Personal Injury Law

Shouting Fire - Elderly Fear Health Overhaul (Part 2)

Posted on August 27, 2009
Media Fuels Fears LEARN MORE Pew Research - on News Consumption, 2004 Media Matters – on Fox & Friends on Limited Options Myths, Dr. Frank Luntz - The Language of Healthcare - 2009 IB News – Shouting Fire- Health Care Debate Squelched by Fear Mongers (Part 1) – August 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Fox & Friends, August 7, 2009/ Media Matters Web site 'It's a form of eugenics,' says Fox News medical contributor, Dr...

Common Brain Cancer Kills Sen. Ted Kennedy, 77

Posted on August 26, 2009
Sen. Edward Kennedy LEARN MORE Kennedy's office Web site CNN- Q & A on Brain Surgery Mayo Clinic on Gliomas Treatment Strategies for Malignant Gliomas report - Mass. General Hospital, 1999 American Cancer Society - Statement on the death of Sen...

Injured Ask FTC For Warning on Used Chrysler Cars

Posted on August 25, 2009
Lilly Stellanger, died in Chrysler vehicle, April 2007 LEARN MORE Center for Justice & Democracy Web site Petition to FTC 1996 Dodge Caravan video Chrysler CEO Bob Nardelli -Testimony in bankruptcy hearing IMAGE SOURCE: Skull Crossbones on letter of Patricia Robb Warriner to Chrysler IMAGE SOURCE: Lily Stellanger, killed when front seat of Chrysler car collapsed backward on her head in rear-end collision, April 2007, Center for Justice & Democracy report IMAGE SOURCE: Scott M...

Weight Loss Drug Alli Investigated For Liver Damage

Posted on August 25, 2009
Alli And Xenical LEARN MORE Alli Web site Public Citizen 2006, Petition on Xenical FDA – Safety Review on Orlistat IB Des Moines, Megan Roth, Alli v Orlistat, January 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Alli Web site /image of Alli The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating whether the over-the-counter (OTC) weight loss drug, orlistat (as Alli), and by prescription, (as Xenical) can cause liver damage...

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Swine Flu Predictions 1.8 Million Hospitalized

Posted on August 25, 2009
LEARN MORE PCAST - Full report on H1N1 IB News - Swine Flu Immunity Seen in Older People - May 2009 IB News - Will Swine Flu Vaccine Be Hurt Over Thimerosal - August 2009 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg - Institute of Vaccine Safety The Lancet - H1N1 and Pregnancy - August 2009 CDC-Page on swine flu National Vaccine Information Center GSK- July press release   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ flu shot/ author: pressdigital    Mid-October The U...

Does Testosterone Influence A Woman's Career Choice?

Posted on August 25, 2009
LEARN MORE PNAS, August 2009 ForbesWoman IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockphoto / author: aldomurillo A new study finds women with higher levels of testosterone are more likely to pursue financially riskier careers and make riskier decisions...

AHA Recommends Curbing Sugar Intake

Posted on August 25, 2009
LEARN MORE Circulation – Journal of the American Heart Association, August 2009 Sugar Association Response to AHA IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockphoto / author: FuatKose Now is the time to say no to your sweet tooth and curb your sugar intake, the American Heart Association (AHA) said in a recommendation likely to rile food and beverage companies...

Teens Abusing ADHD Drugs - Poison Control Center Calls Rose 76 Percent

Posted on August 24, 2009
LEARN MORE Pediatrics - ADHD Medication Abuse – August 2009 Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center IB News – Rare Deaths Linked to ADHD drugs – June 2009 National Institute on Drug Abuse – on stimulant medications IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ pencil case & drugs/ author: TACrafts Getting Drugs From Friends Teens are abusing drugs prescribed for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), according to researchers who surveyed calls coming into poison control centers over a seven-year period...

Schools Are Front Line In Swine Flu Fight

Posted on August 24, 2009
First Day of School LEARN MORE Video on Handwashing CDC- on H1N1 InjuryBoard Swine Flu News H1N1 State by State WHO H1N1 News IB News – Swine Flu Officially a Pandemic – June 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: Swine Flu in Hong Kong/ New York Times Web site With all eyes on the first day of school, federal health officials are eyeing the schoolyard as the incubation point for the swine flu this fall...

Michael Jackson - Lethal Levels Of The Drug Propofol

Posted on August 24, 2009
Lethal Levels of Propofol LEARN MORE Smoking Gun - Statement of Probable Cause  IB, Philadelphia, Jamie Sheller - Diprivan May Get Tighter DEA Restrictions - July 2009 IB News - Doctors Discuss Dangers of Diprivan - July 2009 IB News - Family Lawyer Blames Medication Abuse For Jackson Death - June 2009 National Institute on Drug Abuse  Injuryboard on prescription drug deaths    IMAGE SOURCE: CNN/ Michael Jackson/ Web site    The preliminary coroner findings unsealed Monday show that singer Michael Jackson's death two months ago, was caused by "lethal levels of propofol...

Addicted To The Internet? There Is Help

Posted on August 21, 2009
reStart Internet Addiction Recovery Program LEARN MORE reStart Internet Addiction Recovery Program Internet Addiction Test IB News, OMG - Are U Addicted to Texting? March 2008 IB News, Pathological Video Gaming Affects One In Ten Youth, April 2009 InjuryBoard on Addiction Treatment IMAGE SOURCE: © Heavensfield Treatment Center, Home of the reStart Recovery Program Social Web sites such as Facebook, Myspace and Twitter have made it easier than ever before to become addicted to the web...

Many Over 50 Are Binge Drinkers

Posted on August 21, 2009
Binge Drinking Affects All Ages LEARN MORE American Journal of Psychiatry - Abstract NSDUH - Frequently asked questions   IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockphoto/ senior pensioner having a pint/ author: BCFC We don't usually associate binge drinking, that is guzzling large quantities of alcoholic beverages in one sitting, with older people...

FDA - Ibuprofen Pain Relief Gels Are Unproven

Posted on August 21, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA - Warning letters, August 15 2009 FDA News Release, August 20, 2009 Letter to Progressive Emu InjuryBoard, West Palm Beach, Armand Rossetti - Zicam Nasal Gel - June 2009 IB News - Harvard Heavyweights To Head FDA - March 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: FDA Logo A new tougher Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing another crackdown - this time on creams that claim to relieve pain because they contain ibuprofen, among other active ingredients...

New FDA Tobacco Unit Expects First Challenge

Posted on August 20, 2009
LEARN MORE Dr. Lawrence R. Deyton, from New York Times H.R. 1256 - Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids InjuryBoard Tobacco News InjuryBoard on Cigarettes and Tobacco Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act IB Partner, Gerry McGill, A Special Place in Hell for Tobacco Excecutives    IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / quit smoking / author: RobHadfield FDA Regulates Tobacco Dr...

Holiday Crackdown On Drinkers, Especially Women

Posted on August 20, 2009
Impaired Driving National Enforcement Crackdown Aug 21 - Sep 7, 2009 LEARN MORE 2009 Impaired Driving National Enforcement Crackdown MADD - Web site IB News – Wrong-Way Mom Drove Drunk, Stoned – August 2009 IB News – Women DUIs Are Up – August 2009 InjuryBoard Help Center - Drunk Driving Accidents NHTSA Web site IMAGE SOURCE: © 2009 Impaired Driving National Enforcement Crackdown Women are involved in about 2,000 alcohol-related deaths each year...

Oprah, Dr. Oz Sue Marketers Over Acai Berry Claims

Posted on August 20, 2009
LEARN MORE Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan Web site Crush LLC - Complaint Advanced Wellness - Complaint CSPI Web site CSPI - Nutrition Action Health Letter IMAGE SOURCE: Acai Berry Free Trial Web site As Seen On Oprah They are the magic words - "As Seen on Oprah" - that are guarantee to sell any product, from books to face creams...

Life Expectancy Now Higher Than Ever In U.S.

Posted on August 19, 2009
LEARN MORE CDC - National Center for Health Statistics InjuryBoard - Help Center - Heart Problems InjuryBoard - Help Center - Cancer, Frequently Asked Questions   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ elderly couple, author's grandparents/ author: Laartist 75 for Men, 80 for Women  If you were born in 2007, your life expectancy just went up to nearly 78 years, the highest it's ever been, the government reports today...

Merck Pays for Favorable Gardasil Opinion

Posted on August 19, 2009
$750,000 LEARN MORE JAMA – Marketing HPV Vaccine -August 2009 JAMA –Risks and Benefits of HPV Vaccination, Editorial – August 2009 CDC - on Adverse Events HPV Vaccine FDA on Gardasil InjuryBoard Cervical Cancer IMAGE SOURCE: © ©iStockphoto/ girl being vaccinated/ author: pflorendo Merck & Co paid for a favorable medical opinion from three medical associations to promote Gardasil, according to a published report...

New J & J Ceramic Hip Implant Wins FDA Advisory Approval

Posted on August 19, 2009
Ceramic On Metal LEARN MORE DePuy Web site Clinical trials on DePuy Orthopaedics clinical study %ta_ center">IMAGE SOURCE: J &%Web site An FDA advisory panel has voted 5-0 to approve a new hip replacement made by Johnson & Johnson...

Sleep Apnea Linked To Premature Death In Men

Posted on August 18, 2009
LEARN MORE PLoS Medicine, August 2009 American Sleep Apnea Association IB News, Sleep Apnea Hurts Memory, June 2008 IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhotos / snoring / author: AnitaPatterson Loud snoring, interrupted breathing and sleep disruption – classic signs of sleep apnea – raise the risk of premature death, according to a new study published in PLos Medicine...

Will Swine Flu Vaccine Be Hurt Over Thimerosal?

Posted on August 18, 2009
LEARN MORE Johns Hopkins Bloomberg - Institute of Vaccine Safety The Lancet - H1N1 and Pregnancy - August 2009 CDC-Page on swine flu CDC - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices National Institutes of Health - on Guillian-Barre Syndrome IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Symptoms of swine flu/ author: CDC  Vaccines Being Prepared This fall the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hopes to have 120 million doses of the swine flu vaccine ready for the public to protect itself against the H1N1 virus...

Gardasil Subject of Back-To-School Campaign

Posted on August 18, 2009
LEARN MORE CDC - Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices GSK Cervarix CDC - on Adverse Events HPV Vaccine FDA on Gardasil National Institutes of Health - on Guillian-Barre Syndrome Submit an adverse events report or by phone at 1-800-822-7967 IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ Gardasil promotion poster from Northampton, MA/ author: Eugene Peretz Back To School Drugmaker, Merck & Co...

Smokeless Tobacco - Not A Safer Alternative To Cigarettes Study Finds

Posted on August 17, 2009
Chemicals Found In Smokeless Tobacco LEARN MORE Masonic Cancer Center IB Partner, Mike Ferrara, Cherry Hill, New Jersey – on Nicotine Super-Charged Smokeless Tobacco – November 2008 IB Partner, Armand Rossetti, West Palm, Florida – E-Cigarettes…Anyone Else? – July 2009 CDC Podcast – Snuff Out Smoking CDC Fact Sheet – Smokeless Tobacco IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ can of snuff, General Snus portion / author: de: Benutzer:Tigerente Not debatable – Smoking Kills...

More Health Care Does Not Mean Healthier

Posted on August 17, 2009
Americans Not As Healthy As Others LEARN MORE Journal of the American Medical Association - Disease and Disadvantage in the US and England, 2006 Health Affairs, 2007 - Creating Accountable Care Organizations Primer on ACOs - Kaiser Family Health IB News - Obesity Rates Surge in 37 States - August 2008 InjuryBoard on Obesity InjuryBoard on Type II Diabetes CDC on Obesity IMAGE SOURCE: ©Wikimedia Commons / waist circumference / author: Pharos, FDA Dietary Guidelines While there are different ideas about how to reform health care, it's clear that there is more to healthy than health care, and in that regard, Americans are lacking...

Research - Drug Compound Destroys Breast Cancer Stem Cells

Posted on August 17, 2009
LEARN MORE Cell, Aug. 13, 2009 InjuryBoard News – Breast Cancer InjuryBoard Help Center – Breast Cancer National Cancer Institute on Breast Cancer Dana-Farber Cancer Center IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhotos / breast cancer / author: cassp Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Broad Institute have identified a compound that can destroy breast cancer stem cells, a type of master cell resistant to conventional treatment...

Bowing to Pressure Public Option May Be Dropped

Posted on August 17, 2009
Public Option Critical LEARN MORE U.S. Chamber of Commerce – Responsible Health Reform TV ad Center for Media and Democracy SourceWatch – on U...

Diabetes Monitors Faulty Testing Strips

Posted on August 17, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA Warning – Public Health Notification FDA Advice for Patients InjuryBoard Help Center- Diabetes InjuryBoard on Diabetes Drugs American Diabetes Association IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / Diabetes Icon Public Health Notification The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning patients with diabetes that they may get an inaccurate reading of their blood sugar levels from certain glucose test strips...

Dealing With Big Pharma

Posted on August 14, 2009
LEARN MORE PhRma Web site MSNBC Ryan Grim video  Robert Reich Blog   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikipedia Commons/ White House   Details Coming Out While much of the health care debate has been very public, details of the very private negotiations between the White House and the pharmaceutical industry are becoming public...

Lawmakers Push To End Prescription Drug Commercials

Posted on August 14, 2009
LEARN MORE WHO: Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Under Fire The Prescription Project Say No to Drug Ads Act IB News - Consumers Can Decide Future of TV Drug Ads, October 2008 InjuryBoard Health Care Reform News IMAGE SOURCE: © Lipitor...

Doctor Forced To Resign For Dissing Dunkin Donuts

Posted on August 14, 2009
Donuts=Diabetes LEARN MORE World Health Organization - Diet and Chronic Diseases - 2003 report InjuryBoard on Obesity InjuryBoard on Type II Diabetes CDC on Obesity All Americans May Be Overweight in 40 Years CDC: Americans Have Packed On Pounds in 23 Years F as in Fat: How Obesity Policies Are Failing In America 2008 IMAGE SOURCE: Panama City News Herald Web site/ image of Dr...

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