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May-19-17 Washington, DC: Angioplasty was designed as a safe alternative to open heart surgery, but a procedure using balloon angioplasty devices called transvascular autonomic modulation (TVAM) is not safe, which the FDA has warned of repeatedly. Some doctors, however, believe its benefits outweigh the risks involved. The agency in March 2017 issued a war... - Class Action Lawsuit Over Lead in School Drinking Water
May-19-17 Butler, PA: At one time a staple of the manufacturing industry, lead has evolved from a common product found in everything from paint to children’s toys, to a known toxin, and the source of lead paint poisoning and other injuries to the nervous system and beyond. Thus, there’s little surprise that concerned parents would turn to the courts... - Gulf Oil Spill Damaging Lives and Livelihoods
New Orleans, LA : As round-the-clock crisis management of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster continues in the Gulf of Mexico, experts are suggesting that efforts to clean-up one of the worst oil spills in history could go on for years. And the costs, both in environmental and human terms, could be unprecedented, as the environmental devastation coul... - Are Inferior Vena Cava Filters Effective?
Apr-30-16 Baton Rouge, LA: The number of lawsuits consolidated for pretrial proceedings in two MDLs continues to grow, with plaintiffs alleging their health was put in jeopardy by IVC filters that broke, fractured or otherwise failed. Meanwhile, researchers asked in an article how IVC filters could have been approved for use with so little evidence of their effe... - $8M Settlement Reached in Omnicare False Claims Suit
May-18-17 Santa Clara, CA: An $8 million settlement has been reached in a qui tam lawsuit brought against Omnicare Inc, a subsidiary of CVS Health Corp, by The US Department of Justice and 28 states. The whistleblower lawsuit alleged the defendants violated the False Claim Act by incorrectly labeling generic drugs. The labeling procedure enabled claims to be... - Attorney Max Kennerly Takes Sides against Essure
May-18-17 Philadelphia, PA More and more women are coming forward with complaints and complications related to the use of Bayer’s Essure contraceptive device . So far, only a few Essure lawsuits have been filed and attorney Max Kennerly does not expect any of the cases he is working on to get near a courtroom any time in the near future. For confident... - Pharmaceutical Industry Hustlers - Part II
Nov-23-08 Pushers of SSRI Antidepressants To gain approval for treating children, all a drug company has to do is submit two positive studies to the FDA to prove a medication is safe and effective for kids. However, after 20 years of feeding the new generation of antidepressants to tens of thousands of kids in clinical trials, the only one ever approved is Proza... - Nordic Track Revitalize, Gold's Gym, and Weider Club Inversion Benches Recalled
Washington, DC: ICON Health & Fitness Inc, is recalling about 33,000 Nordic Track Revitalize, Gold's Gym, and Weider Club Inversion Benches because the ankle clamp can release unexpectedly or the strap used to limit rotation can break, posing a fall hazard to consumers. ICON Health & Fitness, the distributor of the products, has received 75 reports of... - Did Contractor Drop the Ball on VA Benefits?
Apr-27-16 Norfolk, VA: Retired service personal in dire need of VA benefits would not be cheered by the allegation that a contractor hired to review the cases of thousands of Vietnam veterans for exposure to Agent Orange may have denied benefits in spite of obvious need, all because the contractor was less than thorough in reviewing cases, or so it has been alle... - Caffeinated Energy Drinks Linked to Risk of Type 2 Diabetes
Apr-27-16 Calgary, AB: Over the last 10 years there has been exponential growth in the sale and consumption of caffeinated energy drinks . University of Calgary research scientist Dr. Jane Shearer is a leader in the study of caffeinated beverages. In 2010, Shearer was part of an expert panel convened by Health Canada to guide legislation and warning labels tha... - FDA Issues Warning for 14 Faulty External Defibrillators
Washington, DC: About 280,000 external defibrillators used worldwide in health care facilities, public places, or in the home may malfunction during attempts to rescue people in sudden cardiac arrest, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned today. Sudden cardiac arrest is a condition in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops beating. Wh... - Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Tossed on Appeal
May-15-17 Richmond, VA: A transvaginal mesh lawsuit against mesh manufacturer Boston Scientific has been dismissed by an appellate panel, agreeing with a lower court’s ruling that plaintiff Martha Carlson could not adequately prove that Boston Scientific Corp. (Boston Scientific) failed to warn about the potential risks associated with their TVM product. T... - Taxotere Hair Loss Patients Speak Out Over the Fallout
May-15-17 Washington, DC: A recent filing by Taxotere manufacturer Sanofi Aventis with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) revealed the current state of Taxotere hair loss lawsuits as of the end of the pharmaceutical’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2016. Sanofi, in its Form 20-F filing, noted that by the end of the year there were approxim... - Depakote Tales from the Kitchen Table
Oct-7-10 Gilbert, AZ Living with bipolar disorder or chronic migraine headaches is a challenge—and many doctors put their patients on Depakote to relieve their symptoms and to give them a chance to function. However, various Depakote side effects, including liver problems, temper that advantage. And warnings from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)... - Plaintiff Sues Tulsa Police for Shooting Him in the Neck
Apr-26-16 Tulsa, OK: A Gulf War veteran is seeking neck injury compensation from the City of Tulsa and the Tulsa police officer who shot the veteran in the neck, allegedly without provocation. The victim is seeking a million dollars in neck injury compensation. The plaintiff is identified as Nathan Boyd, an Army veteran from the Gulf War who suffered from dep... - Deaths and Adverse Events Prompt FDA Action on Infusion Pumps
Washington, DC: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that they are issuing preliminary guidelines requiring manufacturers of infusion pumps to supply them with adequate test data prior to the devices receiving federal approval for commercial sale. The move results from numerous complaints about a variety of automated pumps used to... - Study: Naturally Occurring Asbestos Poses a Risk
Feb-18-15 Las Vegas, NV Because the risk of developing asbestosis and mesothelioma after being exposed to asbestos is so high, there are rules to protect employees who regularly work around asbestos. But people who do not work around asbestos might also be at risk of asbestos cancer, asbestosis and other serious health problems, without even knowing about it. Us... - Benicar Sprue-Like Enteropathy and Celiac Diseases Often Transposed
Apr-25-16 Washington, DC: It’s somewhat ironic that drugmaker Daiichi Sankyo Inc. attempted earlier this month to have a collection of lawsuits dismissed from centralized litigation over allegedly tenuous associations between Benicar side effects and gastrointestinal difficulty according to plaintiff’s claims. That’s because doctors often mi... - Hold the microwave popcorn
Jul-27-06 Health experts and labor unions are demanding emergency safety standards to check an outbreak of lung disease among workers in microwave popcorn factories. What has taken them so long? In 2003, a study linked the potential health risks from inhaling artificial butter flavors from microwave popcorn to lung disease. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)... - Woman's Skin Melts Off From Stevens-Johnson Syndrome
May-13-17 Snellville, GA: A Georgia woman claims that her skin melted off when she contracted Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) after being given an incorrect dosage of an antidepressant by a pharmacist. Khaliah Shaw, 26, told Atlanta TV News station 11-Alive that "everything was okay" for the first two weeks after she began taking the antidepressant lamo...