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- Redux Lawyer Discusses Fen-Phen Fad
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Overweight people felt a great responsibility lifted from their shoulders. In Redux, the drug industry promised a thin, healthy body without painful exercise or unpleasant diet restrictions! Within three months, doctors were writing 85,000 prescriptions for Redux every week, and people are still suffering today from America's brief affair with the diet drugs Redux and Fen-Phen.
- Accutane Side Effects Lawyer: Hair Loss, Depression, Suicide
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] You probably know the drug isotretinoin by its trade name, accutane. Accutane is a powerful drug often used to treat acne. Unlike other acne treatments, which are simply antibacterial agents, accutane causes skin to produce less oil, which almost always results in a reduction of acne. Accutane is very powerful and effective, but this comes with some very dangerous side effects that everybody should be aware of. If used or administered improperly, accutane can do more harm than good.
- Air Liquide: Driving Liquid Air
[Business:Careers-Employment] Air Liquide was the first company to market a new invention in 1902: liquefied air. Air Liquide is now the world leader in industrial and medical gases and similar services. With a global presence of 130 subsidiaries in over 70 countries, Air Liquide is in a position to combine resources and expertise of a global enterprise with the localized power of independent consumer-focused teams. A major factor in Air Liquide’s ability to provide reliable, quality services is that Air Liquide maintains its own truck and distribution fleet and employs drivers.
- Ativan Side Effects Lawyer
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Ativan is a mild tranquilizer with many different applications, and depending on how it is used it can cause different side effects. Ativan is commonly used to relieve anxiety, to calm manic schizophrenics, and as an intravenous pre-surgery relaxant. Ativan may also be used to cure such diverse maladies as alcohol withdrawal symptoms, to treat serial seizures in children, to promote amnesia, and to relax the severe vomiting of patients after chemotherapy. The dangerous side effects of Ativan, however, are just as diverse.
- Avandia Side Effect Lawyer: Diabetes Drug Damages Liver
[Health-and-Fitness:Diabetes] Avandia is an oral antidiabetic agent that increases insuline sensitivity for patients with type 2 diabetes, or non-insulin-dependent diabetes. Avandia is in the same class of drugs as Rezulin, which is a deadly drug that has been associated with massive liver failure. Avandia also causes liver problems like hepatitis.
- Baby Product Recall
[Home-and-Family:Babies-Toddler] Child product recalls and baby product recalls are more common than we would like to think. Car seats, high chairs, strollers, and numerous other baby products are recalled frequently for different safety problems. Our first instinct when buying a new product for a baby is to tear it out of the box and figure out how to set it up. Stop!
- Baycol Lawsuit Lawyer: Baycol Side Effects Litigation
[Legal] The German pharmaceutical company Bayer AG announced in August of 2001 a voluntary withdrawal of its drug Baycol (cerivastatin) from the US and European markets. Over 31 people have died while taking the drug. They perish of severe muscle breakdown, a rare condition that has been associated with cholesterol-lowering drugs like Baycol. Baycol has been used worldwide by over 6 million people, and it will remain on the market in Japan where gemfibrozil is unavailable.
- Car Accident Article: Car Accidents & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
[Automotive] There has been recent trend in overmedicating such “disorders” as social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and post traumatic stress disorder. American society is plagued by self-induced stress. It is generally accepted that smoking, for example, causes more problems than it relieves, so why does America swallow anti-anxiety medication without worrying about harmful side effects? Medication should be the last resort in any anti-anxiety therapy, especially in a situation involving car accidents. Patients should consult a lawyer if they need help being healthy and proactive after a car accident.
- Car Accident Lawyer Legal Advice
[Automotive] Car accidents are currently the number one killer of people between the ages of 1 and 37 in the United States. Car accidents, crashes, and collisions cause about 3 million injuries a year, 2 million of which are permanent and crippling injuries per year. 40,000 people die in car accidents every year in the United States alone. If you or somebody you love has been involved in a car accident, either as a driver or as a victim, it is important to seek legal council...
- Celebrex Side Effects Lawsuit Lawyer
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] The drug Celebrex has been found to cause heart attacks and strokes but unlike Vioxx, a drug with similar dangerous side effects, Celebrex is still on the market. Celebrex side effects can be very dangerous and lawsuits are already being filed against Pfizer for Celebrex-related injuries and deaths.
- Class Action Lawsuit Advice
[Legal] Just last week I received a letter in the mail informing me that I was a member of a class action lawsuit against Apple’s hip iPods. The letter was written in lawyer-talk and offered a few options. So what is the right thing to do with a class action notice? I would advise talking to your lawyer, but first, read this article and find out what class action is all about.
- Class Action Suits
[Legal] A class action lawsuit is a different format than most lawsuits because it is brought on by one or more people on behalf of themselves as well as a host of other people in a similar situation. If a group of people have experienced the same circumstances and these common issues are the most critical issues of the lawsuit, they can partake in a class action together.
- Cold-Eeze Side Effects Lawyer: Zinc Destroys Sense of Smell!
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Cold-Eeze nasal spray is a homeopathic zinc solution that can cure a 9-day cold in 3 days or less! Unfortunately, many patients using Cold-Eeze have experienced intense burning and lost their senses of smell and taste. This condition, anosmia, is incurable. Cold-Eeze is so new that many people do not realize the danger, and it sounds unbelievable, but please be careful using this homeopathic drug!
- Defective Product Lawyer Says: Buyer Be Aware
[Legal] In the past, the rule of the day was “buyer beware”. It was up to consumers to inform and protect themselves from irresponsible companies and dangerous products. Now companies are legally required to provide reasonably safe products. If companies produce dangerous or defective products, consumers can sue them for the injuries suffered as a result. Strict product liability makes everyone in the production process, from component manufacturers to distributors, responsible for the safety of the product.
- Defective Products
[Legal] Have you ever noticed how many warning labels are on things? As a child I always especially noticed the tag on the hair dryer because it addressed me directly: “Warn children of the risk of death by electrocution”. The 1994 Safety Regulations on general product safety require suppliers to provide safe products. Among the hundreds of products included are clothing, medicines, agricultural and horticultural products, DIY tools, food and drink, household goods, nursery goods, chemicals and pesticides, and motor vehicles.
- Driver Team Solo Positions: The Nitty Gritty On Truck Driving Jobs
[Business:Careers-Employment] Trucks and truck drivers are a constant presence on US highways and interstates. A person on even the shortest drive is likely to pass by a truck or two transporting goods, and even merchandise that travels by ship, train, or airplane travels on a truck for some phase of the journey to the customer. Because trucks are such a major part of industry, truck driving jobs are important positions and good paying jobs. Find out about truck driving opportunities, solo driver positions, and driver team positions--what truck drivers do, what they are paid, and how to get the best truck driving job!
- Ephedra Product Ban
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] The herbal supplement Ephedra has been banned by the FDA because the drug raises blood preasure and stresses the heart. Ephedra (also known as ma huang) has caused numerous deadly strokes, and the positive effects are limited to a temporary, short-term weight loss. The Ephedra diet pill is dangerous and Ephedra product is not even an effective means of weight loss.
- Fen-Phen Settlement Lawyer: Lawsuit Facts
[Legal] The diet drug "cocktail" Fen-Phen was used for many years before doctors realized that it caused heartvalve disease and pulmonary hypertension. Women who have taken Fen-Phen are at an exponentially higher risk of experiencing heart disease, blood clots, strokes, and death. Millions of dollars in damages have already been rewarded in Fen-Phen lawsuits, and if you have a claim to make you should consult a lawyer immediately.
- Ford Defective Door Attorney Says:
[Automotive] Have you or someone you loved owned or ridden in a Ford F150, Ford F250 light-duty, Ford Expedition, Lincoln Navigator or Lincoln Blackwood model from 1997-2000? These models suffer from a serious defect that threatens the safety and lives of its passengers. As early as 1995 Ford’s testing on an Expedition revealed a defect in the door latching mechanism. Aware of this serious danger, Ford continued to release these defective models and threaten the lives of its customers.
- Ford Recall: Fire in the Hole
[Automotive] Ford Motor Company claims that it is unclear whether its cruise control switches are the fault for over 560 reported fires and explosions in Ford vehicles. Many of these fires broke out when the vehicles were parked in family garages, destroying homes and lives. In cases like this the numbers reported are only a fraction of what has actually occurred, but Ford claims to be doing its best to determine the cause of the fires and refuses to declare the cruise control switch at fault. Here are the facts:
- Injury At Work? Workplace Injury Lawyer Will Help!
[Legal] Since the days of Upton Sinclaire’s “The Jungle”, workplace injury law has improved to protect workers and repay them for injuries incurred at work. Departments like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have been developed to monitor working conditions and maintain a benchmark level of safety for workers. Not only is your employer responsible for providing a safe workplace, they must support you when you suffer injuries on the job site.
- Lamictal Rash Lawyer
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Lamictal, also known as Lamotrigine, has been prescribed to treat epileptic seizures for about 10 years. It also has antidepressant effects that are especially helpful in treating bipolar disorder depression because it does not trigger manic episodes. Lamictal can cause an allergic reaction, a serious possibly life-threatening rash. It is not proven safe during pregnancy and should not be taken while breast feeding.
- Lamisil Side Effects Lawyer: Lamisil Tablet
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] While the recent Lamisil commercial featuring Digger, a disgusting cartoon fungus, is still fresh in our mind (who could forget the imagery of a toenail being pulled back and colorful germs crawling in?) it is a good time to look at the side effects of this seemingly innocuous drug. Despite the disturbing advertising campaign, who would have guessed that an antifungal tablet could have so many negative side effects?
- lariam-Side-Effects-Attorney&id=45255">lariam Side Effects Attorney
[Legal] By all accounts, malaria is a dangerous, sometimes deadly disease, with no surefire cure. However, considering the deaths and debilitations that have resulted as a result of the drug lariam (mefloquine), doctors are wondering whether the cure is worse than the illness itself. After four military men on lariam murdered their wives at Fort Bragg, even the military is getting involved. What are the pros and cons of the lariam side effects and why is it still so widely used?
- Lipitor Lawyer: Statin Drugs Cause Muscle Damage in 98%
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Patients who suffer heart attacks often have elevated levels of cholesterol, so statin drugs like Lipitor are prescribed to lower the cholesterol. The drug companies claim that statin drugs have only a few rare side effects, but this is based on a very limited test. Recent independent surveys find that up to 98% of patients using statins suffer muscle damage, which can cause liver and kidney failure and loss of mobility. Lipitor patients are also suffering from cancer, neuropathy (damaged nerves), heart failure, dizziness, memory failure, and depression.
- Lotronex Lawyer: Lotronex Side Effects Lawsuit
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Can you imagine anything more painful than death by constipation? Even in clinical trials the diarrhea Lotronex caused ischemic colitis (severe constipation) in patients, but it was still put on the market in February of 1999. Within four months, the FDA already received seven reports of serious constipation leading to hospitalization, surgery, blood transfusion, and death. Lotronex was recalled within 9 months, but it is back on the market now for women with severe diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrom.
- Maritime Admiralty Law: A Short History
[Legal] Admiralty, or maritime, law is one of the oldest and most complicated law systems. International admiralty laws make each ship or boat like a small extension of its mother country, which makes crimes on ships complicated to prosecute. Even attorneys involved in admiralty or maritime disputes often hire specific maritime lawyers for cases involving ships and sea...
- Medical Error Crisis
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] The unfortunate truth about medical errors is that they plague the poor and uninsured, reflecting the great medical inequality in our country. For those who do not consider medical errors to be a problem, consider this: medical errors kill between 44,000 and 98,000 Americans every year. Medical errors kill more people per year than breast cancer, AIDS, or motor vehicle accidents. Though the poor are the hardest hit, medical error affects everybody and causes millions of dollars of damage every year in addition to the lives it destroys.
- Medical Malpractice Suits: Death By Medicine
[Legal:Medical-Malpractice] A recent report has found that Americans are more frightened of dying from a medical error than dying in a plane crash, and rightfully so. Medical errors cause more deaths in the United States annually than car crashes, AIDS, or breast cancer. This is the equivalent of a 280-person jumbo jet crashing every day of the year. How can our healthcare system let this happen and what can you do to protect yourself and your family?
- Meridia Lawyer: Meridia Diet Pill Side Effects
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Following the recall of Fen-Phen and Redux in 1999 (two diet drugs that cause heart valve diseases) Meridia was released. Meridia is a diet drug similar to the ones that were recalled. Like the recalled drugs, it releases serotonin into the brain to trick the patient’s body into feeling full and choosing to eat less. These drugs do not so much remove weight from the body as they do encourage and facilitate a lifestyle involving lower caloric intake.
- Naproxen Lawyer: Aleve Recall Consideration
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Naproxen, sold over the counter as Aleve, has been a very popular pain reliever for over a decade now. Because it has a long half-life, Aleve can stay in the system for over 12 hours. However, a recent study of Alzheimer's Disease patients has found that large doses of Aleve caused a 50% increased rate of heart attack and stroke. The FDA is considering regulatory or recall measures for Naproxen and Aleve.
- Neurontin Lawsuit: Neurontin Off-Label Abuse Lawyer
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Neurontin was originally approved in 1993 for the treatment of partial seizures in adults and children, especially epileptic seizures. However, this limited market for a drug with so few side effects was not enough for Warner-Lambert. The company set up a massive campaign to improve sales of Neurontin, and by 2002 Neurontin was a $2 billion dollar drug, outselling even Viagra. How did a little epilepsy drug come to claim such a huge number of patients? It did so illicitly.
- Nevada School of Pharmacy: Jobs And Respect, Right Out of School
[Reference-and-Education] As an entire generation of baby boomers ages, job opportunities in medical fields has exploded, and the demand for pharmacists is no exception. Pharmacists are also becoming more actively involved in the health care process as advisors in drug therapy decisions. Pharmacists get to work closely with people as well as stay on the cutting edge of new science and technology, are respected members of the community, and receive multiple job offers right out of school!
- OxyContin Addiction: Doctors & Drug Lords
[Self-Improvement:Addictions] OxyContin is a narcotic drug, an opiate, that has been approved by the FDA to legally treat chronic pain. Chronic pain is a progressive disease of the nervous system and spine that causes constant a patient to experience constant, excruciating pain, changing of the chemical and anatomical makeup of the spinal cord. Left untreated, the condition will spread to unaffected areas. A patient suffering from chronic pain does not produce enough natural opiates, so a pharmaceutical opiate like OxyContin is an effective treatment for the disease. Recently, however, government agencies have been sending doctors who prescribe OxyContin to prison for drug trafficking.
- Paxil Recall Lawyer Discusses Paxil Addiction
[Self-Improvement:Addictions] Though a latecomer to the SSRI antidepressant market, Paxil grew successful very quickly by gaining FDA approval for very specific conditions like “social anxiety disorder” and “general anxiety disorder”, which were very rare conditions at the time. In running add campaigns, Paxil encouraged people to try their drug for general anxiety and sales of Paxil soared. Paxil commercials insist that it is not addictive, and many doctors and pharmacies will repeat this hype. Some patients will tell you a different story, however, and a class action lawsuit has been filed by Paxil addicts suffering from stomach illness, headaches, intense mood swings, and electrical zapping pain behind the eyes.
- Pharmacy Jobs: Northern Nevada Medical Center
[Reference-and-Education] The US Department of Labor projects that the country will need 13,200 medical laboratory professionals through the year 2010. This number cannot be filled by the fewer than 5,000 people who graduate from training programs each year. At the same time the average age of the medical workforce is rising steadily. Younger, newly trained medical workers have not entered quickly enough to keep pace with retirements.
- Phenylpropanolamine (PPH) Lawyer: Decongestant Causes Stroke
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Phenylpropanolamine, or PPH, used to be an active ingredient in many over the counter nasal decongestants and weight control drug products. The FDA pulled phenylpropanolamine off the market in May of 2000 when a Yale University School of Medicine study found that patients using PPH were at a higher risk of hemorrhagic stroke, or bleeding of the brain. By then it had been in popular use for many years.
- Propulsid Litigation Lawyer Says: Unnecessary Drug Killed 80 People
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] Propulsid was a popular nighttime heartburn drug before it was pulled in the market in March of 2000. It was linked to dozens of fatal heart rhythm abnormalities. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) document associated the drug with 341 reports of heart rhythm abnormalities and 80 reported deaths. The FDA also acknowledges that only a small fraction of problems with a drug are ever reported.
- Protopic Cancer Risk Lawyer
[Health-and-Fitness:Medicine] The FDA issued a warning in July of 2005 on two skin creams, Elidel (pimecrolimus) and Protopic (tacrolimus) to all ages. Recent animal studies have found that Protopic causes lymphomas and skin cancers in an unknown percentage of users. The FDA recommends that healthcare providers be very careful prescribing and applying these medications.
- Railroad Accident Lawyer Says: Buckle Your Seatbelts
[Legal] Massive train crashes seem the dramatic stuff of movies and novels, billowing steam engines destined for disaster, fixed irreversibly on track to collide. Indeed, in the 19th century train companies used head-on train collisions as a publicity stunt. The Crush Crash in Waco, Texas drew so many observers that Waco became, for one night, the second largest city in the state. Perhaps modern day railroads do not encounter anything so catastrophic as the rerouted steam locomotive that caused a mountain to collapse in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, but train crashes are still a major problem in the United States. Train crashes injure more than 500 people every year.
- Toyota Recall Lawyer: Toyota Tacoma Recalled 3 Times in 4 Years!
[Automotive] Toyota Tacomas are just a lawsuit waiting to happen! As recently as July 15, 2005 Toyota announced yet another recall in their Tacoma series of trucks, this time for a manufacturing flaw in the front suspension lower ball joint. Earlier this year Toyota recalled tens of thousands of Toyota Tacoma trucks for defective parking brakes. Toyota Motor Corp. also recently recalled over one hundred thousand Tacoma pickups for major fuel leaks in the engine.
- Toyota Truck Recall: Tacoma, 4Runner, Tundra, and Sequoia
[Automotive:Trucks] This May, Toyota Motor Corp issued one of its largest safety recalls in history. Toyota is recalling more than 750,000 Toyota Tacomas, Toyota 4Runners, Toyota Tundras, and Toyota Sequoias. The front suspension ball joint was scratched during manufacturing, which has led to a collapse of the joint and a folding of the front end of the vehicle. Overall, Toyota has conducted five recalls this year affecting nearly one million vehicles.
- Toyota Tundra Recall: New Trucks Brakes Break
[Automotive:Trucks] The 2004-2005 model Toyota Tundras have been recalled because of widespread brake fluid leaks, but it is time for a Toyota Tundra recall on all model years. Untold numbers of Toyota Tundra drivers have experienced severe warping of the front rotor that causes the trucks to shimmy and vibrate during braking. Because Toyota dealerships deny the problems, it has been difficult for individual Toyota Tundra drivers to get anywhere. It is time for Toyota to own up and repay its customers for repair costs, lost income, and personal injury.
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