Personal Injury Law

Stents As Effective As Bypass Surgery, Study Finds

Posted on February 20, 2009
LEARN MORE NEJM study Injuryboard, Orange County, Drug Coated Stents and Risk of blood clot, December, 2006 Injuryboard News - Johnson & Johnson stent patent, January 2008 Injuryboard Help Center- Boston Scientific drug-eluding stents   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Graphic- placement of stent / author: National Institutes of Health   When it comes to choosing a stent or a scalpel to treat severe heart disease, this study finds that stents are as effective as bypass surgery, with less risk of stroke...

Stroke Risk Linked To Proximity Of Fast Food Restaurants

Posted on February 20, 2009
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Fast Foods International Stroke Conference 2009 Food Products & Restaurants InjuryBoard on Stroke IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / McDonalds french fries / Kici New research presented at the International Stroke Conference, in California this week, suggests stroke risk is linked to the number of fast food restaurants in a given area...

Psoriasis Drug Linked To Deaths

Posted on February 20, 2009
  LEARN MORE Reporting Adverse Events to the FDA online FDA Public Health Advisory  Injuryboard- Chicago, Jamie Goldstein -Raptiva label change, October 2008   IMAGE SOURCE:  Raptiva Web site    The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a public health advisory about the immunosuppressant drug, efalizumab (Raptiva) made by Genentech, Inc...

Foreclosure Relief For Suleman, The Octuplets, And Six Million Others

Posted on February 19, 2009
LEARN MORE White  House Announcement  Injuryboard Los Angeles, Paul Kiesel - Beware of Loan Modification Scams, October 2008   Injuryboard News - Octuplets, Medical Miracle or Mistake? January 30, 2009 Injuryboard Help Center - In Vitro fertilization overview   IMAGE SOURCE: Nadya Suleman family Web site   The mother of octuplets who has six other children at home may soon be without a home...

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Cancer Researchers Death Reminds Us Of Dangers Of Showing Real Estate

Posted on February 19, 2009
LEARN MORE Inside Edition video Real Estate Safety Council Robert Siciliano safety expert   IMAGE SOURCE:  Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Web page, image of Jeanne Calle   Most of the negative news surrounding real estate these days has to do with dropping values...

Genentech Offers New Theory For Alzheimer's

Posted on February 19, 2009
LEARN MORE Nature Genentech Inc InjuryBoard on Alzheimer’s Disease InjuryBoard News on Alzheimer’s InjuryBoard Help Center on Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s Association IMAGE SOURCE: Genentech Inc...

Philip Morris USA Plans $8 Million Tobacco Appeal

Posted on February 19, 2009
LEARN MORE Injuryboard - Help Center- Cigarettes and Tobacco Injuryboard News- Jacksonville- Hess case follows in Engle footsteps, December 2008 Engle Trust Fund Florida Supreme Court on Engle case    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Marlboro cigarettes/ author: Bachmont   Tobacco giant Philip Morris USA, was dealt an $8 million blow Wednesday when a Fort Lauderdale jury awarded the widow of a smoker $8 million in damages...

Chinese Drywall Problem Moves Across Florida

Posted on February 18, 2009
  LEARN MORE IB Regional partner- Wayne Parsons, Honolulu IB Regional partner - Joe Saunders, St. Pete, Sarasota IB Regional partner - Steve Lombardi, Iowa Lennar Homes Taylor Morrison Homes   IMAGE SOURCE:  Sarasota Herald-Tribune Web site / Ryan Willis at home    Just how many homes are built with foul-smelling wallboard from China? Many residents of coastal Florida have been reporting problems to the health department and their contractor...

MRSA Infections Decline In Hospital ICUs

Posted on February 18, 2009
LEARN MORE JAMA 2/18/09 CDC on MRSA MRSA Education Initiative InjuryBoard on MRSA InjuryBoard Help Center on MRSA Making Hospitals Safer From 1...

Buffalo Crash Inquiry Looks At Crew Error

Posted on February 18, 2009
LEARN MORE Colgan Air Web site  Flight 3407 Info. Remembering the Victims of Flight 3407    IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / Continental Connection Bombardier Q400/ author: Rudi Riet    National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators now have data from the "black boxes" onboard Flight 3407 that crashed in Buffalo Thursday night and are considering a second theory beside icing - that the flight crew may have overreacted...

Coffee - Two Or More Cups May Reduce Stroke Risk

Posted on February 18, 2009
  LEARN MORE Circulation on Mediterranean diet, February 2009 Circulation on coffee consumption and stroke, February 2009 Injuryboard News on coffee and diabetes research, January 2008 Injuryboard Tampa News on McDonalds coffee case  Injuryboard on pregnancy and coffee  Injuryboard on caffeine and breast cancer risk  Injuryboard on caffeine  Injuryboard on teens and insomnia  Annals of Internal Medicine     IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ cup of coffee/ author: Julius Schorzman:    For many people whether it's good for you or bad for you doesn't matter - in the morning coffee is king...

Doctors Demand Online Silence From Patients

Posted on February 17, 2009
  LEARN MORE Medical Justice Web site  The Medical Malpractice Myth, Tom Baker, except American Association for Justice Injuryboard News  - HealthGrades report on medical errors   IMAGE SOURCE:  Medical Justice Web site  Go to a doctor and besides the mountain of forms covering insurance and pre-existing conditions, you might find a new requirement to sign before the doctor agrees to treat you...

Statin Use For Youngsters, Teens Revised

Posted on February 17, 2009
LEARN MORE Nicain research at: www.cholesterolscore.com AAP on statins Circulation - Abstract  Injuryboard News - Jupiter study on statins, November 2008 Injuryboard- Help Center- on Vytorin Injuryboard- Philadelphia on Vytorin   IMAGE SOURCE:© Wikimedia Commons/ Cholesterol/ Author: RedAndr   When the news came out in 2007 that the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) was recommending children as young as eight be given statins to lower cholesterol - it appeared to be words directly from the pharmaceutical companies to consumer's ears...

The Drug Livial Increases Breast Cancer Recurrence

Posted on February 17, 2009
LEARN MORE The Lancet Oncology (study summary) Livial InjuryBoard on Breast Cancer InjuryBoard on Hormone Replacement Therapy InjuryBoard Breast Cancer News IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons / structural diagram of Tibolone / author: Fvasconcellos A large study of the drug Livial was halted six months early after researchers found, the synthetic alternative to hormone replacement therapy, significantly raises the risk that breast cancer will return...

The Last Minutes Of Continental Flight 3407

Posted on February 16, 2009
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Stalking Victims Suffer In Silence

Posted on February 16, 2009
LEARN MORE Karen’s Law Blog DOJ Report on Stalking IMAGE SOURCE: Archive, People Magazine cover of Rebecca Schaeffer, May 1989 Stalking More Common Than Reported Many victims of stalking suffer in silence...

Gout Treatment Approved - First In 40 Years

Posted on February 16, 2009
LEARN MORE Injuryboard Help Center- Prescription Drugs Takeda Pharmaceuticals   IMAGE SOURCE: FDA   It's been more than 40 years since there has been any new medication approved to help the five million Americans who suffer from gout.  The Food and Drug Administration has now approved Uloric made by Takeda Pharmaceuticals of North America...

Peanut Contamination Felt Nationwide

Posted on February 16, 2009
LEARN MORE CDC on outbreak FDA on outbreak and recalled products  PCA News releases IB partner - Childers, Schlueter, Atlanta lawsuit IB Help Center- What is salmonella?   IMAGE SOURCE:   WikiMedia Commons    Peanuts are a cheap substitute for meat and in an economy in a nosedive might normally be experiencing robust sales...

Remembering The Victims Of Flight 3407

Posted on February 13, 2009
LEARN MORE Colgan Air Web site Flight 3407 Info. IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / In memory… / author: JHorrocks Friday was a somber day as family and friends remembered the victims of the crash of Continental Flight 3407...

Justice Ginsburg - Cancer Not Spread

Posted on February 13, 2009
LEARN MORE American Cancer Society on pancreatic cancer  Injuryboard News - Gastric bypass surgery reduces risk of pancreatic cancer, April 2008 Injuryboard News- on a vaccine made from pancreatic cancer cells,  September, 2008    IMAGE SOURCE:  Associated Press Video/ Ginsburg on the court   U...

Continental Commuter Plane Crashes Killing Fifty

Posted on February 13, 2009
LEARN MORE Colgan Air Web site InjuryBoard on Airline Accidents & Injuries Flight 3407 Info. IMAGE SOURCE: © Colgan Air Web site A Continental commuter plane nose-dived into a home near Buffalo, N...

Victory for Vaccine Makers - Setback for Parents

Posted on February 12, 2009
  LEARN MORE Injuryboard News - Hannah Poling case  Injuryboard - Autism overview National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Dr. Jon Poling article, Journal of Child Neurology, 2006 here  Adventures in AutismNational Vaccine Injury Act  Injuryboard on Vaccines  Injuryboard on Autism  CBS Online Interview with Dr...

Financial Incentive To Quit Smoking?

Posted on February 12, 2009
  LEARN MORE NEJM study  Injuryboard on cigarettes and tobacco Injuryboard on Florida Tobacco lawsuits Injuryboard Houston - Reich & Binstock Injuryboard on Lung Cancer Injuryboard on the Engle Trust Fund Injuryboard on Second Hand Smoke American Lung Association on smoking    IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ smoking cessation symbol/ author: AIGA Design     Offering cash to smokers to get them to give up cigarettes might just be a strong enough incentive to lead to success, new research finds...

Study: Zometa May Help Fight Breast Cancer

Posted on February 12, 2009
LEARN MORE NEMJ: Endocrine Therapy plus Zoledronic Acid in Premenopausal Breast Cancer National Cancer Institute - Breast Cancer InjuryBoard Breast Cancer Help Center InjuryBoard Breast Cancer News Austrian Breast & Colorectal Cancer Study Group (ABCSG) IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / Zoledronic Acid / author: Fvasconcellos The drug Zometa, used to prevent bone loss and prevent fractures in cancer patients, may also be effective in reducing the risk of early breast cancer reoccurrence or death in premenopausal women, suggests new research by Austrian scientists...

Peanut Corp. President Refuses To Testify To Lawmakers

Posted on February 11, 2009
   LEARN MORE Smoking Gun PCA internal e-mails PCA - Media page of Press Releases  FDA Page of recalled products  CDC Web page on outbreak    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ peanuts on the vine/ author: pollinator   Stewart Parnell was suppose to be on the hot seat in Washington D...

Maternal Obesity Raises Risk Of Birth Defects, Study Says

Posted on February 11, 2009
LEARN MORE JAMA: Feb. 2, 2009 InjuryBoard Spina Bifida Help Center InjuryBoard on Birth Defects InjuryBoard on Obesity IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / pregnancy and scale / author: Brosa Women who are obese during pregnancy have a greater risk of giving birth to a baby with certain birth defects, including spina bifida and other defects, according to British researchers...

Pfizer Vows To Disclose Physician Payments

Posted on February 11, 2009
LEARN MORE Injuryboard News on Joseph Biederman, Conflict of Interest, November 2008 Injuryboard News on Charles Nemeroff, Conflict of Interest, October 2008 Pfizer statement   IMAGE SOURCE : Pfizer Web site    Pfizer plans to become the first drugmaker to disclose the payments it makes to doctors and healthcare professionals who research or promote their drugs...

Salmonella May Be At PCA's Texas Plant Too

Posted on February 10, 2009
LEARN MORE Plainview Peanut Company statement, February 10, 2009 PCA - Media page of Press Releases FDA Page of recalled products CDC Web page on outbreak  Florida DOH   IMAGE SOURCE: FEMA peanut butter, Courtesy:  FEMA   Texas Branch and other updates  The Texas branch of the Peanut Corporation of America voluntarily closed its Plainview, Texas doors on Monday after lab tests determined that samples taken last week may be positive for salmonella...

FDA Seeks Tougher Regulation Of Opioids

Posted on February 10, 2009
LEARN MORE SAMHSA News Release NIDA - Prescription Drugs: Abuse and Addiction InjuryBoard on FDA IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons / U...

FDA Must Approve Bayer Ads For Yaz Contraceptive

Posted on February 10, 2009
  LEARN MORE Bayer on YazIMAGE SOURCE: Bayer Web site The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is venturing into the advertising industry. The FDA has demanded that it screen any ads that German drugmaker, Bayer AG, produce for its oral contraceptive, Yaz...

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