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Oct-13-07 Parrotsville, TN "I will never get used to this," says Maureen Holmes. "I'm surrounded by chicken houses and my kids can't even play outside." For Maureen and her family, these chicken houses are more than a poultry farm nuisance ; they have interfered with their quality of life. Fifteen years ago, Maureen Holmes (not her real name) moved back to her "... - Doctor Urges Colleagues Not to use Shoulder Pain Pumps
Oct-13-07 Washington, DC The doctor who co-authored a study that showed [ shoulder pain pumps ] can cause life-long pain and injury is asking fellow doctors not to use the pain pumps in arthroscopic surgery. Dr. Charles Beck warned that shoulder pain pumps have the potential to cause permanent damage to the shoulder and noted that hundreds of people are at risk f... - Cough Medicines for Babies Banned
Oct-12-07 Baltimore, MD Just a few weeks after the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an exhaustive study regarding the effectiveness of cough and cold medications for children under two, the manufacturers of many cough and cold syrups for toddlers have pulled them from the market. Yesterday the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) announce... - Topps Bottoms Out: Lawsuits Pending from Massive Recall
Oct-9-07 Elizabeth, NJ: Two days after a class action lawsuit was filed against them, Topps Meat Company announced that it was going out of business, brought to its knees by the tainted meat recall. The company, based in New Jersey, found itself at the centre of controversy after an initially small recall of beef products suspected of being tainted with E. coli m... - The Stand 'n Seal Case: Unsafe Product + Ineffective Response = Sickness and Death
Oct-9-07 Denville, NJ: The aerosol spray-on chemical sealer Stand 'n Seal that was marketed as quick and convenient not only injured consumers and is alleged to have caused two deaths, but which remained on store shelves 18 months after the recall. What's more, as outlined in a damning expose in today's edition of the New York Times and summarized today here a... - Clogged Logic: Johnson&Johnson Admits in Court Stents are Unsafe
Oct-5-07 Greenwood, DE A well-known medical products manufacturer has told a federal judge in Delaware that its Cypher stent can cause blood clots . This admission under oath flies in the face of the company's continued public stance that the Cypher stent, which is coated with a drug, is safe. According to a story appearing today in the New York Times, the un... - FDA Officials Sued Over Conflict of Interest Part II
Oct-2-07 Washington, DC: The lawsuit filed on behalf of dying cancer victims against FDA officials that describes the intentional rigging of the advisory committee that met to review the application for the approval of Provenge, a cancer vaccine, on March 29, 2007, clearly proves that the industry-controlled FDA is never going to clean up its act. The defendants... - FDA Safety Review Recommends Banning Cough Medicines for Kids Under Six
Oct-1-07 Washington, DC In what is poised to become yet another test of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the release of an exhaustive safety report on children's cough medicines recommends a total ban for children under 6 years of age. Given there are more than 800 products on the market directed at children, this could turn into a closely-watched de... - FDA Officials Sued Over Conflicts of Interests Part I
Sep-30-07 Washington, DC A lawsuit recently filed in a federal court in Ohio against FDA officials on behalf of terminal cancer patients provides a rare window into the inner workings of an agency hijacked by pharmaceutical industry giants and stacked with insiders by President George Bush to guard against any threat to the profits of his top campaign contributors... - Shoulder Pain Pump Not Necessarily the Best Pain Solution
Sep-28-07 Boston, MA Patients who undergo surgery are usually understandably concerned about the pain they will endure. In the case of arthroscopic shoulder surgery, an alternative to oral medications was developed to help deal with post-surgical pain. This alternative, a shoulder pain pump , was supposed to almost eliminate the pain patients felt in the two to thr... - "Ketek Almost Killed Me"
Sep-22-07 Iowapark, TX Two years ago, Teresa Virgin was prescribed Ketek for a simple sinus infection. It was almost her death sentence. "I went through 65 days of hell, including three hospital visits and my teenage kids thought they were losing their Mom," says Teresa. "Within two days of taking Ketek, I got so sick," says Teresa "My whole body felt drained a... - Railroad Ballast Injuries
Sep-21-07 Omaha, NE As railroad ballast injuries become more common, many railroad workers have filed lawsuits against their employers alleging that they have developed serious and sometimes permanent injuries as a result of improper ballast in railyards. Recently, a jury in Maryland awarded eight railroad workers a total of $15.1 million in their railroad ballast... - Avandia: "My Mother's Close Call"
Sep-16-07 Alton, ON "In 2004 my mother was prescribed Avandia --it was a new experimental drug and her doctor recommended it to regulate her blood sugar," says daughter Anne. "But she suffered a heart attack on October 31, 2005 and I believe it was a result of Avandia." Anne's mother took Avandia for 18 months before she was rushed to hospital with a heart attac... - Shoulder Pain Pumps Linked to Serious Shoulder Injury
Sep-13-07 Boston, MA: Patients who undergo shoulder arthroscopy generally think they will feel much better following the procedure, but if they use a shoulder pain pump to help regulate their pain, they may wind up feeling much, much worse in the long term. A study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine (July 3, 2007), linked shoulder pain pumps t... - Diseases Associated with Asbestos
Sep-12-07 Dallas, TX: Although it was once commonly used for insulating buildings and machinery, the use of asbestos has declined sharply over the last several decades as people became more aware of the serious health consequences associated with asbestos exposure. However, due to the widespread use of asbestos in the 20th century and the length of time it some... - Kugel Mesh Patch Lawsuits Consolidated
Sep-12-07 Cranston, RI: The number of lawsuits filed against Davol Inc. regarding the company's Kugel Mesh Hernia Patch has grown so large that all federal cases involving the patch have been consolidated and transferred to the District of Rhode Island for pretrial proceedings. The move was opposed by lawyers for the defense who wanted the lawsuits transferred eit... - MRI Contrast Agents: "No Family Should Have to Go Through This"
Sep-11-07 Rockledge, FL: More and more patients are learning the hard way how deadly gadolinium-based contrast agents can be if they have kidney problems. Too many families are suffering because their loved ones are given an MRI dye that they should never have received. Lawsuits are now being filed alleging that the dyes should not have been used in certain pati... - MRI Health Risks: Two Accounts
Sep-10-07 Rockford, AL "My mom had several MRI s in the late 1990s - they were trying to find out why she was having dizzy spells," says Willie G. Not long afterward, her skin turned yellow and her feet and hands tightened--the first signs of Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis (NSF) that can be caused by a Gadolinium based contrast dye injected into the vein during an... - Farm Nuisance Makes One Property Owner Hog Wild
Sep-9-07 Summerfield, FL "This place used to be beautiful but the pig pen right behind my fence has destroyed it," says John Williams. This hog farm has become more than a farm nuisance for Williams: it has also devastated his property value. Williams's woes began when his neighbor refused to repair a fence. Instead, nails and broken wire were sticking through... - Farm Nuisance: Living Near Poultry Factory
Sep-6-07 Byrdstown, TN: "We thought they were just clear-cutting across the street and next thing we knew, chicken houses were built," says Kasie. "This is more than a farm nuisance : it is a factory that hurts not only us but farmers and communities." Kasie moved to Byrdstown three years before four chicken houses with 34,000 birds in each house were built-- d...