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Yakima County, WA: (May-26-07) Tim Farris, a Bellingham, WA lawyer and critic of Washington's foster-care system, has been known to repeatedly file lawsuits against the State Department of Social and Health Services. He filed one more lawsuit against the department recently, on behalf of injured children, accusing the department and social workers of negli... - Lawsuits Against Glaxo Rise as Avandia Sales Plummet
Aug-1-07 Washington, DC: A study released in July 2007, by the Federal Agency for Health Care Research and Quality, reported that the older diabetes drugs, available for as little as $10 a month, are as safe and effective as the newer drugs like Avandia (rosiglitazone), which costs between $131 and $262 a month. On July 20, 2007, Science Daily reported that li... - Yasmin Birth Control Containing Drospirenone Gives Birth to More Lawsuits
Aug-10-09 Washington, DC The newest form of birth control, Yasmin/Yaz , has given birth to a mass tort against Bayer Corp., the manufacturer. Several lawsuits filed in federal court claim that a new ingredient-- the progestin component called drospirenone—presents dangerous risk that the company failed to warn about. The lawsuits also claim fraudulent conce... - Salmonella Beef Foodborne Illness Outbreak Spreads to 11 States
Aug-10-09 Fresno, CA Health officials have now reported that at least 27 people have fallen ill from a Salmonella Newport foodborne illness outbreak that prompted the recall of more than 412 tons of ground beef. The beef was manufactured by Beef Packers Inc. in Fresno, California, a unit of Minneapolis-based agribusiness giant Cargill, Inc. So far 21 cases... - Malignant Mesothelioma: Asbestos Exposure the only Known Cause to Deadly Disease
Jul-31-07 Deweyville, TX Exposure to asbestos and, specifically, the onset of exposure-related diseases such as malignant mesothelioma will likely result in asbestos remaining in the courts for a very long time. Even though asbestos use has been minimized in the wake of concerns over exposure and health deterioration, the long latency period impacts workers who... - PPH and Fen-Phen: Herbal Recipe Just as Dangerous
Aug-9-09 Washington, DC Many people equate the words "natural", "organic" and "herbal" as safe and harmless, and good for you. But when it comes to herbal Fen-phen, nothing could be further from the truth. The association with PPH and Fen-phen has been known since 1997, and since that time, some companies put herbal Fen-phen on the market. But this herbal versi... - FDA Scientist Graham Calls Glaxo Avandia Trial Useless
Jul-30-07 Washington, DC: World-renowned cardiologist Dr Steven Nissen and statistician Kathy Wolski of the Cleveland Clinic posted a study online on May 21, 2007, to warn the public that the diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone) increased the risk of heart attacks by 43% and the risk of death from cardiovascular causes by possibly 64%. A print edition of the s... - Open Pit Burning Linked to Intestinal Problems and More…
May-28-11 San Antonio, TX Jessie was stationed in Iraq from 2004–2005, nine months of which he spent in Balad, home of the most notorious Open Pit Burning site. "We saw and tasted the smoke day and night, the pit plumes were huge in Balad," he says. Jessie believes his intestinal problems, chronic cough and sleep apnea are directly related to exposure to t... - Denture Cream Zinc Poisoning Can Affect Young Adults
Aug-7-09 Boca Raton, FL Talk of dentures and denture cream often brings to mind images of senior citizens—the people who are most often associated with tooth loss. So, it is natural that when it comes to denture cream poisoning, people would first think about how the problem affects senior citizens. However, the truth is that anyone, even young adults&mda... - James D. Dondero: $250,000 fine in hedge fund antitrust laws violation lawsuit.
Dallas, TX: (May-21-07) The US Justice Department filed charges against James D. Dondero, a Dallas-based hedge fund manager, alleging that he violated antitrust laws by failing to notify regulators when his stake in a company hit $94 million. In February 2005, James D. Dondero exercised 10,000 options in shares of Motient Corp., a wireless communications... - Lawsuit Claims Yasmin Side Effects Led to Death of College Student
May-23-11 Elon, NC The mother of a former college student has filed a lawsuit against drug manufacturer Bayer, claiming Yasmin side effects were responsible for her daughter's death last September, AFP reports. According to the lawsuit, 18-year-old Michelle Pfleger, a freshman at Elon University in North Carolina, died of cardiac arrest after she allegedly... - SSRIs: Pregnant Women Stuck in a Difficult Decision
Aug-2-09 Pittsburgh, PA When it comes to making difficult decisions, this one might just rank right up there with the toughest: whether or not to take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) while pregnant. SSRIs are antidepressants, but they have been linked in some studies to serious birth defects. Thus, pregnant women have a very difficult decision t... - Demanda colectiva por un alimento para mascotas mortal
La Administración de Drogas y Alimentos (FDA) anunció que se retirarán del mercado varias marcas de alimento para mascotas, tanto para perros como para gatos, fabricadas por Menu Foods, Inc. Esto afecta a todos los alimentos para perros y gatos del tipo "trocitos y salsa", tanto los enlatados como los que vienen en sobres. Estos a... - Defectos Cardiacos Congenitos Vinculados a Paxil
En diciembre de 2005, la Administración de Drogas y Alimentos (FDA) advirtió a las mujeres embarazadas y a sus médicos acerca de un aumento del riesgo de defectos cardíacos en los recién nacidos vinculados al antidepresivo Paxil (cuyo nombre genérico es paroxetina). La FDA revisó dos estudios que descubriero... - Abogado especializado en brote vinculado a la manteca de manÃ
Advertencias sobre la manteca de maní La Administración de Drogas y Alimentos está advirtiendo a los consumidores que no deben comer ciertos frascos de manteca de maní Peter Pan o Great Value debido al riesgo de contaminarse con salmonella. ConAgra Foods Inc. aconsejó a los consumidores que se deshicieran de los f... - Defecto congénito de HPPR vinculado a Prozac
Al ser uno de los antidepresivos más vendidos, el Prozac se ha recetado a más de 54 millones de personas en todo el mundo, incluso a embarazadas. Si se toma durante un embarazo avanzado, puede causar defectos congénitos graves. El Prozac (fluoxetina) es un inhibidor selectivo de la recaptación de serotonina (ISRS), utilizado par... - Study Links Avandia to Liver Failure
Aug-1-09 Seattle, WA A new study has reportedly found a link between Avandia and liver failure. The study, conducted by researchers from Public Citizen, a public advocacy group, involved a review of adverse events reported to the US Food and Drug Administration and found 11 deaths due to liver toxicity between 1997 and 2006. The study indicated the liver toxici... - FDA Seeks More Information on DePuy Pinnacle Hip Replacement
May-21-11 Washington, DC The US Food and Drug Administration recently ordered all manufacturers of metal-on-metal hip replacement implants such as the DePuy Pinnacle to conduct studies to determine their risks, according to The New York Times . The news source reports that the studies will examine patients who have received the implants and will look for evi... - $1 million settlement in inmate's wrongful death suit.
Miami-Dade, FL: (May-15-07) The family of 36-year-old Sergio Morejon filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Everglades Correctional Institution, after the death of the Miami-Dade inmate. The suit claimed that Sergio Morejon was brutally beaten by fellow inmates and didn't receive medical help in a timely manner.CBS4 News, a partner of the Miami Heral... - Brain Injury Avoidance in the Young Athlete
May-20-11 Townsend, MA When you're a young athlete and you sustain a brain injury , the situation can prove both frustrating and dangerous. For most youngsters, the requirement to take time away from a beloved sport to heal from a concussion is more painful than the injury itself. And yet, the avoidance of a correct response could result in life-changing problems...