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Former tenants, including 36 children and 26 adults, will receive over $3 million in compensation after suing the owners of Melrose Place apartments, a dilapidated, vermin-infested apartment complex that was often cited by country officials for health and safety violations. Many tenants also complained about fires, cockroaches, mold and broken windows. ... - Recalled Kugel Mesh Implanted Months After Recall
Aug-23-08 Virginia Beach, VA A product recall is only as good as the capacity to reach those with the power, and the responsibility to respond. If the message doesn't get through, the result can be a recalled product like the Kugel Mesh Hernia patch continuing to be used, with the potential for serious injury . That's what allegedly happened to Judith Coyne, a... - Surgery Preferred Response over Proton Pump Inhibitor in Younger Heartburn Patients
Jul-20-10 Cincinatti, OH The potential for fracture and other adverse reactions when using proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) to control acid reflux should factor into a doctor's decision when recommending either PPIs or surgery for younger patients. In older patients, PPI can also lead to hip fracture, serious infection and even death. The University of Cincinna... - The Gardasil Vaccine Issue: The Tail that Wags the Dog?
Aug-21-08 Washington, DC An editorial that appears in today's edition of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) heightens the ongoing debate surrounding the push for mass vaccinations against cervical cancer in women, despite questions surrounding the need. Those questions are deepened when taken in context with the possibility of side effects from vaccines such... - Tanker Truck Driver Sues for Horrific Burn Injury
Jul-18-10 San Antonio, TX A truck driver who sustained a horrific burn injury when a tanker truck exploded on May 5 has launched a lawsuit against AGE Refining Inc., alleging that the defendant was negligent when it failed to eliminate all sources of ignition near combustible fuels. According to the 7/3/10 issue of the San Antonio Express-News, Allen Ramirez... - Hospital Patient Care in California: Watch Your Back
Aug-19-08 Santa Ana, CA You go to the hospital to get well, not to die. But the latter turned out to be the case for some patients in California, and the State demonstrated its displeasure yesterday by citing 18 California hospitals for various violations against State health codes. Each was fined $25,000 for providing shoddy care . ''The number of penaltie... - Paxil Manufacturer Expects Legal Charge of $2.4 Billion
Jul-16-10 Washington, DC GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Avandia and Paxil , announced it expects legal charges of approximately $2.4 billion for the second quarter of 2010. According to reports, included in the $2.4 billion legal bill are charges related to the company's former factory in Puerto Rico and antitrust and product liability lawsuits concerning Paxil. ... - GSK Settles 10,000 Avandia Suits for $460M
Jul-14-10 Washington, DC: The makers of diabetes medication Avandia, GlaxoSmithKline, have agreed to pay $460 million to settle the bulk of the lawsuits its facing over alleged heart attacks and strokes suffered by people taking the drug. A reported 10,000 lawsuits will be settled with these monies, at about $46,000 per lawsuit. GSK was facing over 13,000 sui... - Expert Panel Finds Avandia Increases Risk for Heart Attack
Jul-14-10 Washington, DC A panel of federal health experts convened to determine the risk/benefit of GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes medication Avandia, has found the risks associated with the medication are greater than those seen with older medications and its closest competitor drug, Actos. They say that Avandia increases the risk of heart attack compared to othe... - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Student Suicide Settlement
The parents of a young college student filed a $27 million lawsuit against Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) over the apparent suicide of their 19 year old daughter, Elizabeth Shin, have settled the case for an undisclosed amount. Shin died in a fire in her dormitory room in 2000, after making a series of suicidal threats. Toxicology resul... - Magnetix Building Set Toy Injury
Magnetix Building Sets have been linked to death and illness in several children who have swallowed the set's small magnetic pieces. While the small pieces are small enough to be choked on by children, these cases have involved damage to the child's small intestine and one case a child died after cardiac arrest. In another case, a child showed flu-like... - A Litany of Depakote Birth Defects that Are Not Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Jul-13-10 Seattle, WA When Cindy was a teenager, she was diagnosed with epilepsy. Her neurologist prescribed Depakote . "I became pregnant and wasn't told to stop taking the medication," she says. "My first child was born with a heart malformation and my second child was recently diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome, but I didn't drink when I was pregnant." C... - Whistleblower Roundup: Agreement Reached in Multi-Million Dollar Case
Aug-13-08 Chicago, IL It must have taken a tremendous amount of courage for Cleveland Tyson to do what he did—just as it takes any whistleblower courage and determination to damn the torpedoes, some of which are their own, to fly in the face of the status quo and call the company to the carpet. That's what happened at Amerigroup, which was contracted by the I... - Nursing Home to Pay for Alleged Abuse
Aug-10-08 Las Vegas, NV Edward "Tiger" Monsour was placed in a nursing home by his sons to recover from a fall. The 75-year-old emerged less than a year later in far worse shape than when he arrived, and he died from alleged nursing home abuse a few weeks after being discharged from a facility that was supposed to improve his well-being, not take it away. That... - Asbestos Mesothelioma: A Tale of Two Trials
Aug-10-08 Middlesex, MA It's been a three-year battle for Belinda Martin, who has been carrying the asbestos mesothelioma torch for her late father Charlie for three years now. And just before her case was about to go to trial, a settlement was reached. Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. It was in 2005 that Belinda Martin joined a massive, and ongo... - Stevens Johnson Syndrome: Mandatory Recognition Needed
Jul-9-10 Machesney Park, IL A few years ago, Kristin took an antibiotic for a sinus infection. She wound up in hospital, diagnosed with Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS). Fortunately, the ER doctors recognized and treated her SJS before it led to toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN). Kristin developed a lot of mucus in her mouth and a high fever, followed by red... - FDA Medical Reviewer Slams RECORD Trial Conclusions, Casting Further Doubt on Avandia
Jul-9-10 Washington, DC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today stated through a posting on the official FDA website that GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo), the manufacturer of Avandia , may have misinterpreted crucial details of a study that it said had vindicated Avandia and found the Type 2 diabetes drug to be safe. A medical reviewer with the FDA said that,... - Lawmakers Demand Answers about Ketek from FDA
Jun-14-06 The FDA has continued to cite a fraudulent study in information released to the public about the safety of the antibiotic Ketek. On January 20, 2006, the agency issued a Public Health Announcement, in response to an article in the Annals of Internal Medicine, where researchers reported three cases of severe liver problems in patients taking Ketek. The ar... - Two Infants Injured in Missouri Car Accident
Jul-7-10 Springfield, MO A car accident in McDonald County has left six people injured, two of them infants, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol reports. State Troopers reported that the accident happened on US 71 south of Pineville. A 1997 Cadillac, driven by 19-year old Maricela Sebastian of Noel, tried to make a left turn and ended up in getting in... - Avandia Debate Continues at ADA Conference
Jul-7-10 Orlando, FL Three years after Dr. Steven Nissen pronounced a so-called death sentence on type 2 diabetes drug Avandia , there is still confusion as to just how bad the drug is. Discussions and presentations at a recent gathering of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) reveal that medical opinion remains polarized. According to a 7/4/10 summary of...