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Sort by relevance 2,443 pages found matching data breach- Beyond Lipitor Type 2 Diabetes, a New Concern with Statins
Sep-19-15 Bangor, ME Among the ongoing concerns over the statin Lipitor are the potential for type 2 diabetes and cognitive issues such as memory and concentration. Atorvastatin (Lipitor) type 2 diabetes remains one of the biggest frustrations alleged in lawsuits consolidated in the Lipitor Diabetes Lawsuits MDL . Various plaintiffs have alleged that for them, ty... - Judge Favors Plaintiff in Mirena Lawsuit
Sep-18-15 Albuquerque, NM Although a New Mexico federal judge said that a plaintiff’s Mirena IUD claim “shows a certain sloppiness and inattention to detail,” it did not warrant dismissal. Even though an order required the plaintiff to serve the defendant within 120 days of filing the complaint - Bayer was served after 120 days - the judge held... - Latest Xarelto Lawsuit Accuses Defendants of Misleading Advertisements
Sep-14-15 New Orleans, LA In perhaps one of the most damning commentaries yet on the safety and efficacy of Xarelto, more than two dozen plaintiffs claim in a recently filed Xarelto lawsuit that not only did Xarelto partners Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and Bayer Corp. (Bayer) fail to adequately warn about the lack of an available reversing agent to help stem... - Calls for More Regulation in Wake of Energy Drink Deaths
Sep-12-15 Los Angeles, CA As various lawsuits alleging Monster Energy Drink Deaths and Hospitalizations continue to migrate through the legal pipeline, including a marquee trial centered on the death of teen Anais Fournier, health advocates continue to lament the lay of the land where it comes to energy drinks. And that topography is rocky at best, when one c... - FINRA Orders UBS to Pay Almost $3M
Sep-10-15 New York, NY A FINRA arbitration panel has reportedly ordered UBS to pay almost $3 million to investors who claimed they lost money after they invested in UBS-managed Puerto Rican municipal bonds. The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) panel has made multiple rulings in favor of claimants in arbitrations involving Puerto Rican municipal bo... - Statin Side Effects Legal News and Lawsuit Information
Statins are a class of drugs that lower cholesterol levels in the blood. Use of statins has been linked to statin side effects including an increased risk of cardiomyopathy and diabetes. The high-potency and best-selling statins, namely Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor, have been found to increase statin diabetes risk by up to 15 percent. Additionally, a lin... - Antibiotics Linked with Type 2 Diabetes
Santa Clara, CA: According to data from a new Danish study, people who develop type-2 diabetes used significantly more antibiotics than people without the disease. This held true among the group with diabetes even fifteen years prior to being diagnosed. Published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, the results show that type-... - Viagra Melanoma: The Heat’s Been Lowered, but the Embers Still Burn
Sep-7-15 New York, NY Urologist Stacy Loeb conducted her research on Viagra melanoma for all the right seasons and under the best of circumstances: there was no funding from any pharmaceutical company manufacturing or marketing an erectile dysfunction (ED) drug. And she wanted to get to the bottom of it as her patients, many of whom suffer erectile dysfunction... - Mother “Channeling Anger into a Zofran Lawsuit”
Sep-7-15 New York, NY At least three dozen lawsuits claim that Zofran used during pregnancy caused children to be born with birth defects. The birth defects range from cleft palate to spina bifida and the most recent - a missing kidney. But every lawsuit is similar in its allegations. And every mother said that, had she known Zofran can cause birth defects, she... - More Patient Information Reportedly Compromised
Sep-6-15 Los Angeles, CA Concerns continue to grow in the wake of the UCLA data breach that UCLA isn’t taking the security of personal information seriously enough. More than 4.5 million patients may have been affected by the data breach, which could have occurred as early as September 2014. Now, patients are learning that a computer with personal informa... - FDA Issues Data Hacking Alert for Hospira's LifeCare PCA 3 and PCA5 Pumps
Washington, DC: The federal government is warning health care facilities about the risk for data hacking of Hospira's Symbiq medication infusion pump. According to an article by CNBC.com, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said caregivers and hospitals should stop using a product because of a cybersecurity risk. The FDA has stated that... - Essure Not So Sure
Aug-25-15 Birmingham, AL Despite the FDA having received more than 5,000 adverse event reports regarding Essure , the birth control device is still on the market. Now hundreds of Essure victims are taking action to ensure that Essure is taken off the market. Essure side effects range from ectopic pregnancy to uterine perforation to death. Some women reportedly... - Ashley Madison Data Breach Class Action Proposed in Missouri
Aug-23-15 St. Louis, MO As expected, lawsuits have already begun to roll in stemming from the infamous Ashley Madison data breach. An American plaintiff has proposed a data breach class action in Missouri federal court under the anonymous pseudonym Jane Doe. Various legal pundits have cited concerns about the anonymity of the plaintiff. However, the legal commu... - Blue Cross Faces Hepatitis C Lawsuit
Aug-21-15 New York, NY Blue Cross faces another denied insurance lawsuit alleging the company has wrongfully denied insurance for an approved hepatitis C medication. The lawsuit is at least the second filed against Blue Cross related to its denial of treatment for hepatitis C. The lawsuit (case number 0:15-cv-61118) was filed by Janie Kondell, who has had hep... - UCLA Health Should Wake Up and Smell Too Many Data Breaches
Aug-17-15 Los Angeles, CA It’s almost a joke. How many UCLA data breaches and lawsuits does it take for UCLA Health Systems to figure out how to properly store private medical information? This isn’t the first time UCLA has been hacked and sued. Besides last month’s data breach and subsequent data breach class action , its patients’... - When Insurance Companies Deny Vital Treatment, What Can Patients Do?
Aug-16-15 Baltimore, MD There are few business relationships as fraught with controversy as the relationships between healthcare providers and insurance companies. As illustrated in the Harvoni case , battle lines get drawn quickly. Add patients and a drug company into the mix and it would be difficult to find more complex relationships. Unfortunately, in these s... - Herbal Supplements Lawsuit Seeks Compensation from Arbonne for Liver Failure
Aug-15-15 Fort Wayne, IN Instead of an expectation of “feeling fit” in 30 days, a woman from Allen County Indiana alleges that she was left instead with acute liver failure brought on by toxic levels of green tea extracts in the herbal supplements she had been using. The Fort Wayne Journal Gazette (5/23/15) reports that plaintiff Vicki L. Swanson has l... - Customers File Lumber Liquidators Lawsuits Alleging Excess Formaldehyde
Aug-15-15 Toano, VA The number of Lumber Liquidators lawsuits consolidated for pretrial proceedings has jumped in a month to 135, according to court documents. Lumber Liquidators lawsuits allege homeowners who put certain laminate flooring in their home are exposed to unreasonably high levels of formaldehyde, putting them at risk of health problems and lowering... - Millions Potentially Affected by Premera Data Breach
Aug-13-15 Los Angeles, CA With so many data breach lawsuits in the news lately, a person would think that companies that have access to private consumer or patient information would take cyber security seriously. Unfortunately, every day there seems to be more news about companies that have been hit by hackers and have allowed customer information to be made vul... - Zofran Lawsuit Accuses GSK of Treating Unborn Children As “Guinea Pigs”
Aug-8-15 Los Angeles, CA As lawsuits alleging Zofran birth defects continue to roll in, one of the more recent birth defect lawsuits filed on July 22 has harsh words for the conduct of Zofran manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline (GSK). Plaintiff Melisa Arellanes filed her complaint less than a month ago in California federal court. “GSK’s conduct was ta...