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Riverdale, MD: Chambers Funeral Home & Crematorium in Riverdale has had its license revoked by the state Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors after an investigation revealed some 40 bodies stacked on top of each other in a garage. The bodies were leaking fluid onto each other, CNN.com reports. Some of the bodies had, reportedly been donated to... - Will Widened Michael Foods Egg Recall Result in Foodborne Illness?
Mar-11-12 Wakefield, NE Food recalls, undertaken in an effort to avoid cases of Foodborne Illness , can appear to take on a life of their own after the domino effect of a recall takes hold. Case in point is the recent recall of more than a million hard-cooked eggs by Michael Foods. The initial recall, in an effort to avoid any potential for Food Poisoning, was... - Pork Sausage Products Recalled for Possible Listeria Contamination
Washington, DC: Custom Corned Beef Inc, is recalling approximately 460 pounds of fully cooked crumbled pork sausage products that may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The specific products affected by this Class I recall are: 10-pound boxes with two, 5-pound packages of "POLIDORI, FULLY COOKED PORK SAUSAGE CRUMBLES, KEEP REFRIGERATED/... - FDA Orders Recall of Baxter Colleague Infusion Pumps
Washington, DC: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered Baxter Healthcare Corp to recall and destroy all of its Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps (Colleague pumps) currently in use in the United States. This action is based on a longstanding failure to correct many serious problems with the pumps. The FDA believes there may be as man... - Beverly Enterprises - Poster Child Of Fraud And Neglect In Nursing Home Industry
Jun-1-06 Nowhere in the nursing home industry is the corruption, patient neglect and abuse and Medicare and Medicaid fraud more blatant than within the giant nursing home chain of Beverly Enterprises. Based in Fort Smith, it reportedly operates more than 400 nursing facilities, assisted living centers and hospices in 23 states and the District of Columbia. The cha... - Adderall Caused Seizures
Sep-13-13 Salt Lake City, UT Ten years ago Cindy was diagnosed with ADHD and was prescribed Adderall to help her focus. The amphetamine drug did the trick, but at a terrible cost: Cindy had a few psychotic episodes and then developed seizures. “I took Adderall in my early 20s when I was at college and it helped - for a while,” says Cindy. “... - Attorney Discusses Possible CardioGen 82 Lawsuits
Mar-9-12 Miami, FL There is a growing dispute with physicians who own the CardioGen 82 machines and Bracco Diagnostics, the manufacturer of the CardioGen. According to medical device attorney Brenda Fulmer at Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, their investigation on behalf of several over-radiated clients has indicated that doctors may have been told... - Dentists Warn Patients About Fosamax
Sep-12-13 Honolulu, HI Jasmine had a clean bill of health from her dentist, not even a cavity in 54 years. But last year she had a wisdom tooth removed and her oral surgeon said she is suffering from “dead jaw,” which is a bone disease. Her dentist said that Fosamax is to blame. “I had the tooth removed but the pain got worse,” says Ja... - Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline Help Send Kids To Prison
May-29-06 In 2003, the pharmaceutical industry passed out $16.4 billion worth of free drug samples to doctors. These so-called free samples are literally killing people. Two young lads who were lucky enough to get free samples of Zoloft are now sitting in prison. After visits to their family doctors, Christopher Pittman and Zachary Schmidkunz were both sent home wi... - MRI Health Risks: "I Will Not Have That Dye Again"
Jul-25-08 Springtown, TX It really should be simple: have an MRI procedure done, walk away from the MRI in the same health as when you walked in. However, that is not everyone's experience. Some people are becoming quite ill following the use of gadolinium-based dyes; they have developed a horrific disease (Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis) that results in an inabili... - Salmonella St Paul: Did Tomatoes take the Heat for Jalapeno Peppers?
Jul-25-08 Seattle, WA Now that tomatoes are safe to eat and jalapeno and Serrano peppers and avocadoes are possible culprits of the Salmonella St. Paul outbreak, some people may wonder—especially the victims-- if health officials at the FDA and CDC are grabbing at straws. Food litigation lawyer Bill Marler weighs in. "When someone eats food that is contaminate... - Are Crestor Side Effects Worth a One Percent Benefit?
Sep-10-13 London, ON While it may not result in a Crestor lawsuit for some, statin patients are nonetheless sitting up and taking notice of the modern-day statin environment that appears to have healthy Americans, as well as those afflicted with heart disease or saddled with a high risk for stroke, taking statins in equal measure. The debate, then, is the use... - Possible Salmonella Contamination Prompts Recall of Dry Soup and Stroganoff Mixes
Washington, DC: MiDAS Foods International of Oak Park, MI is recalling Instant Beef Soup dry mix and Instant Beef Stroganoff sauce mix because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems... - Seroquel Illegal Marketing Case Settled for $520 Million
Washington, DC: A $520 million settlement has been reached with AstraZeneca and the US Justice Department, which will bring to an end federal investigations into the marketing practices for the company's blockbuster antipsychotic drug Seroquel . The UK-based pharmaceutical company will also sign a corporate integrity agreement with the US federal g... - Monster Caffeine Levels: When Too Much Energy Isn’t Good for You
Sep-8-13 McKinney, TX Of the Monster drink contents in a typical Monster energy drink, caffeine has taken center stage. And with good reason, since all Monster drinks contain more caffeine than what is allowed for soda, and some contain more than that found in coffee. However, beyond the caffeine itself are other ingredients that can magnify caffeine, says D... - Mother Sues, Alleges Reglan Harmed Her Child
Jun-20-10 LaPlace, LA A woman who was prescribed Reglan while pregnant, allegedly without being warned of the potential side effects, is suing a handful of defendants after her son was born with serious physical deficiencies. Reglan, generically known as metoclopramide, is commonly used to treat acid reflux and other symptoms. Lindsey C. Whitener was pregnant... - Michael Hingle & Associates, LLC Files Lawsuit Against Makers of ShapeMatch Cutting Guide, Stryker Orthopaedics
Sep-5-13 New Orleans, LA (Press Release) In August 2013, Michael Hingle & Associates, LLC filed one of the nation’s first lawsuits against the manufacturers of the ShapeMatch Cutting Guide. The complaint alleges that the ShapeMatch Cutting Guide that was used to position a total knee replacement in Plaintiff’s body misaligned causing the knee replacement to be... - At 29,000 and Counting, When Will TVM Lawsuits End?
Sep-4-13 Charleston, WV The number of women who have filed an AMS transvaginal mesh lawsuit against manufacturer American Medical Systems Inc. (AMS) and its parent company Endo Health Solutions (ENDP) Inc. (Endo), is now above 5,000. However, that’s just a drop in the bucket compared to the over 29,000 lawsuits filed against various manufacturers of trans... - Reports of Liver Injury Prompt FDA Boxed Warning for Propylthiouracil
Washington, DC: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced today that it has added a Boxed Warning to the label for propylthiouracil, to include information about reports of severe liver injury and acute liver failure, some of which have been fatal, in adult and pediatric patients using this medication. Propylthiouracil has been shown to be effectiv... - Tidy Little Payday for Qui Tam Whistleblower
Jun-15-10 Washington, DC A qui tam whistleblower recently collected $176,000 as her share of the settlement after filing a lawsuit against Cochlear Americas on behalf of the federal government. In 2004 Brenda March brought the lawsuit against the implant manufacturer for allegedly paying illegal remuneration to health care providers in an effort to induce purcha...