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Jul-14-08 Toronto, CA: Karen had blood tests--on her doctor's advice--before she went on the Ortho Evra Patch . Everything was fine until two years later, on a flight back to Canada from a back-packing trip around Europe. Her leg went numb and swelled up to double its size. "I was in the middle seat and it was agony," she says. "It was a tingling sensation, like... - Kate Gillespie: Preparing for the Battle Over Paxil and Birth Defects
Jul-12-08 Los Angeles, CA Like many personal injury lawyers, Kate Gillespie started her career a few years ago working for the other side. Then about 18 months ago, she joined Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, one of the biggest personal injury and wrongful death firms in California. "I found my home here, and fighting the good fight. It is nice to be doing p... - Will New Byetta Weekly Injection Carry Similar Concerns?
Jun-13-10 Washington, DC Despite growing concerns over the link between Byetta and acute pancreatitis, the manufacturers of Byetta plan to introduce a longer-acting form of the medication to be taken just once weekly. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has set October 22 as the target date for a decision regarding approval of Bydureon. The 5/6/10 issu... - Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals et al. Consumer Fraud Settlement
A lawsuit was filed against Lifekey Inc., Boland Naturals Inc., Warner Health Care, Wagner Nutraceuticals and Berkeley Premium Nutraceuticals for allegedly violating state consumer laws. The lawsuit claimed the companies automatically signed customers up to a negative option feature without their knowledge. When consumers placed an initial order for a f... - Class Action ERISA Lawsuit Seeking Lead Plaintiff
Jun-10-10 Memphis, TN The deadline to become the lead plaintiff of an ERISA plan class action lawsuit is fast approaching, according to the 6/3/10 issue of Globe Newswire. The class action lawsuit against Morgan Keegan & Co. and various other defendants was filed on May 19 before Judge Samuel H. Mays Jr. of the US District Court for the Western District of T... - Whistleblowers Reap Rewards from Qui Tam Lawsuits
Jun-9-10 Washington, DC Recently, a number of pharmaceutical representatives have reaped huge rewards from qui tam whistleblower lawsuits. There are financial incentives for both good and bad pharmaceutical representatives—some manufacturers encourage and reward their (bad) reps with big bonuses if they promote drugs off-label—but selling drugs off-... - Margarita Mix-Off Leads to Several Cases of Food Poisoning
Jun-9-10 Chico, CA California health officials are linking a recent outbreak of what is believed to be salmonella food poisoning to the Margarita Mix-Off event recently held in Chico on May 8. At least fifteen of the hundreds of guests showed symptoms of the foodborne illness, and three were later hospitalized for their sickness. The discovery puts to an en... - Ortho Evra – What's The Body Count Really Worth?
Jul-1-08 Vancouver, WA In August 2008 it will be six years since the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began noting adverse events such as deep vein thrombosis (DVT), blood clots, pulmonary embolism (PE), heart attack, and stroke associated with the use of the Ortho Evra birth control patch . Yet, astonishingly, the product is still on the market. Worse, despi... - Vitamin K Could Help Replace Use of Avandia for Potentially Diabetic Patients
Jun-2-10 Utrecht, Netherlands A new study suggests that regular intake of vitamin K may help reduce the risk of development of type two diabetes and obviate the risks associated with rosiglitazone maleate, also known as Avandia . Among a test groups of more than 38,000 Dutch adults who were followed over the course of a decade, those individuals with the most... - MRI Health Risks: "I need to get tested for NSF/NFD"
Jun-28-08 Austin, TX Luke had surgery right after an MRI determined that his gallbladder was making him so sick. But instead of getting better, Luke's health spiraled downhill, fast. Nobody told him of potential MRI health risks after being injected with a gadolinium-based contrast agent , which improves the visibility of internal structures during an MRI. L... - Lawsuit Against Baxter and SPL alleges heparin to blame for retired nurse's injuries
Jun-27-08 Toledo, OH Maureen and Ron Tujague of Pleasanton, California are suing Baxter Healthcare Corporation, one of the makers of contaminated heparin, and Scientific Protein Laboratories, LLC (SPL), the supplier of contaminated heparin's active ingredient, because the contaminated heparin used by Mrs. Tujague during a dialysis treatment caused a sudden drop in b... - Advocacy Group Re-States Petition to Ban Meridia, Blasts FDA
May-29-10 Washington, DC While various global health agencies have stepped up their opposition to Meridia sibutramine due to Meridia side effects, the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen (PC) has been railing against the diet drug since 2002. In March of that year, PC officially petitioned the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban the drug from pharmac... - Avandia: "This Medicine Is Deadly"
Jun-24-08 Norcross, GA Sam P. (not his real name) is happy to no longer be taking Avandia. He says he suffered severe side effects shortly after starting the medication, although he did not realize Avandia could have been causing his health problems. Luckily, he learned the truth and stopped taking the drug. Unfortunately, damage was already done to his heart. ... - Presidential Panel Warns of Risk of Benzene Cancer Risk for Expectant Mothers
May-28-10 Washington, DC While it is widely known that toxic substances can pose a threat to the development of an unborn child, a new report suggests that many Americans may not know the degree to which they interact with carcinogens that cause conditions like benzene cancer in the newborn. In a recent release from the Presidential Cancer Panel, researchers... - Vast Majority of Supplements Contain Contaminants: Government Report
May-28-10 Washington, DC A new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and made public at a Senate hearing on Wednesday reveals a problem with contaminants in dietary supplements , according to The New York Times in a story published earlier this week. The GAO says that most of the dietary supplements tested contained trace amounts of lead and other... - Tainted Heparin: Where Will the Recall of Medical Devices End?
Jun-23-08 Minneapolis, MN After Medtronic initiated a voluntary recall of various disposable medical devices coated with tainted heparin , the jury is still out as to whether exposure to a smaller amount of the contaminated heparin could prove to be a health hazard. Over the past several months the news media has been rife with reports about injectable heparin... - Basketball Star Manute Bol Contracts Stevens Johnson Syndrome
May-27-10 Sterling, VA Basketball legend Manute Bol was hospitalized earlier in the month after being diagnosed with kidney failure and Stevens Johnson Syndrome (SJS), according to an insider report. The 7'7" former center for the Washington Bullets was traveling in his native Sudan, where he was taking part in a charitable effort to build a school in collabo... - Some Bottled Water Brands Teeming with Bacteria: Canadian Study
May-26-10 San Diego, CA Just when you thought it was safer to bypass the tap and reach for the bottled water, comes word that some brands of bottled water have been found to contain up to 100 times more bacteria than the stuff that flows out of your tap. As reported this morning by CanWest News Service, researchers in Canada purchased and tested a variety of... - Containment of Asbestos Key to Preventing Asbestosis
May-25-10 Salt Lake City, UT The onset of asbestosis , a disease caused by contact with asbestos fibers, is a very real concern. Many lawsuits have been filed on behalf of individuals exposed to asbestos fibers 30 years before the onset of asbestosis. What many fail to realize is that the mere presence of asbestos in a building—such as old fashioned spr... - Ritalin
Ritalin (Methylphenidate) is a Schedule II stimulant often used for the treatment of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD). One study approximated that 85 to 90 percent of Ritalin prescriptions were written for young children and adolescents with ADHD. Ritalin and other ADHD drugs have been linked...