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Dangerous Weight Loss Products - FDA Alert

Posted on March 31, 2009
  Dangerous Weight Loss Products - FDA Alert LEARN MORE FDA Web site -Weight loss products  Fax: 800- FDA-0178 Phone: 800- FDA-1088   IMAGE SOURCE:  iStockphoto/ weight loss woman/ author: MarsBars   This is the third nationwide alert from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) concerning weight loss products...

Merck Victory In Canada Over Vioxx

Posted on March 31, 2009
Merck Victory in Canada LEARN MORE Merck - Canadian press releases ( in French) InjuryBoard- Help Center- Vioxx IB News- Pursing Merck with a vengeance, January 2009 IB News- Merck Marketing Created Vioxx Study, August 2008 Vioxx Master Settlement Agreement Description of Settlement Agreement  Examples of Vioxx Claim Valuations Vioxx Settlement Calcualtor IMAGE SOURCE:  Merck & Co...

U.S. Senators Seek Ban on Chinese Drywall

Posted on March 31, 2009
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Chinese Drywall News IB Regional partner- Wayne Parsons, Honolulu IB Regional partner – Joe Saunders, St...

Suffering In Silence From A Medical Device - Surgical Mesh (Part 1)

Posted on March 30, 2009
Suzanne McClain Suffering in Silence (Part 1)  LEARN MORE Surgical mesh, Nylon 66 top left, IVS top right, Soarc bottom left, TVT bottom right/ Int. Urogynecol J. 2003,Web image  Truth in Medicine- Web site  Truth in Medicine - Blog Truth in Medicine - TV story WPLG Miami Ethicon  Ethicon  - on Stress urinary incontinence or SUI National Institutes of Health - on SUI IMAGE SOURCE:  Suzanne McClain, Courtesy Suzanne McClain It's not an uncommon problem...

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New Device Shows Promise In Replacing Blood Thinner

Posted on March 30, 2009
LEARN MORE The Watchman PROTECT AF Study InjuryBoard Coumadin / Warfarin: Overview Signs and Symptoms of Atrial Fibrillation InjuryBoard on Stroke IMAGE SOURCE: The Watchman / Atritech Inc...

Most Adolescents, Teens Not Receiving Preventive Healthcare

Posted on March 30, 2009
  LEARN MORE Pediatrics - 11-year-olds Exposed to Tobacco Smoke, Abstract, February 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: iStock photo A new study finds that most American teenagers are not receiving adequate preventive health care, even though early intervention can set healthy patterns for life...

Florida Proposed Ban On Tanning Beds For Teens

Posted on March 30, 2009
  LEARN MORE Kayla Collier WHO on  - Tanning beds for teens under 18 American Academy of Dermatology SB 546 InjuryBaord Help Center- Tanning beds IB News- Tanning Beds Link To Cancer- National Cancer Institute, February 2002   IMAGE SOURCE:  iStochphoto/ girl in tanning bed/ author: technotr IMAGE SOURCE: AP Web site, Miss Florida Teen USA   Kayla Collier was a beauty pageant contestant when she first started visiting tanning salons at the age of 15...

Retrieving Anchor Caused Capsize OF NFL Players' Boat

Posted on March 27, 2009
LEARN MORE IB News - Capsizing Causes Hundreds of Injuries Annually, March 4, 2009 FWC -  report of incident    IMAGE SOURCE:  Bay News 9 Web site, Corey Smith, top left, Marquis Cooper, top right, Will Bleakley, bottom left and Nick Schuyler, bottom right...

Fight Club Lawsuit Filed On Behalf Of Mentally Challenged

Posted on March 27, 2009
   LEARN MORE Rep. Lon Burnam bill -  currently in the legislature  Complaint filed by Hilliard Munoz Guerra LLP Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code- Tort Claims  IB Partner - Reynaldo Pena, Corpus Christi, On state abuse of the handicapped, March 2009 Hilliard Munoz Guerra LLP    IMAGE SOURCE:  KIII-TV Web site/ coverage of Armando Hernandez Jr...

Inspector General Says Food Tracing System Inadequate

Posted on March 27, 2009
LEARN MORE The Safe Handling of Produce InjuryBoard on Food Products InjuryBoard Food Safety News IMAGE SOURCE: FDA logo The government's system for tracing foods is full of potentially dangerous gaps that could undermine the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) ability to quickly find the source of a food-borne illness or bioterrorism attack, according to a new federal report released yesterday...

Stayin' Alive On Spring Break

Posted on March 27, 2009
NATIONAL VOICES Erin Weed LEARN MORE  More about Erin Weed More about Girls Fight Back Spring Break Pledge page  Spring Break Safety Tips  Natalie Holloway Web site    IMAGE SOURCE: Stayin alive Web site/ Spring break girls   SafeSpringBreak...

Pet Spills Cause 86,000 Falls A Year

Posted on March 26, 2009
  LEARN MORE Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report InjuryBoard- San Luis Ibispo, Pet distractions during driving, April, 2008 InjuryBoard- Help Center- Premises liability, Dog bites InjuryBoart Partner- Antelope Valley, CA, Dangerous Dogs   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ dog friend/ author: Kiidos    While there are many benefits to owning a pet, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that more than 86,000 falls a year are attributed to Fido and Fluffy...

Researchers Call For Higher Circumcision Rates To Slow STDs

Posted on March 26, 2009
Ugandan Children, Courtesy, U.S. Agency for International Development LEARN MORE NEJM- Abstract on Male Circumcision, March 2009 American Academy of Pediatrics - Q & A on circumcision IB News - Teaching Girls about STDs, March 2008 IB News - Adverse Reports on Gardasil for HPV, July 2008 IB News  - One in four teen girls has STD, March 2008 Injuryboard on Cervical Cancer    IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ Ugandan children/ author: U...

American Psychiatric Association Says No To Drug Industry Money

Posted on March 26, 2009
  LEARN MORE JAMA on Conflicts Over Conflicts  InjuryBoard News - Dr. Charles Nemeroff stepping down as chair, December 2008 APA statement InjuryBoard on Harvard Psychiatrists  InjuryBoard News on Conflict of Interest  Sen. Grassley Web site    IMAGE SOURCE: APA Web site announcing annual meeting in San Francisco, May 2009 High profile and embarrassing conflict of interest news stories about doctors on the receiving end of drug industry money, has led to a purported industry-wide policy change for a professional organization of psychiatrists...

NPR Corrects Mistakes Over Conflict Story

Posted on March 25, 2009
Bill Lichtenstein   LEARN MORE Slate.com on radio show controversy InjuryBoard News on Radio Show Host Conflict, November 2008 InjuryBoard News - Interview with Bill Lichtenstein, November 2008 Injuryboard news on conflict-of-interest  Injuryboard on Harvard psychiatrists  "The Infinite Mind", radio show     IMAGE SOURCE: New York Times reporter,  Gardiner Harris on Dr...

NFL Player's Bentley Kills Pedestrian

Posted on March 25, 2009
It was March 14, about 7:15 a.m. Mario Reyes, 59, was rushing to his work as a construction crane operator. He crossed the six-lane MacArthur Causeway, near a crosswalk, when the pedestrian was hit and killed by a Bentley being driven by Cleveland Browns wide receiver, Donte Stallworth...

Alzheimer's Healthcare Costs Have More Than Tripled

Posted on March 25, 2009
LEARN MORE Alzheimer's Association's 2009 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures Injuryboard on Alzheimer's & Dementia InjuryBoard News on Alzheimer's ActionAlz...

Study - Parents Warned Against Repeated Anesthesia Use In Young Children

Posted on March 25, 2009
LEARN MORE Anesthesiology article, April 2009 Mayo Clinic American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry (AAPD)- Nitrous oxide AAPD- Guideline for appropriate use of anesthesia, 2005 IB Partner, Richmond, Michael Phelan, on anesthesia injuries to young children  IMAGE SOURCE:  iStockphoto/ anesthesia in young patient   Children who have anesthesia more than once before the age of four may have a higher risk of developing learning disabilities, according to new research out of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota...

Mortgage Fraud Up 26 Percent

Posted on March 24, 2009
LEARN MORE Making Home Affordable Web site   Fannie Mae 800-732-6643 Freddie Mac 800-373-3343 Texas AG Office Web site IB Partner, Los Angeles, Paul Kiesel on Beware of Loan Modification Scam, October 2008 Mortgage Asset Research Institute Kiesel, Boucher & Larson, LLP, Los Angeles   IMAGE SOURCE:  Texas Attorney General's office / Kandace Marriott                                                      Kandace Marriott  Mortgage fraud is costing families money and the roofs over their head...

Brain Thickness May Show Depression Risk

Posted on March 24, 2009
LEARN MORE Columbia University Press Release IB News -Top Ten Drugs for Depression, January, 2009 IB Partner- Richmond, Michael Phelan, Brain injury causes later life depression, May, 2007 IB News - Seroquel facing future scrutiny, lawsuits, March, 2009   IMAGE SOURCE:  Columbia University Medical Center, 2009/ Left MRI of a person a high risk of depression, see loss in right lateral cortex   In one of the largest imaging studies on whether depression runs in families - researchers find that a thinning in the right hemisphere of the brain appears to be linked to a risk of depression...

Study: Red Meat Raises Death Risk

Posted on March 24, 2009
LEARN MORE Archives of Internal Medicine - Meat Intake and Mortality InjuryBoard on Heart Disease InjuryBoard on Cancer IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / steak / author: Sportstock People who eat higher amounts of red meat and processed meats have a greater risk of dying prematurely from heart disease, cancer and other causes compared to those who eat less, according to a new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine...

Are You Getting Your Vitamin D?

Posted on March 24, 2009
LEARN MORE Archives of Internal Medicine -  Demographic differences in vitamin D deficiency, March 2009 IB Partner- Philadelphia, Jamie Sheller - Error in vitamin D test at Quest Diagnostics, January 2009 InjuryBoard Help Center- Prolongevity vitamin D Overdose InjuryBoard News- Vitamin D Deficiency and cardiovascular risk, December, 2008 U...

Plan B Contraceptive Available Without Prescriptions

Posted on March 23, 2009
LEARN MORE IB News, Should Contraceptives be allowed in school? October 2008   IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto/ teen and pills   In a sharp reversal of the Bush administration's attitude toward contraceptives - the Food and Drug Administration has been ordered to reconsider its restriction on making the emergency contraceptive Plan B available to 17-year-olds...

Family Of Five Among Dead In Small Plane Crash

Posted on March 23, 2009
  LEARN MORE Pilatus Web site Injuryboard Help Center - small plane crashes   IMAGE SOURCE: PC-12 NG, Pilatus Web site   Unfortunately without a black box or cockpit voice reporter, investigators will have a difficult time knowing what caused a small plane to crash in Montana Sunday killing 14 people, half of them children...

Zyprexa-Prozac Med Approved For Depression

Posted on March 23, 2009
  LEARN MORE InjuryBoard - Help Center - Zyprexa InjuryBoard News - Atypical Antipsychotic use in the Elderly, May, 2008 InjuryBoard News - What to do with a risky drug? Give it to children, December, 2007 InjuryBoard News - Prozac Approved for depression, 2003 InjuryBoard - Help Center - Prozac   IMAGE SOURCE: iStockphoto/ depressed teen   It promises to be another blockbuster for Eli Lilly and Co...

FDA Expands List Of Tainted Weight Loss Pills

Posted on March 22, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA News Release Tis The Season For Weight Gain And Diet Pills - FDA Warning IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / diet pill / author: pixhook The FDA has expanded its nationwide alert not to purchase several weight loss products because they contain undeclared, active pharmaceutical ingredients...

Harvard Psychiatrist Promised Clinical Trial Results To Drugmakers

Posted on March 20, 2009
  LEARN MORE InjuryBoard News, Dr. Biederman suspends clinical trials, December 2008 Harvard on Conflicts of Interest  What Doctors Think survey  Boston Globe profile on Dr. Biederman    IMAGE SOURCE:  Harvard University Bio on Dr. Biederman   No wonder he wants the court documents sealed away from the public eye...

Study: Many Firefighters And Rescue Workers Are Overweight

Posted on March 20, 2009
LEARN MORE Journal Obesity NFPA - National Fire Protection Association InjuryBoard on Obesity Injury Board on Heart Disease IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / firefighter / author: seanjboggs A new study by a group of local medical schools and hospitals shows more than 75 percent of fire, EMT and police recruits in Massachusetts are overweight or obese...

FDA Alert Against Insulin Pen Sharing

Posted on March 20, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA Alert  - for Healthcare professions InjuryBoard, Charlottesville, VA - Greg Webb on reusing insulin pens, February, 2009   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ pre-filled insulin pen/ author: PerPlex The FDA is warning that patients should not share insulin cartridges and pens, even if the needles are switched out...

Economy Hits Drugmaker Profits

Posted on March 20, 2009
  LEARN MORE InjuryBoard Houston, On the increase in generic drug sales, October 2006 InjuryBoard Dallas, Buying prescription drugs online, May 2008 Injuryboard on pharmaceutical influenced conflicts-of-interest  Injuryboard on medication & prescription errors  IMS Health report  IMAGE SOURCE: ©iStockphoto/ pouring pills/ author: VisualField   The sale of prescription drugs isn't what it used to be...

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