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Aug-23-09 Elizabethtown, KY When it comes to the heparin recalls, it appears that what you don't know really can hurt you. After all, patients thought they were getting their normal dose of heparin only to find out that they may have been exposed to contaminated heparin, either through the replacement of a heparin ingredient or through the manufacture of heparin... - FDA: Oral Sodium Phosphates Not Safe For Double Dose
Aug-23-09 Bellevue, WA They are two things that many people might not think go together: the use of an oral sodium phosphate and an increased risk of kidney failure. However, according to warnings released by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the risk of OSP kidney damage is high enough that the products' uses have been revised. Unfortunately, there cou... - Crash of US Military Helicopter Claims Four Members of Elite Team
Aug-23-09 Washington, DC Four soldiers who died August 19 in a helicopter crash have been identified. As it turns out the four killed in the military helicopter accident were four members of an elite special operations unit. Needless to say, the helicopter crash news was devastating not only to the families of those killed, but to the military as well. The h... - Asbestos Mesothelioma Led to Death of Iconic Actor
Aug-22-09 Hollywood, CA Asbestos mesothelioma is a killer the world is coming to terms with thanks to a continuing parade of revelations about mesothelioma cancer : what it is, what causes it and the sometimes decades-long timeframe involved in its emergence following asbestos exposure. However, what many people don't know is that mesothelioma and cancer contribu... - Wrongful Termination and WARN
Aug-22-09 Charleston, WV People get fired all the time, but when those people are fired without proper reason, there can be a cause to file a wrongful termination lawsuit. People who believe they were wrongfully terminated from their job can file a lawsuit to recover lost wages, future earnings and, in some cases, reinstatement to their job. However, for such la... - Employers Employ Various Tactics to Deny Workers Compensation
Aug-22-09 Atlanta, GA Employees who want to protect their rights with regard to workers' compensation need to stay informed, lest they find themselves led down the garden path. While workers' compensation law is pretty straightforward with regard to workers' compensation claims, not all employers are… Case in point is an issue that arose with regard t... - Microsoft Settles with Arizona for $4.4 Million
Microsoft Corporation has reached a preliminary settlement of $4.4 million in a class-action lawsuit brought by Arizona state and local governmental entities. The suit alleged that Microsoft illegally obtained monopoly power in the market for operating systems and software applications, "and used that power to charge higher prices." State and lo... - "I Paid the Makers of Yasmin to Kill Me"
Aug-21-09 Hardy, KY Sherri H. was prescribed Yasmin for PMDD (premenstrual dysphoric disorder) and was on the birth control pill for two years, until she wound up in hospital with a blood clot in her lung. "I am furious that Yasmin or Yaz is riskier than other birth control pills," says Sherri," and I was giving Bayer $63 per month to kill me!" In May of... - New Study Underscores Equation MRI Gadolinium + Kidney Disease = NSF / NFD
Aug-21-09 Durham, NC While magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) continues to be a life-saving tool for doctors, the MRI contrast agent that is used to highlight images are proving to impose a host of MRI contrast side effects —not the least of which is the potential for Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) and Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy (NFD), a discolorin... - Stevens Johnson Syndrome: "My Husband's Eyes were Sewn Shut"
Aug-21-09 San Antonio, TX: In May, 2009 Melina's husband had a cyst that indicated traces of staph infection so he took an antibiotic for 12 days. "On the 12th day Sean's eyes were irritated and red and he was also congested so he took some allergy meds," says Melina. "Next day he woke up covered in a rash from head to toe and he was non-stop vomiting; by the time S... - Auction Rate Lawsuit Launched Against Charles Schwab & Co.
Aug-21-09 New York, NY The auction rate securities debacle of 2007 has made a return to the public conscience with the recent filing of an auction rate securities market lawsuit against Charles Schwab & Co. (Schwab) by the Office of the Attorney General for the State of New York. In his lawsuit, filed August 17th, New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo al... - UPS Faces $100 Million Overtime Lawsuit
Aug-20-09 Atlanta, GA When it comes to fighting for overtime pay, employees who believe their employers are violating overtime laws are not giving up. In fact, some of them are filing lawsuits, attempting to receive pay for overtime hours worked. One such lawsuit was filed against UPS, alleging the company owes $100 million in damages for not properly paying cer... - Increase in Personal Bankruptcies Driven by Health Costs
Aug-20-09 Washington, DC Bankruptcy is something we all fear. Beyond the thought of running afoul of bankruptcy law and the need to secure the services of a personal bankruptcy lawyer, is the hit on personal pride that debt and bankruptcy is certain to deliver. The reality however is that for most, bankruptcy debt is anything but the root cause. This fact was... - More Evidence Against Avandia
Aug-20-09 A new study published this week in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has determined that people taking the diabetes medication avandia , made by GlaxoSmithKline, are at greater risk for heart failure than people taking a competing drug, Actos, by Takeda Pharmaceuticals. The Canadian study used prescription data for 39,736 patients, aged 66 and older,... - Dermatologists Diagnosed NSF from Contrast Agent during MRI
Aug-20-09 Adairsville, GA Jim Roberts was on dialysis when he was given a contrast agent with gadolinium before having an MRI. That was three years ago. Now Jim is in a wheelchair because his feet are straight from the ankles out--his joints are contracted--due to Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) or Nephrogenic Fibrosing Dermopathy (NFD). Not even Jim's doctor kn... - Chinese Drywall Cases Fast-Tracked
Aug-20-09 New Orleans, LA A judge from Louisiana has been given the job of dealing with all the Chinese drywall lawsuits that are being gathered together in a Multi District Litigation( MDL) case and he's made it clear he will be moving fast. "That's good news," says New Orleans attorney Joesph Bruno. "Judge (Eldon) Fallon is talking about a trial date in six m... - Visual Sciences Inc. NetRatings Patent Infringement Settlement
San Diego, CA: (Aug-20-07) NetRatings Inc., a privately held division of the media research firm that publishes Billboard and Adweek magazines, brought a patent infringement lawsuit against Visual Sciences Inc., another Web tracking company, over certain of its patent applications. The suit was filed in February 2006. In a settlement reached, Visual Scienc... - Paxil Maker Accused of Having Articles Ghostwritten
Aug-19-09 Los Angeles, CA Amid the furor over reported Paxil side effects comes news that not all of the medical journal articles about the antidepressants were written by doctors. This could call into question the findings from those articles, especially those that may have painted Paxil in a good light. Meanwhile, women who are deciding whether or not to take... - "Smell Ya Later" Does Not Apply to Zicam Smell Loss Plaintiffs
Aug-19-09 Boston, MA The incidence of Zicam smell loss may have been a surprise to users not expecting such Zicam side effects. However, Zicam loss of smell is not news to manufacturer Matrixx, which has received adverse reaction reports with regard to Zicam smell issues since 1999. A number of lawsuits have been filed. One such lawsuit, states the August 10... - Woman Compares Denture Cream to "Molotov Cocktail"
Aug-19-09 Locust Grove, OK Consumers who use Fixodent denture adhesive and other denture creams may be surprised to learn that certain denture creams have been linked to zinc poisoning. What may surprise them even more is that they may have been suffering symptoms of denture cream zinc poisoning but blamed those symptoms on something else. Ruby M. says she has s...