National Eating Disorder Awareness Week Starts Tomorrow Tomorrow, February 23, marks the start of National Eating Disorder Awareness week. Eating disorders afflict an estimated 23 million individuals, both male and female, in the U.S. This week, The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) hopes to bring awareness to…
Drug companies are likely unhappy and worried about future lawsuits after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling late last month which said they could be sued for defectively designed drugs, something that has not previously been allowed. The 4-2 decision revolved around a case…
Virginia Stuntebeck, has filed a product liability lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and Bayer, claiming that she nearly bled to death from the side effects of Xarelto, a newer type of anticoagulant. XARELTO is not a direct thrombin inhibitor and has a different mechanism of…
On Tuesday, February 18th, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an alert regarding the reporting threshold for certain liability settlements. Per Section 202 of the Medicare IVIG Access and Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act of 2012 (commonly referred to as the…
As affected folks know, Stryker Rejuvenate hip failure case filings throughout the United States continues to expand, with several thousand injured patients claiming that they have experienced problems after receiving the recalled hip metal on metal implant. Minnesota Federal Stryker MDL U.S. District Court Judge…
This year the FDA will begin recommending health care professionals discontinue the prescription of drug products containing more than 325 milligrams of acetaminophen per tablet, capsule, or other dosage unit.
Are you a middle-aged man experiencing low libido, weaker erections, fatigue, irritability, or muscle loss? If so, you’ve probably noticed the ubiquitous drug company advertisements touting testosterone therapy as the panacea for these and other conditions. According to a statement from the Endocrine Society, you…
A much anticipated 765 million dollar concussion settlement between the NFL and retired players was denied by federal judge Anita Brody, citing skepticism about the setlement amount and its ability to pay for victims’ injuries over their projected lifetime. “It is difficult to see how…
Risperdal (risperidone) was the first antipsychotic drug marketed in the U.S. after clozapine. It was approved to treat schizophrenia in adults in 1993. The drug has since been linked to an increased risk for diabetes. A 2003 study published in the National Center for Biotechnology…
Many of us in the Midwest – Missouri, in particular – are shocked and saddened and outraged at the abduction and murder of 10-year-old Hailey Owens. I’m sickened and outraged… and, like many parents I’ve talked with, worried for my own children. “It…