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Jun-12-09 Washington, DC: Patients with renal insufficiency (chronic kidney disease or acute kidney injury) have been warned of MRI Health Risks , namely nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) following exposure to gadolinium based MRI contrast agents (GBMCA). Experts have also advised physicians who order MRI scans for patients that the risk of NSF depends on the de... - More Bodies Found From Air France Crash
Jun-7-09 Recife, Brazil/Paris: Four more bodies—making a total of six--were found today from the Air France plane crash . Search crews also sighted more corpses and plane wreckage about 680 miles (1,100 km) northeast of Brazil's coast. The Air France crash is the world's worst air disaster since 2001, when an American Airlines flight bound for the Dominican... - Colgan Air and Air France Allegedly Knew of Issues Prior to Crashes
Jun-7-09 Buffalo, NY In the wake of a series of National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) hearings into the plane crash of Flight 3407 in Clarence Center, New York, come reports that an inspector warned both Colgan Air and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) about problems with the Dash 8 plane a year before the airplane crash. Meanwhile, information has... - Salmonella Spice Outbreak Expands
Jun-1-09 Houston, TX On May 30th, health officials confirmed that the recent West Coast foodborne illness outbreak of rare Salmonella Rissen has expanded to 5 states. The current illness count has risen to 79, and is distributed as follows: California (63), Nevada (10), Oregon (4), Washington (1), and Idaho (1). Illness onsets range from December 9, 2008... - Ketek SJS: Not Enough Warning
May-14-09 Washington, DC: On its products page dated January 29, 2009 Sanofi-Aventis Canada Inc., the maker of the antibiotic Ketek (telithromycin) acknowledges "Spontaneous cases of toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) and Stevens Johnson syndrome (SJS) have been reported; however, a causal association between the administration of Ketek and development of SJS and TE... - Transcripts from Plane Crash Reveal Violation of Safety Regulations
May-12-09 Buffalo, NY Transcripts from the Continental Connection plane, involved in the plane crash near Buffalo, NY, reveal that personal discussion took place during the flight, including as the plane descended into Buffalo. According to an article in The Wall Street Journal, the pilots rushed through mandatory checklists and then spent the flight discussing pe... - Death Rate of Seniors in Car Crashes Studied
May-10-09 Los Angeles, CA Car crashes are something that can affect everyone at any age. A car accident is no respecter of income or stature. When you're in a car, car crash safety is the same for everyone. Or is it? According to a recent study, the older a driver is the higher the risk of death in a crash. And while it has been suggested that older drivers po... - FDA Cites Testosterone Gels for Physical Changes in Children
May-8-09 Washington, DC Children grow up way too fast anyway, without having to contend with enlarged genitalia and other adverse effects caused by secondary exposure to topical testosterone gel products. Yesterday the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that two prescription testosterone medications would be required to carry black box warnings . ... - Patients Allegedly Over-Billed for Out Of Network Medical Care
May-5-09 New York, NY It is probably little surprise to anybody who has dealt with health insurance companies that once again those companies are being accused of less than honest business practices. This time, those practices involve out of network physicians and the ways that insurance companies decide on reimbursement rates for out of network medical care. ... - Supplements Containing Ephedra Linked to Serious Side Effects
May-4-09 Jefferson City, MO The recent Hydroxycut recall may have called into question the safety and efficacy of weight loss supplements, but the truth is that such supplements have been called into question before. In 2003, Hydroxycut, at the time manufactured by MuscleTech Research and Development, faced lawsuits related to the supplement's inclusion of the in... - New Study Links Gadolinium to NSF in Kidney Patients
May-4-09 Washington, DC New evidence suggests a causal link between Gadolinium Based Contrast agents —(GBCA, routinely used in MRI procedures)—and nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in patients with advanced kidney disease. While the risk for complications from Gadolinium MRI scans have long been suspected, this latest data supports a Gadolinium-NSF link. ... - Hydroxycut Recalled After Death Reported
May-2-09 Washington, DC The Hydroxycut recall announced yesterday over concern for Hydroxycut liver damage not only serves to mount concern over the Hydroxycut supplement; it also raises the issue of regulatory limitations. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which warned consumers about the dietary supplement yesterday, does not carry the same degree of a... - Reglan Black Box Comes Nearly 30 Years Too Late
Apr-25-09 Washington, DC When the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) mandated a Black Box warning for Reglan , patients who have already experienced adverse reactions to the drug would not have been surprised. Reglan is the commercial name for the drug metoclopramide, a drug made by a number of generic manufacturers for the treatment of gastrointestinal disor... - Whistleblowers from Outcasts to Heroes
Apr-21-09 Washington, D.C. It is late on a Friday afternoon and you might expect lawyer Erika Kelton from the renowned Washington firm of Phillips & Cohen to be out celebrating. Just 24 hours earlier Kelton and her client, a California scientist and businessman, learned the case judge had approved a $302 million settlement against Quest Diagnostics—the largest qu... - Levaquin: The Devil in the Details
Apr-11-09 Washington, DC There is little argument that the Levaquin antibiotic is a good one in terms of its capacity to control and eradicate serious infections. Indeed, Levaquin medicine is powerful stuff. But as is the case with many medicines, the side effects can be worse than the cure and in the case of Levaquin side effects the impact on a patient's phy... - FDA Warning Links Use of Prescription Drug Reglan to Tardive Dyskinesia
Apr-8-09 Austin, TX If you are one of the more than two million people who has been prescribed Reglan, then you are probably concerned about recent reports linking the drug to serious Reglan side effects, which include a type of movement disorder called Tardive Dyskinesia. Reglan, the most commonly known brand name for the generic drug metoclopramide, now include... - More Clues to Montana Plane Crash That Claimed 14 Lives
Mar-24-09 Butte, MT The five smiling faces in the photograph of the happy family drive home the tragedy that is the Montana plane crash , during which 14 people lost their lives when a single-engine turboprop crashed into a cemetery in Butte, Montana Sunday. In the headline, 14 is a number. It isn't until you see the faces does one realize that fourteen lives w... - First Lawsuit Filed in Crash of Flight 3407 Near Buffalo
Mar-2-09 Buffalo, NY One of the first lawsuits has been filed literally two weeks after the fiery plane crash that took the lives of everyone on board Continental Connection Flight 3407. The twin turboprop commuter plane, manufactured by Bombardier, ran into trouble on approach to Buffalo Niagara International Airport the night of February 12th and dropped onto a... - Lead Contaminated Water Scandal Leads to Lawsuit
Feb-23-09 Washington D.C. Attorney Katherine Kimpel is definitely on top of this file and seems to have a river of information flowing through her brain. Just days ago she filed a class action suit on behalf of a single father from the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington D.C. alleging that lead in the city's water supply caused his two adopted sons to have serio... - Traumatic Brain Injuries are Life-Changing
Feb-22-09 Tallahassee, FL Personal injury encompasses a variety of injuries—from property damage to physical injuries. One of the most life changing of these injuries may just be the traumatic brain injury. Traumatic brain injuries can happen in the blink of an eye, but they can change a person's life forever. They can also require expensive medical procedures a...