Daily Archives: May 3, 2011
Chesapeake Energy Faces Maryland Lawsuit over Pennsylvania Fracking Blowout
Last month’s fracking blowout in Bradford County, Pennsylvania is having repercussions as far away as Maryland. That state’s attorney general has announced that he will file a lawsuit against Chesapeake Energy Corp., the operator of the blown well. According to … Continue reading
Coumadin Recalled Over Potency Issue
Bristol-Myers Squibb just initiated a recall of one lot of 1,000-count bottles of < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/practice_areas/defective_drugs">Coumadin® (warfarin sodium) Crystalline 5 mg tablets, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced. Bottles of 1,000 tablets were distributed to pharmacies for further … Continue reading
Defibtech Recalls Faulty Automatic External Defibrillators
Defibtech, LLC just initiated a worldwide voluntary recall of certain DDU-100 series < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/practice_areas/defective_medical_devices">semi-automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) sold under the Lifeline AED and ReviveR AED brand names, including 65,885 AEDs distributed in the United States. This recall, said the U.S. … Continue reading
Critics of InterPhone Cell Phone Radiation Study Cite Flaws
When the InterPhone Study was published last year, it was touted by many as strong evidence that exposure to < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/Cell-Phones-Cause-Cancer-Radiation-Exposure-Lawsuit-Lawyer">cell phone radiation was not associated with brain cancer. But many critics of InterPhone disagree and claim the study is … Continue reading
Salmonella Prompts Two Firms to Recall Grape Tomatoes
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) just announced two separate recalls for grape tomatoes over concerns that the produce is tainted with the dangerous, even sometimes deadly, < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/practice_areas/food_poisoning">Salmonella pathogen. Contamination with the Salmonella pathogen can lead to serious … Continue reading
Children Taking Prescription Painkillers Face Overdose Risk
Some children and infants being treated with < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/practice_areas/defective_drugs">prescription painkillers might be receiving too much medication and suffering from overdoses. According to a new study, 4 percent of children under 3 years of age on prescription painkillers could be impacted, … Continue reading
DePuy ASR Hip Implant Prompts Launch of Hip, Knee Registries
The < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/DePuy-Hip-Implant-Recall-Johnson-and-Johnson">DePuy ASR hip implant recall has prompted two medical groups to set up databases to track the success and failure rates of hip and knee implants. According to a report from Bloomberg News, one of the two databases … Continue reading
Many Unaware that OTC Pain Relievers Pose Risks
Just because a medication is sold over-the-counter (OTC), that does not mean the drug is not potent or dangerous. This is very evident in OTC pain killers including < "http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/Tylenol-Liver-Damage-Injury-Lawsuit-Lawyer">Tylenol, Bayer Aspirin, Advil, Motrin, and Aleve. WebMD points out that … Continue reading
Sony Announces another Network Hack
More trouble for Sony, which announced yesterday that a second of its networks had been hacked. The new security beach involves the Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) service, which is used for multiplayer online games like EverQuest, Star Wars Galaxies and … Continue reading