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Azaspiracid toxins May be Present in Certain Frozen Cooked Products Certain frozen cooked mussel products made by Bantry Bay Seafoods, imported from Ireland, may be contaminated with azaspiracid toxins, a group of naturally occurring marine toxins known to cause nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and stomach cramps. The FDA is warning consumers not to eat thes... - Asbestos Lawsuits: Companies Put Workers' Lives at Risk
May-13-12 San Francisco, CA More and more asbestos lawsuits , alleging employers knowingly put their employees' lives at risk by exposing them to asbestos—and the possibility of mesothelioma, asbestosis and other asbestos injuries—are being filed against the companies responsible for asbestos exposure. In some cases, the lawsuits allege employers were... - Neck Injury Compensation 10 Years in the Making
May-12-12 Washington, DC As far as neck injury compensation goes, this settlement was a long time coming—and while the individual upon whose behalf the lawsuit was fought and subsequently won, the outcome can at least bring some closure to the family of Curtis Suggs. The Washington Post (5/2/12) reported earlier this month on what is deemed as the lar... - Patients Rely on Administrators to Ensure CardioGen-82 Is Used Correctly
May-12-12 Washington, DC Following the announcement that patients receiving an injection of chemicals generated by the CardioGen-82 may be at risk of receiving an increased PET radiation dose, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that the problem may be related to how the CardioGen-82 is administered and not due to manufacturing deficiencies... - Whole Foods Market Issues Recall on 365 Organic Everyday Value Popcorn
Product Contains Undeclared Dairy Allergen Whole Foods Market today is recalling 365 Organic Everyday Value Popcorn, Lightly Salted because it may contain undeclared milk ingredients. The popcorn in these packages was incorrectly flavored with a white cheddar seasoning which includes milk ingredients; the seasoning may not be visibly apparent. People wh... - More Levaquin Tendon Rupture Plaintiffs Take Legal Action
Sep-5-10 St. Clair County, MI A new group of plaintiffs have added their voices to a complaint alleging that the antibiotic Levaquin caused a number of serious health problems."Levaquin-induced tendon injury [involving] the degradation of the tendon tissue, leading to severe and permanent injuries," claims a lawsuit filed on July 8 in St. Clair County Circuit C... - Accutane still a Top Seller for Hoffman-LaRoche
Aug-25-06 Accutane, manufactured by Hoffman-LaRoche, was FDA approved in 1982, only to treat the most severe form of acne. Yet by 1998, the medication was the company's second-largest-selling drug, with about $800 million in sales. Accutane (Isotretinoin) entered the market in the US in 1982, and has been at the center of one firestorm after another ever since. It... - California Firm Recalls Ground Beef Products Due to Possible E. coli O157:H7 Contamination
Recal Now Includes Custom Ground Beef Products On August 12, Renna's Meat Market, a Fresno, CA firm, in conjunction with the USDA announced a recall of approximately 780 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. On August 13, that recall was updated to include the following products: Various sizes of grou... - Tuna Salad Recalled due to Possible Listeria Contamination
Home Made Brand and Stop and Shop Affected Home Made Brand Foods, of Newburyport MA, is recalling approximately 4890 pounds of "Ready-to-Eat" Tuna Salad with an expiration date of 8/19/08. This product has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young child... - FDA Warns of Serious Adverse Reactions to Naltrexone
Injection Site Reactions Reported in 196 Patients FDA is notifying healthcare professionals of the risk of adverse injection site reactions in patients receiving naltrexone (Vivitrol). FDA has received 196 reports of injection site reactions including cellulitis, induration, hematoma, abscess, sterile abscess, and necrosis. Sixteen patients required sur... - Sun Smarties Children's Board Skirts Recalled
Skirt Grommets Contain Lead Paint Chelsea & Scott Ltd., of Lake Bluff, Ill, is recalling Sun Smarties Children's Board Skirts because the paint on the grommets of the skirts contains an excess level of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard. The Sun Smarties board skirts are peach microfiber with an embroidered flower accent and back pocke... - Suspected E. Coli in Ground Meat Prompts California Recall
Renna's Market in Fresno CA Affected Renna's Meat Market, a Fresno, CA firm, is recalling approximately 780 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The following products are subject to recall: Various sizes of ground beef products bearing the establishment number "EST. 27365" inside the USDA mark of insp... - Dying for Work
Oct-10-08 Ottawa, ON Like countless hundreds of men of his generation, Gilles started his working life as a young teenager. He learned a trade – he became a plumber and a pipefitter. Over the decades he was exposed to asbestos , with no knowledge of the health effects. He died of lung cancer, very possibly mesothelioma just 3 years after being diagnosed, bare... - Hawaiin Pork Recalled Due to Possible Listeria Contamination
May's Hawaii Kalua Brand Pork Affected Palama Holdings, LLC, a Kapolei, Hawaii, establishment, is recalling approximately 4,535 pounds of fully cooked pork products because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.The pork products were produced on Aug. 4 and Aug. 7, 2008, and were distributed to food service and retail establishments in Haw... - Expired and Suspected Counterfeit Prescription Drugs found at Pharmacies
Drugs Involved May Produce Adverse Effects The FDA is warning consumers who filled prescriptions at The Medicine Shoppe pharmacies located at 8035A Liberty Road and 5900 Reisterstown Road in Baltimore that they may have received drugs that were either expired or suspected counterfeit. The FDA is particularly concerned because a number of the drugs are f... - Attorney: Yasmin Birth Control Makers Settling Lawsuits
May-8-12 Dallas, TX When it comes to determining whether or not to take Yasmin birth control , Yaz birth control or Ocella birth control, one of the concerns is likely the risk of side effects from the contraceptives. Lawsuits filed against Bayer AG, allege the contraceptive maker knew about the side effects but failed to adequately warn patients about those ris... - Trial Date Set for First Federal Avaulta Mesh Lawsuit
May-8-12 Charleston, WV A trial date has been established for the first of what will be some 600 federal lawsuits involving Avaulta mesh , according to a recent report in Bloomberg News (5/2/12). The case will see a courtroom in February of next year. Meanwhile, women's groups and health advocates are demanding that transvaginal mesh (TVM)—including t... - Are Granite Countertop Radon Emissions Dangerous?
Oct-9-08 Houston, TX With people becoming increasingly concerned about granite countertop radon emissions, some organizations are taking matters into their own hands, offering to conduct tests to determine radon exposure in homes. Meanwhile, the debate rages on as to whether people who have granite countertops in their homes are exposed to unsafe levels of rado... - Tomando lo bueno y lo malo con Beyaz
May-7-12 Pisa, Italia Beyaz es un anticonceptivo oral de tercera generación fabricado por Bayer que contiene drospirenona y por lo tanto se ve afectada por cambios en la etiqueta, instó recientemente a un panel de expertos FDA, que afecta a todos los anticonceptivos orales que contienen la hormona sintética. De preocupación son los efe... - Adderall Side Effects: "Not Something You Expect for a Young Person"
May-6-12 Peakin, IL When patients take medication, side effects they usually watch out for include nausea, vomiting and fatigue, but Adderall side effects may include a risk of Adderall stroke—a serious, life-changing side effect. Chris P. (real name withheld) says his son recently suffered a stroke, which may have been an effect of Adderall. "Steven i...