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Dec-17-12 Los Angeles, CA A California woman thought she was going to have routine back surgery in 2008 after suffering a herniated disc from a car accident. Instead, she allegedly took part in a human “research project” without her knowledge. April Cabana was implanted with two Stryker Biotech medical products, OP-1 Putty and Calstrux, both of which were us... - Nutro Recalls Dry Cat Food Products due to High Zinc Levels
Dry Cat Food Recalled Internationally Nutro Products is recalling select varieties of NUTRO® NATURAL CHOICE® COMPLETE CARE® Dry Cat Foods and NUTRO® MAX® Cat Dry Foods with "Best If Used By Dates" between May 12, 2010 and August 22, 2010. The cat food is being recalled in the United States and 10 additional countries. This recall is due to i... - Were Women Put at Risk of Yasmin Side Effects by Lack of Disclosure?
Dec-16-12 Seattle, WA When women make decisions about whether to use Yasmin birth control and other medications, they assume they have all the pertinent information to help them make that decision. That includes information about the risk of Yasmin side effects and any links between Yasmin and DVT or other serious complications. When drug companies fail to provi... - Ground Beef Recalled due to Possible E. Coli Contamination
Illness Reported in 3 States So Far Valley Meats LLC, of Coal Valley, Ill., is recalling approximately 95,898 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. On May 13, 2009, FSIS was informed by the Ohio Department of Health of a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 infections. To date, illnesses have been reported in Ohio, Pennsyl... - Concerns Mount over Paxil Side Effects
May-9-11 Boston, MA No fewer than 27 million Americans take antidepressants, easily the third most-prescribed class of drugs in the country behind cholesterol busters and painkillers. Now, peer-reviewed research published last month in PloS ONE suggests that female users of antidepressants such as Paxil face an 11 percent greater risk of cancer than individuals w... - Do SSRI Medications Improve Pregnancy Outcomes?
Dec-15-12 Detroit, MI When it comes to taking SSRI medications during pregnancy, conventional wisdom has tended to be that the benefits of taking the antidepressants outweigh the risks of SSRI side effects , which some studies suggest may include an increased risk of SSRI birth defects. But, a recently published study suggests that the use of selective serotonin... - Could Asbestos Mesothelioma Be in Their Future?
Jul-17-09 Baton Rouge, LA The trick to preventing Asbestos mesothelioma is not to be exposed to something that causes mesothelioma cancer in the first place. It is only recently that the link between mesothelioma and cancer has risen to the top of the public conscience. However, the dangers of asbestos are today well known, so it's surprising that allegations of... - FDA Continues to Advocate Caution Over Chantix
Jul-17-09 Washington, DC The last thing the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants is to advocate that people stop taking Chantix . Rather, in the face of risk for Chantix suicide and various other Chantix side effects the various FDA warnings since 2007 is an effort to see an increase in patient monitoring. Chantix warnings now include a black box warning... - "What Stinks?" It's the Factory Farm
Jul-3-07 Chilton, WI "A dozen hogs don't smell like a bed of roses, but a few thousand hogs could knock a rat off a gut wagon," says Ken Midkiff of the Sierra Club. And for the hog farmer, a possible farm nuisance lawsuit brought about by the neighbors. Midkiff should know. He grew up on a family farm that raised pigs and is involved in various agricultural in... - New York Labor Law Designed to Protect Workers
Dec-13-12 New York, NY And now, a potpourri of New York employment : A nurse whose employment was terminated after 24 years at Good Samaritan Hospital: and various employees of a restaurant on hard times who have been told by the restaurant's owner that he refuses to pay them because in his view lousy service by his New York employees drove customers away. Bla... - Fracking a Controversial Issue
Dec-11-12 San Diego, CA As in other states, the issue of California fracking (also known as hydraulic fracturing) is a contentious and controversial issue. On the one hand, corporations say fracking is an effective way to get natural gas and petroleum from source rocks. On the other hand, environmentalists are concerned about the effect of California hydraulic f... - HP Recalls Notebook Computer Batteries Due to Fire Hazard
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Health Canada, in cooperation with Hewlett-Packard (HP) Co., of Palo Alto, CA, today announced a recall of about 70,000 Lithium-Ion batteries used in HP and Compaq notebook computers. They are being recalled because the batteries can overheat, posing a fire and burn hazard to consumers. To date, HP... - UPDATE 1: CARACODIGOXIN RECALL
Digoxin Tablets USP 0.125 mg and Digoxin Tablets USP 0.25 mg Recalled The following information has been provided by the FDA as an update May 12, 2009, on the Caraco Digoxin tablet recall. Caraco Pharmaceutical Laboratories, Ltd., a generic pharmaceutical company, announced today that all tablets of Caraco brand Digoxin, USP, 0.125 mg, and Digoxin,... - Hydroxycut Patient Says Supplements Changed Her Life
Jul-9-09 Vancouver, BC Jo C. says she has been taking Hydroxycut supplements on and off for approximately 10 years. After she started taking Hydroxycut Max, about 2 years ago, Jo says her health went downhill. However, she did not link her health problems to the Hydroxycut diet supplements until the supplements were recalled. "I was taking Hydroxycut becaus... - Asbestos Veteran Counts his Blessings
Dec-5-12 Washington, UT “Many people I worked with on US Navy ships during the war passed away from asbestos related diseases ,” says Julias. “I have been blessed—I thank god that I didn’t get a disease like mesothelioma.” When Julias was just 17 years old he worked for the US Navy in the shipyards. He is now a spry 84-year... - Uncle Chen Pepper Recall and Lian How Spice Recall
At the end of March, 2009 consumers were warned to avoid eating spices manufactured by Union International Food Company after spices used by Asian restaurants were linked to a salmonella outbreak in California. The FDA announced a Lian How spice recall and an Uncle Chen Pepper recall due to Salmonella Contamination. Lian How Spice and Uncle Che... - Vehicles Recalled Due To Defective Airbags
Dec-3-12 Detroit, MI When people buy vehicles, they expect that safety features such as side airbags will work as expected, because when cars have defective airbags, passengers in the vehicle can suffer serious injuries. Unfortunately, airbag failure can and does happen, putting the health and safety of people in the defective vehicle at risk. In November, G... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuit Alleges Product Liability
Dec-2-12 New York, NY You hear about lawsuits every day. You also hear about events happening in an individual's life that to the rest of us amount to a headline in the paper, or a few lines of text in a news report. However, for the individual adversely affected by AMS mesh , such events can be life-changing experiences from which they may never recover. Deb... - Is Herbal Fen-Phen Just as Bad as the Banned Fen-Phen?
Jun-30-09 Washington, DC Fen-phen may have disappeared from store shelves back in 1997, but it hasn't disappeared entirely. Neither has PPH and Fen-phen —and Fen-phen side effects that cause primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). The adverse health issue has fostered a number of PPH class action lawsuits. That's because Fen-phen is still around as a h... - New Congressional Hearings on "Deadly, Devastating" Effects of Asbestos
Jun-15-07 Washington, DC Senator Patricia Murray (D-WA) testified Wednesday at a hearing of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, arguing for the ban the importation and use of asbestos in the US. Senator Murray, supported by Senator Barbara Boxer and other leading Democrats stated: "I've worked on this issue for six years, and I can tell you: asb...