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Botox Death: It CAN Happen

Posted on March 31, 2008
Irvine, CA: The recent reporting of potential deaths and severe adverse reactions linked to Botox has served as somewhat of a primer to the general population as to what Botox really is.

Attorney Louis Sokolov on Canadian Wage and Hour Class Actions

Posted on March 31, 2008
Toronto, ON: Louis Sokolov is a partner in Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP (SGM) of Toronto, one of Canada's leading labor law, civil litigation, and criminal law firms. A graduate of the University of Toronto and the Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, he is currently involved in major class actions against the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), the Bank of Nova Scotia (Scotiabank), and the Canadian National Railway (CN).

Tainted Heparin: Just What Is In It?

Posted on March 31, 2008
Washington, DC: Now that the mysterious substance found in tainted batches of heparin has been identified, attention now turns as to what role the counterfeit had to play in the suspected deaths of 19 patients potentially attributed to tainted heparin, and whether or not it was the heparin mimic that was the basis for as many as 700 adverse reaction reports.

Starbucks Ignores Court Ruling Vows to Appeal

Posted on March 31, 2008
Seattle, WA: After a court ruling that says Starbucks' tip policy is not fair to its workers and being ordered to pay up to $105 million in penalties to those who were affected in the tip sharing issues, the company is defending its policy. The company feels that their policy of dividing the tips out amongst its workers has been shown in a very unpleasant light.

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Stock Options: Honesty and Deception Filter Down from the Top

Posted on March 31, 2008
New York, NY: One needs only to pick up the paper on any given day to read about yet another highly-paid corporate player having his or her way with the system, by thumbing a nose at securities law and manipulating stock options to improve yield and reduce tax.

Vytorin and Zetia May Not Work: Cardiologists

Posted on March 31, 2008
Chicago, IL: The message could not have been clearer. At a major cardiology conference Sunday in Chicago, a gathering of 5,000 of the country's leading cardiologists were told unequivocally that cholesterol drugs Vytorin and Zetia should only be used as a therapy of last resort, given the now-widely-held view that the two drugs may not work.

Did Heparin Kill My Wife?

Posted on March 31, 2008
Minneapolis, MN: Harold's wife was a shining light in her local community. Vibrant, involved, she was loved by everyone. But in 2004 she received news that she had breast cancer. After several rounds of chemotherapy, she contracted a lethal blood infection, for which the doctors could not determine a cause...

Asbestos Mesothelioma: Six Members of One Family Now Dead

Posted on March 30, 2008
Winnipeg, MB: A Canadian First Nations family that has incredibly lost five of its members to asbestos poisoning, has now lost a sixth.

California Worker Finds Comp Time for Overtime Never Materializes

Posted on March 30, 2008
Santa Clara, CA: When Terrence started working for Siemens at a Microsoft lab in California; he didn't realize that all his overtime would be unpaid. But that is exactly what happened. To make matters worse, when he complained he couldn't continue to work for free, he was fired.

Chantix: “I Started To Get Really Depressed”

Posted on March 30, 2008
Superior, WI: Victoria H. says she had no idea that Chantix could have been responsible for her suicide attempt. In fact, it was not until a month later, when her friend phoned her with information about Chantix, that Victoria had any idea that her suicide attempt could have been caused by the anti-smoking medication.

All Eyes on Darden as Economy Slows

Posted on March 30, 2008
Orlando, FL: It's always a roll of the dice when a restaurant chain, already feeling the sting of higher food costs and lower profits, takes the plunge and makes an acquisition that further increases its debt. And while a March 19th announcement by Darden showed revenues to be up, the good news could well be temporary as the sub-prime mortgage crisis, and the recession that appears to be coming in its aftermath, puts a crimp on consumer spending.

Credit Card Rate Hikes: Four Customers Tell Companies to Take a Hike

Posted on March 30, 2008
Seattle, WA: What follows are four anecdotes of credit card abuse. Daily, people's lives are being destroyed by unfair rate hikes, by unscrupulous credit card companies. Countless consumers are so deep in debt that any day now, they face foreclosure on their homes...

Avandia: Meant to Help but Killed Instead

Posted on March 30, 2008
Edmonton, AB: Early in August 2006, Vivian's mother went to the hospital in Edmonton to have some cancer tests done. However, when she arrived the doctors noticed that the left side of her body was swollen. They took her vital signs and noticed her heart was racing...

Complaint Filed Against Christian School for Racism

Posted on March 30, 2008
Pine Bush, NY: Chapel Fields Christian School has always been a school that has offered scholarships to inner city kids and orphans in Africa that allows them to attend the school. The kids that are offered these scholarships are primarily black. But now the school is being sued for expelling a student accused of sexual improprieties because of the color of his skin, which is black.

The Duragesic patch: Fentanyl Can Kill More Than Pain…

Posted on March 29, 2008
Raritan, NJ: Chronic pain sufferers will tell you that the Duragesic patch is so bad, it's good. Very, very good, in stemming the kind of chronic pain most closely associated with cancer patients, and others who suffer with ailments and agony the rest of us couldn't imagine having to live with.

Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada: Patients Have Questions

Posted on March 29, 2008
Houston, TX: William C. says he was at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada in 2005 for a colonoscopy. He says everything was fine until a few weeks ago, when he saw on the news that the Endoscopy Center was reusing syringes. Like many other patients, William became very concerned that he may have contracted Hepatitis B, C or HIV from the clinic.

Mortgage Broker Accused of Deceptive Lending

Posted on March 29, 2008
Chicago, IL: A couple who simply wanted to lower the cost of their mortgage payments has now been forced out of their home. As a result, the Illinois Attorney General has filed a lawsuit against Advantage Mortgage Consulting that alleges the lender used a number of schemes to convince customers that they would pay lower mortgage payments...

Attorney Maurice B. Graham on Equitable Recovery

Posted on March 29, 2008
St. Louis, MO: Attorney Maurice B. Graham is a partner in Gray, Ritter and Graham, PC, a personal injury and complex business and commercial litigation firm. A 1962 JD graduate of the University of Missouri, Graham is former president of the Missouri Bar Association (1988-1989) and has served as a member and chairman of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee, which oversees attorney discipline in Missouri...

Cell Phone Termination Fees: “You Want To Pull Your Hair Out”

Posted on March 29, 2008
Dallas, TX: Douglas M. says that he has finally resolved his complaints with Sprint, but it took a long time, many phone calls and two complaints to the Better Business Bureau before his early termination fees were dropped. He had been with Sprint for many years when his problems started in 2005 and says that he never actually authorized a new plan with his cell phone provider.

New Trasylol Trial Halted Due to Deaths

Posted on March 29, 2008
Washington, DC: On March 27, 2008 Bayer AG said that a new trial on Trasylol had to be halted because the risk of death increased due to excessive bleeding. In addition to this new trial, previous studies have shown that Trasylol has a strong link to kidney failure in patients administered the drug when undergoing heart bypass surgery.

Nephrologist Blamed Celebrex for Kidney Problems and Hypertension

Posted on March 29, 2008
Raleigh, NC: Bess W. was referred to a nephrologist to evaluate her kidney function. "All this time she was still on 200mg of Celebrex daily," says her husband Reid. "The specialist reported to her primary care physician that she had progressive renal insufficiency due to analgesic neuropathy from many years of non-steroidal and COX-2 use...

Regranex Increases Risk of Death from Cancer

Posted on March 28, 2008
Rockville, MD: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that it is conducting a safety review based on study data suggesting there may be an increased risk of death from cancer in diabetic patients using Regranex (becaplermin) Gel, a skin product used to treat foot, ankle, and leg ulcers.

Attorney Stuart N. Ratzan on a Challenge to Florida’s Medical Negligence Cap

Posted on March 28, 2008
Miami, FL: Stuart N. Ratzan is a managing shareholder of Ratzan & Rubio, a trial firm whose practice is focused on catastrophic negligence and commercial disputes. He is a 1987 cum laude graduate of Amherst College and received his J.D., cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law in 1991...

Boeing Sued by Air Force Pilot for Jet Breakup

Posted on March 28, 2008
Washington, DC: In November over the state of Missouri, an Air Force pilot was flying his F-15C fighter in a routine training mission when it broke apart, causing him to become injured. Now the pilot is suing Boeing, the maker of the fighter jet, for the accident, according to his lawyer.

B. Braun Medical Heparin Critics: Recall Should Have Happened Sooner

Posted on March 28, 2008
Ottawa, ON: It was a week ago today that B. Braun Medical announced a recall of its heparin products, after tests concluded that a similar contamination affecting heparin products marketed and sold by Baxter International, had invaded its product as well.

Unum Said They Own all My Social Security

Posted on March 28, 2008
Salisbury, NH Lu had an accident that destroyed his right shoulder, ruptured a disc in his neck and damaged his other shoulder. As a respiratory therapist, his doctor certified that he was unfit to work. As well, he had four opinions from specialists, all with the same prognosis; nothing could be done...

HIV Drugs Under Suspicion for Increased Risk of Heart Attack

Posted on March 28, 2008
Washington, DC: In what is fast becoming a never-ending story, a drug that showed no concern in clinical trials is suddenly under the microscope now that the drug is on the market and used by a wider number of Americans.

Trasylol: A Child’s Life Changed

Posted on March 28, 2008
Clayton, IN: Anthony Moreno's daughter was born with a challenging birth defect that required multiple complex surgeries to correct. This resilient little girl came through the procedures and seemed to be doing well until things took a turn for the worse...

Merck’s Singulair: Possible Suicide Link Probed by the FDA

Posted on March 28, 2008
Washington, DC: Yet another high-profile drug is suddenly under the microscope after reports of suicidal behavior. Singulair, the popular allergy medication marketed by Pharma giant Merck and Co. and raking in sales of $4.3 billion last year, is being scrutinized after what is described as a handful of patient reports have come into the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Singulair and Suicide Association under FDA Review

Posted on March 27, 2008
Rockville, MD: In an "Early Communication" release, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed healthcare professionals and patients of the possible association between the use of Singulair (Montelukast) and behavior/mood changes, suicidality (suicidal thinking) and suicide.

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