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Apr-17-24 Santa Clara, CA Women on birth control or presumed to be infertile have been reporting surprise pregnancies while on Ozempic and similar medications . Referred to as “Ozempic Babies”, they add to increasing concern over the side effects of these diabetes and weight-loss drugs. Healthcare professionals, seeing an association between these medic... - Xarelto Bleedout Lawsuits Seek MDL Status, Hearing Slated for December
Nov-22-14 New York, NY Any good plumber will tell you that before you start working on the kitchen taps, you shut off either the secondary water supply or the main valve. That’s because if the spigot or pipe you are working on experiences a breach, there is no other way to turn off the flow. This, in generalized terms, is the basis for the typical Xarelto Laws... - Bicycle Accidents - Bike Accident, Bicycle Crash Injuries - LawyersAndSettlements.com
Although bicycling can be a healthy way of getting around—and getting exercise— bicycle accidents are not uncommon. A bike accident can cause serious permanent injuries, including neck and spine injuries and traumatic brain damage . Some bicycle crash injuries can be catastrophic and life-threatening. Riding a bicycle as a means... - Air Pollution - Air Pollution Stroke Risk, Air Pollution Lawsuit
Air pollution health effects can have a long-term impact on a person's health, including causing difficulty breathing, strokes and premature death. A 2008 study found a link between air pollution and stroke risk , while environmental agencies frequently warn about the negative effects of air pollution exposure . Air Pollution Health Eff... - FDA Warns about Topamax Side Effects
Mar-14-11 Washington, DC The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about a risk of Topamax side effects , which reportedly include an increased risk of Topamax birth defects. The FDA's warning concerns the link between use of Topamax and pregnancy, warning that babies exposed to Topamax prior to birth could be at an increased risk of birth de... - Home Warranty Complaints Top Popular Online Resource
Oct-28-14 Toronto, ON Most people know Angie’s List as a straight-up and popular resource for getting the scoop on service providers: which ones are good, and those you may want to avoid based on member reviews and other criteria. And members have a lot to say about home warranty insurance . A common theme appears to be that home warranty companies will... - Kugel Mesh Victim Says She Would Rather Live with a Hernia
Oct-23-14 Muskogee, OK Mary wishes she never had a Kugel Mesh patch implanted to treat a hernia. In fact, she would rather live with a hernia than the Composix Kugel Mesh patch. Back in 2006, Mary had a hiatal hernia protruding from the upper part of her stomach. She had surgery with the Kugel mesh but within a few weeks of recovery she was back to the surgeo... - FDA Orders Recall of Baxter Colleague Infusion Pumps
Washington, DC: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered Baxter Healthcare Corp to recall and destroy all of its Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps (Colleague pumps) currently in use in the United States. This action is based on a longstanding failure to correct many serious problems with the pumps. The FDA believes there may be as man... - Deaths and Adverse Events Prompt FDA Action on Infusion Pumps
Washington, DC: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that they are issuing preliminary guidelines requiring manufacturers of infusion pumps to supply them with adequate test data prior to the devices receiving federal approval for commercial sale. The move results from numerous complaints about a variety of automated pumps used to... - FDA Studying Stalevo for Risk of Prostate Cancer Risk
Washington, DC: The FDA notified healthcare professionals and patients today that it is evaluating data from a long-term clinical trial called Stalevo Reduction in Dyskinesia Evaluation - Parkinson's Disease (STRIDE-PD), that may suggest that patients taking Stalevo may be at an increased risk for developing prostate cancer. While the FDA has not det... - FDA Adds Boxed Warning to Plavix (Clopidogrel) Over Metabolization
Washington, DC: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added a Boxed Warning to the label for Plavix, the anti-blood clotting medication. The Boxed Warning is about patients who do not effectively metabolize the drug (i.e. "poor metabolizers") and therefore may not receive the full benefits of the drug. The Boxed Warning in the drug labe... - 1,800 Vets at Risk for HIV, Hepatitis Through VA Hospital
St. Louis, MO: A Veteran's Association hospital in Missouri has reportedly exposed more than 1,800 veterans to life-threatening viral infections, specifically hepatitis and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), through possible malpractice. According to a recent report on CNN.com , John Cochran VA Medical Center in St. Louis has mailed out letter... - Safety Review Suggests Heart Problems Associated with HIV Drug Combination
Washington, DC: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) notified healthcare professionals and patients that it is reviewing clinical trial data about a potentially serious effect on the heart from the use of Invirase (saquinavir) in combination with Norvir (ritonavir), antiviral medications given together to treat HIV infection. The data suggest that... - Plaintiff’s Home Warranty Insurance Win Overturned by State Supreme Court
Aug-24-14 Philadelphia, PA For most homeowners purchasing a new structure from a builder, home warranty insurance is a must to protect the purchaser from defects in construction or structural integrity not readily apparent when the new owners take occupation. Various home warranty companies vend coverage that kicks in after the initial warranty period from the o... - Enfamil Linked to Preemie Blindness, Cerebral Palsy
May-23-23 Evansville, IN On April 17, Sandra Hayes sued Mead Johnson & Company, alleging that the baby formula manufacturer was responsible for injuring Adam Hayes shortly after his birth. The necrotizing enterocolitis lawsuit details baby Adam’s injuries including partial blindness and cerebral palsy brought on by his consumption of Enfamil Premature... - Jury Awards Idaho Man $7.96 Million in Medical Malpractice Lawsuit
Dec-29-22 Boise, ID Shane Ackerschott hurt his back lifting freight at work, but that wasn’t what put him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. An Idaho jury found that Ackerschcott became paralyzed from the waist down because of medical malpractice at the urgent care clinic he and his wife, Rebecca, visited. The jury in Ackerschott v. Mountain View Hos... - Disability Insurance Presents Issues for Some Policyholders
May-7-14 Chicago, IL Many people know that having disability insurance is generally a good thing. It helps in cases of serious illness or injury that prevents a person from working and therefore causes a financial hardship. But many people are hesitant about disability insurance because of the frequency of stories involving denied disability insurance and disab... - Unum Still in Denial as Unum Lawsuits Continue to be Filed
May-2-14 Houston, TX Despite the fact that federal government officials accused Unum Life Insurance Company of America of deliberately denying valid claims as a business strategy and fining them millions of dollars, Unum’s bad faith tactics carry on. A Texas woman filed a Unum lawsuit last month against the giant health insurer alleging she was denied... - Smokeless Tobacco Increases Risk of Stroke and Heart Attack
People who use smokeless tobacco products are at greater risk for fatal stroke and fatal myocardial infarction (MI) - or heart attack, according to a study published by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) online this month. Smokeless tobacco products include chewing tobacco and snuff. The use of these products had declined in the last half of the last cen... - Former Reality TV Contestant Lawyer Sued for Legal Malpractice
Apr-12-14 Philadelphia, PA The trouble with reality shows on television is that they can have very real consequences off-screen for the participants involved. To that end, a one-time contestant on the reality show The Bachelorette, while vying to be the suitor to the pretty and blonde Ali Fedotowsky, finds himself and his firm targeted by a legal malpractice law...