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Jan-16-08 Louisville, KT: Marie's husband Steve is living in a nursing home. He has been there since his health seriously declined, following illness, heart attacks and liver and kidney problems. Marie says that Avandia caused Steve's health crisis. Steve has been on Avandia for a while, almost 10 years. However, his serious health problems began this year when... - Asbestos whistleblower Suspended, Demoted for Protecting Schoolchildren
Jan-16-08 New York, NY: A veteran steamfitter for the New York City Department of Education (DOE) is now sweeping floors in a warehouse. He says that's because he has long been a whistleblower over asbestos contamination in the city's public school buildings. Asbestos is a dangerous carcinogen; inhaled asbestos fiber has been linked directly to mesothelioma and... - New RN Staffing Regulations
Jan-11-08 Oakland, CA: The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) has sent letters to hospitals notifying them of their obligation to meet the new Registered Nurse (RN)-To-Patient Hospital Staffing standards. The regulations are designed to improve patient care. The letters also reiterate that hospitals must increase staffing beyond the ratios if needed... - Statins Star Rises, But Zetia?
Jan-11-08 Kenilworth, NJ: The outlook on cholesterol-fighting statins only gets better, while cholesterol drug Zetia continues to be cloaked in a shroud of secrecy. At issue is a study on Zetia's safety and effectiveness that was completed two years ago by Merck and Schering-Plough, but was never released. The so-called Enhance study, which should give the best in... - Preemption - Bush Administration Tag-Team Argues for Medtronic Part II
Jan-3-08 Washington, DC: Persuading the US Supreme Court to rule against the private citizen in the case of Medtronic v Riegel would represent the ultimate parting gift to the device industry from the neutered duck in the White House, because a ruling by the nation's highest court cannot be undone. In the words of Ted Olson, the Bush Administration's Former Soli... - Chantix: Suicidal Thoughts From Someone Who Was There
Jan-1-08 New York, NY Smoking is not the easiest habit to break. It can cause irritability in the best of us, as we try to wean our bodies of addictive nicotine. But suicide ? That's what one consumer experienced with Chantix , the so-called smoking cessation wonder drug that was proven in clinical trials to be more effective than Zyban. Today, the US Food and... - Zetia: So Many Questions, So Few Answers
Dec-26-07 Kenilworth, NJ In the five years since cholesterol drug Zetia has been on the market, millions of Americans have embraced Zetia to help them control their cholesterol levels. And yet, the safety of Zetia, and specifically concerns surrounding the potential for liver damage has been suspected for some time. In fact, prior to Zetia gaining US Food a... - Chantix by Pfizer: Quitting Smoking Could Kill You
Dec-23-07 Dallas, TX Trying to quit smoking is hard enough, without being driven to suicide. But that appears to be a possibility with Chantix, and its United Kingdom counterpart Champix, after reports of smoking cessation patients experiencing suicidal thoughts. The European Medical Agency (EMEA), which is responsible for regulating medicines in 27 countries ove... - Topps Tainted Beef: Recall Could Have Happened Sooner
Dec-21-07 Lexington, NB In the aftermath of the Topps beef recall , one of the largest beef recalls in US history, a number of problems have been identified that may, ideally, serve to improve safeguards and prevent illness and similar recalls from happening again. However, the very convenience of frozen foods only adds to the problem, and dictates that safeguar... - Wills, Trusts, and Estates: "We thought we had all the bases covered"
Dec-17-07 Okmulgee, OK When you're planning and establishing a trust for your estate, look for a trustee who knows the difference between your interests and their own and who will work for you. Large financial institutions such as the Bank of America certainly know that difference, but as Lorene Grant discovered, they also know how to make your trust and estate wo... - Totino's and Jeno's Pizza Recall: Food Poisoning Lawyer Bill Marler Weighs In
Dec-14-07 Seattle, WA "General Mills Totino's and Jeno's pizza E.coli outbreak is a relatively small outbreak in relationship to others," says food poisoning lawyer Bill Marler. " Therefore, wage loss and medical bills would be a small amount of money to pay for goodwill in this case." Although small by outbreak standards, the [ frozen pizza recall ] sent many... - ATV deaths and injuries
Dec-14-07 Turner, OR When Sue Rabe read an article about a 10-year-old boy in Wyoming whose [ Yahama Rhino ] rolled over on him this week while he was doing chores on the family farm, she commented, "It's typical for kids to be on these adult size things on a farm." That boy survived but Sue and Tom Rabe's son Kyle, aged 10 also, wasn't so lucky. Their family's... - Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Leads Investigated
Dec-11-07 Washington, DC: Medtronic faces two separate investigations involving its [ Sprint Fidelis Leads. ] The first involves information requested by a Senate panel regarding the Sprint Fidelis Lead recall, while the second investigation, conducted by the US Justice Department, examines allegations that Medtronic made illegal payments to foreign physicians. A... - Zyprexa Suicide: Husband Hung Himself
Dec-10-07 Rockford, IL: Sarah Thompson's (not her real name) husband, David, committed suicide on March 7, 2002, after taking Zyprexa for only three months. Thompson says she has no doubt that Zyprexa changed her husband and altered his thinking. The coroner may agree with Thompson—on David's death certificate, next to "How injury occurred," he wrote, "P... - Yamaha Rhino Ludicrous
Dec-8-07 Los Angeles, CA "It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that, if the Yamaha Rhino was designed with doors, it would have kept legs from flying out on a rollover therefore saving people from disastrous injuries and perhaps their lives," says Carter Spohn, investigator and business director, Magana Cathcart and McCarthy. Spohn discusses with... - Nursing Home Abuse: More People Need to Speak Out
Nov-30-07 Bullhead City, AZ Kathleen Sadlier transferred her mother, Rita, from a hospital to a nursing home , thinking she would get rehabilitation. Instead, her mother received poor care and even an injury. Although Rita was there for just a week, Sadlier says she saw so much nursing home neglect that she had to take her mother out of the home. Rita was init... - One Consumer Vows: No More Frozen Pizza
Nov-27-07 Battle Creek, MI Scott Arendt was one of Jeno's brand frozen pizza's best customers: he ate Totino's or Jeno's pizza as a snack almost daily. Not anymore. "I expect our food to be safe and I don't think I will ever eat a frozen pizza again," says Arendt. "A few weeks ago I came home from work and ate a Jeno's brand pizza --I eat them just about every da... - Stand 'n Seal: Trust No One, But Yourself
Nov-26-07 Denville, NJ: It's too bad when a civilized population, peace-loving and living within the confines of the law, can no longer depend on government statutes and entities designed to shield them from harm and adopt almost militant tactics in an effort to protect their health and well-being from someone else's greed. But that's what happened in the Stand 'n... - Nexium's European Patent Upheld
Nov-20-07 Albuquerque, NM: The European Patent Office (EPO) has ruled that AstraZeneca's European patent covering the MUPS formulation, (EP 723 437), is still valid. MUPS® stands for multiple unit pellet tablets, comprising a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) compound. The MUPS formulation is used for both Nexium and Losec. The ruling is significant because Nexium is... - Zyprexa: Highest Rate of Suicides in its Class
Nov-15-07 Houston, TX A drug prescribed to combat agitation, has the potential to cause agitation: such is the disconnect often found in the drug world and in this case Zyprexa , which has been linked to several serious side effects including diabetes and stroke, and has generated much lawsuit activity. Most damning of all, is the reality that a drug which is...