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Sort by date 1,812 pages found matching bank of america- SSRI Pushers under Fire: Part 2: America's Most Wanted
Jan-12-09 Washington, DC Most doctors who attended conferences, medical seminars and other events throughout the 1990s were not aware that the so-called "key opinion leaders" encouraging them to prescribe the new generation of antidepressants for everything under the sun, including to children as young as infants, were nothing more than highly paid drug pushers fo... - Bone and Tissue Transplant: Both Sides Suffer
Apr-27-06 Donna had a choice when she had neck surgery: replace it with a piece of bone from her hip (longer healing time) or bone from a cadaver. She chose the latter. "It freaked me out a bit at the time, but not nearly as much as it does now," she says. I don't know where these bones came from, but money can make people do anything." Knowing what she does now, D... - Denver Plane Crash Injures Thirty-Eight People
Dec-22-08 Port Clinton, OH A plane crash at Denver International Airport resulted in injuries to 38 passengers, according to early reports. The airplane crash occurred when the Boeing 737 went off the runway and caught fire. Although no one suffered life-threatening injury, passengers were taken to the hospital with bone fractures. In all, there were 115 passe... - FDA Tags Entire Class of Drugs for Risk of Suicide
Dec-17-08 Washington, DC As if the current economic morass America finds itself in isn't enough to drive people to despair, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned that patients prescribed antiepileptic drugs could face the risk of suicidal thoughts and behaviors. The agency has mandated that a veritable basket of drugs, used to treat everything from... - Korean Cleaners Sue the Pants Off Infinite Energy Gas Company
Dec-9-08 Atlanta, GA Attorney David Pardue's clients feel like Infinite Energy took a spike in gas prices and drove it right through the heart of their businesses. The Korean Cleaners' Association of Atlanta (KCAA) recently came to Pardue's office at Hartman, Simons, Spielman & Wood with a serious complaint about the 3-year natural gas contract many of their member... - Flesh Eating Disease Kills Cancer Survivor, Family Receives Big Award.
Dec-2-08 Boston, MA Attorney Robert Higgins, one of Boston's most successful medical malpractice attorneys, recently won a significant award for the family of a woman whose cancer was cured by an experimental form of chemotherapy, only to die to from a devastating bacterial infection--flesh eating disease. After listening to the arguments presented by Higgins, t... - Alabama Power Seen as the Worst Polluter of Hazardous Substances
Nov-28-08 Miller, AL When it comes to toxic hazardous substances , you want to see them contained. You don't want them all around you, and the Hazardous Substances Act requires that such hazardous substances be kept away from humans. However if you live in West Jefferson County in Alabama, you live within close proximity to the worst polluter in America. That w... - Asbestos Mesothelioma: One Man's Story from the Grave
Nov-27-08 Newport, RI Stanley worked in the shipyards as an electrician for 33 years. He died of asbestos mesothelioma in 2007. His widow recently filed a negligent death lawsuit, and Stanley made an appearance in court. Stanley worked on many different types of ships, including cargo ships and new construction Navy aircraft such as the USS Enterprise and the... - Real Estate Housing Akin to a Jail Cell for Seniors
Nov-23-08 Delray Beach, FL In a truly sad commentary on the current real estate housing crisis, seniors in need of assisted living and wanting to relocate to a home for the aged are instead stranded in homes that won't sell, held hostage by real estate that holds their nest egg like a tightly-clenched fist that refuses to let go. Real estate closings are a rare co... - Interview with an Insurance Advocate
Mar-1-06 J. D. Howard knows about insurance. He spent 40 years in the insurance claims field and knows just about every trick in the book - by insurance companies. Since 1965, he worked as an adjustor and insurance advocate in and around Phoenix and retired in 1994, but not for long. "I was sick and tired of watching Oprah, then one of my sons showed me the powe... - Attorney Mark Haney sues Ford over Gas Tank Design
Nov-6-08 Fort Worth, TX: If someone you know or love is driving a Ford Crown Victoria, Lincoln Town Car or Grand Marquis, you'll want to know more about how a young police officer died near Fort Worth, Texas. Thirty-four-year-old Dwayne Freeto was stopped in his police cruiser on the side of the road after coming to the aid of a stranded motorist. Around 4 am., as... - Getting a Green Card Takes Green to Do it Right
Oct-30-08 Washington, DC Getting an immigration green card isn't easy. It can take years. It can be expensive. And the need for a citizenship green card by anyone in the citizenship immigration camp is so great, people are willing to do anything to get one. Such as get married, for example. It's an old story, and on the surface it's both charming and sad, consi... - Canada Pulls Toxic Imported Toys Off Store Shelves
Oct-28-08 Ottawa, ON Here we go again. A toy recall , after numerous products—most of which were made in China—were found to have dangerous levels of lead. This time the issue is on Canadian soil, but an issue that has affected Americans in the past, who have seen recalled toys from China. To the US toy buyer, a toxic toy recall is nothing new. In Canada, g... - Discrimination and the USDA
Oct-23-08 Washington, DC The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has come under fire by the Government Accountability office (GAO) for dropping the ball with regard to discrimination. Sadly, in spite of how far we have come in America and with an African-American currently in the race for the White House, employment discrimination , and employee racial discriminati... - Message to Zimmer: We Are Not Machines
Oct-22-08 Washington, DC Forgive me if I've missed something here, but what the hell is going on with medical products manufacturers, such as the people who make the Zimmer Durom Cup ? A Zimmer hip replacement patient should not be made to suffer through the pain and trauma of a failed Zimmer Durom, only to have to require a second surgery to have it fixed or repla... - Mirapex Ruins another Life
Jan-17-06 "Some of the things I did were unreal on Mirapex," says 65-year old Marliyn McKee, from Harrisburg, PA. "I played solitaire online so much that I got carpal tunnel syndrome--even through the pain I would play." But that was nothing compared to the repercussions from gambling that were later to follow, another side effect of Mirapex. "I had restless leg sy... - In a Troubled Economy, Financial Elder Abuse on the Rise
Oct-13-08 Los Angeles, CA Desperate times call for desperate measures. Unfortunately, with the American economy poised for disaster and Americans facing unprecedented financial pressure, financial elder abuse is beginning to become an even greater issue than it once was. It is feared that in every state, including California, it will rob proud, and well-meaning se... - Gambling on Mirapex
Jan-12-06 Researchers at the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Research Centre at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona, have reported a link between the drug Mirapex, used to treat Parkinson's disease, and chronic gambling. Clinical trials conducted at the institute concluded that a number of people developed gambling problems serious enough to get them into... - Attorney Sends Message About Accidents and Texting
Oct-9-08 Springfield, MO Let's say that little messaging gizmo you carry with you everywhere you go is buzzing like mad while you're driving your car. Or maybe you just have to send a text message immediately and there's no time to pull over to the side of the road. A moment's distraction can cost you dearly and Attorney Aaron Sachs sees the deadly consequences all... - Free Drug Samples the New Threat to Children
Oct-6-08 Washington, DC Patients love 'em because they're free, and will save them a buck or two at the drug store. Doctors love 'em because their patients love 'em—plus the added benefit of ensuring a patient without the means to afford expensive prescription drugs can have access to them. However a new study out today suggests that free drug samples do litt...