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According to results from study partially funded by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there may be link between the use of stimulant drugs such as methylphenidate (Ritalin and others) to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and sudden, unexplained death in children. The study, published June 15, 2009, in the American Journal of P... - Did Composites Bring Down Air France Flight AF 447?
Jun-13-09 Washington, DC While the black boxes of doomed Air France Flight AF 447 have yet to be found, the retrieval of bodies and debris is shedding new clues as to what might have brought down the Airbus A330 and caused the plane crash. So far, according to a report in the Christian Science Monitor (CSM) dated yesterday, three more bodies that were found Fr... - MRI Contrast Agents: Are they Safe?
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... - Securities Fraud: When Your Securities Are Not Secure
Jun-12-09 Chicago, IL Although it has been approximately 6 months since Bernard Madoff's arrest sent shockwaves through the investment industry, the fallout from that arrest still continues. More lawsuits have been filed in the case, alleging securities fraud. People who invested in stocks and securities with Madoff are worried they may not get their money back. Mea... - 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... - Sensitive Hospital Records Left on Train a Breach of Civil Human Rights
Jun-7-09 Boston, MA A major tenet of basic civil human rights is the right for privacy. So one can imagine the affront to civil and human rights after a sheath of confidential medical records was removed by an employee of a hospital in order to work at home over the weekend, only to leave the documents on a commuter train the following Monday. Judging from the mu... - 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... - When Antitrust Stifles a Move up the Ladder
Jun-5-09 Washington, DC When an employee of one company jumps ship and defects to a competitor, is such an event cause to suspect a breach of antitrust laws ? Most would agree that such practice is simply healthy competition. However, what happens when companies are alleged to collude NOT to hire each other's employees? Is that a violation? Antitrust policy is a c... - 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... - Heightened Risk for Lung Cancer Death Linked to Hormone Therapy
Jun-1-09 Orlando, FL A hormone therapy that is already long suspected of increasing the risk of breast cancer in women has now been cited for increasing the risk of death from lung cancer , according to a new analysis of an old study discontinued in 2002. At issue is hormone replacement therapy for menopausal women. The initial results of the Women's Health... - SSRIs May Prevent Benefit of Tamoxifen in Breast Cancer Patients
According to new data presented at the American Society for Clinical Oncology meeting this week, the use of antidepressants in breast cancer survivors may interfere with the benefit that the breast cancer treatment Tamoxifen provides, specifically, Tamoxifen's potential to prevent disease recurrence. The study was a retrospective review of nearly 1,000... - Stress Testing the MOTHERS Act
May-26-09 Washington, DC: It seems these days that everything is a test. Yes, the powers that be have decided that taxpayer benevolence now is contingent upon passing a stress test. But much to the dismay of those being tested, the results may reveal, for example, that the nation's financial wizards and auto giants are actually bankrupt midgets and unworthy of Ame... - Out of Network Overcharges - Overcharge Legal Help - LawyersAndSettlements.com
The New York Attorney General's Health Care Report has determined that the Consumer Reimbursement System is 'Code Blue': they found its database to be "unreliable, inadequate and wrong". For the past year, legal experts have been conducting investigations into allegations that health insurance companies conspired to reduce insurers' reimbursements by cha... - Lawsuit Filed Regarding Hydroxycut Supplements
May-25-09 Columbus, OH A class action lawsuit has been filed against the maker of Hydroxycut supplements following the Hydroxycut recall. The lawsuit alleges that the dietary supplements are linked to Hydroxycut liver damage. Meanwhile, as the news about the Hydroxycut side effects spreads, more people report that they believe they were affected by the supplements... - Avandia Heart Attack Risk, Questions Remain
May-25-09 Washington, DC Today is a milestone for GlaxoSmithKline's Avandia. According to various sources it was May 25, 1999 that Avandia received regulatory approval for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. However, much has happened in the ten years since Avandia first surfaced with so much promise: various studies and other analyses pointing to heart attack and v... - $20 Million Settlement Proposed in Google AdWords Class Action
A settlement in the Google AdWords class action has been preliminarily approved for $20 million. The class action alleges claims against Google for breach of contract, unfair competition, and false advertising, based on Google's practice of charging AdWords advertisers more than their per day daily budget and its related disclosures. The case is pendin... - Chantix Problems on a Number of Fronts: Tobacco Researcher
May-18-09 Boston, MA A leading tobacco researcher has some things to say about Chantix and Chantix side effects. Michael Siegel is a former practicing physician and today serves as a professor in Social and Behavioral Sciences with Boston University School of Public Health. In his blog Professor Siegel raises the specter of Chantix suicide , together with the pos... - Avandia Maker Faces More Lawsuits
May-15-09 Marshall, TX GlaxoSmithKline, maker of Avandia, faces more lawsuits alleging that patients suffered from serious Avandia side effects. Among the more severe side effects is the reported link between Avandia and heart attacks. Some critics say the risk of a heart problem is too high, while patients file lawsuits alleging they were harmed by the use of Ava... - ERISA Laws Help You Protect Your Money
May-15-09 Boston, MA If you were counting on your 401(k) to help you out during these tough economic times, you might have to think again. Workers across the US are discovering that their 401(k)s have diminished greatly in value—with no explanation as to why. Luckily, ERISA laws can help you to protect your money, but you may have to file an ERISA lawsuit to rec... - 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...