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New FDA Head Must Divest Medical Stocks

Posted on May 26, 2009
  LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News  - Dr. Sharfstein calls for OTC drug regulations, October 2008 Nuclear Threat Initiative    IMAGE SOURCE: Time Magazine, profile of Hamburg The woman named by the Obama administration to head the Food and Drug Administration will first have to unload some of her wealth that comes from medical companies...

Mike Tyson's Daughter Very Critical After Treadmill Accident

Posted on May 26, 2009
LEARN MORE Consumer Reports on Dangers in the Home CPSC - May 2005 report InjuryBoard Sacramento - Consumer Alert - Treadmills pose a danger to children, December, 2006   IMAGE SOURCE:  ABC News Web site    Boxer Mike Tyson's four-year-old daughter is on life support after an accident on a treadmill in her Phoenix, Arizona home Monday...

Problems With Prius?

Posted on May 26, 2009
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard, Paducah - Top Ten Automobile Defects - January, 2008 Consumer Affairs Web site - database on Prius   IMAGE SOURCE: Westword Web site/ Prius in a river   Problems With Prius Paul Knight of the Houston Press reports on Bobette Riner, who bought a new Prius during the recent gasoline hike that had everyone thinking fuel-efficiency...

Harvard Study Confirms Plastic Bottles Leach BPA

Posted on May 22, 2009
  Plastic Bottles Leach BPA LEARN MORE Environmental Health Perspectives - Potential for Bioaccumulation BPA, May 2009 EHP - Feminization of Fish- May, 2009 InjuryBoard News - Safe Home 101, Stores Removing Baby Products That Contain BPA - June, 2008 FDA on Bisphenol-A (BPA) Baby bottles care Injuryboard on plastic ban in California Injuryboard on phthalates chemical in plastics  JAMA - Full Text of report  Environmental Health Sciences Web site  National Toxicology Program on BPA  Injuryboard- Safe Home101 on Avoiding BPA Injuryboard  News on BPA T Theo Colburn, Our Stolen Future  Alternet story on BPA  American Chemistry Council    IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ baby boy and bottle/ author: Matthias Sebulke   This study comes from the Harvard School of Public Health and is the first to confirm that drinking from plastic water bottles increases the amount of a chemical plasticizer that leaches into the body...

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CDC - Swine Flu Immunity Seen In Older People

Posted on May 22, 2009
LEARN MORE MMWR – 5/22/09 InjuryBoard Swine Flu News H1N1 State by State CDC - Latest on swine flu WHO H1N1 News IMAGE SOURCE: World Health Organization (WHO) New test results show what scientists have suspected – some people over 60 are likely to posses greater immunity to the H1N1 swine flu, said federal researchers on Thursday...

E. Coli Beef Recall Of 96,000 Pounds

Posted on May 22, 2009
  Class One Recall LEARN MORE FSIS on recall  Injuryboard on E. coli  Injuryboard on E. coli loophole  Injuryboard on Food Product Safety    IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ cows eating regularly minimizes E. coli/ USDA, Agriculture Research Service    A high alert beef recall has an Illinois meat producer at the center of an E...

Big Bonuses Paid To Departing Schering Execs

Posted on May 21, 2009
LEARN MORE Schering Plough Web site  Merck statement on the merger  InjuryBoard News  -  Merck's Acquisition of Schering-Plough -  March 2009   IMAGE SOURCE: WSJ Online Web site    With all eyes recently on the hefty bonuses collected by those leaving Wall Street, drug maker Schering-Plough is not far behind...

Death Knell To Federal Preemption Restores Citizen Rights

Posted on May 21, 2009
LEARN MORE President Obama memo on federal pre-emption AAJ Web site U.S, Chamber of Commerce Web site  Wyeth brief  Levine Brief to U.S. Supreme Court  Injuryboard on Levine issues  Wyeth brief, May 2008  Injuryboard on preemption  Federal Preemption Constitutional discussion     IMAGE SOURCE : iStockphoto/ gavel   In a reversal to years of Bush administration moves to concentrate federal power at the expense of citizen and states' rights, President Barack Obama Wednesday called for sweeping changes to federal pre-emption that shields companies from lawsuits over their dangerous and defective products...

Chinese Drywall Suspicions Confirmed By EPA Tests

Posted on May 20, 2009
Corrosion inside Chinese-wallboard home   EPA Tests Drywall LEARN MORE Sen. Nelson praises CPSC change- Press Release - May, 2009 Florida Dept. of Health - Web site on Chinese drywall EPA report on drywall  InjuryBoard News - U.S. Senators Seek Ban On Domestic Drywall - March, 2009 InjuryBoard News - Lawsuits Fly Over Chinese Drywall - February, 2009 InjuryBoard on Chinese Drywall News  IB Regional partner- Wayne Parsons, Honolulu  IB Regional partner - Joe Saunders, St...

Judge Issues Arrest Warrant For Mom In Daniel Hauser Case

Posted on May 20, 2009
LEARN MORE Brown Co. court documents - Finding of Fact Transcript of Daniel Hauser's Testimony - April 2009 Guardian ad Litem – Argument Hodgkin's Lymphoma - National Cancer Institute IMAGE SOURCE: Daniel Hauser from MSNBC Web site A Minnesota judge has issued an arrest warrant for Colleen Hauser after she and Daniel did not appear for court yesterday...

Credit Card Rates Not Capped

Posted on May 20, 2009
  Credit Card Reform LEARN MORE Sen. Dodd Statement The Card Act of 2009    IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ credit card/ author: Channel R    With an average family credit card debt of $7,300 in 2007, credit card reform has long been in the works...

Today's Cigarettes May Pack More Punch

Posted on May 19, 2009
Cigarettes Pack More Punch LEARN MORE Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Dr. Burns Testimony - USA v. Philip Morris Altria Group- Philip Morris   IMAGE SOURCE:  Dr. David Burns/ San Diego Union Tribune Web site    Cigarettes of today may pack more punch that lead to a certain type of lung cancer...

Wyeth Accused of Cheating Medicare

Posted on May 19, 2009
LEARN MORE Department of Justice News Release InjuryBoard on Wyeth News InjuryBoard on Diana Levine Wyeth Pharmaceuticals IMAGE SOURCE: The Justice Department and sixteen states are accusing drug giant, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, of cheating Medicaid programs out of hundreds of millions of dollars in rebates by overcharging for two versions of its acid-reflux drug, Protonix...

Smoking Cigarettes - Most Devastating For Women

Posted on May 19, 2009
  Women and Smoking LEARN MORE American Thoracic Society Web site InjuryBoard News - U.S. Smoking Rates Decline Below 20 Percent - November, 2008 CDC report on smoking rates - Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Injuryboard Help Center on cigarettes and tobacco  American Legacy Foundation  MMWR: Cigarette Smoking Among Adults U...

Antipsychotic Prescriptions For Children Drop

Posted on May 18, 2009
Antipsychotic Use In Children Drops LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News - What to do with a risky drug? Give it to children - December 2007 Injuryboard News - Harvard Psychiatrist on the hot seat for Conflict of Interest, November 2008 FDA - Atypical antipsychotics  Medco Health Solutions -  Web site  SDI - Web site   IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons / Risperdal / author: Housed   When Florida began requiring physicians to obtain approval from the state before prescribing antipsychotics to children under the age of six, something dramatic happened - prescriptions dropped 75 percent, according to statistics from the state Agency for Health Care Administration...

Later Retirement May Delay Dementia

Posted on May 18, 2009
Workplace Stimulation May Fight Alzheimer's LEARN MORE Alzheimer's Association 1- 877-IS IT ALZ (877.474.8259). Alzheimer's Disease International The journal Neurology, May 13, 2009  Institute of Psychiatry Press Statement - King's College, London International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry...

NYC Principal - Sixth U.S. Death From Swine Flu

Posted on May 18, 2009
LEARN MORE CDC Web site on swine flu InjuryBoard News - Swine Flu Not Linked To Smithfield Foods - May, 2009 InjuryBoard News - New Head CDC To Tackle Swine Flu, Morale - May, 2009 IB Partner - Shapiro, Cooper Lewis & Appleton, P.C.   IMAGE SOURCE:  ABC News Web site/ image of Asst...

Petition Filed Against Southwest Airlines For Passenger Poisoning

Posted on May 18, 2009
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard member, Alisa Brodkowitz InjuryBoard member leads the fight to hold Southwest Airlines accountable for passenger poisoning Airline passengers try to find answers after falling ill (video) IMAGE SOURCE: Southwest Airlines Twin sisters, Victoria Holsted and Valerie Vaughn, passengers aboard Southwest flight 1705 from Los Angeles, became seriously ill after a mist filled the passenger compartment of the aircraft during their January flight...

Judge Overrules Parents' Alternative Treatment For Cancer Teen

Posted on May 15, 2009
Hodgkin's Lymphoma  LEARN MORE Brown Co. court documents - Finding of Fact Transcript of Daniel Hauser's Testimony - April 2009 Guardian ad Litem - Argument Minnesota Judicial Branch Web site  Official Web site - Nemenhah Band Hodgkin's Lymphoma- National Cancer Institute    IMAGE SOURCE: Daniel Hauser from MSNBC Web site   The parents of a 13-year-old cancer patient want him treated with alternative medicine as prescribed by their religion...

New Head CDC To Tackle Swine Flu, Morale

Posted on May 15, 2009
LEARN MORE Atlanta Journal-Constitution on CDC and documents  CDC Web site CDC on Swine Flu investigation InjuryBoard News - Tuberculosis Scare Lawyer Sues CDC, April 2009 InjuryBoard News - CDC Initiative on Avoiding MRSA, September 2008   IMAGE SOURCE:  New York Daily News Web site/ Dr...

Swine Flu Not Linked To Smithfield Foods

Posted on May 15, 2009
LEARN MORE Smithfield Foods CEO Statement NPPC News Release InjuryBoard Swine Flu News H1N1 State by State CDC - Latest on Swine Flu WHO H1N1 News IMAGE SOURCE: Smithfield Foods, Inc...

Lawsuit Reveals Merck's Fake Vioxx Journals

Posted on May 14, 2009
Merck's Fake Medical Journals  LEARN MORE "The Australasian Journal of Bone and Joint Medicine"-  Phony medical journal  Merck & Co. -  Web site InjuryBoard News - Merck Settlement announced, November 2007 InjuryBoard News - Merck Busted for Ghostwriting Vioxx Studies, April 2008 Injuryboard on Vioxx  Injuryboard on Merck & Co...

Low Pay For Regional Jet Pilots

Posted on May 14, 2009
Second day of NTSB hearing LEARN MORE NTSB live hearings May 12-14, 2009 'FOIA Reading Room'-on cockpit rules, crew experience, stall recovery, cold weather operation and icing effects...

Doctor Falsified Infuse Study, Army Says

Posted on May 14, 2009
LEARN MORE Medtronic Web site on Infuse InjuryBoard Medtronic News IB - Medtronics Whistle-Blower Lawsuit Alleges Conflicts, December 2008 IMAGE SOURCE: Medtronic Web site on Infuse Bone Graft A former surgeon at Walter Reed Army Medical Center made false claims about a bone-growth product sold by Medtronic Inc...

Face Paint Contaminated, Recalled

Posted on May 13, 2009
  LEARN MORE FDA Recall notice  FDA MedWatch to report problems 1-800-FDA-1088 Mail to MedWatch, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20852-9787 FAX 1-800-FDA-0178 IMAGE SOURCE: FDA Web site image of face paint   Forget painting rosy cheeks on a child's face at parties - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is recalling a commonly used face paint because of contamination...

Marketing Muscle Has Cheerios In Trouble With FDA

Posted on May 13, 2009
A cereal or a drug? LEARN MORE   FDA Warning Letter, May 5, 2009 National Consumers League    IMAGE SOURCE:   General Mills Web site    Seizing boxes of Cheerios off store shelves?  That is what General Mills is trying to avoid. Following a warning from the Food and Drug Administration, the company says it will fix the overpromises on the cereal's box...

Health Officials Urge Limiting Drug Use In Swine Flu Cases

Posted on May 13, 2009
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard Swine Flu News H1N1 State by State CDC - Latest on Swine Flu WHO H1N1 News CDC - General Information about Swine Flu Outbreak of Swine-Origin Influenza A (H1N1) IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / Tamiflu / author: Shizhao With swine flu still spreading, global health officials are warning countries to limit use of antiviral drugs, used to treat influenza, to only high-risk patients such as pregnant women and chronically ill patients to ensure adequate supplies...

Protestors Advocating Single-Payer Arrested

Posted on May 12, 2009
Dirsuption of Congress  LEARN MORE Single Payer FAQ by PNHP PBS Special - on Health Care CrisisCommonwealth Fund on healthcare reform Public Citizen - on Single-Payer System New England Journal of Medicine - Costs of Health Care Administration in the United States and Canada, 2003   IMAGE SOURCE: MSNBC Web site Five protestors were taken into custody at the Senate Finance Committee hearings today trying to address health care reform...

Is This Tenth Grader Being Held Under The Patriot Act?

Posted on May 12, 2009
Patriot Act or Not  LEARN MORE Video on Brasscheck Television ACLU on Patriot Act Library of Congress - Patriot Act  DOJ - News release on arrest, May 09   IMAGE SOURCE:  Image of Ashton Lundeby/ WRAL-TV   The Patriot Act was created 45 days after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center and civilians in commercial aircraft...

Bullying In The Workplace On The Rise

Posted on May 12, 2009
LEARN MORE Workplace Bullying Institute Workplace Bullying Institute - Legislative Campaign Stop Bullying Now InjuryBoard - Long Island, Bullying, October 2008 InjuryBoard, Des Moines, Privacy Rights: Stalker Secrets and the terror of those stalked...

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