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Sort by date 1,864 pages found matching %3Cscript%3Ealert%28%27What_Security?%27%29%3C/script%3E- Big Pharma Implant For-Profit Industry Not Deserving of Preemption Protection Part I
Jul-9-07 Washington, DC: In addition to the question of how many soldiers will be dead or injured by the time self-proclaimed "war President" George Bush leaves office, Americans need to ask themselves how many citizens will be dead or injured as a result of an FDA controlled by the industry most credited with funding his move to the White House. Last year, the... - ATV Accidents: Interview with Carolyn Anderson
Sep-23-08 Brockton, MA Carolyn Anderson, co-founder of Concerned Families for ATV Safety knows all too well the pain of losing a child in an ATV accident. Her son, James, died at the age of 14 in an ATV crash. It was his first time on an ATV and the accident occurred while James was on a vacation with family friends. Now, Anderson is fighting to make sure that... - Is Your Insulation Making You Ill?
Nov-1-08 Fine, NY Dan was looking around the Internet a little while ago when he discovered an article about asbestos exposure on LawyersandSettlements. It got him thinking about the breathing problems he has developed and wondering if they could be related to the asbestos-containing zonolite insulation he used in his cellar over 13 years ago. Zonolite was ma... - Environmental Alert: The Drugs in Your Water Supply
Sep-15-08 Washington, DC If the old adage, 'you are what you eat' is true, then it would also hold that you are what you drink—something that could be morphing into the latest environmental issue . The suggestion is that we all might turn into pharmaceutical addicts just by drinking the tap water. Yes, that's an exaggeration—but what isn't are the traces of... - Byetta "Not Worth It"
Sep-6-08 Arizona City, AZ Patients taking Byetta may be surprised to learn that their medication has been linked to several deaths. Stephen M. only learned about the risks associated with Byetta after he became severely ill. He says that he would rather go back to taking insulin than using Byetta again. "The doctor prescribed Byetta on May 6, 2008," Stephen sa... - Ortho Evra Patch Complaints Span Six Years
Oct-15-08 Washington, DC Although Johnson & Johnson has paid at least $68.7 million in out-of-court settlements for lawsuits filed after females used its Ortho Evra birth-control Patch , is that enough? The healthcare maker says more than 5 million women have used the Patch but it doesn't say how many (countless) women have suffered blood clots, heart attacks or st... - Was Heparin contaminated or did Patient have Allergic Reaction?
Oct-9-08 Kansas City, KS: Justine was hospitalized for five days last January for a deep-vein thrombosis and she was given Heparin injections . She now believes the side effects she suffered were caused by an allergic reaction or Heparin contamination. Researchers say that combining short periods of leg compression with medications like Heparin can be helpful... - Doctor Blamed Heparin for Near-Death
Aug-26-08 Louisburg, KY: Norma says she is lucky to be alive. She went into anaphylactic shock after being injected with the anticoagulant Heparin , which naturally led Norma—and her doctor-- to believe the drug was contaminated. Norma's ordeal first started in December 2007 when she was rushed to ER with severe pains and diagnosed with kidney stones. "It pass... - Judge Rules against GSK--Teen Paxil Suicide Case goes to Trial
Oct-5-08 Philadelphia, PA A federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled on Wednesday, October 1, 2008 that a lawsuit filed by the parents of a 16-year-old New Jersey boy who committed suicide while taking Paxil can proceed to a jury trial. In doing so, the Court denied the motion for summary judgment filed by Paxil manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) . This was GSK... - Lawmakers Want to End Big Pharma Recruitment Schemes - Part 2
May-30-07 Washington, DC: The whole idea of mining for psychiatric drug customers by screening all Americans for mental health disorders came to fruition as the result of the campaign contributions by the pharmaceutical industry, which in large part helped George W Bush take up residence in the White House. To repay his enormous debt to the industry, on April 29,... - Living in the Shadow of the Power Plant
May-23-07 Harrisburg, PA People residing near the Bruce Mansfield power plant in Beaver County, PA, have been living under a barrage of air contamination, and finally the plant owner is going to be taken to court, says PennFuture, an environmental public interest organization. Lawsuit pending In a May 22 press release, PennFuture says it will launch a "citizen... - The FDA Guerillas of Wonky DrugWonks - Part I
Aug-12-08 Former Bush Administration officials have formed a pharmaceutical industry guerilla group called the Center for Medicine in the Public Interest (CMPI), described on its website as "a non-partisan, non-profit educational charity," and a "new vital force in health care policy." However, for all intents and purposes, the mission of CMPI front group is to pr... - Feds Investigate Profits From Off-Label Heart Stent Procedures - Part I
May-21-07 Washington DC The stenting for profit industry may soon be history. On March 1, 2007, the chairman of the US House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Henry Waxman (D-CA), ordered Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific to turn over documents as part of an investigation into the off-label marketing of drug-eluting stents. Boston's Taxus, and... - California Labor Lawsuit: Help for Latino workers
May-18-07 Los Angeles, CA California labor law plaintiffs have just received a great boost from activists.The Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF) and civil rights lawyer Bill Lann Lee announced May 16 that they are both joining a California labor law class action filed by more than one thousand construction workers, most of whom are Latinos,... - Auction Rate Securities: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
Aug-8-08 New York, NY It is one thing to knowingly take a risk in the stock market, being fully aware of the possibility that you could lose all your money. It is another thing to only find out that you have invested in Auction Rate Securities after the market has collapsed and you can no longer access your money. Robert R. says that is exactly what happened to h... - Nineteen Passengers in Crashed SUV: Seriously Unsafe Vehicle
Aug-8-08 Florence, AZ Yesterday's vehicular crash of an SUV carrying an incredible 19 people in Arizona, is suspected of being just the latest example of the illegal smuggling of immigrants hell-bent on fleeing to the US. Just imagine: nineteen migrants, stuffed into a typical SUV believed to be travelling in excess of 85 miles per hour along Arizona 79 when i... - Doctors Weigh in on Permax Recall
May-17-07 Chapel Hill, NC On March 29, 2007, the FDA withdrew Permax (pergolide) from the market because it increases the risk of valvular heart disease. It was the right thing to do, according to leading research physicians. In a New England Journal of Medicine report, Permax, used to treat Parkinson's disease, can seriously damage heart valves. Some medical... - Device Makers Profit by Promoting Biliary Stents for Dangerous Unapproved Uses
May-16-07 Washington DC There is a major controversy brewing over the off-label sale of biliary stents for unapproved uses. On March 12, 2007, the FDA held a meeting in Washington with the makers of the bile stents to remind them about the restrictions on their promotion of these devices for unapproved uses. For the record, the FDA approved use for the majority o... - Attorney Jay Paul Deratany Expects to Depose Nancy Grace in Wrongful Death Suit
Aug-5-08 Chicago, IL Attorney Jay Paul Deratany has handled many wrongful death suits in the past, but this one promises to be a little different. He is representing the parents of Melina Duckett, a Florida mother who shot and killed herself after a taped interview about her missing baby with the combative crime show host, CNN's Nancy Grace in September of 2006. ... - Business as Usual for Permax Distributor
May-9-07 Aliso Viejo, CA Permax distributor Valeant Pharmaceuticals International reported its first quarter results on May 1 of 2007, showing an increase in revenues, but making no mention of its voluntary agreement with the FDA to withdraw Permax from the market. Permax is the Parkinson's disease drug now associated with the potential for serious heart valve...