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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... - Feds Investigate Profits From Off-Label Heart Stent Procedures - Part I
May-21-07 Washington DC The stenting for profit industry may soon be history. On March 1, 2007, the chairman of the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Henry Waxman (D-CA), ordered Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific to turn over documents as part of an investigation into the off-label marketing of drug-eluting stents. Boston's Taxus, and... - Ohio Links Fracking to Earthquakes
Apr-21-14 Columbus, OH Many people who live near hydraulic fracking sites already have concerns about the risk of groundwater and surface water contamination. They worry about whether there is a risk to their health when fracking chemicals make their way into nearby water. Now, they may also have legitimate concerns about the risk that fracking causes earthquake... - Who Knew Talcum Powder Could Cause Cancer?
Apr-21-14 Boston, MA Most Americans would be surprised to learn that talcum powder, a product used by generations to treat a varying array of skin issues and sometimes used as a traditional hygienic product just because your mom used it and your grandmother too, is a potential carcinogen. Such details have recently come out within the context of a Johnson & Jo... - 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... - Efforts Intensify to Deliver VA Benefits to Blue Water Veterans
Jul-28-15 Washington, DC It remains a dark chapter in the proud history of the US military: the deployment of 20 million gallons of Agent Orange in order to defeat jungle foliage during the Vietnam War. The fallout from that particular strategy involves long-term health effects for countless soldiers exposed to the toxicity of Agent Orange, together with an ongoing... - Tufts Endocrinologist Warns of Overuse of Androgen Gels
Apr-17-14 Boston, MA The use of topical testosterone gels to ameliorate complaints about declining energy, depressed mood and diminished sex drive has increased dramatically over the last decade. By some estimates, AndroGel, Axiron, Testim and similarly designed medications used to treat a condition called Low T now have sales of $2 billion a year. Along with... - Statins and Cardiomyopathy: Fact or Fiction?
Mar-27-11 Washington, DC It was a little more than a year ago that we were telling you about a concern with regard to statins and myopathy—or injury to the muscle—when taken above a certain dosage and in concert with other medications. To that point, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), on March 19 of last year, released an updated warning for myop... - Did Fresenius Act Improperly in Granuflo Recall?
Nov-7-12 Philadelphia, PA In March 2012 a Granuflo recall was announced due to a concern about serious adverse health events, including possible death for patients who received Natrualyte or Granuflo as part of their dialysis. The Fresenius Medical Care recall was reportedly only announced, however, after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received a cop... - Beyaz Side Effects: “It’s Good to Have Choices”
Apr-15-14 Washington, DC Sometimes it’s interesting to rewind the clock a few years and revisit the past, as a backdrop to the present. Such was the case when screening a Beyaz television ad campaign going back a few years. The commercial, of course, lists all the salient Beyaz side effects amidst smiling young women seemingly oblivious to the risks, as th... - Private Insurers Suing Medtronic
May-7-07 Minneapolis, MN A U.S. District Judge has said that U.S. health care plans can bring Medtronic to a civil trial to recover the costs of removing recalled Medtronic implantable cardioverter defibrillators (ICDs). In 2005, Medtronic recalled more than 87,000 ICDs. Since then, more than 34,000 patients have had surgery to remove the devices. Each surgery... - Chantix: Parents and Police Intervened
Mar-23-11 Attleboro Falls, MA "I started smoking when I was sixteen because I wanted to fit in," says Ryan, now 28 years old. "A few years ago I wanted to quit for health and social reasons: I started coughing and none of my friends smoked anymore, so my doctor gave me a sample package of Chantix ." Before he took Chantix, also known as varenicline, Ryan tried... - In the Latest Data Breach, Ashley Madison Cheating Site Gets Screwed
Jul-23-15 Toronto, ON There is little doubt that as far as data breaches go, this week will go down as The Week Time Stood Still, and not just for the 37 million worldwide subscribers to the cheating website Ashley Madison, which was hacked through the back door of its parent company, Avid Life Media (ALM), sometime before Monday. Consumers of Ashley Madison&rsq... - Lawsuit Filed against Energy Drink Maker
Jul-23-15 Los Angeles, CA Although the Monster Energy drink lawsuits might be the ones in the news most frequently, other energy drink makers face lawsuits of their own. Monster Energy reportedly settled two lawsuits in recent months, and faces another high-profile lawsuit in the near future. But Rockstar Beverage Corp. faces a lawsuit of its own, filed in June... - New Findings Further Fuels Debate Over Benefits of Crestor
Oct-30-12 Washington, DC An aging population combined with the prevalence of cholesterol-lowering drugs such as Crestor has many Americans popping statins akin to candy, with many doctors recommending statin therapy as preventative medicine. However, while many studies have trumpeted the cholesterol-lowering benefits of Crestor, some point to Crestor side effects... - Chantix Problems on a Number of Fronts: Tobacco Researcher
May-18-09 Boston, MA A leading tobacco researcher has some things to say about Chantix and Chantix side effects. Michael Siegel is a former practicing physician and today serves as a professor in Social and Behavioral Sciences with Boston University School of Public Health. In his blog Professor Siegel raises the specter of Chantix suicide , together with the pos... - Environment Law Case Seeks Damages, Extended Medical Monitoring
May-17-09 Mingo County, WV Plaintiffs concerned about the potential contamination of their ground water launched a series of lawsuits citing environmental issues within environment law . A judge in West Virginia has since consolidated hundreds of the environmental law issues into a single class-action case. The trial was expected to start May 12th At issue i... - German Olympic Sports Union and German Federal Government Systematic Athlete Doping Settlement
Frankfurt, Germany: Before the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, East Germany implemented a government run systematic doping program to its athletes. Most of the communist country's sporting achievements were fueled by performance enhancing drugs. Many athletes were given drugs without their knowledge while still teenagers and claimed they suffered per... - More GranuFlo Lawsuits Added to Multidistrict Litigation
Mar-31-14 Boston, MA The number of plaintiffs filing a Granuflo lawsuit continues to grow, as does the number of plaintiffs added to the multidistrict litigation set up in response to the lawsuits. Lawsuits against Fresenius Medical Care Holdings and other defendants were filed after a recall of GranuFlo and NaturaLyte was announced on March 29, 2012. Natura... - Car Accident Victim Settles for $125,000 in Colorado
Jul-1-09 Boulder, CO A car accident that allegedly left a college student with permanent brain injuries has been settled after the employer of a deputy sheriff whose squad car allegedly crashed into the student paid out $125,000. The attorney representing Alex Eason noted that the decision to settle was motivated by the existence of the Governmental Immunity A...