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Sep-23-10 Washington, DC The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council, will hold a teleconference that will be open to the public on October 4. The purpose of the meeting of the ERISA Advisory Council is to discuss reports and recommendations that have been submitted to the US Secretary of Labor... - Wellbutrin Caused Two Suicide Attempts
Sep-22-10 Fletcher, OK "I'm not ashamed to tell my story about Wellbutrin and my suicide attempts," says Anita. "I just hope I can help someone else, because this terrible drug didn't just affect me. What's even worse is that this drug is still given to teenagers—it should be taken off the market." About eight years ago Anita attempted suicide twice, an... - The Tragedy of Stevens Johnson Syndrome: The Children
Sep-18-10 New Port Richey, FL When three-year-old Riley Jeanne Brown fractured her collarbone while playing one day, a doctor prescribed children's Motrin to ease the little girl's pain. After she came down with a fever, more Motrin was prescribed, along with Tylenol. But Riley got worse. It wasn't long before she was diagnosed with Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS... - New Study Further Clouds Debate over Avandia
Sep-3-10 Washington, DC In the midst of the ongoing debate over whether or not type 2 diabetes drug Avandia will be banished by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) comes word about a recent study that finds that Avandia puts patients at no greater risk for heart attack than its chief rival, Actos. The study, published recently in "Circulation: Cardiovascu... - Call Center Reps Entitled to Overtime
Aug-23-10 Columbia, MO How many class action lawsuits and subsequent settlements will it take for call centers to pay their employees overtime ? Just last week a class action suit was filed by a former State Farm claims processor from Columbia, alleging the insurance company required telephone-dedicated workers to work overtime without pay. Federal labor law... - Bill Would Protect Pensions of Veterans Who Won Medical Malpractice Lawsuits
Jul-27-10 Washington, DC Congress is currently considering a bill that would protect low-income veterans' pensions if they receive a veterans medical malpractice lawsuit settlement or other such windfall. Florida Representative Alcee Hastings introduced the Veterans Pensions Protection Act after one of his constituents, a low-income veteran, contacted him, ac... - General Electric in Trouble over MRI Dye
Jul-20-10 Denmark General Electric has been accused of failing to adequately inform Danish regulators about a patient who died after being exposed to MRI contrast dye . This finding came from the Danish Medicines Agency and was reported by ProPublica on 6/17/10. According to ProPublica, the victim, Birthe Madsen, was given Omniscan for an MRI in 2002. She is t... - Government Reaches Settlement in Qui Tam Whistleblower Lawsuit
Jul-19-10 Los Angeles, CA The federal government has settled a qui tam whistleblower lawsuit for $3.6 million against an Orange County, California-based medical services company. The lawsuit claimed that National Cardio Labs, along with its manager Adrienne Stanman and her husband, Robert Parsons, defrauded health insurance carriers and Medicare by billing th... - After One Year, New Jersey Labor Law Considered a Success
Jul-17-10 Trenton, NJ A one-year-old New Jersey labor law that allows for paid family leave has been considered a success thus far, according to the Asbury Park Press. Last year the Garden State introduced a paid family leave program that allows mothers to be paid while taking time off to give birth and care for their newborns. Some business advocates were... - Chantix Not for Smokers with Mental Health Problems
Jul-15-10 Selma, OR Julie believes there were no Chantix clinical trials involving people with depression. If there were, it is likely that physicians wouldn't prescribe the smoking cessation drug to patients suffering from mental health issues. "I am diagnosed with severe depression and the medications I am taking had me very stabilized prior to Chantix," sa... - Byetta Found No Worse than Competitors for Acute Pancreatitis
Jul-11-10 Orlando, FL A recent study presented at an American Diabetes Association (ADA) meeting in Orlando claims that Byetta , a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, carries no greater risk of acute pancreatitis than other diabetes drugs in its class. The retrospective study, which included more than 260,000 patients, used data accrued over a period of three... - BP Oil Spill Now Worst in US History
Jul-3-10 Key West, FL On July 1 the BP oil spill officially became the worst spill ever to hit the Gulf of Mexico. It was back in 1979 that a well blew out in the Gulf just off the coast of Mexico, spilling 140 billion gallons of crude into the sea. The current Gulf of Mexico spill has now topped that and shows no signs of slowing down. The oil is devastati... - Is Health Care Funding So Bad, Hospitals Are Suing Doctors?
Jul-1-10 Albuquerque, NM A curious trend seems to be emerging in New Mexico: Hospitals are launching lawsuits against former employees in an effort to recover the costs of medical liability settlements, according to a resolution passed earlier this month at the Annual Meeting of the American Medical Association. Medical liability lawsuits involving doctors e... - The Importance of Post-MRI Dialysis for Kidney Patients
Jun-27-10 Copenhagen, DENMARK Adverse reactions from MRI contrast side effects are especially dangerous for any patient suffering from kidney disease. It is important that kidney patients receive MRI dialysis immediately after undergoing a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) procedure with a gadolinium-based contrasting agent, in order to rid the body of gadolinium... - Fosamax: "It's Been a Bad Ride"
Jun-26-10 Brentwood TN "My physician advised that I get a bone density test, and he determined that I have the beginning of osteoporosis in my back and hip," says Linda, age 58. "He prescribed Fosamax in January and I have been in pain ever since—after two oral surgeries." "My doctor said, 'You'd better take Fosamax in case you are ever in a car wreck b... - Study Reveals Serious Accutane Side Effects
Jun-23-10 Chapel Hill, NC A recent study revealed that users of Accutane may suffer from a number of serious side effects, including inflammatory bowel disease. The study by the American Journal of Gastroenterology looked at tens of thousands of patient histories through insurance databases. The research concluded that previous exposure to isotretinoin, the g... - Potential Fosamax Class Action Lawsuit Emerging in Canada
Jun-21-10 Montreal, PQ Option-Consommateurs (OC), a not-for-profit consumer group based in Montreal, filed a class action demand in 2007 and according to the Canwest news service wants to launch a class action lawsuit against Merck Frosst for allegedly failing to disclose Fosamax side effects. A spokesperson for OC, Jacinthe Lauzon, cites a number of disturbi... - Chantix User Afraid of What He Might Do
Jun-15-10 Wilmington, NC Some proponents of Chantix believe that the drug's psychological side effects, which range from nightmares to rage to suicide, only affect users with a history of mental health problems. But Carlton, who was prescribed the smoking cessation drug about two years ago, disagrees. Two weeks into the treatment program he started experiencing erra... - Georgia Employers Charged with Transporting, Employing Illegal Aliens
Jun-11-10 Atlanta, GA A number of individuals have been charged with Georgia employment violations stemming from the importation and use of illegal aliens for restaurant jobs. In a release dated 6/4/10 through States News Service, the Atlanta office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) revealed the circumstances and the charges laid against five indi... - Pfizer Spends Millions on Lobbyists Despite Chantix Warnings
Jun-3-10 Washington, DC A recently released expenditure report reveals that international pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer spent roughly $4.3 million lobbying congress and federal agencies in the first quarter of 2010 to include items like smoking cessation medications in the health care overhaul bill, despite the inherent risks of Chantix suicide . While s...