- Denise A. Rubin | December 30, 2005 12:42 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsFood and Drug Administration Warns of Possible Birth Defects Tied to Mothers' Ingestion of Paxil.Agency Requiring Updated Product LabelingEarlier this month, the Food and Drug Administration alerted health care professionals and patients about early results of new studies for Paxil (paroxetine) suggesting that the drug increases the risk for birth defects, particularly heart defects, when women...
- Denise A. Rubin | December 30, 2005 12:26 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsFDA Updated Warning regarding recalled Guidant implanted defibrillators states no change in the FDAs recommendations from July 2005.The Food and Drug Administration has updated its July 15, 2005 warnings regarding the recall of VENTAK PRIZM® 2 DR and CONTAK RENEWAL® Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators. FDA's warning stated that Guidant Corporation had recalled the above defibrillators...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 30, 2005 10:44 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeNot only do Americans pay much more for medical treatment than anyone else in the world, they also bear the brunt of the most medical errors, according to a survey covering the USA, Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Almost 7,000 patients were consulted.The survey supported by The Commonwealth Fund finds that one-third of U.S. patients with health problems reported...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 29, 2005 11:53 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeEmergency room doctors treating heart attack patients often fail to administer powerful clot-preventing drugs in the proper doses, a new study finds.One common error is to overprescribe -- giving doses large enough to cause potentially dangerous bleeding, according to researchers reporting in the Dec. 28 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
- Jeremy Thurman | December 29, 2005 11:27 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsWho is more likely to work on your behalf where accident settlements are concerned? Have you ever been in a car wreck and had the other party's (or your own) insurance adjuster promise you this great inruance settlement and tell you why you do not need an experienced personal injury attorney to handle the matter for you? Beware! It is a ploy by the insurance companies to save money. Although...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 29, 2005 10:56 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA while back, I did a deposition of a family physician. The deposition was regarding a cardiovascular disease. During the deposition, I began to ask the family physician general questions regarding the symptomology of the disease and what signs she would look at to diagnose the patient that they had this cardiovascular disease. To my amazement, the good doctor could only name one of about 7...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 28, 2005 12:11 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeDid you know that statistics on medical malpractice reveal that for every medical error reported, over 50 go unreported? This has to disturbing to anyone who seeks medical treatment. When a doctor fails to render the appropriate medical advice or procedure it can often lead to the disability or even death of their patient. It is imperative that if anyone thinks that they or a family member...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 28, 2005 10:33 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA 28 year old, mother of two, will most likely never be able to walk and live the life she once did. Recently, a $35,000,000.00 settlement was awarded to a woman who went into cardiac arrest and suffered brain damage allegedly as a result of the malpractice of her anesthesiologist. The anesthesiologist, who was 78 years old at the time, reportedly had arthritis. The woman's attorney believes...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 28, 2005 10:33 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsFDA is announcing the recall of some shipments of ackee--a tropical fruit imported from Jamaica--because the fruit has levels of a naturally occurring toxin called hypoglycin that are of health concern. The recall involves 31 cases of Ashman's Ackees in Brine, distributed by Harvest Foods, Hartford, CT. The products were sold in 19-oz. cans and were shipped in early November to one wholesaler in...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 27, 2005 2:45 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeOne major aspect of emergency management and treatment of heart attacks and ischemic strokes that the general public is unaware of, is a drug called TPA (tissue plasminogen activator). TPA will accelerate clot breakdown and help reestablish blood flow to an ischemic area. For this to be beneficial, TPA needs to be administered within the first three hours after the stroke. According to the...
- Denise A. Rubin | December 27, 2005 1:46 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons has recently reported 21 cases of acute kidney failure from some of the bowel-cleansing preparations some of which are sold over-the-counter for use on the night prior to colonoscopy. In an article on December 27, 2005, the New York Times reports that the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons has recently reported 21 cases of acute kidney...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 27, 2005 11:39 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesBoth the Federal government and state governments have implemented special laws that are in place to protect the health and safety of construction workers. It is important that both employers and employees adhere to these regulations in order to make the construction site a safer place to work. However, with so many hazards around it is hardly surprising that so many accidents and deaths still...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 27, 2005 10:37 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeRecently, Jeffrey A. Guzman, a partner in the law firm Napoli, Bern, Krentsel & Guzman, LLP in Manhattan, New York won a $6.65 Million jury award in favor of an infant client, for an Erb's Palsy Injury. A Westchester County Jury unanimously determined that the defendant obstetrician had departed from good and accepted medical practice during the infant's birth.Brachial Plexus Palsy is when...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 23, 2005 11:07 AM |
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MiscellaneousOnce again, the great debate about tort reform is heating up throughout this Country. Proponents love to cite the most well-known supposed "frivolous lawsuit" is the story of Stella Liebeck - the woman who was burned by hot coffee from McDonalds. Thought I would give some brief facts about the case to show you how corporations ahve managed to get Americans to turn on themselves.1: Stella...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 22, 2005 12:38 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsDianne Reding sued Ford Motor Company on a products liability for the wrongful death of her 13-year-old son in the rollover accident of their Ford Explorer in April 2003. Reding claimed that the vehicle was defective and unreasonably dangerous in the way that it was designed and manufactured. She further claimed that the design of the vehicle made it unstable because the wheelbase was too...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 22, 2005 12:36 PM |
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Medical MalpracticePlaintiff sued a neurosurgeon on a medical malpractice theory claiming that the defendant doctor negligently performed a surgery on the Plaintiff's leg with the result that it is permanently swollen and painful. Plaintiff claimed that Defendant severed a main vein during a 1999 operation and failed to prescribe blood thinners following the surgery. Plaintiffwas a police officer for Rumford,...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 22, 2005 11:24 AM |
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MiscellaneousWith all the insurance industry's tort reform propaganda on the airwaves today, one might think that lawyers are the only ones bringing any malpractice or negligence lawsuits today. Doctor Loomis, a neurosurgeon, had surgery privileges at St. Mary's Medical Center. When he was visiting patients in the hospital, he stopped in the pantry to get a cup of coffee, as physicians often did. He slipped...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 22, 2005 10:45 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsMerck, the maker of the drug Vioxx, has recently said it opposes a plan by a New Jersey judge to limit upcoming Vioxx lawsuit trials to those involving users who took the drug for 18 months or longer. Superior Court Judge Carol Higbee, whose court is overseeing about half of the U.S. personal-injury suits involving Vioxx, will hold a hearing Thursday on the matter. Merck has opposed the ideas...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 22, 2005 10:44 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeHow far will nursing homes go to deny residents their constitutional rights? Recently, a Florida nursing home devised a scheme to deny its residents important rights before they even moved into the facility. This case went all the way to the appellate level in Florida, where the Florida Appellate Court found that the nursing home effectively buried an agreement requiring arbitration and...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 21, 2005 12:05 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsWatch out for heartburn as you eat away over the holidays. People on popular prescription heartburn drugs - Prilosec, Prevacid and Nexium - and some over-the-counter versions seem more prone to getting a potentially dangerous diarrhea caused by the bug Clostridium difficile, new research shows. C. diff, as it's known, can cause severe diarrhea and crampy intestinal inflammation called colitis....
- Denise A. Rubin | December 20, 2005 1:58 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsOn Wednesday, December 21, 2005, the Senate will vote on the vaccine immunity amendment that was just passed by the House. This bill -- Section 6 of S. 1873, the Biodefense and Pandemic Vaccine and Drug Development Act of 2005, sponsored by Senator Richard Burr, R-N.C. -- would set a dangerous and unprecedented standard of care for drug manufacturers, allowing civil suits only when a drug...
- Denise A. Rubin | December 20, 2005 12:58 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsDiagnostic imaging agent NeutroSpec has been withdrawn from the market by order of the Food and Drug Administration. The drug has been tied to numerous adverse allergic-type responses shortly after injection, including 2 deaths.The United States Food & Drug Administration has ordered the withdrawal of NeutroSpec, a diagnostic imaging agent used for diagnosis of suspected cases of appendicitis in...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 19, 2005 4:35 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe following link is a great commentary on tort reform and how it attacks the patient.Medical Malpractice Tort ReformAn Excerpt:The truth is that there is a medical malpractice crisis facing our nation. It has its origins in the operating room, not the courtroom. According to an Institute of Medicine study published a few years ago, between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans die in hospitals every...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 18, 2005 6:33 PM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesBrain trauma is usually caused by outside forces such as a fall, a car accident, a sports injury; all of these things may cause injuries that will lead to brain trauma. This trauma may be minor and the injured may be recover quickly, or it may be severe and require years of hospitalization and rehabilitation. If a driver negligently injures you or a loved one, then you may be entitled to...
- Jeremy Thurman | December 18, 2005 6:28 PM |
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MiscellaneousLike thousands of other homeowners, Sen. Trent Lott (R-Miss.) lost his home when Hurricane Katrina roared ashore. And like thousands of his constituents, Lott has not been able to get his insurer to pay for replacing his house. The insurance companies are alleging the damage from the hurricane is from floods that are excluded in their policies. However, Sen. Lott, like his constituents is...