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Endocsopy Claims Settled in Vegas

Posted on January 26, 2010
A judge has ruled 18 people who contracted hepatitis C from the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada can receive a settlement in their cases against Dr. Dipak Desai.Judge Allan Earl said each of those 18 patients will each receive an undisclosed amount of money for their case...

Verdict in a Pain Pump Injury Case

Posted on January 26, 2010
A jury has ordered a medical device company to pay a Portland, Oregon man and his wife $4.75 million, finding I-Flow Corp. liable for damaged cartilage in Matthew Beale's right shoulder.According to Beale's lawsuit, I-Flow encouraged surgeons to use a pain pump in an unapproved and unsafe manner for patients recovering from shoulder-joint surgery...

Huber Needles Recalled

Posted on January 26, 2010
More than two million Huber needles -- about a third of the number used in the U.S. with implanted ports to treat chronic diseases -- have been recalled, the FDA announced.The needles can cut the resealing silicone septum of the ports and possibly send slivers of the material into the body, with the potential to cause embolisms and other damage, according to Mary Brooks, RN, of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health...

Texting: NTSB Finds that Train Engineer's Texting Caused Rail Wreck

Posted on January 26, 2010
Amazing. What will it take to end this?The NTSB crash report says phone records show Sanchez sent more texts on the job than on weekends. That wasn?t his only violation of company policy. Sanchez invited friends into the cab, and even told them where to hide in case inspectors came on board...

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Trucking News: Federal Government Bans Truckers and Bus Drivers from Texting

Posted on January 26, 2010
The government Tuesday formally barred truckers and bus drivers from sending text messages while behind the wheel, putting the federal imprimatur on a prohibition embraced by many large trucking and transportation companies."We want the drivers of big rigs and buses and those who share the roads with them to be safe," said U...

GlucoPro Insulin Syringes Voluntarily Recalled

Posted on January 25, 2010
A voluntary nationwide recall of all GlucoPro Insulin Syringes (Nipro Medical Corporation) is now proceeding according to the FDA.The alert sent Friday from MedWatch, the FDA's safety information and adverse event reporting program, notes that syringes may have needles that detach from the syringe...

Florida Appellate Decisions of Note

Posted on January 25, 2010
Bryant v. Tarma, 21 So.3d 137: Florida does not allow the owner of a single cause of action to split it into more than one lawsuit. Plaintiff brought separate suits - one for property damage, another for injuries - which could only be brought in one action...

Savella Raises Concerns at Public Citizen

Posted on January 22, 2010
Public Citizen has ased the FDA pull the fibromyalgia drug Savella from the market.Savella belongs to a class of drugs called serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), which include some antidepressants. In its petition to the FDA, Public Citizen said that the European Medicines Agency (EMEA), which regulates drugs on the Continent, rejected Savella's approval for fibromyalgia in July 2009, stating that its benefits were "marginal...

Meridia: Heart Attack Warning Added to Label; Banning urged n Europe

Posted on January 22, 2010
The FDA is warning doctors that weight loss pill Meridia may increase the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients with a history of heart problems.The FDAis adding new labeling to the drug, stressing that it should not be used in patients with heart failure, hypertension, irregular heart beats and other problems...

Merck: Did it Hide Vioxx Data?

Posted on January 20, 2010
A recent study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine has revealed that information about heart risks from pharmaceutical giant Merck's Vioxx drug was available in 2000, four years before the Merck pulled the drug from the market. Because the information was not published and made public, Merck may have sat on it until a later clinical trial openly revealed that the drug was causing strokes and heart attacks...

FDA About to Weigh in on Tanning Beds

Posted on January 20, 2010
he Food and Drug Administration has finally decided to consider stricter warnings about use of the devices and the risk of cancer. The study released by WHO revealed that use of tanning beds by individuals before the age of 30 increases the risk of melanoma, the deadliest type of skin cancer, by 75 percent...

Quick Tech Take: PDFmyURL.com

Posted on January 19, 2010
PDFmyURL will make a PDF file when you type in a web address. If you just want a PDF of a URL, PDFmyURL.com is a breeze. From the site:Simply link the text or image you want people to use for downloading a specific page/url like this:http://pdfmyurl.com?url=www...

Recall: Tylenol, Children's Tylenol, Eight-hour Tylenol, Tylenol arthritis, Tylenol PM, children's Motrin, Motrin IB, Benadryl, Rolaids, Simply Sleep and St. Joseph's aspirin

Posted on January 19, 2010
From the company website:Based on this investigation, McNeil Consumer Healthcare has determined that the reported uncharacteristic smell is caused by the presence of trace amounts of a chemical called 2,4,6-tribromoanisole (TBA). This can result from the breakdown of a chemical that is sometimes applied to wood that is used to build wood pallets that transport and store product packaging materials...

Georgia Court of Appeals Alliows Electronic Filing

Posted on January 18, 2010
The Georgia Court of Appeals has begun accepting briefs electronically this week. Chief Judge M. Yvette Miller said the court expects to allow additional types of electronic filings, such as motions and requests for extensions or oral argument, by the end of January...

FDA Warns: Watch out for Counterfeit Alli

Posted on January 18, 2010
Preliminary tests by the FDA revealed that the counterfeit version does not contain orlistat ? the active ingredient in the product ? but instead contains sibutramine.Stay connected - Sign Up for the E-mail News Wire!The counterfeit Alli has been sold over the internet in 60-mg capsules as part of a 120-count refill kit...

Recall of HappyBaby Products, and the Company's Reply

Posted on January 18, 2010
A well reasoned plain english letter to the public that's timely and worth a read: I want to be the first to tell you about a voluntary recall we?ve issued for our recently released HAPPYTOT Stage 4 and the new HAPPYBABY Stage 1 and Stage 2 pouch products...

FDA Issues Update on BPA

Posted on January 18, 2010
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical that has been present in many hard plastic bottles and metal-based food and beverage cans since the 1960s. Studies employing standardized toxicity tests have thus far supported the safety of current low levels of human exposure to BPA However, on the basis of results from recent studies using novel approaches to test for subtle effects, both the National Toxicology Program at the National Institutes of Health and FDA have some concern about the potential effects of BPA on the brain, behavior, and prostate gland in fetuses, infants, and young children...

MuscleMaster.com: Voluntary Nationwide Recall of Body Building Products

Posted on January 17, 2010
Northborough, MA ? January 15, 2010 ? MuscleMaster.com, Inc. ("MuscleMaster.com") announced today that it is conducting a voluntary nationwide recall of all lots and expiration dates of the seventeen below listed dietary supplements sold between June 1, 2009 and November 17, 2009 (hereinafter "Recalled Products")...

Recall of Motrin, Benadryl and Rolaids

Posted on January 17, 2010
Varieties of Motrin, Rolaids and Benadryl- over the counter medications in wide use across the country- are now also being recalled for the ?moldy, musty smell? and ensuing illness experienced by some consumers.The products were recalled due to contamination with a substance that causes vomiting, nausea, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms...

Hurricane Katrina: Lawsuit based on Death of Hospital Patient Proceeds in Louisiana

Posted on January 11, 2010
Once the power blinked out, Althea LaCoste's lungs were on their own. She struggled to breathe without the help of a respirator, and even a team of nurses hand-bagging air into her ailing lungs couldn't save her, according to court documents. LaCoste, 73, died before she could be evacuated from Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital in the chaotic days after Hurricane Katrina...

New Seroquel Print Ad has 5 PAGES of Disclaimers

Posted on January 11, 2010
Yes you read that right ... from the folks over at bnet.com, take a gander at it - PDF Alert:http://i.bnet.com/blogs/seroquel-ad.pdf?tag=content;selector-perfectorIf a drug has five full pages of "information" or disclosure, or waivers, etc. what does that tell you about taking it? Ask your doctor.

Company Will Not Recall Ozone Generators

Posted on January 11, 2010
A California company won't recall something that isn't "broke" or so says the company rep. The FDA said Applied Ozone Systems, in Auburn, Calif., claims its ozone generator devices treat cancer, AIDS, hepatitis, herpes and other infections and diseases...

Powerful Opinion Piece on Georgia's Victims of Medical Wrongdoing

Posted on January 09, 2010
This is a must read. I take it whole cloth from http://georgiajustice.blogspot.com/:In Georgia, Middle Ground for Victims of Medical Wrongdoing?How many hoops should you have to jump through to get justice? It's a fair question that many people struggle with...

Risperdal and Invega Lawsuits filed

Posted on January 08, 2010
Lawsuits have been filed n behalf of boys and young men who developed serious side effects - including the growth of breasts - while taking the antipsychotic medications Risperdal and Invega.The drugs are made by Janssen, a division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc...

Tysabri: Four More Cases of PML

Posted on January 07, 2010
Biogen Idec Inc (BIIB.O) said on Wednesday that four more patients taking its multiple sclerosis drug Tysabri had developed a potentially deadly brain infection known as PML in November, bringing the total to 28.The biotech company said it will release the number for December soon...

Philips Issues Voluntary Recall Notice: Avalon Fetal Monitors

Posted on January 07, 2010
The Food & Drug Administration prompted Philips Healthcare (AEX:PHI) to issue a voluntary recall notice on four models of its Avalon fetal monitor after receiving complaints that the devices were providing inaccurate readings.The Dutch company, which houses its U...

Faulty Catheters Recalled

Posted on January 05, 2010
Plymouth-based Ev3 Inc. has recalled several models of a catheter that may crack during medical procedures and cause serious injury, according to the Food and Drug Administration.The federal agency said the recall of Ev3's Trailblazer support catheter was initiated Nov...

FDA: 26 New Drugs in 2009; 25 in 2008

Posted on January 05, 2010
Image via WikipediaFederal regulators approved 26 new medicines in 2009 compared with 25 in 2008, though several key drugs that were expected to reach store shelves didn't.The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved 26 first-of-a-kind medicines in 2009, more than in any of the prior four years, according to an analysis by the research firm Washington Analysis...

Gov't Panel seeks Blackbox Warning for MRI Drugs

Posted on December 31, 2009
MRI imaging drugs from GE Healthcare (GE.N) and Covidien (COV.N) appear linked to a higher risk of a potentially fatal skin disease for some patients than similar products.'A majority of the Food and Drug Administration panel felt current data showed GE's Omniscan and Covidien's Optimark were associated with a higher risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) for patients with severe kidney disease, panel chairman Robert Harrington said...

OsmoPrep Lawsuits Filed

Posted on December 31, 2009
Four plaintiffs filed a complaint in North Carolina claiming that the use of a Salix Pharmaceuticals drug led to kidney damage. The case revolves around the drug OsmoPrep, which is used to cleanse the intestines in preparation for a colonoscopy. A statement claims the parties sustained a variety of serious kidney injuries and that some of the injuries resulted in the need for dialysis...

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