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Alaskan Health Insurer Sues Abbott / St. Jude over Defective ICD Batteries

Chicago, IL: Chicago may be far removed from Alaska geographically, but Illinois serves as home base for a proposed St. Jude class action lawsuit brought by an Alaskan union-benefits fund against St. Jude manufacturer Abbott Laboratories (Abbott).
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Hip Replacement and Cobalt Poisoning misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's

Palm Springs, CA: Robert’s hip replacement has served him well for many years, even though the metal-on-metal device was recalled by DePuy. Just recently, however, his cobalt levels have skyrocketed. “My husband is having cognitive issues, which seems to indicate cobalt poisoning,” says Trudy. “In January, DePuy said they would pay for surgery to have it removed but now they won’t cover it because my husband had the surgery in India. DePuy sells its devices worldwide, so what difference does it make?”
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Victim with Broken Wrist Blames Airbag and Hand Grip

Anchorage, AK: Ron was holding on to the passenger side hand grip when the side airbags deployed after hitting another car. “I blame Ford for my airbag injury and faulty design. If not for the position of that grip I wouldn’t have broken my wrist,” he says.
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Drilling Mud Spills at Repsol Exploratory Site

Planes Collide Over Alaska leaving Four Dead

Del Monte Recalls Cantaloupes Because Of Possible Salmonella Panama Contamination
March 23, 2011. By Lucy Campbell.
Washington, DC Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A., Inc. (“Del Monte Fresh”) of Coral Gables, Florida is recalling 4,992 cartons of cantaloupes, each containing 4 plastic mesh sleeves with 3 cantaloupes per sleeve, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Panama, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems. Healthy persons infected with Salmonella Panama often experience fever, diarrhea (which may be bloody), nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain. In rare circumstances, infection with Salmonella Panama can result in the organism getting into the bloodstream and producing more severe illnesses such as arterial infections (i.e., infected aneurysms), endocarditis and arthritis.
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Oil Field Accident in Alaska Spills 1,890 Gallons

Clover and Clover Mix Sprout Products Recalled due to Possible Salmonella Contamination
January 3, 2011. By Lucy Campbell.
Washington, DC Sprouters Northwest, Inc. of Kent, WA, is recalling all of its clover and clover mix products because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.
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Chantix User: Chantix Led to Violent Outbursts

Survivors found in Dillingham Plane Crash

- NASA Chief, Former Senator in Fatal Alaska Plane Crash By Lucy Campbell (Aug-10-10)
- Three Dead in Anchorage Plane Crash By Lucy Campbell (Aug-2-10)
- Cargo Plane Crash on Training Exercise Kills Four US Airmen By Gordon Gibb (Jul-29-10)
- BP Oil Spill: Officials Consider Changes to Law By Heidi Turner (Jun-9-10)
- Anchorage Plane Crash Kills Child By Lucy Campbell (Jun-2-10)
- Levaquin Patient May Require Surgery By Heidi Turner (May-2-09)
- SSRI Birth Defects: "My Child is the Victim" By Lucy Campbell (Apr-7-09)
- SSRI Birth Defects: Why Weren't Warnings Issued Sooner? By Lucy Campbell (Feb-6-09)
- Medtronic Infuse Bone Graft: Long List of Perks for Docs By Heidi Turner (Sep-27-08)
- Digitek "HorsePills" and subsequent Class Action Lawsuit By Jane Mundy (Jul-8-08)
- PPH and more After Five Years on Fen-Phen By Lucy Campbell (Jun-18-08)
- Zyprexa on Trial in Alaska: Lilly Accused of Putting Profit Before Patients By Gordon Gibb (Mar-9-08)
- Chartered Plane Crashes in Alaska By Anita Black (Jan-10-08)
- Workers' Compensation: "They'll just fight me and fight me." By Paul Halpern (Dec-17-07)
- Factory Farms: Air Pollution and the Threat of Bird Flu By Anne Borden (Aug-15-07)