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Suffering in Silence From A Medical Device - Surgical Mesh (Part 3)

Posted on April 28, 2009
  LEARN MORE Suffering in Silence- Part 1 Suffering in Silence- Part 2 Suzanne McClain American Urogynecological Society meeting, 2006 FDA  - Center for Devices and Radiological Health  FDA  -  MAUDE database FDA -  Adverse Event Reporting System  InjuryBoard News - Congress Moves to End Medical Device Immunity, March 2009 More on Lana Keeton - Founder, Truth In Medicine IMAGE SOURCE:  Ethicon Web site  Background: About 13 million American women experience stress urinary incontinence (SUI), a leaking of urine during moments of physical stress that can include coughing or laughter...

Do ADHD Drugs Improve School Scores?

Posted on April 27, 2009
  Higher Test Scores with ADHD Drugs? LEARN MORE Pediatrics - Positive Association ADHD Drugs and Test Scores - Abstract , May 2009 Generation Rx  - Amazon Kevin Miller InjuryBoard News - Harvard Psychiatrists Under Fire, June, 2008 Boston Globe profile on Dr...

Alfalfa Sprouts Warning - Salmonella

Posted on April 27, 2009
  Don't Eat Alfalfa Sprouts LEARN MORE LATEST UPDATE- Noon  EST_ - U.S. cases now up to 40 mild cases of the virus. The WHO wants to call it influenza not swine flu because people will stop eating pork.  More updates as warranted. FDA on Salmonella Saintpaul Peppers, August 2008 FDA on Raw Alfalfa Sprouts, April 2009 FDA Talk Paper on Sprouts, 2002 InjuryBoard News -Salmonella Sprout Recall in Six States, March 2008 Injuryboard on Salmonella  Injuryboard on Food Poisoning  InjuryBoard Help Center - Sprouts    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons, alfalfa sprouts   For the time being, federal health regulators warn you to stop eating raw alfalfa sprouts until further notice...

U.S. Urges Calm Over Swine Flu

Posted on April 27, 2009
Swine Flu - Don't Panic U.S. Urges LEARN MORE CDC  - Latest on swine flu Health & Human Services - Pandemicflu.gov World Health Organization   IMAGE SOURCE:  Valencia, Spain health workers/ New York Times  Americans are being urged not to panic...

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Congressman Calls For Inquiry Into AIG's Handling of Contractor Claims

Posted on April 24, 2009
LEARN MORE ProPublica InjuryBoard AIG News IB - Insurance Industry Exposed - Tricks Of The Trade IMAGE SOURCE: Congressman Elijah E...

FAA Makes Public Bird Strike Incidents

Posted on April 24, 2009
Canada goose LEARN MORE FAA data on bird-strikes InjuryBoard News-USAirways Flight Crashes, January, 2009   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Canada goose/ author: Alan Wilson    89,000 since 1990 The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports that bird strikes by airplanes have more than doubled at 13 major U...

Big Tobacco's Friends In Florida Legislature

Posted on April 24, 2009
  Big Tobacco's Big Friends LEARN MORE Injuryboard- Help Center - Cigarettes & Tobacco InjuryBoard News - First of 8,000 Florida Tobacco Lawsuits Begins, December, 2008 Engle Trust Fund Injuryboard on the Engle Case  Injuryboard on Florida Tobacco Lawsuits  Florida Supreme Court on Engle case    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Marlboro cigarettes/ author: Bachmont   Big Tobacco has some close friends among the Florida legislature, meeting in Tallahassee...

Unusual Swine Flu Hits Seven People

Posted on April 24, 2009
Unusual Swine Flu Hits Seven People in U.S. LEARN MORE WHO on Swine Flu outbreak of 1976 World Health Organization  InjuryBoard News - Flu Shot Puts Parents in Dilemma, February 2008 CDC -General Information about Swine Flu   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ pigs in a pen/ author: Titanium 22   Seven people in two states in the Southwest have been hit with an unusual strain of swine flu, even though they had no contact with pigs...

Florida Pharmacy Error Involved In 21 Polo Horse Deaths

Posted on April 23, 2009
  Pharmacy Error In 21 Polo Horse Deaths LEARN MORE InjuryBoard Help Center - Prescription and Medication errors  InjuryBoard News, Twins To Be Buried on Baby Shower Day, July, 2008 InjuryBoard News - Quaids Sue over Medication Error, November 2007 InjuryBoard- Rite Aid Corp to Pay $850 K in Prescription Lawsuit, July 2002   IMAGE SOURCE: Associated Press Web site      21 polo horses who received a supplement and died shortly after this weekend, were given an incorrect dosage, says the pharmacy...

On Statins? Avoid These Juices

Posted on April 23, 2009
Grapefruit and Pomegranate LEARN MORE NEJM on C-reactive protein, November 2008 InjuryBoard Help Center- Cholesterol drugs overview InjuryBoard, Cheyenne, Vytorin, Zetia used as last resort, August 2008   IMAGE SOURCE:  Cholesterol/ National Institutes of Health   ABC News medical contributor, Dr...

Shaken Baby Used To Market Apple App

Posted on April 23, 2009
  Testing the bounds of marketing LEARN MORE InjuryBoard Help Center - Traumatic Brain Injury Sarah Jane Brain Project Web site  National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ newborn baby   Apple has decided to kill its iPhone application called "Baby Shaker" after public outcry...

Medical Device Division of FDA Broke, Needs Fixing

Posted on April 22, 2009
Artificial hip joints Device Arm Broken LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News - Suffering in Silence from a Medical Device - Surgical Mesh (Part 1) InjuryBoard News - Suffering In Silence Over A Medical Device - Surgical Mesh (Part 2) FDA  - Center for Devices and Radiological Health  See a 510(k) "substantially equivalent" letter  InjuryBoard News - Riegel v Medtronic decision, February 2008 FDA Announces Medical Device review, April 2009 GAO report, January 2009 injuryBoard News - Suffering in Silence (Part 1) IB News - Suffering in Silence (Part 2)    IMAGE SOURCE:  iStockphoto/ hip joints   The Food and Drug Administration's office that oversees medical devices is broken and needs fixing...

'Silent' Heart Attacks Often Unnoticed

Posted on April 22, 2009
LEARN MORE PLoS Medicine Duke University News Release InjuryBoard Heart Attack News InjuryBoard on Heart Attacks IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ diagram of a heart attack / author: U...

Craigslist - Enabler to Sex Trade and Crime

Posted on April 22, 2009
CEO Feels Bad About Craigslist Killer LEARN MORE Craigs Crime List - Crime Blotter Web site CNN interview with Jim Buckmaster  FCC Communications Decency Act, 1996   IMAGE SOURCE:  CNN Web site, interview with Jim Buckmaster    Speaking on CNN this morning, Craigslist CEO, Jim Buckmaster says he feels terribly that his online service was used to target victims...

Bad Doctors Going Undisciplined

Posted on April 22, 2009
  How Does Your State Rank? LEARN MORE Public Citizen- Ranks State Medical Boards, 2006-2008 Public Citizen on Five Percent of Doctors, September 2002 InjuryBoard- Help Center - Medical Malpractice InjuryBoard News - Hospitals Apologize to Lower Medical Malpractice Lawsuits, March 2009 InjuryBoard, Cleveland - Spangenberg Shibley & Liber,  on Medical Malpractice   IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockphoto/ Doctor's visit/ author: Lilliday   Public Citizen, the consumer advocacy group, is looking at the numbers and finds that California and Florida are not living up to the task of disciplining doctors who are practicing substandard medicine...

Texas Court Rules Wyeth Must Face Prempro Lawsuit

Posted on April 22, 2009
LEARN MORE IB Partner, Honolulu, Wyeth Must Face Prempro Case InjuryBoard on HRT InjuryBoard HRT News InjuryBoard on Breast Cancer InjuryBoard News coverage of federal pre-emption - See what everyone is talking about IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons / Venus / author: Kyle A Texas appeals court has ruled Wyeth must face a personal injury lawsuit filed by a woman who claims Prempro, a hormone-replacement drug, caused her breast cancer...

Woman Paralyzed From Airplane Turbulence

Posted on April 21, 2009
Woman Paralyzed From Airplane Turbulence LEARN MORE InjuryBoard, Seattle, Inflight Medical Emergencies, February, 2009 InjuryBoard News, Turbulence Danger, December, 2006 InjuryBoard News on Airlines   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ interior of Continental 737/ author: World Aviation Group   You've seen the warning lights in the airplane bathrooms - "Return to your Seat"-  during times of turbulence during a flight...

More Than Five Million Live With Paralysis, New Research Shows

Posted on April 21, 2009
 Christopher and Dana Reeve LEARN MORE One Degree of Separation report  Morning news conference, April 21, 2009  InjuryBoard Help Center - Spinal Cord Injuries  Alexandra Reeve Givens  IMAGE SOURCE:  Christopher and Dana Reeve/ ABC News Video Web site Givens Image/ ABC News Web site    40 Percent More Than Previously Thought   Research initiated by the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, announced during a news conference today, shows that spinal cord injuries are more common than previously thought and a sudden accident can throw someone into a lifetime of discrimination, pain, poverty, and adversity...

Pharmaceuticals Found In Water Supply

Posted on April 21, 2009
LEARN MORE AP IMPACT: Tons of released drugs taint US water IB Partner, Austin, TX, A Little Rocket Fuel In Your Drinking Water? No Problem IB Partner, Cincinnati, OH, How Safe Is Your Drinking Water? IB Partner, Des Moines, IA, Water Safety: Who's Responsible? IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / drinking water / author: Ranvieg U...

Urine Test Could Predict Lung Cancer Risk

Posted on April 20, 2009
LEARN MORE AACR Press Release InjuryBoard on Lung Cancer InjuryBoard Lung Cancer News InjuryBoard on Cigarettes & Tobacco National Cancer Institute on Lung Cancer IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / urine sample / author: leezsnow Lung cancer accounted for more deaths than breast cancer, colon cancer and prostate cancer in 2005...

Faux Handbags Carry Real Lead Hazard

Posted on April 20, 2009
Handbags carry high lead levels  LEARN MORE CEH Report - Pretty But Poisonous: Lead in Handbags and Wallets, April 2009 EPA on Lead    IMAGE SOURCE:   Center for Environmental Health. Web site    They are fashion handbags found at Macy's Target, Kohl's, Ross, JCPenny and WalMart and they are in violation of California law...

Pathological Video Gaming Affects One In Ten Youth

Posted on April 20, 2009
  LEARN MORE Study - Pathological video game use among youth, April 2009 InjuryBoard News - Parkinson's Drug and Gambling Behavior Link, April, 2009 Association for Psychological Science journals   IMAGE SOURCE; ©iStockphoto/ game playing/ author: joshblake   Can you be addicted to video gaming? The short answer is yes...

Financial Misconduct - The Best Way To Rob A Bank Is To Own One

Posted on April 20, 2009
LEARN MORE Bill Moyers Journal Web site Markkula Center for Applied Ethics Web site   IMAGE SOURCE:  Bill Moyers of PBS and William Black/ Brasscheck Web site   The Best Way To Rob A Bank Is To Own One   That's the title of a new book by William K...

Doctors Shutting Doors On Drug Sales Reps

Posted on April 17, 2009
LEARN MOREZS Associates Web site Study "The Cost of Pushing Pills" January 2008InjuryBoard,News, Twice as Much Spent Marketing Over Researching Drugs, March 2008 IMAGE SOUCE: ©iStockphoto/ Doctor with arms crossed/ author: Twohumans  Drug Sales Reps Increasingly Denied AccessNew figures are that access to doctors by sales reps are down 13 percent...

MRSA Hits House Staffer

Posted on April 17, 2009
  LEARN MORE InjuryBoard, Mountain Home, Arkansas - MRSA Invades The House of Representatives Gym, April 15, 2009 InjuryBoard News - Avoiding MRSA Staph Infection- CDC Initiative, September 2008 NYT- Michael Polan on Our Decrepit Food Factories, December 2007 For more information: (800) CDC-INFO CDC on MRSA  MRSA Education Initiative  EPA products effective against MRSA  JAMA study on MRSA here Story (2 parts)  of Alicia Cole, victim of MRSA here IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockPhoto/ working out in gym/ author: jon11   More proof that MRSA - methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus - is everywhere, even near the corridors of power...

EB Brands Recalls Fitness Balls Due To Fall Hazard

Posted on April 17, 2009
LEARN MORE EB Brands News Release EB Brands Instructions for Use InjuryBoard on Product Recalls InjuryBoard Defective & Dangerous Products Help Center IB Partner, Tampa, Fitness Balls Burst Causing Injuries IMAGE SOURCE: © CPSC / Recalled Fitness Balls EB Brands, of Yonkers, N...

Child Abuse Up As Incomes Down, Poll Shows

Posted on April 16, 2009
LEARN MORE National Coalition for Child Protection Reform  Mason-Dixon Web site InjuryBoard- Help Center- Traumatic Brain Injury  IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockphoto/ Yazolino girl   As the economy falters and many Americans are left on the brink of desperation, it is children who are often the victims of irrepressible adult anger...

A Genetic Predisposition To Stroke Discovered

Posted on April 16, 2009
  LEARN MORE Journal Stroke  InjuryBoard Stroke Help Center  About Herbs by Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Mayo Clinic on Gingko Biloba  National Stroke Association NEJM  - Genomic Association Studies of Stroke, April 2009   IMAGE SOURCE: Library Health Guide, Web site    Stroke is the third leading cause of death in the United States and is known to run in families, so unraveling the genetic contributions to the condition has the potential to help millions avoid stroke and stroke-related disabilities...

Airline Passenger Wide Bodies Pay More

Posted on April 16, 2009
Airlines - Wide Bodies May Pay More LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Obesity  InjuryBoard Obesity News  CDC on Obesity  Missing Gene Linked to Appetite Control and Obesity  Calculate your BMI to find if you are obese   IMAGE SOURCE:  The Age.com.au illustration from Web site     United Airlines is not offering a friendly flying experience for anyone tipping the scales and having trouble fitting into a coach seat...

Anti-Seizure Drug Lowered IQ in The Unborn

Posted on April 15, 2009
Anti-Seizure Drug Lowered IQ in The Unborn LEARN MORE New England Journal of Medicine -Cognitive Function at three years of age after fetal exposure to antiepileptic drugs, April 2009 The Epilepsy Foundation Valproate Sanofi-Aventis Depakote   IMAGE SOURCE:  ©iStockphoto/ little girl writing/ author: peeterv   Researchers report that children of women who took a drug for epilepsy have lower IQs as toddlers than children of mothers who took an alternate drug...

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