US economic morass on its own steam has been hit with the largest recall in US history . It will be interesting to see what affect this has on an automaker that said "no thanks" to a federal financial bailout earlier this year and whether this recall was a total surprise, or they knew... - Zicam User Says Smell Loss is a Safety Concern
Oct-15-09 Romeoville, IL Like other people who have used Zicam, Irene S. says she has suffered Zicam side effects, including Zicam smell loss. She also says she has lost her sense of taste. In the year since she stopped using Zicam, Irene has not recovered from her Zicam loss of smell, which she feels is a safety issue. "I used Zicam initially when it first c... - Paxil: Another Study on the Consequences of SSRIs
Oct-9-09 Atlanta, GA If there were not already enough studies on the risk of Paxil birth defects, yet another study has been published linking the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) to birth problems. In the wake of it, women are left to ask whether the benefit of taking SSRIs, such as Paxil, is worth the risk. While some studies indicate th... - A Dangerous Delay in Diagnosis
Oct-14-09 Memphis, TN It isn't easy to sue your doctor in Tennessee. Plaintiffs lose more medical malpractice suits they win in that state. But Courtney Hill's story of a lump in her breast--that doctors ignored until it was too late-proved to be so compelling that the jury recently awarded Hill and her husband $24 million. Hill's verdict may be one of the... - Attorney Speaks Out About Gaiam Water Bottles
Oct-14-09 Houston, TX Consumers who purchased Gaiam water bottles because they were marketed as not containing bisphenol A (BPA) were probably surprised to learn that the water bottles actually have BPA in them. For George Niño, attorney with Caddell & Chapman, Gaiam is just the most recent company to have falsely marketed its water bottles. Niñ... - 'Miracle on the Hudson' Provides Insight Into What Plane Crash Victims Endure
Oct-14-09 New York, NY It was one of the feel-good stories of 2009—a story that could have ended in tragedy but showed how resilient people can be in times of crisis. The plane crash of January 15, 2009, when US Airways Flight 1549 crash landed on the Hudson River and everyone aboard survived. As far as plane crashes go, this one certainly ranks up there wit... - Medtronic CD Horizon: Caveat Emptor
Oct-14-09 Memphis, TN: Caveat Emptor or "Let the buyer beware" usually refers to the sale of real property after the date of closing. But the doctrine can also apply to Medtronic CD Horizon , an innovative lumbar fusion which was approved by the FDA only based on risk analyses by Medtronic, which allegedly claimed the device was "substantially equivalent" to in...