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Sort by date 7,886 pages found matching health insurance- Nursing Home Abuse: More People Need to Speak Out
Nov-30-07 Bullhead City, AZ Kathleen Sadlier transferred her mother, Rita, from a hospital to a nursing home , thinking she would get rehabilitation. Instead, her mother received poor care and even an injury. Although Rita was there for just a week, Sadlier says she saw so much nursing home neglect that she had to take her mother out of the home. Rita was init... - Zyprexa Suicide: "Several Years of Pure Hell"
Nov-29-07 Franklinton, LA Many patients who are given prescription medications want to be good patients, so they dutifully follow their doctor's advice and take their meds. Unfortunately, in some cases, such as Zyprexa , the medication can make the patient a lot worse. Not realizing that the problem is the medication, the doctor increases the dosage, compounding... - CT Scans Linked to Increased Cancer Risk
Nov-29-07 Stamford, CO: According to a story in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), the increasing use of CT scans may result in a worrisome increase to the nation's cancer rates. In other words, says the report, CT scans are being linked to a risk of cancer. The report, penned by two medical physicists from Columbia University, raises that possibilit... - Potential Malfunction Lawsuits Filed Against Medtronic
Nov-29-07 Charleston, WV Medtronic faces more lawsuits alleging that its Sprint Fidelis Leads caused injury or death to patients using the leads. And lawsuits have been filed by plaintiffs who argue that the potential for a malfunction causes them a great deal of stress and has negatively impacted their lives. One lawsuit, which seeks class action status, al... - FDA's Refusal to Approve New Cancer Vaccine - The Plot Thickens - Part I
Nov-27-07 Washington, DC: Dying prostate cancer patients waiting for the approval of Provenge, a new life-extending cancer vaccine, are being held hostage by an FDA infested with industry insiders with enormous financial interests in what has become a multibillion dollar cancer treatment racket for drug companies, cancer researchers, and treatment providers alike. ... - American Foods Group Recalls E. coli Beef in Seven States
Nov-26-07 Green Bay, WI For an industry paying lip service to the ideals of stamping out E. coli, the consumer beef industry will once again be cowing to criticism after yet another E. coli recall surfaced over the weekend. The American Foods Group has voluntarily recalled 96,000 pounds of ground meat after reports that two people were sickened. While the amo... - Sprint Fidelis Recall Costs Medtronic
Nov-24-07 Minneapolis, MN Medtronic has announced that the massive Sprint Fidelis recall issued in October had an estimated negative sales impact of $130 million and cost the company $31 million in inventory write-offs and other direct costs. Medtronic announced the recall after it received reports of at least five deaths related to fractured Sprint Fidelis... - Totino's Pizza Put My Kids at Risk
Nov-21-07 Los Angeles, CA "I have six kids and cannot risk their health on a product such as Totino's pizza and General Mills inability to inform the public of a recall in a timely manner," says Tracy S. "As a mother I have placed my children in danger every time I cooked a pizza for them and fed them this deadly bacteria, E. coli ." Tracy and three of her c... - Avandia Maker Tried to Silence Critic, Feds Allege
Nov-19-07 Washington, DC A noted physician who has been warning about the dangerous side effects of Avandia since 1999, and who was the target of alleged intimidation by Avandia manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (Glaxo) (GSK), was vindicated Thursday by the US Senate Finance Committee. Operating within its jurisdiction over Medicare and Medicaid, the government comm... - Trasylol: The FDA and Bayer AG Wait, while 4.8 Million Patients Wonder...
Nov-18-07 Washington, DC By the time Bayer AG caved to pressure from regulators and pulled Trasylol from the global marketplace earlier this month, an estimated 4.8 million cardiac patients had received the suspended drug since it was first introduced in 1993. Many of those patients, having experienced kidney failure, stroke or heart problems since receiving Tra... - Zyprexa: Highest Rate of Suicides in its Class
Nov-15-07 Houston, TX A drug prescribed to combat agitation, has the potential to cause agitation: such is the disconnect often found in the drug world and in this case Zyprexa , which has been linked to several serious side effects including diabetes and stroke, and has generated much lawsuit activity. Most damning of all, is the reality that a drug which is... - When Asbestos is Disturbed, so are Human Lives
Nov-7-07 Auburn, NY A group of 16 workers from Cayuga County filed suit against their employer over allegations of exposure to asbestos in the workplace. The suit alleges that day-to-day operations were allowed to continue in the Board of Elections Building while a boiler was being replaced in the basement, in February of last year. The suit contends that asbe... - First Unum Denies Yet Another Disability Claim
Nov-6-07 Dayton OH The financial side effects Jennifer W. has suffered because First Unum denied her disability claim have been devastating. Their rationale: her doctor's initial diagnosis wasn't the cause of her illness. In reality, her doctor didn't know the cause right away. Seems like Unum jumps at the opportunity to deny a long-term disability claim . In... - Trasylol: AG Bayer Halts Global Sales of Troubled Drug
Nov-5-07 Washington, DC In a stunning response to concerns over a Canadian clinical trial, Bayer AG announced this morning that it has halted worldwide sales of Trasylol. Long under a cloud of suspicion and concern, the reputation of Trasylol was further sullied a few weeks ago when the Ottawa-based clinical trial was abruptly halted after it was found that Tr... - PPH: You Can't Find what You Don't Look For
Oct-28-07 Wheelersburg, OH In the early 1990s and again in 1998, Kendall Lewis took the diet drug Adapex for weight loss. He had no health issues before taking this drug but he has now been diagnosed with hypertension and his cardiologist advised him to have more testing, this time for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (PPH). Lewis might be joining thousands of other v... - Topps Beef Burgers: Storing in the Freezer
Oct-23-07 Brooklyn, NY "I heard on the news that we should throw out the contents of Topps beef burgers after they were recalled ," says Miriam S., "but I'm keeping mine as proof that I was sick." Miriam S. (not her real name) cooked herself a Topps burger and it tasted pretty good, but later that night she started to get really bad cramps. "They were really p... - Stand 'n Seal: Hazardous Chemicals Used Haphazardly
Oct-23-07 Chicago, IL: Roanoke Companies (now known as BRTT) should have acted immediately on adverse reports regarding its Stand 'n Seal Spray back when they first started rolling in. Instead, dozens of hapless consumers were inadvertently damaging their lungs , and worse. Instead, the manufacturer chose to wait weeks until it finally notified the Consumer Pr... - Asbestos Exposure only Known Link to Pleural Mesothelioma
Oct-23-07 Los Angeles, CA Even though asbestos has been a dirty word for decades, and its use and prevalence has dramatically declined, the toxic substance is still making its presence felt, and is still at the root cause of serious health problems including pleural mesothelioma . In many cases it is claiming lives. Walter Kot of Illinois is just the latest wo... - Avandia Facing More Limitations
Oct-22-07 Boston, MA As Avandia's sales drop, more news is coming in that uses of the drug both in the US and internationally are being limited. GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Avandia, already faces numerous [ lawsuits ] regarding the drug; sales have fallen drastically and now it appears that even fewer people will have access to Avandia because of safety concerns. ... - Former FDA Official Condemns Fen Phen's Approval
Oct-19-07 Rockville, MD The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has come under fire lately for the manner by which some recent drugs have been approved. However, one former FDA official was upset a decade ago that drugs used in [ Fen phen ], a drug combination linked to primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH) , were approved for use. He says he knew early on in the...