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Mar-30-08 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. She was admitted to hospital that day, and on further testing the doctors discovered that he... - Attorney Maurice B. Graham on Equitable Recovery
Mar-29-08 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... - Avandia: From Healthy to Heart Attack
Mar-27-08 Breckenridge MI Colin H. has type 2 diabetes. He has had diabetes for more than 10 years, and up until recently he controlled his blood sugar levels well with diet and exercise. So well, in fact, he didn't need any medications. But during the past couple of years his blood sugar levels started to increase slightly, so in February 2007 his doctor put him on... - Salmonella Suspected Contaminant in Alamosa Water Supply
Mar-25-08 Alamosa, CO: As careful as you are to mitigate germs in the kitchen to ward against salmonella, you might be forgiven for becoming angered when despite your best efforts, the salmonella that could make you and your family sick could be coming from your tap water. That's the case in the city of Alamosa, Colorado after an outbreak of salmonella poisoning h... - Will Botox Leave You Divine, Damaged or Dead?
Mar-21-08 Rockville, MD Are the FDA reports of Botox-caused death and paralysis enough to deter the millions who use the drug as a beauty tool? Let the numbers speak for themselves. Allergan, the manufacturer of Botox, posted a 24 percent leap in its profits in its 2007 fourth quarter alone. For 2008, they are targeting $1.37 billion of the cosmetic enhancement pi... - California Overtime: What the New Exemption Threshold Means
Mar-21-08 Los Angeles, CA A change in the California Overtime Law , and a lowering of the exemption threshold that came into effect in the New Year, translates to a win for employers in the computer industry, and a loss for those spending endless hours staring, hunched over, into a screen. Following years of annual increases, as of January 1st 2008, the hourly w... - First Unum: Long Term Disability Denial
Mar-20-08 Fairfax, VA "First Unum has destroyed me," says Angie Summar, "and by the end of this summer, we will likely be looking at foreclosure on our home." Summar has been denied further long term disability benefits because her doctors changed her diagnosis—from bad to worse. Trouble is, First Unum has their own diagnosis; they say that Summar can go bac... - Plane Crashes: How Serious are Missed Inspections?
Mar-14-08 Dallas, TX On March 12, 2008, 43 planes in the Southwest Airlines fleet were grounded as the company had failed to perform required inspections of those planes for cracks. The number of planes affected is less than one-tenth of its fleet. So how much danger were passengers in? Was there a real risk of an airplane crash ? Southwest Airlines faces a civi... - Rochester Meat Recall: Why the Secrecy?
Mar-12-08 Washington, DC It seems that at least a few facts are finally on the table about January's Rochester Meat recall of 188,000 pounds of e. coli contaminated ground beef that was sold to restaurant chains and institutional food services. By "a few facts," we mean very few. We knew from the beginning that the recall was triggered by six cases of e. coli... - Sprint Fidelis Case Highlights Industry and FDA Failures
Mar-12-08 Waltham, MA In an article in the March 6 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. William H. Maisel says that a flawed medical device approval process at the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and deliberate foot dragging by Medtronic Inc. made the Sprint Fidelis lead debacle far worse than necessary. Maisel says, "The large numbe... - Medtronic Sprint Fidelis: "I'm beginning to wonder if any of their leads are worth a crap."
Mar-7-08 Wyoming, MI At first, Lisa Kraft's story sounds like a classic Medtronic Sprint Fidelis failure. She had a Medtronic device implanted last fall; early this year, one of the leads failed, and a month later was found to have fractured. Now she's trying to decide what to do: Have the lead replaced? Leave the device in place and hope for the best? Get rid... - Getting Totaled by State Farm
Mar-7-08 Redlands, CA Over the past several years, State Farm Insurance has taken public steps to shine up its image of fair dealings with its policyholders. Yet it revealed quite a darker face to Rachel when she tried to obtain a State Farm totaled vehicle title for an unfit car. "In 2003 I had an accident," say Rachel, "and reported it to State Farm. My ag... - Family Files Lawsuit in Inmate's Death
Mar-6-08 Phoenix, AZ: A federal inmate died while in the Muscogee County Detention Center and now his family is suing for the wrongful death of their loved one. The lawsuit was filed on March 5, 2008 in federal court on behalf of Charles Leon Weatherford's two surviving children and his estate. The lawsuit names nine jail employees, Sheriff Charles Pearson, and... - Stockbroker Arbitration: When Your Stockbroker Stiffs You
Mar-1-08 Marion, OH It might make for good laughs on late-night television, as fans of Late Night with David Letterman on CBS saw Wednesday night with his Top Ten List (Signs You Have a Bad Stockbroker), but stockbroker fraud is no laughing matter—especially when you have your retirement nest egg on the line. Stockbroker arbitration is a means by which... - Heparin Production Linked to Small, Unregulated Chinese Sweatshops
Feb-28-08 Washington, DC The heparin recall in January over an unknown bacterial contamination may be linked to small, unregulated production houses in China. Last month, Baxter International recalled nine lots of the injectable blood thinner after hundreds of adverse reaction reports, and four deaths. In all of 2007, there were about 100 reports or adverse rea... - Governor of New York Adamant About Family Leave
Feb-24-08 Albany, NY: Governor Spitzer of New York is adamant about his state providing its own family leave provision. Recently, in a State of the State address he warned lawmakers that New Yorkers need protection when they need to take time off to care for loved ones. Governor Spitzer deemed it not fair to expect New Yorkers who work hard for a living to have to... - Fen-Phen Victims Get the Last Word
Feb-24-08 Lexington, KY: In 1997, the diet drug Fen-phen was removed from the market due to its prevalence to cause heart problems and primary pulmonary hypertension (PPH). The company was required to pay out billions of dollars in settlements to those who had taken the diet pill and had later developed health conditions that were determined to be a result of ta... - Transgender Law to Possibly be Compromised
Feb-23-08 Baltimore City, MD A heated debate is allegedly taking place in Maryland in regard to a law intended to safeguard rights for transgendered people. The law offers shielding for the transgendered for the areas and services of: public accommodations, provision for taxis and cable, housing and jobs. A petition with approximately 32,000 names opposing the law i... - Chantix Controvery Carries On Over Cigarette and Smoking Cessation
Feb-20-08 Dallas, TX: The Chantix controversy wages onward as opposing camps have sprouted over the drug's potentially suicidal effects . Some people that have taken Chantix for the express purpose of quitting smoking have allegedly ended up with a problem just as big. Many of those ingesting Chantix to be free of cigarette smoking allegedly find themselves fette... - Zetia: How Did It Get Here?
Feb-18-08 Washington, DC The emerging scandal surrounding Merck/Schering-Plough's Zetia and Vytorin cholesterol-lowering drugs has raised questions about some related issues. To recap: on January 14, after nearly a two-year delay, Merck/Schering released the results of its ENHANCE testing program for their combination Zetia/simvastatin (Zocor) drug called Vytori...