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Sort by date 16,481 pages found matching <a href=""></a>- From Florida to Louisiana, Chinese Drywall Has No Borders
Aug-5-09 New Orleans, LA Although Florida appears to be the epicenter of Chinese drywall complaints, homeowners in other states, particularly Louisiana, are also reporting Chinese drywall problems. Two class action lawsuits—one in Florida and the other in Louisiana—have been filed naming Knauf Gips, KPT and a Chinese drywall manufacturer not connec... - Helicopter Crash Kills Two
Aug-5-09 Montreal, PQ A helicopter crash , in Quebec, Canada, early Wednesday morning has killed a CTV news cameraman and the pilot. The crash, which occurred about 240 kilometers from Montreal, happened at around 10:00 a.m. eastern time. The helicopter reportedly swooped down out of the air, hitting a hydro pole then dropping to the ground. One body was re... - "Chantix Like LSD from the 70s"
Aug-5-09 Santa Maria, CA Debra managed to quit smoking during the time she took Chantix and for a short time afterward but she wasn't prepared for the side effects. "I asked my doctor if Chantix would do anything weird like make me dance in the street naked but he assured me that nothing untoward would happen," says Debra, who didn't know of any Chantix warni... - MRI Health Risks "Changed My Life"
Aug-5-09 Honolulu, HI Jaroslaw was in a car accident about 18 months ago and his doctor ordered a bone scan by MRI. "I was injected with the gadolinium contrast agent first," says Jaroslaw, "and shortly after that I started complaining about everything." Had Jarolsaw known about MRI Health Risks , he would have insisted on not having the gadolinium-based cont... - Oh Yaz, There May be a Problem
Aug-5-09 Carlsbad, CA: Large storm clouds are gathering over Bayer HealthCare as more and more women are reporting serious physical and emotional problems connected to the Yasmin birth control pill . "I have a 30-year-old client who had a severe stroke after three weeks of taking Yaz," says attorney Ron Laba. "She is partially paralyzed and debilitated to the... - Enbrel Among Five Drugs to Get Cancer Warnings From FDA
Aug-5-09 Washington, DC The same day that LawyersandSettlements.com reported that a Copenhagen study raised the red flag on Enbrel side effects (etanercept) with regard to the potential for development of inflammatory bowel disorder (IBD) in children suffering from juvenile arthritis, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned Tuesday that a group of fiv... - Enbrel Use Linked to Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Juvenile Arthritis Patients
Aug-4-09 Copenhagen, DK Those patients who take Enbrel for arthritis risk a collection of Enbrel side effects including, but not limited to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in children suffering from juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). An Enbrel infection of this type appears to present as a high possibility according to a recent study released last month in C... - Add Z-pack to List of Drugs linked to SJS
Aug-4-09 Franklin Square, NY Mary Ellen was prescribed Zithromax (commonly referred to as the Z-pack) for strep throat and she followed instructions: take the medication until finished. Unfortunately for Mary Ellen and others who have suffered through Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS) due to a severe allergic reaction to a drug, those instructions can be the wor... - Canada's Maple Leaf Foods Recalls Wieners for Fear of Listeria Bacterium
Aug-4-09 Hamilton, ON Canada's Maple Leaf Foods, which was hit with a major outbreak of Listeriosis last year that was linked to the deaths of as many as 22 people, this morning recalled a series of wiener products for the potential presence of deadly listeria bacteria --another foodborne illness . According to a Reuter's report this morning the company s... - If Looks Could Kill: Botox et al Get Updated FDA Warnings
Aug-4-09 Washington, DC It put a new spin on the phrase, 'looks that kill.' When it was first revealed that botox injections had the potential to migrate away from the injection site and cause potentially life-threatening difficulties, it left users taking a long look in the mirror and asking, "Is it all worth it?" It should be noted that swallowing and brea... - Asbestos Mesothelioma – A Creeping Epidemic
Aug-4-09 Buckeye, AZ After 34 years in the Navy, Peter (name withheld), is facing a potentially serious health problem. He has asbestosis. Having worked as a boilermaker on Navy ships and around Asbestos insulation for many years, asbestos related health problems do not come as a surprise to him. And he knows that asbestosis could be the precursor for mesotheli... - Lowe's Home Improvement "Should Improve its Overtime Policy"
Aug-3-09 Denton, TX When George was hired as a designer/sales "specialist" with Lowe's Home Improvement store, he agreed on making only $12 per hour to start. They neglected to tell George that he would be working 50-hour weeks, like most other "specialists" in the store. "According to Lowe's world, specialists don't qualify for overtime," says George, "but I late... - Mold: It's Common. And it Can be Very Dangerous
Aug-3-09 Atlanta, GA It may surprise some that household mold is about as common as the dust bunny under the bed. However, no one would dispute the risk to health presented by toxic mold exposure and, more specifically, toxic black mold that can cause myriad health problems. In fact, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a globa... - Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Hitting Turbulence
Aug-3-09 A Continental Airlines jet flying from Rio de Janeiro to Houston made an emergency landing in Miami after experiencing severe turbulence . The turbulence was strong enough that at least 26 people were injured, four seriously. According to a report in the Miami Herald (August 3, 2009) 14 of the injured people were taken to local hospital while the rest of... - Warnings Sounded About Oral Sodium Phosphates
Aug-3-09 Tacoma, WA Patients who used an oral sodium phosphate (OSP) such as Visicol, OsmoPrep or Fleet Phospho-soda prior to a colonoscopy may be at an increased risk of kidney damage. A box warning from the FDA notes that when such products are used to prepare bowels for a colonoscopy patients face a risk of acute phosphate nephropathy. The same risk does not... - Amazon Sued by Students Over Remote Deletion of Orwell's '1984'
Aug-2-09 San Francisco, CA A lawsuit launched by a Michigan teen against Amazon over the deletion of a book from his Kindle account reveals a remote deletion capability Amazon possesses that comes at the surprise of many. According to a Reuters account of July 31, Justin Gawronski attempted to access a collection of copious notes he had made in reference to... - Avelox Vicious Circle: The Cure Caused the Problem
Jul-27-09 Nashville, TN "I had surgery to cure a chronic sinus problem and I was given Avelox in the hospital," says Sean (not his real name pending a lawsuit). "About two weeks later I had ruptured both Achilles tendons; I'm no athlete so how could this happen?" Sean was shocked, to say the least, when he discovered that torn and ruptured tendons are linked t... - More Lawsuits Looming Over Yasmin Yaz Birth Control
Aug-1-09 Toledo, OH Concern over the Yasmin birth control pill is mounting, together with the announcement earlier this week of six additional lawsuits against Yaz birth control manufacturer Bayer Health Care alleging various Yasmin pill side effects and misrepresentation. As reported July 29 in the Toledo Blade, a Pulitzer Prize-winning publication, the six... - Levaquin Career Changing
Aug-1-09 Bluefield, WV "Last fall I was renovating our house and got a sinus infection from the plaster so my doctor prescribed Levaquin , says Ann (name withheld). " I also had an ear infection and he gave me Cipro. Four weeks later he prescribed another z-pak of Levaquin that got rid of my sinus problem but for some reason my heel was hurting so much I could b... - Tweet Lawsuit Has The World All a Twitter
Aug-1-09 Chicago, IL The latest frontier in litigation continues to be in the online world—and the latest outpost to be taken appears to be the seemingly innocent twitters and tweets that make up the increasingly embraced social networking phenomenon. To that end, a Chicago-based landlord has launched a Twitter lawsuit against a former tenant for a short mess...