- Ricky Bagolie | June 30, 2006 10:05 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe New York Times reports that the Food and Drug Administration (F.D.A.) issued a strong warning Thursday that Ketek, a controversial antibiotic, could in rare circumstances cause serious liver injury, liver failure and even death.Ketek is manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis, the French drug giant, and it has been approved to treat bronchitis, sinusitis and mild-to-moderate pneumonia.Thursday's...
- Ricky Bagolie | June 29, 2006 9:11 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe FDA and Guidant has notified the public that a subset of implantable pacemakers, cardiac resynchronization therapy pacemakers and implantable cardioverter defibrillators [ICDs] is associated with five reports of device malfunction due to the failure of a low-voltage capacitor from a single component supplier. Patients with a bad pacemaker may experience premature battery depletion and are...
- Ricky Bagolie | June 22, 2006 1:10 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsYour kidney damage or stroke that occured during or just after heart surgery may from a drug given to control bleeding during the surgery called Trasylol. It is worth investigating. According to Opednews.com,The researcher's determined that patients treated with Trasylol, had a risk of kidney failure 259% greater than patients who received no drugs. The problem for surgery patients who may...
- Ricky Bagolie | June 21, 2006 1:44 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsTell your Senators to vote against the Asbestos Bailout Bill, S 3274. It is a $20 Billion corporate bailout for asbestos companies that knowingly poisoned people and makes it worse for asbestos victims. It is virtually identical to the bill that the Senate wisely blocked in February. The proposed legislation fails to treat victims fairly while making taxpayers, not the wrongdoers, foot the...
- Ricky Bagolie | June 20, 2006 11:16 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAsbestos disease and the litigation brought by its victims has received a lot of media attention over the years, especially concerning the bankruptcy of a number of asbestos manufacturers like Johns-Manville and Celotex, and because of class action lawsuits that were filed attempting to reach global settlements of all asbestos claims. It is important to know that persons who are now diagnosed...
- Ricky Bagolie | June 14, 2006 9:59 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeShoulder dystocia is one of the most feared complications of any birth. It occurs when the baby's shoulder nearer to the mother's abdomen gets stuck behind the pubic bone. Shoulder dystocia is an obstetrical emergency because often the umbilical cord is compressed, shutting off the baby's oxygen supply.It can lead to serious injuries to the child including Erb's palsy, brain damage, and even...
- Ricky Bagolie | June 13, 2006 9:56 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsPoorly designed or defective automobile seats can cause unnecessary injuries in rear impact collisions. These injuries could have been prevented had the seatback designs and manufacturing defects been replaced with proven safety measures that have been readily available for a long time. Problems with automobile seats can be attributed to non-sturdy and defective parts, including seatbacks, seat...
- Ricky Bagolie | June 12, 2006 10:38 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Public Health Advisory on June 8, 2006 concerning the possibility of birth defects in children whose mothers were taking the widely prescribed family of high blood pressure lowering drugs known as angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in their first trimesters (the first three months of pregnancy).The FDA Public Health Advisory was based...
- Ricky Bagolie | June 08, 2006 9:55 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeBed sores are usually only caused by nursing home neglect and hospital negligence. They can be avoided with proper supervision and care.Bed sores, also called pressure sores or decubitus ulcers, are ulcers (sores) caused by prolonged pressure or rubbing on vulnerable areas of the body. Areas most prone include bony areas subject to moisture and friction. Examples include pressure points on the...
- Ricky Bagolie | June 07, 2006 10:28 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe U.S. Justice Department and the Food and Drug Administration have been conducting an inquiry into and Boston Scientific Corp. and Guidant's handling of safety issues related to several of its Contak Renewal and Contak Renewal 2 defibrillators. These defibrillators have had electrical flaws and have been recalled. Newly released records show that Guidant Corp. drafted a letter last year to...
- Ricky Bagolie | June 06, 2006 8:23 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesAccording to the Palm Beach Post, a report by North Carolina health officials has strengthened the hypothesis that exposure to pesticides helped to cause severe deformities of three babies born to migrant farmworkers who worked for a Florida-based tomato growerThe report said, "Data indicate a plausible association between possible pesticide exposure and the limb deficiencies." Investigators...
- Ricky Bagolie | June 03, 2006 7:32 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsYou may not know it but your health problems could be linked to your wood deck.Over 90 percent of all outdoor wooden structures in the United States and in most of the world are made with arsenic-treated lumber. Known as Chromated Copper Arsenate, or CCA, exposure to the chemicals contained in this pressure treated wood has been linked to lung cancer, bladder cancer, skin cancer, kidney cancer,...