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Baron To Receive Experimental Drug

Posted on October 17, 2008
  LEARN MORE Injuryboard on multiple myeloma   IMAGE SOURCE:  Baron and Blue Foundation web site photo     After at first being refused an experimental drug that is in clinical trials, Fred Baron will be able to receive the drug, Tysabri. Baron, 61, a prominent Democratic fundraiser, was the subject of a world-wide plea by his son Andrew...

News EPA Standards Get The Lead Out Following Litigation

Posted on October 17, 2008
LEARN MORE Natural Resource Defense Council Mo Coalition for the Environment EPA statement   Injuryboard Help Center - Lead   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ EPA logo- public domain   The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has tightened the regulations for airborne lead particles...

Pfizer $900 Million Celebrex Bextra Settlement

Posted on October 17, 2008
   LEARN MORE Injuryboard on celebrex Injuryboard on bextra Injuryboard on Pfizer litigation FDA on celebrex Pfizer press release    IMAGE SOURCE: Pfizer Web site banner    Pfizer, the world's largest drug company, has agreed in principle to an $894 settlement for the painkillers, Celebrex and Bextra...

Federal Seat Belt Ruling Pre-empts Lawsuits

Posted on October 16, 2008
LEARN MORE Public Citizen letter to NHTSA on DSP, 2005 NHTSA on DSP Geier v. American Honda   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ rolled minivan/ author: Ron Bailey    You might not have noticed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) final ruling on seat belts,  but it could change your life if you are ever injured by a defective or missing seatbelt...

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Private Money Looks For Cure To Health Care

Posted on October 16, 2008
LEARN MORE X PRIZE Foundation  WellPoint   IMAGE SOURCE: xprize foundation web site    The task is not a small one - find a way to "revolutionize health care and make it available to everybody". The prize - $10 million. That is the challenge and offer being made by the philanthropic organization, X PRIZE Foundation, along with the WellPoint Foundation, the nation's largest health insurance company...

Stress Tests Being Overlooked Prior To Angioplasty

Posted on October 16, 2008
   LEARN MORE JAMA Abstract American Heart Association on stress tests Injuryboard on stents Injuryboard on Heart Attacks Injuryboard on drug-coated stents   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ placing a stent/ author: National Institutes of Health    More than half of Americans undergoing angioplasty to open their arteries are not having a recommended cardiac stress test in advance...

Federal Pre-emption Push In Final Days Of Bush Administration

Posted on October 16, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard Help Center on pre-emption  Injuryboard on federal pre-emption news Injuryboard on seatbelt pre-emption State Department background on Jay Lefkowitz   IMAGE SOURCE:   State Department/ bio of Jay Lefkowitz/ State Department background on Jay Lefkowitz     The issue of federal pre-emption has huge implications, but its importance is often overlooked by the mainstream media...

U.S. Ranks 29th in Infant Mortality

Posted on October 15, 2008
LEARN MORE CDC report  Injuryboard on low birth weight and autism  Injuryboard on SIDS  Kids Count Report  Annie E. Casey Foundation      IMAGE SOURCE : Wikimedia Commons/ premature infant/ author: Hallbrianh    Federal data indicating how often newborns survive, ranks the U...

FDA Expert On BPA Failed To Disclose $5 Million From Industry

Posted on October 15, 2008
LEARN MORE National Toxicology Program on BPA Injuryboard- Safe Home101 on Avoiding BPA Injuryboard  news on BPA Theo Colburn, Our Stolen Future Alternet story on BPA American Chemistry Council Injuryboard on toxic substances  Environmental Working Group- Ways to Avoid BPA Exposure   IMAGE SOURCE:  University of Michigan School of Public Health web site   Dr...

Vitamin B No Help For Alzheimer's Patients

Posted on October 15, 2008
LEARN MORE JAMA: High-Dose B Vitamin Supplementation and Cognitive Decline in Alzheimer Disease ActionAlz.org InjuryBoard on Vitamins InjuryBoard on Alzheimer’s Disease Join the Fight: World Alzheimer’s Day MRI May Be Useful For Early Alzheimer's Diagnosis IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons/ progressive dementia patient/ author: Dr...

Sunshine Vitamin Linked to Parkinson's Disease

Posted on October 14, 2008
LEARN MORE Archives of Neurology InjuryBoard on Parkinson’s Disease InjuryBoard on Vitamin D InjuryBoard on Vitamin D News InjuryBoard on Sunshine and Vitamin D NIH on vitamin D Linus Pauling Institute on Vitamin D National Parkinson Foundation IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockphoto/ art symbol for sun/ author: Fred_DL Scientists are testing a possible new theory that vitamin D, the “sunshine vitamin” can help ease the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease...

Automatic IRA's Address Lack Of Saving

Posted on October 14, 2008
LEARN MORE AARP Automatic IRA  AARP Report: Partial and Uncertain AARP Report:  Retirement Security/Insecurity HR 5543  S. 1288    IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ money growth/ author: blackred The AARP reports that many Americans 45 and older are tapping into the future retirement accounts just to cover day-to-day expenses...

Study Suggests No Overall Link Between Caffeine-Breast Cancer

Posted on October 14, 2008
LEARN MORE Archives of Internal Medicine InjuryBoard on Caffeine InjuryBoard Breast Cancer Help Center InjuryBoard on Cancer IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons / 3-D Caffeine / author: Benjah-bmm27 A new study has good news for women who can’t get through the day without their fix of Java...

Out-Of-State Teen Taken To Nebraska For Abandonment

Posted on October 14, 2008
  Injuryboard Asks: Should the states provide shelter for teens in trouble and parents without options? LEARN MORE Nebraska - latest Safe Haven cases InjuryBoard on Safe Haven law in Nebraska 9 Children Abandoned Under New Nebraska Safe Haven Law  Dad Who Left 9 Kids Talks  Nebraska Teens Abandoned By Frustrated Caregivers  Release  Safe Haven Law - LB 157    IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ sad adolescent/ author: aldomurillo   Another teenager has been dumped in Nebraska, this time the mother had to travel 12 hours to do so...

Get the BPA Out Of Baby Products Now- 3 States Say

Posted on October 14, 2008
LEARN MORE JAMA -  Full Text of  report National Toxicology Program on BPA Injuryboard- Safe Home101 on Avoiding BPA Injuryboard  news on BPA Theo Colburn, Our Stolen Future Alternet story on BPA American Chemistry Council Injuryboard on toxic substances  Environmental Working Group- Ways to Avoid BPA Exposure   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ baby having a bottle/ author: Michael Jastremski   Three states have run out of patience when it comes to potentially dangerous plastic components in baby bottles...

NIH Suspends Emory University Grant

Posted on October 14, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News on Conflict-of-Interest InjuryBoard on Harvard Psychiatrists Statement of Emory University Emory Creates New Conflict Oversight Million Dollar Conflict-Of-Interest By Emory Psychiatrist Uncovered By Grassley IMAGE SOURCE: © Emory University Web site/ picture of Dr...

Gingko Shows Promising Results for Stroke Patients

Posted on October 13, 2008
LEARN MORE Journal Stroke InjuryBoard Stroke Help Center About Herbs by Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Mayo Clinic on Gingko Biloba National Stroke Association IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto/ gingko biloba leaf / author: alohaspirit Ginkgo biloba, one of the top selling herbs in the United States, has long been used as a natural brain booster...

Alcohol - Healthy Heart, Shrinks Brain

Posted on October 13, 2008
LEARN MORE Archives of Neurology- Abstract Injuryboard news on alcohol consumption  National Institutes of Health on RA  Arthritis Foundation  Karolinska Institute  Injuryboard on Resveratrol and heart health  Injuryboard on Resveratrol and anti aging drugs  Injuryboard on anti-aging Resveratrol      IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ red wine/ author: Andre Karwath    A small amount of alcohol consumption has been found to benefit the heart, but not the brain...

Vitamin D Recommendations Double For Young

Posted on October 13, 2008
LEARN MORE Institutes of Health on vitamin D  Mayo Clinic on vitamin D AAP - Vitamin D report Injuryboard on vitamin D  Injuryboard on osteoporosis  Adolescent Medicine  Injuryboard on sunshine and vitamin D  NIH on vitamin D   U.S.D.A. on vitamin D foods  Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine   Injuryboard on bone, joint and muscle disorders    IMAGE SOURCE:© iStockPhoto/ girl in meadow/ author: arphotokike   Rickets was a problem in the U...

Study: Vioxx Risk Lingered After Discontinued Use

Posted on October 13, 2008
LEARN MORE The Lancet – 10/14/08 Issue InjuryBoard on Vioxx NEMJ: APPROVe Study 3/17/05 Issue Merck Newsroom on Vioxx Vioxx Settlement U...

Study Finds Similar HPV Rates in Men And Women

Posted on October 12, 2008
LEARN MORE The Journal of Infectious Diseases InjuryBoard on Gardasil Vaccine InjuryBoard on Gardasil for HPV InjuryBoard on Cervical Cancer One Quarter Teen Girls Get Merck HPV Vaccine IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons/ low grade cervical changes with HPV effect/ author: Dr...

The Personal Tragedies Behind The Mental Health Parity Bill

Posted on October 10, 2008
  The late Sen. Paul Wellstone LEARN MORE Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ the late Paul Wellstone/ author: Congress    The late Sen. Paul Wellstone (D-Minn) was not there...

Tobacco Fraud Case Before The Supreme Court

Posted on October 10, 2008
LEARN MORE Altria Group v. Good Britney, Palin, Paris, and Pre-emption (Part One) Britney, Palin, Paris and Pre-emption (Part Two) Wyeth Takes On Diana Levine And Preemption Issue In U...

World Mental Health Day October 10, 2008

Posted on October 10, 2008
LEARN MORE Mental Health Day, October 10 Injuryboard on depression Injuryboard on U.S. mental health parity bill More about mental health World Federation for Mental Health site   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Mental Health Day/ author: World Federation For Mental Health   12 out of every 100 people suffer a mental disorder, yet three out of four people in developing countries receive no treatment...

FDA Backs New Seroquel Formula For Bipolar Disorder

Posted on October 10, 2008
  LEARN MORE Injuryboard Help Center on Seroquel Injuryboard on Antidepressants and Psychiatric Drugs AstraZeneca Quote    IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ face of depression/ author: Hendrike      Seroquel, typically used to treat schizophrenia, has received FDA approval for its extended-release version to be used to treat bipolar disorder...

Should Contraceptives Be Allowed In School?

Posted on October 10, 2008
LEARN MORE TIME: Pregnancy Boom at Gloucester High CDC on Sexually Transmitted Diseases NIH on Safe Sex IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockphoto / birth control pills / author: ceneri   Injuryboard.com Asks:  Should parental permission be needed before schools dispense contraceptives? Across AmericaThe "Pregnancy Pact" made national headlines in June when it was reported that 17 high-school girls were expecting babies after entering into an alleged pact to have their babies together that year...

Making Hospitals Safer From 1.7 Million Common Infections

Posted on October 09, 2008
LEARN MORE CDC on infection control Injuryboard on MRSA Injuryboard news on MRSA Injuryboard on C. diff Guidelines (purchase only)     IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ protective clothing/ author: Ids   Given the outbreak of six lethal conditions that lead to 1...

Exercise Guidelines For Harried Americans, Everyone

Posted on October 09, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on heart disease Injuryboard on blood pressure drugs Injuryboard on diabetes HHS Exercise Guidelines American Heart Association guidelines for women   IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockphoto/ exercise woman/ author: Stockphoto4u         New exercise guidelines issued this week can fit into the life of any harried American, adult or child...

Pfizer Accused Of Manipulating Neurontin Studies

Posted on October 09, 2008
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Epilepsy InjuryBoard on Neurontin Merck & Co Marketing Created Vioxx Study Bad News Cholesterol Drug Data Withheld IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / Gabapentin (Brand Name Neurontin) / author: Fvasconcellos Pfizer suppressed medical studies that did not support the drug maker’s campaign to boost sales of it epilepsy drug, Neurontin, according to experts hired by plaintiffs suing the company...

One Quarter Teen Girls Get Merck HPV Vaccine

Posted on October 09, 2008
LEARN MORE General Gardasil Facts Injuryboard on Gardasil for HPV  Injuryboard on Cervical Cancer  Merck on Gardasil HPV Types 16 and 18 cause 70% of cervical cancer cases, and HPV Types 6 and 11 cause 90% of genital warts cases. GARDASIL may not fully protect everyone and does not prevent all types of cervical cancer, so it is important to continue regular cervical cancer screenings IMAGE SOURCE: WikiMedia Commons/ Teen girls/ Savaman     In case you've been wondering how effective those "One Less" ads have been for Merck's HPV vaccine Gardasil  - about one in four teenage girls ages 13 to 17 have reportedly received the vaccine...

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