Posts tagged Medical Matters

• Heparin Finger Pointing Has Already Started

  Brenda Fulmer | March 06, 2008 8:01 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  "A series of independent assessments, inlcuding one by the agency's own Science Board, have found that the F.D.A. is increasingly overwhelmed by its many responsibilties and is incapable of protecting the public from unsafe drugs, medical devices and food - particularly from China." While the Food & Drug Administration continues its investigation into contaminated Heparin blood thinner...

• Man Regrows a Fingertip

  Shannon Weidemann | February 10, 2008 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A man that cut the end of his finger off in a hobby related accident was able to regrow skin, blood vessels, and the nail after using a extracellular matrix powder. About half an inch of finger was regrown in about 4 weeks using the powder. This medical marvel was performed by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh. This powder is a medical product called extracellular matrix. Made from...

• What You and Your Physician Don't Know Can Hurt You

  Brenda Fulmer | January 22, 2008 8:33 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  "When you prescribe drugs, you want to make sure you're working with best data possible; you wouldn't buy stock if you only knew a third of the truth about ."Over the past several years, drug manufacturers have lauded themselves for their decision to finally come clean, and publish all of their research (whether good or bad for them) in peer reviewed journals in order to ensure that the medical...

• Evidence Mounts on HRT Breast Cancer Dangers

  Brenda Fulmer | January 22, 2008 7:56 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Yet another study was released earlier this month showing that women who use combination hormone replacement therapy drugs face much greater risks of developing certain types of breast cancer. This latest study from researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center noted that women taking HRT drugs had a four-fold (400%) increased risk of developing lobular breast cancer and was the...

• First Federal Ortho Evra Trials Scheduled

  Brenda Fulmer | December 31, 2007 6:05 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On December 6, 2007, Judge David Katz, the federal judge who oversees the Ortho Evra multi-district litigation proceedings in Cleveland issued a scheduling order for the first trials to be conducted in the federal system. Judge Katz oversees more than 1,400 lawsuits pending against Johnson & Johnson (http://www.jnj.com/home.htm) and its subsidiaries relating to the controversial Ortho Evra...

• Specialized Treatment for HRT Patients With Lobular Breast Cancer

  Brenda Fulmer | December 31, 2007 4:15 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  A study from Turin, Italy published recently in Endocrine Related Cancer noted that former users of hormone replacement therapy drugs who are diagnosed with lobular breast cancers may require specialized treatment based upon the unique characteristics of their tumors. The researchers noted a "growing body of evidence" to "support the association between the use of hormone replacement therapy...

• Closing The Chapter on HRT Litigation in 2007

  Brenda Fulmer | December 31, 2007 3:37 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Great strides were made in 2007 to educate the courts and juries about the great deception over the past few decades that led many to ingest combination hormone therapy products such as Prempro and Premarin in combination with Provera. Conventional wisdom about these hormones is finally shifting, especially in light of an unprecedented drop in national cancer registries that dovetails with the...

• Chemotherapy Drugs and Congestive Heart Failure

  Brenda Fulmer | December 31, 2007 3:32 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A study published on October 30, 2007, in the Journal of Clinical Oncology again noted that the use of certain chemotherapy drugs in breast cancer patients can increase the risk of developing congestive heart failure. This potential was first noted more than thirty years ago, but has become more of a problem in the past fifteen years as more early-stage breast cancer patients are receiving...

• University of South Florida Prepares for Bacterial Meningitis Outbreak

  Joe Saunders | September 24, 2007 5:35 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  After a USF student, Rachel Futterman, was diagnosed with bacterial meningitis, the university has braced itself for more cases of the rare but potentially deadly disease. Bacterial meningitis, an infection of the brain and spinal cord lining, is a rare but potentially fatal illness. Early symptoms can resemble the flu, including fever, severe headache, stiff neck, nausea, vomiting, rash and...

• Bush Threatens Veto for Expanded Heathcare Coverage for Kids

  Joe Saunders | September 23, 2007 1:44 AM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a move that's been expected for weeks, President Bush has threatened to veto a bill that would expand healthcare coverage for children. The child healthcare program is set to expire September 30 and Congress will most likely vote to renew it, setting a showdown with the President. The program covers children, many of whom would not have access to healthcare without it. Bush has argued that...