An article from Pacific News Center concerns a lawsuit that parents of a baby born with severe brain damage filed in District Court of Guam. The parents claim that negligence on the part of the doctor overseeing the birth cause their baby’s disabilities.
The baby’s mother, Shamaralynn Terlaje, alleges in the lawsuit that she experienced prolonged bradycardia – or slowing of the heart rate – three times during her labor.
The lawsuit claims that condition indicated her ...
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A story in the Baltimore Sun concerns a family awarded $21 million over claims that negligent care by Baltimore’s Harbor Hospital caused their child to be born with cerebral palsy.
Jaylan Norfleet, who was 9 years old as of July, has a fully functioning mind but severe disabilities including very limited use of his legs and hands. An attorney representing the family described him as “literally trapped inside his body.”
The family ...
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The New York Department of Conservation wants an extension for releasing a new set of rules that would regulate the controversial natural gas extraction method called “hydraulic fracturing” or “fracking.”
The department originally had a Nov. 29 deadline to release the new regulations. But state officials announced their intention to file for a 90-day extension, which the Albany Times Union says could ultimately push back the final release by as ...
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Many medical professionals are concerned about this week’s decision by the federal appeals court making it legal for pharmaceutical company representatives to market drugs for “off label” uses.
An ABC News report quotes Dr. Richard Deyo, a professor of family medicine at Oregon Health and Science University, as saying: “This risks taking us back to an era when people could promote snake oil without restrictions – a situation I would hate ...
continue reading...The Consumer Product Safety Commission is forcing the manufacturer to take a portable baby recliner called the Nap Nanny off the market and offer full refunds to its customers, following complaints of five infant deaths.
There have also been 70 complaints of children falling out of the device, ABC News reports.
The CPSC claims manufacturer Baby Matters, LLC, refused to pull the Nap Nanny or offer refunds for five months, obliging the commission to file a complaint.
Philadelphia sportscaster and mother Leslie Gudel ...
continue reading...A federal appeals court has ruled that pharmaceutical sales staff can’t be convicted for promoting drugs for “off label” uses, as long as those uses are otherwise legal.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in New York issued the decision in the case of Alfred Caronia, a pharmaceutical sales representative convicted in 2008 of illegally promoting the narcolepsy medication Xyrem for unapproved uses. In his appeal, Bloomberg reports, Caronia contended that the ...
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