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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- Pre-Packaged Meal Products Recalled Due To Possible Salmonella Contamination
Traditions is recalling an undetermined amount of various boxed pre-packaged meal kits. The boxes contain separate portions of instant nonfat dried milk, which was previously recalled on June 28 for suspected Salmonella contamination. The products subject to recall include: Boxes of "TRADITIONS MEAL SOLUTIONS" prepackaged meal kits. Boxes of "... - Mississippi Man Has Opposite SSDI Problem: Payments Won't STOP
Aug-28-09 Byram, MS Most will tell you that successfully acquiring social security disability (SSDI) is a painful, painstaking process that involves long delays and often the denial of a legitimate claim. It is for this reason that many SSDI applicants will hire the services of a qualified SSDI attorney to help them with what is often a bureaucratic nightmare in... - Diet Watch: Fen-Phen Fat Cats and Alli-Oop(s)
Aug-28-09 Covington, KY The Fen-Phen diet pill was once-upon-a-time the last word in dieting for millions of overweight Americans before the Fen-Phen drug was pulled off the market by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over concerns for primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH), a disease affecting the lungs. But it seems there were even more diseases stem... - "Stevens Johnson Syndrome Almost Killed My Daughter"
Aug-28-09 Wenatchee, WA "My 16-year-old daughter, Chelsea, was prescribed Lamictal to control her mood swings," says Shelly. "We were told she might get a slight rash but no one told us she would wind up in ICU with Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS ), which led to [Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis TEN." When Chelsea finally recovered, Shelly was told that TEN has a 70 pe... - Auction Rate Securities and Stock Broker Arbitration
Aug-22-09 New York, NY New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has filed a lawsuit against brokerage firm Charles Schwab, alleging the company committed fraud and misled investors in the sale of auction rate securities. Some investors who have not had their auction rate securities bought back by their brokerage firms are now considering filing a stock broker arbitr... - Chemical Fire Causes Evacuations, Explosions in Michigan
Aug-27-09 A chemical fire in Hamtramck, Michigan, that resulted in the evacuation of 750 residents has been brought under control, according to local news reports. This afternoon residents were told they could return home. The blaze broke out around 11:30 Thursday morning, at the Sterling Services Oil and Chemical plant, and burned out of control for at leas... - Medical Imaging Patients Exposed to High Levels of Radiation: Study
Aug-27-09 Washington, DC Americans are being exposed to levels of radiation in medical imaging tests that are higher than levels deemed safe for workers at nuclear power plants, according to a new study being published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). Dr. Rita Redberg, a cardiologist and researcher at the University of Californian in San... - The Two Faces of Avelox
Aug-26-09 Washington, DC The Avelox antibiotic and related Avelox side effects—tendon rupture among them—is yet another example of the prescription drug culture we find ourselves in today. Drugs are designed to do incredible things, such as eradicate serious bacterial infections. However in so doing, they can also create irreparable harm and the manu... - Cancer Experts Say Tamoxifen Still Safe Despite New Potential Risk
Aug-26-09 Washington, DC The complicated world of pharmaceutical drugs was further complicated yesterday after a drug commonly used for the treatment of breast cancer—and still regarded as safe—was found to potentially carry a new risk. A new study published yesterday in 'Cancer Research' revealed that tamoxifen, which blocks the effects of estrogen, al... - California Labor Law: Working Round the Clock
Aug-14-09 Sacramento, CA Over the years, LawyersandSettlements has interviewed many disgruntled hourly employees who have worked over and above their 40-hour work week and have not received overtime pay, contrary to the California Labor Law . From IT employees to maintenance workers , employers are increasingly 'squeezing' their employees to work more ho... - Settlements Announced in ERISA Lawsuits
Aug-25-09 Seattle, WA People who participate in employee stock options plans, employee savings plans or other employee benefit plans might not think twice about trusting that their company will do right by them. Unfortunately, that is not always the case. There are situations where companies violate ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) leaving it up t... - Plant Explodes in Ancaster
Aug-25-09 A three-alarm fire continues to rage in the town of Ancaster, 50 miles south of Toronto, Canada, this morning, after several propane tanks exploded at a furniture manufacturing plant. The fire broke out at about 3:00 am Tuesday morning, and estimates suggest that between 60 and 70 firefighters remain on the scene trying to get the blaze under contr... - New Proposed Legislation Poised to Fight Workplace Gender Discrimination
Aug-25-09 Washington, DC There are various instances of workplace discrimination that have contributed to changes in discrimination law. As a result religious discrimination, age discrimination, employee discrimination and workplace gender discrimination simply have no place in the workplace. However that doesn't stop employers from flaunting the rules, whic... - SSRIs: Pregnant Women Stuck in a Difficult Decision
Aug-2-09 Pittsburgh, PA When it comes to making difficult decisions, this one might just rank right up there with the toughest: whether or not to take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) while pregnant. SSRIs are antidepressants, but they have been linked in some studies to serious birth defects. Thus, pregnant women have a very difficult decision t... - Inyecciones de Heparin Contaminadas con Bacteria de Macrescens del Serratia
El 25 de enero de 2008, la FDA anunció una nación de recordar todos los lotes de la Heparin y la solución salina previamente de forma ras jeringas fabricados por AM2 PAT, Inc, de Angier, NC Dos lotes han resultado contaminados con Serratia marcescens, una bacteria Que pueden causar lesiones graves o la muerte. El recuerdo se aplica a to... - 'Tell it like it is' says New York Personal Injury Lawyer
Aug-24-09 Hauppauge, NY With 20-plus years as a personal injury lawyer, Michael Levine's advice to clients may be one of the best pieces of free info you ever get. "I always tell my clients, just tell it like it is," says Levine, in a soft-spoken 'New Yorkah' accent. "I have told my clients two and a half million times that there is no substitute for the truth... - "Deadly Errors Made Every Day," says former OR Nurse
Aug-24-09 Charlottesville, VA: A former operating room nurse, who claims she herself was the victim of a botched surgery, is speaking out loud and clear about medical malpractice and medical mistakes that injure or kill thousands and thousands of Americans every year. "I have been accused of being too passionate," says Helen French," but I am just trying to save... - Ill-Fitting Dentures Promote Excessive Denture Cream Use, Leads to Zinc Poisoning
Aug-24-09 Dallas, TX The debate over Fixodent denture adhesive and alleged Fixodent zinc poisoning is further complicated by the fact zinc, as a trace element, is part of a healthy diet. However, too much isn't good for you. Thus, denture cream zinc poisoning happens when too much zinc is used. How much is too much? That's not an easy question to answer... - Reglan Patient Describes Side Effects
Aug-18-09 Casa Grande, AZ Donna H. (name withheld) says she expected her doctor would tell her about any serious Reglan side effects, so she was surprised to learn about the link between Reglan and tardive dyskinesia. "I first started taking Reglan before 2004," Donna says. "I was having problems with acid, gas and reflux problems, so I went to the doctor. H... - New Study Suggests Avandia Worse than Actos, Glaxo Cries Foul
Aug-23-09 Toronto, ON: New research out of Canada pertaining to Avandia side effects and Avandia risks appears to suggest that patients taking Avandia have a greater chance for developing heart failure—and have a greater risk of death—than those taking rival type 2 diabetes drug Actos. Avandia, made by GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo) and Actos, manufactur...