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Financial Misconduct: Securities Fraud and Corruption At The Top

Posted on April 15, 2009
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard, Des Moines, Financial Misconduct - What is a Ponzi Scheme?, April 2009 InjuryBoard, Des Moines, Financial Misconduct - What is a Liar's Loan? April 2009   IMAGE SOURCE:  New York Times Web site/ image of Barrett Wissman  His name is Barrett Wissman and he was a Dallas hedge fund executive...

Bone-Building Drug Speeds Pelvic Healing In Elderly

Posted on April 15, 2009
LEARN MORE American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons  University of Rochester Medical School Forteo Web site InjuryBoard News - Are You Getting Your Vitamin D for bone loss?, March 2009 InjuryBoard, West Palm -FDA on osteoporosis drug and atrial fibrillation, November 2008   IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ Osteoporatic hip   It is a drug that appears to return the bone building process in the elderly to that of a young persons...

FDA - Coast IRB To Halt Drug Studies Due To Violations

Posted on April 15, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA News Release FDA Warning Letter FDA 101: Clinical Trials and Institutional Review Boards Coast IRB News Release InjuryBoard on Clinical Trials IMAGE SOURCE: © Coast IRB Coast IRB, LLC is voluntarily halting some aspects of its clinical trial oversight operations due to serious concerns about the company's ability to protect human subjects that participate in clinical trials, according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Minicars Save Gas But Maybe Not Lives In A Crash

Posted on April 14, 2009
Head-On in a Minicar LEARN MORE Insurance Institute for Highway Safety Web site  IIHS video of crashes   IMAGE SOURCE:  New York Times Web site/ minicar collisions   Minicars are great on gas but if you get into an accident there likely will be a tradeoff on safety...

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Bed Bug Summit To Address A Growing Problem

Posted on April 14, 2009
  LEARN MORE EPA on Bed Bug Summit and two-day agenda EPA Q & A on pesticides  InjuryBoard Help Center - Bedbugs  Harvard School of Public Health on biology and management of bed bugs Journal of the American Medical Association on bed bugs and the clinical consequences of their bite, April 2009   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ bed bug nymph, Cimex lectularius   A Growing Problem "Sleep tight and don't let the bed bugs bite," used to be said to little children at night to lull them to sleep...

TB Scare in Chicago Area Hospitals

Posted on April 14, 2009
  LEARN MORE American Lung Association   IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ lungs/ author: Gray's Anatomy   The discovery of a doctor at three Chicago-area hospitals who is positive for tuberculosis has public health experts scrambling.  The resident had rotated through Children's Memorial, Northwestern Memorial and Evanston Hospital...

Scientists: FDA's Assertion of BPA Unreliable And Incomplete

Posted on April 14, 2009
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News on BPA FDA on Bisphenol-A Bisphenol-A Overview InjuryBoard on Phthalates Chemical in Plastics IB Partner – Sacramento, BPA, Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How! Environmental Working Group- Ways to Avoid BPA Exposure IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / chemical structure of bisphenol-A / Calvero The U...

Brown Fat Helps Burn Obesity Fat

Posted on April 13, 2009
LEARN MORE NEJM - Cold-Activated Brown Adipose Tissue in HealthyMen,  April, 2009 NEJM - Brown Adipose Tissue in Adult Humans, April 2009 NEJM - Functional Brown Adipose Tissue in Healthy Adults, April 2009 IB News - How To Slow Obesity, Restaurants Say No, February 2008 InjuryBoard - Bangor, Maine - Can Lawyers Help Stop Childhood Obesity? October, 2008 BMI calculate Obesity or Overweight Highest Obesity rates states:      Mississippi: 31...

Passenger Lands Plane After Pilot Dies Of Heart Attack Mid-Flight

Posted on April 13, 2009
LEARN MORE Federal Aviation Administration IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / King Air A quick thinking passenger was able to land a twin-engine plane at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers on Sunday, after the pilot passed out and died from a heart attack mid-flight...

Study Confirms Compulsive Behaviors With Parkinson's Drugs

Posted on April 13, 2009
LEARN MORE Mayo Clinic Proceedings, April 2009 We Move- Worldwide Education and Awareness for Movement Disorders - Web site on PD National Parkinson Foundation Top questions about Parksinson's Archives of Neurology  InjuryBoard on Sunshine and Vitamin D  NIH on vitamin D  Linus Pauling Institute on Vitamin D   InjuryBoard on Mirapex    IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ gambling chips/ author: Jamie Adams   Parkinson's disease drugs are called dopamine agonists and a new study confirms what many report -  that dopamine agonists can cause compulsive and hypersexual destructive behaviors...

Texas Plant Blamed In Salmonella Outbreak Fined Record $14 Million

Posted on April 10, 2009
  Salmonella Contaminated Peanut Plant Fined $14.6 Million LEARN MORE CDC on salmonella update FDA on salmonella cases  FDA's online database InjuryBoard News, Criminal Charges May be filed against PCA, January 2009 FDA Form 483 - Inspection report on Blakely plant, January 2009 IB Partner filing cases - Atlanta, Childlers, Schlueter L...

Plastic Surgeon In Kanye West Mom's Case Surrenders Medical License

Posted on April 10, 2009
  LEARN MORE Injuryboard on Plastic surgery  Injuryboard on Dr. Jan Adams Florida Society of Plastic Surgeons  Injuryboard on anesthesia mortality  Malignant Hyperthermia Association of the United States  Medical Malpractice Complaint filed against Dr...

Kids Left In Cars - It Could Happen To You

Posted on April 09, 2009
  Fatal Distraction  LEARN MORE Kids and Cars Web site  Fatal Distraction article, Washington Post, March 8, 2009 Sisters of Invention - car safety products Web site    IMAGE SOURCE:   ©iStockphoto/ baby sleeping in carseat /author: stephco   It is a heartbreaking story that took six months to investigate and deliver...

Study - One In Five Preschoolers Are Obese

Posted on April 08, 2009
LEARN MORE Self-regulation and Rapid Weight Gain in Children From Age 3 to 12 Years Ability to Delay Gratification at Age 4 Years and Risk of Overweight at Age 11 Years InjuryBoard on Obesity News Obesity Gene Makes Children Eat More IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / fat adolescent / author: LisaValder One in five 4-year-old preschoolers are considered obese, according to a new study published in this month's issue of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine...

FDA - Unproven Medical Devices Must Show Safety

Posted on April 08, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA Announces Medical Device review, April 2009 GAO report, January 2009 Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) InjuryBoard News - Suffering in Silence (Part 1) IB News - Suffering in Silence (Part 2)   IMAGE SOURCE:  iStockphoto/ hip joints   Imagine a medical device, implanted permanently in your body, that's not been required to provide proof of safety?  That's what has happened at the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH), which oversees medical devices under the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...

Doc who Faked Studies Subpoenaed

Posted on April 07, 2009
  LEARN MORE Retraction Notice- Anesthesia & Analgesia journal - Lists Reuben studies that have been retracted InjuryBoard on celebrex  InjuryBoard Help Center - Vioxx  InjuryBoard on bextra  InjuryBoard on Pfizer litigation  FDA on celebrex  Pfizer press release  InjuryBoard News on Pfizer's 900 million settlement over Bextra, Celebrex, October 2008   IMAGE SOURCE: Anesthesiology News Web site/ Dr...

Study Suggests Link Between Obesity and Restless Leg Syndrome

Posted on April 07, 2009
LEARN MORE Neurology, March 2009 RLS Foundation NINDS on RLS InjuryBoard on Obesity IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / woman sleeping / Craetive A new study in the journal Neurology, suggests a link between being obese and restless leg syndrome (RLS), but more research is needed to confirm the association, experts say...

Chimp Attack Woman Recovering But Blind

Posted on April 07, 2009
LEARN MORE Injuryboard on organ transplant rejection  ABC News on French woman with partial face transplant  IMAGE SOURCE:  New York Post, image of CHARLA NASH     IMAGE SOURCE: (inset) Alan Colmes Web site / image of Herold and Travis   The woman who was attacked by a chimpanzee and nearly killed will likely be blind for life, say her doctors...

Suffering in Silence From A Medical Device - Surgical Mesh (Part 2)

Posted on April 07, 2009
Part 2 - Suffering in Silence from a Medical Device - Surgical Mesh  LEARN MORE Suzanne McClain American Urogynecological Society meeting, 2006 FDA  - Center for Devices and Radiological Health See a 510(k) "substantially equivalent" letter  FDA  - Adverse Event Reporting System InjuryBoard Help Center - ProteGen Sling: Overview  InjuryBoard- Help Center- ProteGen sling InjuryBoard, Tampa/St...

CDC - Perchlorate Found In Samples Of Baby Formula

Posted on April 05, 2009
LEARN MORE Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology, March 2009 EWG on Perchlorate in Baby Formula IB Partner – Lansing, Powdered Baby Formula Contaminated with Rocket Fuel FDA - Infant Formula Warnings Health Implications of Perchlorate Ingestion IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / Perchlorate – 3D / author: Benjah-bmm27 Scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) tested samples of powered infant formula and found traces of a chemical used in rocket fuel...

NY Pistacio Plant May Be Source Of Salmonella

Posted on April 03, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA on peanut recall  FDA Alert - on salmonella and pistachios  FDA - database on contaminated foods  FDA 1-888-SAFEFOOD InjuryBoard - Help Center - Peanut Butter Salmonella Contamination  IB- Jonesboro, Paul Ford, Salmonella and Trial Lawyers, January 2009 IB News - Salmonella Victim Speaks Out, January 2009  Childlers, and Schlueter L...

Staten Island Man Wins Polio Case Against Drug Maker

Posted on April 03, 2009
LEARN MORE Tenuto v. Lederle InjuryBoard on Polio IMAGE SOURCE: Dominick Tenuto and his daughters / New York Daily News After 30 long years, Tenuto v...

Should the FDA Oversee Big Tobacco?

Posted on April 03, 2009
Should the FDA Oversee Big Tobacco? LEARN MORE H.R. 1256 - Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Tobacco additives- Blue Cross Blue Shield American Lung Association IB Help Center- Cigarette & Tobacco Lawsuit information IB Partner- West Palm Beach,  Light Cigarettes, 2006 IB News- Menthol Added to Entice Teen Smokers, July 2008 IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockPhoto / smoking youth / author: Hammondovi   That move got one step closer Thursday when the House of  Representatives passed legislation 298-112 giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) powers to regulate tobacco...

Medical Devices: Judge Sits On Other Side Of Bench In Product Liability Case

Posted on April 02, 2009
Retired Judge Michael Schattman National Voices : One Story of Defective Medical Devices LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News -Medtronic Reveals More Fatalities, April, 2009 Alliance for Justice - Web site  AFJ- Faces of Preemption  InjuryBoard News -Injured Support Overturn of Riegel, April 09 FDA - Recall of Medtronic Sprint Fidelis leads, October 2007 NEJM Editorial  - on The Medical Device Safety Act of 2009,  March 18, 2009 Medtronic letter to physicians March 13, 2009 Introduction of Medical Device Act  IB Help Center- Sprint Fidelis Leads  Medtronic Web site    IMAGE SOURCE:  Michael Schattman, Courtesy, Michael Schattman   For years, Texas District Judge Michael Schattman sat on the bench in Fort Worth listening to product liability and personal injury cases...

Medtronic Heart Device: More Fatalities Revealed

Posted on April 02, 2009
Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Defibrillator Lead, Medtronic Web site LEARN MORE NEJM Editorial  - on The Medical Device Safety Act of 2009,  March 18, 2009 Medtronic letter to physicians March 13, 2009 Introduction of Medical Device Act IB Help Center- Sprint Fidelis Leads IB News Partner, Tampa Bay- Joe Saunders, on Judge Richard Kyle dismissal, January 2009   Medtronic Web site    Judge Richard Kyle   IMAGE SOURCE: Medtronic Web site/ Medtronic Sprint Fidelis lead   IMAGE SOURCE: Judge Richard Kyle / U...

Pfizer Pays $750 Million To Resolve Rezulin Cases

Posted on April 02, 2009
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Rezulin InjuryBoard on Diabetes IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons / Troglitazone Pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer has paid $750 million to resolve about 35,000 claims over its withdrawn diabetes drug Rezulin...

Kraft Tests Nipped Contaminated Pistachios In The Bud

Posted on April 01, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA Alert - on salmonella and pistachios  FDA - database on contaminated foods  FDA 1-888-SAFEFOOD Setton Farms Pistachios Web site      IMAGE SOURCE: Wikimedia Commons/ USDA, pistachios/ author: Scott Bauer   While the peanut-salmonella cases took months before federal regulators announced recalls, the pistachio-salmonella outbreak was nipped in the bud rather quickly...

Injured Protest 'Hit And Run' By Corporations

Posted on April 01, 2009
LEARN MORE H.R. 1346  Alliance For Justice - Web site  AFJ online petition to support MDA AFJ- Faces of Preemption  FDA - Recall of Medtronic Sprint Fidelis leads, October 2007 IMAGE SOURCE:  Avery DeGroh/ Katie Meyer/ from Alliance For Justice / Faces of Preemption   In October 2007, the FDA announced that medical device maker, Medtronic, would recall four different models of Sprint Fidelis Cardiac Leads, the wires coming out of a heart defibrillator that cause the heart to shock when life-threatening irregular heartbeats are detected...

FDA Sends Warning Letters To Makers Of Unapproved Prescription Narcotics

Posted on April 01, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA News Release Unapproved Drugs – Warning Letters Unapproved Drugs Marketed in the U.S. Search FDA-Approved Drugs InjuryBoard on Medication & Prescription Errors IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / pills / author: FotografiaBasica The U...

FDA Warns Of Salmonella Tainted Pistachios

Posted on March 31, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA on peanut recall  FDA Alert - on salmonella and pistachios  FDA - database on contaminated foods  FDA 1-888-SAFEFOOD InjuryBoard - Help Center - Peanut Butter Salmonella Contamination  IB- Jonesboro, Paul Ford, Salmonella and Trial Lawyers, January 2009 IB News - Salmonella Victim Speaks Out, January 2009  Childlers, and Schlueter L...

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