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Apr-30-14 Riverside, CA A school teacher in California who stepped in to help prevent a second fight between two teenage students on school premises and was subsequently injured has launched a lawsuit against the insurance carrier who twice denied disability insurance to the woman. According to a report published in The Desert Sun (3/26/14), plaintiff Melis... - Fosamax Side Effects - Fosamax and Femur Fractures, Fosamax Femur Lawsuit
Fosamax is prescribed to increase bone density in patients (mainly menopausal women) with osteoporosis. Fosamax side effects include Fosamax osteonecrosis , also known as Fosamax dead jaw, and recently Fosamax femur fractures . Osteonecrosis of the jaw (ONJ) is a disease in which bone tissue in the jaw does not heal after minor traumas such as tooth ex... - Fosamax FAQ
What is Fosamax? Fosamax is the brand name for alendronate sodium. It is a bisphosphonate drug prescribed to treat osteoporosis in women after menopause, and to treat osteoporosis in men. It is also prescribed to advanced cancer and Paget's disease patients in order to help fight the thinning of bone common in those diseases. Fosamax is designed to... - AMS Transvaginal Mesh Victims Concur: Should Have Researched First
Mar-21-14 Eugene, OR Anyone with access to the Internet can do a quick search and discover that AMS transvaginal mesh risks far outweigh the benefits. But many women trust their doctors, and in the not-too-distant past, their doctors trusted the American Medical Systems sales reps. Not so much these days. With every AMS transvaginal mesh lawsuit filed, let&rsquo... - Targus Inc. Publishes Safety Notice Regarding Slimline Power Inverters
Targus Inc., of Anaheim, California recently released a "Safety Notice" to Immediately Stop Sales of Model APV07CA 150 Watt and APV08CA 45 Watt Dual Outlet Slimline Power Inverters to its key US Distributors. Targus Inc., a well known provider of notebook PC accessories and peripherals, as well as products for other devices like the iPod, states th... - Medicaid Patients Denied Harvoni Treatment
Jan-22-16 Indianapolis, IN: Although most of the news regarding denied Harvoni insurance claims and resulting lawsuits involves private insurance providers, it appears Medicaid is also denying patients necessary Harvoni treatment. Patients allege Medicaid and other insurance providers are playing with their lives by deeming the hepatitis C treatment not medicall... - Government Reminds Consumers to Check for Recalled Cadet Manufacturing In-Wall Heaters as extreme Hazard to Safety
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is urging consumers to examine their in-wall electric heaters to determine if they are among the 1.9 million Cadet and Encore brand heaters recalled in February 2000. Although the Cadet Manufacturing Co. heaters were sold and distributed primarily in California, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington fr... - Sharp Electronics Corp. Recalls nearly 400,000 Conventional Tube 27" Televisions
On April 21st, 2005 Sharp Electronics of Mahwah, New jersey announced the recall of approximately 373,000 27-Inch Sharp Conventional Tube (CRT) televisions. Consumers should stop using the recalled televisions immediately and unplug them from the power socket. It has been determined that the power button on certain model televisions can break, al... - Unum Still Denying Fibromyalgia but Unum Loses Lawsuit
Feb-4-14 Woodville, TX Incredibly, Unum, or Unum Provident still doesn’t recognize that fibromyalgia is a physical disease, not mental. Unum did acknowledge Susan’s disability briefly: she received short-term and long-term disability benefits, but last December, she was abruptly cut off - without so much as a warning. Susan, a schoolteacher, was... - DePuy Hip Replacement FAQ
What is the DePuy Orthopaedic Implant? The DePuy Orthopaedic hip replacement implants are hip replacement devices that were said to be more durable and longer-lasting than traditional hip implants because of their metal-on-metal design. They are manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics, which is a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson. How is the DePuy... - DePuy Hip Replacement, ASR Hip Recall, DePuy Orthopedics, DePuy Lawsuit
DePuy Orthopaedics withdrew its ASR XL Acetabular metal-on-metal DePuy ASR hip replacement on August 24, 2010 following approximately 300 complaints from people undergoing hip replacement. The ASR hip replacement is a metal-on-metal device believed to have a design flaw that has resulted in many patients needing follow-up hip revision surgery to replac... - Take the MRI, Hold the Gadolinium
Feb-27-19 Tampa, FL: Studies have shown that a host of conditions are characterized by retention of gadolinium, and the proven retention of this heavy metal in brain tissue has been named “gadolinium storage condition”. Armed with these facts, Virginia says she refused to have a second MRI with contrast dye and her radiologist was okay with that. G... - Zetia can have Serious Side Effects
Jan-5-08 Seattle, WA: Patients taking Zetia are now learning that the drug may come with some serious side effects. Those include liver damage, rhabdomyolysis and myopathy. What has surprised many consumers is that the makers of Zetia conducted a few studies and found that there are risks associated with taking Zetia, but did not publicize the results of those st... - DaVinci Robot Training: “You Can’t Just Go for the Weekend…”
Nov-30-13 New York, NY The recently released report by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) with regard to the DaVinci surgical robot and the potential cause of operating room injuries provides a snapshot of opinion from those in the field, either from a hands-on perspective or those having a capacity to observe. A major theme of the report relates to th... - Depakote Birth Defects Versus Seizures
Oct-27-13 Portland, OR Beverly says she felt stuck between a rock and a hard place when she was taking Depakote and became pregnant. But after her son’s Depakote birth defects became apparent, Beverly thinks she made the wrong choice. “My doctor advised that I stay on Depakote during my pregnancy and just lower the dose because having a seizure wa... - Transvaginal Mesh: “Women Are Suffering All Over the World”
Oct-2-13 Boston, MA Christine Asprey, a Canadian women whose life was turned upside down thanks to transvaginal mesh , is free from the device after revision surgery in California. But Asprey tells the Winnipeg Free Press that she is no better off without the mesh. In other words, even with the mesh removed from her body, Asprey is still suffering from complic... - Study: Da Vinci Robot Injuries Underreported
Sep-14-13 Washington DC A new study suggests that reporting of da Vinci robot injuries to the US Food and Drug Administration is low, meaning the agency is not aware of all the injuries, including deaths, linked to the da Vinci robot, or is not made aware of them in a timely manner. Meanwhile, da Vinci lawsuits have been flied, alleging patients have been harmed... - 3M Settles Earplug Lawsuits for $6 Billion
Sep-13-23 Santa Clara, CA 3M announced in August that it reached a $6 billion settlement over defective earplug lawsuits brought by thousands of veterans and military service members who have suffered hearing damage. From 2003 to 2105 the military used the earplugs to protect them from combat noise, including in Afghanistan and Iraq. 3M earplug lawsuits —whic... - Fluoroquinolone Increases Risk for Permanent Nerve Damage, FDA Warns
Aug-16-13 Washington, DC The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued notice that it requires the drug labels and Medication Guides for all fluoroquinolone antibacterial drugs to be updated to better describe the serious side effect of peripheral neuropathy (PN). This serious nerve damage potentially caused by fluoroquinolones may occur soon after these d... - Whistleblowers Uncover a Flood of Wrongdoing
Jun-13-07 New Orleans, LA Whistleblowers can take on many forms - from the tough-talking advocate to the quietly courageous, both seeing a wrong and, come hell or high water, just has to say something about it. Dara Fresco falls into the latter category. On the day in early June that she launched her Cdn. $600 million class action lawsuit against CIBC Bank in C...