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Merck Wants Gardasil Fast Tracked

Posted on March 20, 2008
LEARN MORE Guttmacher Institute research paper Injuryboard on girl  paralyzed  newspaper story  Injuryboard on Gardasil  Merck on Gardasil CDC on HPV Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)  Mothering Magazine- Guard Against Gardasil, May, June 2007   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ Eric Hood   The FDA will speed its review of Gardasil for use in adult women trying to avoid the humanpapilloma virus (HPV)...

Study Finds Older Stored Blood - Worst Outcomes

Posted on March 20, 2008
  LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Trasylol Injuryboard on blood transfusion  NIH on autologous blood transfusions NEJM study  IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikicommons / blood compatibility/InvictaHOG  This study has significance for anyone about to undergo surgery...

Part of Heparin Contaminant Mystery Solved

Posted on March 19, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard interview Dr. Jack Trautman Injuryboard on  heparin Injuryboard on pet food recall    IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ Tim Starkey So far 19 people have died from a contaminant in the blood-thinning medication heparin while a wide net has been cast to try and identify the source that's led to a major recall of the entire U...

Nevada Governor Gibbons on the Hot Seat

Posted on March 19, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on hepatitis C  Injuryboard on colon cancer  White, Meany & Wetherall law firm web site  Steven Klearman & Associates, Reno    IMAGE SOURCE: Creativecommons/ Gov. office  Nevada's Governor Jim Gibbons is on the hot seat for taking too long to respond to a public health crisis in Las Vegas...

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Second Clinic Has Confirmed Hepatitis C Case

Posted on March 19, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on hepatitis  Injuryboard on reuse of syringes  Injuryboard on how to stay safe    IMAGE SOURCE: Creativecommons.org/ Erich Schulz, Brisbane The Las Vegas clinic crisis has been expanded to include another facility.  Health officials say they now have evidence that a second medical clinic may be responsible for the transmission of the contagious blood borne disease, hepatitis C...

Kids' Allergies: One Mom and 7,000 Physicians Look for Answers

Posted on March 18, 2008
IMAGE SOURCE: IB News Interviews Robyn O'Brien, Founder AllergyKids.com / Photo Courtesy, Robyn O'Brien LEARN MORE AllergyKids.com  List of Banned Substances worldwide  Council For Responsible Genetics on GE food  Injuryboard on allergy drugs  Injuryboard on asthma   American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology      IMAGE SOURCE:©Robyn O'Brien and children, Courtesy Robyn O'Brien, AllergyKids...

Gene Research Major Breakthrough in Diabetic, Elderly Eye Disease

Posted on March 18, 2008
LEARN MORE University of Utah summary of study here   Injuryboard on diabetes here   IMAGE SOURCE:© iStockphoto/ Sugar pond  Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a very common affliction and accounts for most cases of blindness over the age of 50...

Study - Human Growth Hormone Fuels Muscle and Controversy

Posted on March 18, 2008
LEARN MORE Annals of Internal Medicine here Injuryboard on HGH here Injuryboard on testosterone here IMAGE SOURCE:©iStockphoto/ pidjoe Building better muscle is the goal of body builders and even weekend gym rats. So many turn to supplementing with human growth hormone, which has been found to build more muscle...

Ten Million Baby Boomers Predicted To Be Hit By Alzheimer's

Posted on March 18, 2008
  LEARN MORE See the Alzheimer's Association report here Injuryboard on Alzheimer's disease NIH on DBS here Alzheimer's Association Brain Tour here Alzheimer's Association here U. of Calgary video here (view with Quicktime 4.1)   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/JJRD  Baby boomers constitute the largest population demographic ever and as a group have established social trends, advanced scientific inquiry and redefined what we once thought of as old age...

Obesity Pill Right Around the Corner?

Posted on March 17, 2008
LEARN MORE Merck news release on its research here  Iceland study in Nature here  Mice study in Nature here Injuryboard on obesity here  Injuryboard on diabetes here  IMAGE SOURCE: Wikicommons/ Boochan  Imagine taking a pill to cure the ill of obesity?  Scientists say it might be available in a decade as they gain more understanding in how genetics factor into weight gain...

Obesity Linked to Lower Breast Cancer Survival

Posted on March 17, 2008
LEARN MORE Clinical Cancer Research press release here American Association for Cancer Research on the study here Injuryboard on Breast Cancer here Injuryboard on Obesity here Calculate your BMI here Q & A on inflammatory breast cancer here IMAGE SOURCE: Frankfurt statue/ Fat Gretchen/ Wikicommons/ Peng  Overweight or obese women who are diagnosed with cancer will likely be frightened by this study released in the March issue of Clinical Cancer Research...

Conflicts of Interest In Nevada Hepatitis C Investigation

Posted on March 17, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on hepatitis C  Injuryboard on colon cancer  White, Meany & Wetherall law firm web site here  Steven Klearman & Associates, Reno IMAGE SOURCE: Wikicommons/ Euchiasmus  Nevada's Governor Jim Gibbons has asked for the resignation of three doctors on the state's Board of Medical Examiners who are charged with discipling physicians involved with the hepatitis C outbreak in his state...

Inhalants Most Popular Drugs for Pre-Teens

Posted on March 14, 2008
LEARN MORE National Institute on Drug Abuse on Inhalants here National   Inhalant Prevention Coalition web site    here Injuryboard on teens here IMAGE SOURCE: © creativecommons.org/ user: Omegatron  For kids on the brink of becoming teenagers, a high from inhalants seems to be the drug of choice...

Quaids Discuss Twins Near Death from Heparin on 60 Minutes

Posted on March 14, 2008
LEARN MORE Steve Kroft interviewed on The Early Show and video segment here Injuryboard on medical mistakes here Injuryboard on Medical Malpractice caps here Injuryboard on heparin here Injuryboard on blood-thinners here Injuryboard on Quaid twins last November here InjuryBoard's Heparin page NIH's Heparin information    Read about HIT- Heparin Induced  Thrombocytopenia Quaid V...

For Postmenopausal Women - A Little Exercise Can Mean A Lot

Posted on March 14, 2008
LEARN MORE American Osteopathic Association on Exercise and Postmenopausal women here American Heart Association study summary here IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockphoto/ ranplett Are you already overwhelmed about breaking your January resolution to spend hours in the gym every week pumping iron, logging miles or counting reps and sets? Start small, say researchers in this National Institutes of Health study...

Las Vegas Man Says Endoscopy Center Missed His Cancer

Posted on March 13, 2008
  LEARN MORE Injuryboard on colon cancer Injuryboard on hepatitis  Injuryboard on how to protect yourself from dirty syringes  Injuryboard on endoscopy and unsafe practices at Endoscopy Center  IMAGE SOURCE: creativecommons.org, flexible endoscope, author de:benutzer:Kalumet Hepatitis C, B and HIV are the fears of most people who have ever visited the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, where reused syringes, assembly line colonoscopies and less than sanitized equipment were all part of business as usual...

Anemia Drugs Under FDA Scrutiny Again

Posted on March 13, 2008
LEARN MORE FDA on ESAs here FDA Q & A about ESAs here J & J on Procrit here Injuryboard on anemia here IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto.com/ Wa Li  Two major drug companies will go before a critical FDA panel today to defend the benefit of their multi-billion dollar anemia drugs used by cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy...

Who Should Be Teaching Teen Girls About STDs?

Posted on March 13, 2008
LEARN MORE Advocates for Youth web site here Planned Parenthood web site here  MomLogic web site here Injuryboard on sexually transmitted diseases here The Education of Shelby Knox web site here CDC study results here  IMAGE SOURCE: Copyright iStockphoto/ izusek The news this week that one in four teenage girls ages 14 to 19 has a sexually transmitted disease, has parents, educators and  advocates scrambling in different directions for an answer...

iPod Nano Sparks Fire, Investigation

Posted on March 12, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on lithium battery fires here IMAGE SOURCE:  Creativecommons.org, creator Lusheeta That iPod nano might be delivering more than a pulsating beat in your music.   Apple Japan is just the latest to begin investigating reports of the iPod nano sparking while charging...

Senators Disturbed over Pharmaceuticals in Water Findings

Posted on March 12, 2008
LEARN MORE List of AP Investigative reports on water here  Image Souce: http://creativecommons.org, Courtesy, che, Li-sung It's not uncommon to receive a sheet of paper from your municipal water provider telling you what's in your local water...

MRSA Screening Did Not Reduce Infections

Posted on March 12, 2008
Image: Alicia Cole, hospital infection victim, Courtesy, Alicia Cole LEARN MORE Injuryboard on MRSA infections here JAMA study on MRSA here Story (2 parts)  of Alicia Cole, victim of MRSA here Alicia Cole's Web site here  A new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) surprised researchers looking to reduce the rash of drug-resistant hospital infections that are an emerging public health concern...

Teen Sexually Transmitted Disease - Alarming

Posted on March 11, 2008
LEARN MORE CDC STD prevention  Injuryboard on STD Injuryboard on cervical cancer Injuryboard on HPV  Researchers wanted to find out just how prevalent sexually transmitted disease (STD) is in teenage girls.  So the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention collected data on 838 girls ages 14 through 19 and asked them about their sex life...

March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month

Posted on March 11, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on colon cancer  American Cancer Society on colon cancer prevention month here  Timing is everything. March is colon cancer awareness month. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of death in the U.S. and the third most common cancer in men and women...

Nevada Governor Defends Clinic Inspector Cuts

Posted on March 11, 2008
Image: Nevada Republican Gov. Jim Gibbons LEARN MORE Injuryboard on hepatitis C Injuryboard on colon cancer  White, Meany & Wetherall law firm web site here  Speaking to reporters Monday on the question of whether more outpatient clinic inspectors might have found shoddy public health practices sooner, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons questioned whether more frequent inspections are really needed...

Dr. Desai Speaks

Posted on March 11, 2008
LEARN MORE Amended complaint by White, Meany Wetherall law firm for class action lawsuit  Although he has been quiet so far, the doctor at the center of a major public health outbreak in Las Vegas issued a statement on Monday. Dr. Desai could face criminal charges as nurses and doctors are now speaking out about the non-standard public health protocols used at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, owned by gastroenterologist Dr...

Pharmaceuticals Found in 41 Million Americans Drinking Water

Posted on March 10, 2008
LEARN MORE AP report on pharmaceuticals Our Stolen Future web site   Pharmaceuticals are entering the drinking water of approximately 41 million Americans, the investigative team of the AP reports. The Associated Press looked at 24 municipalities during a five-month investigation combing through hundreds of scientific reports, databases, interviewing hundreds of people from scientists to officials and academics...

Wyeth Fights $27 Million Hormone Replacement Ruling

Posted on March 10, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Hormone Replacement Therapy Injuryboard on Wyeth lawsuits  Wyeth Pharmaceuticals and Upjohn have been ordered to pay a Little Rock Arkansas woman more than $27 million dollars after a jury linked her breast cancer to hormone replacement therapy...

Las Vegas Doctor Facing Criminal Charges As Story Unfolds

Posted on March 10, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on colon cancer  Injuryboard on hepatitis Injuryboard on how to protect yourself from dirty syringes   Injuryboard on endoscopy and unsafe practices at Endoscopy Center  Dr. Dipak Desai, owner of the now closed Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada may soon be able to tell his side of the story to criminal investigators...

Missouri, Minnesota Senates Push Gardasil Education

Posted on March 07, 2008
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Gardasil here Injuryboard on Cervical Cancer here Judicial Watch here  Women in Government here   The Missouri State Senate on Thursday passed a bill mandating that all sixth-graders receive information about humanpapilloma virus (HPV) and the vaccine Gardasil, the only cervical cancer vaccine at this time...

Heparin Recall Expands to Germany, 80 Sickened

Posted on March 07, 2008
  LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Heparin here FDA on Heparin recall here Injuryboard on expanded heparin recall here  Even though Germany does not use Baxter Healthcare's heparin, that has been the subject of a massive U.S. recall, that country's own locally produced version of the blood thinner has been recalled after 80 patients fell ill...

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