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Cheese May Contain Listeria Fresca Italia of Brisbane, CA is recalling Burrata, a type of cheese, because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Although healthy individuals may suffer on... - Toning Shoes Lawsuits Filed
Mar-30-12 Boston, MA Toning shoes lawsuits have been filed against the makers of various toning shoes, alleging wearers suffered toning shoes injuries as a result of wearing the shoes. Although many of the toning shoes, including Reebok EasyTone and Skechers Shape-ups shoes, were allegedly advertised as helping people get into shape, some critics argue that t... - Obesity Epidemic Could Increase Emergence of Reglan Side Effects
Jul-19-10 Pasadena, CA While it is recommended that Reglan not be used for children unless there is a clear indication to do so, problems such as obesity and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) in children and adolescents can extend into adulthood, where Reglan is more likely to be a factor in treatment. Unfortunately, ongoing use of Reglan at any age can lea... - Did Suspected Advisory Panel Bias Affect Safyral et al Vote?
Mar-29-12 Washington, DC Given that the new-age contraceptive Safyral contains drospirenone (DRSP) and estradiol (EE), it is not surprising to see that the Bayer-manufactured product was tagged with the same concerns—and label updates—as other products in the Bayer family containing that specific formulation. Critics have commented that label chan... - Possible New Side Effect With Gleevec
Case of Kidney Damage Reported The cancer drug Gleevec, also known generically as imatinib, could adversely impact the kidneys. A case of a 25-year old woman who developed severe rhabdomyolysis, while on the drug was reported in the June 19th issue of the New England Journal of Medicine by French doctors. Rhabdomyolysis can be harmful to the k... - Natural Soaps Found to Contain Carcinogen
California Attorney General Sues Manufacturers Whole Foods Market Inc, Avalon Natural Products, Beaumont Products Inc, and Nutribiotic, are all being sued by the California attorney general, for failure to appropriately label soap products containing 1,4-dioxane. The chemical is a petroleum-derived contaminant, considered a potential carcinoge... - Failure to Act on Painkiller Darvon Prompts Lawsuit
Pain Drug too Risky to Remain on the Market The consumer advocacy group Public Citizen has launched a lawsuit against the FDA for the agency's failure to act to protect the public regarding the painkiller Darvon, also marketed as Darvocet. Two years ago the watchdog group petitioned the FDA to ban the drug, citing more than 2,000 accidental deaths... - Big Pharma Research Racket Is Killing People
Jun-23-06 Over the past six years, ten FDA approved drugs have been withdrawn from the market due to deaths and injuries, leading lawmakers to accuse the FDA of not doing its job in protecting the public from unsafe drugs and to call for measures of improvement. On June 20, 2006, the New York Times reported that "two influential senators are expected within weeks t... - Methadone: A Godsend, and a Killer in One Neat Package
Aug-17-08 Victorville, CA A drug that was once the bastion of the recovering drug addict has now entered the pain med mainstream, and used properly has been a godsend for people with chronic pain. However, it has been reported that many prescribing doctors have yet to appreciate the complexities of the drug, and methadone is killing people . In fact, up until a... - Boston Steam Pipe Burst—No Such Thing as "Safe" Asbestos Level
Jul-16-10 Boston, MA On Wednesday night a steam pipe burst on Harrison Avenue in Boston, spewing asbestos into the air and covering roads and parked cars. According to news reports, no one was hurt, which is not surprising. Asbestosis, mesothelioma and other asbestos-related diseases caused by breathing airborne asbestos fibers typically take many years to deve... - Mentally Fragile Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan Used in Government Tests of Dangerous Drugs
Drugs Tested Include Chantix An investigation by ABC news and the Washington Post has revealed that mentally distressed veterans returning from tours of duty in the volatile middle east are being recruited by the government to take part in tests involving dangerous pharmaceutical drugs. One such study involves the anti-smoking drug Chantix, which i... - Antipsychotics Associated With an Increased Risk of Mortality in Elderly Patients
Risk of Death Now Linked with Atypical and Typical Antipsychotics FDA notified healthcare professionals that both conventional and atypical antipsychotics are associated with an increased risk of mortality in elderly patients treated for dementia-related psychosis. In April 2005, FDA notified healthcare professionals that patients with dementia-re... - Shoulder Pain Pump Plaintiffs Settle with Stryker
Mar-26-12 Salt Lake City, UT The shoulder pain pump continues to be a scourge for many plaintiffs who willingly accepted a doctor's recommendation to feed pain medication directly to the shoulder joint without understanding the potential for serious ramifications. Shoulder pain pump manufacturers were never granted FDA approval to use the device directly to the... - BP Claimants Reportedly Waiting for Compensation
Jul-13-10 Mobile, AL It's been a few weeks since the claims process was announced in the wake of the BP oil spill . In that time, millions of dollars have been spent compensating victims of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. But according to reports, some claimants have been told they have to wait for compensation. According to an article in the Press-Register on 7... - Three Contrast Agents Associated with MRI Health Risks
Jul-11-10 Reston, VA There are three common types of gadolinium-based contrast agents that radiologists should avoid using with patients with kidney disease to avoid MRI health risks . An advisory from the American College of Radiology warns that gadodiamide, gadopentetate dimeglumine and gadoversetamide can cause nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) among pati... - Lake Country and Land O Lakes Lamb Feed Recall
Elevated Copper Levels Found In Feed The Land O'Lakes Purina Feed plant in Fremont, Neb., has initiated a limited voluntary recall of four lamb feed products, packaged in 50-pound bags, due to the potential for higher than acceptable levels of copper. The first two products included in this recall (Honor Lamb Show Grower DX Pellet and Honor Lamb... - Champaign County, IL agrees to pay $19,000 settlement in troubled nursing home suit.
Champaign County, IL agrees to pay $19,000 settlement in troubled nursing home suit. Urbana, IL: (May-24-08) The state of Illinois brought a lawsuit against Champaign County, over a troubled nursing home, which has run deficits of $100,000 a month and suffered $4 million in cost overruns. The suit also stated that the county failed to file proper paper... - New Effexor Generic Approved, Risks Are Similar
Jul-10-10 Washington, DC Concerns over potential Effexor side effects—including heart damage in newborns and various other birth defects that occur when expectant mothers take Effexor antidepressants—heightened late last month with the approval of an Effexor generic. A release posted on the official website of the US Food and Drug Administration... - Congressmen Push EPA to Clean up Town Plagued by Asbestosis
Jul-10-10 Billings, MT Three congressmen from Montana are pushing the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to commit to completing the asbestos cleanup in Libby, Montana, a former mining town that has been ravaged by asbestos-related diseases like mesothelioma and asbestosis . US Senators Max Baucus and Jon Tester and Representative Denny Rehberg asked the... - Tylenol Recalls Over or More Over-Doses?
Mar-21-12 Seattle, WA Over the past few decades, Tylenol has likely been recalled more than any other OTC (over the counter) drug, for a number of reasons. Who can forget the 1982 recall, when the packaging was tampered with and some bottles were found to contain cyanide? Then last year's recalls of Tylenol 8 Hour Extended Release due to a "musty odor"—mak...