According to a story in the U.K. newspaper Daily Express, a study found that people who snore are three times more likely to suffer a potentially fatal blood clot.
The study, led by a team of researchers in Taiwan, found that patients diagnosed with the snoring-related condition sleep apnea were three times as likely to develop a deep vein thrombosis – or a blood clot in one of the deeper veins, ...
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The Pennsylvania Record reports that attorney Michael Katz of Lopez McHugh has filed a product liability claim against GlaxoSmithKline, on behalf of a New York woman who alleges the pharmaceutical company’s anti-Lyme Disease vaccine harmed her.
Katz filed the civil action July 9 at Philadelphia’s Common Pleas Court, also naming Smithkline Beecham Corp. and various subsidiaries as defendants.
The complaint alleges that the plaintiff’s problems originated with a series of LYMErix vaccinations ...
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An entry on the blog The Poptort.com mentions a civil complaint by the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston against drug maker Forest Laboratories, alleging the company defrauded the government out of millions of dollars by illegally marketing Celexa and Lexapro, two versions of the anti-depressant, “citalopram,” for unapproved uses in children and adolescents.
Doctors are allowed to prescribe drugs for uses not approved by the FDA, but it’s illegal for companies ...
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According to a Bloomberg report, Bayer has said that settlements of U.S. lawsuits over its Yasmin line of birth control pills have reached more than $402 million.
The German pharmaceutical giant has resolved almost 1,900 cases involving allegations that its contraceptives caused potentially deadly blood clots, the company said this week in a stockholders’ newsletter. Bayer said it has paid $402.6 million in settlements of one category of clot cases, for ...
continue reading...The Mayo Clinic provides some guidance for people who are seeing a doctor about potential mesothelioma, a form of cancer that affects the protective lining that covers many of the internal organs of the body called the mesothelium.
Mesothelioma is caused primarily by exposure to asbestos.
If you have lung or abdominal symptoms that may indicate mesothelioma, according to the Clinic, you’re likely to start by seeing your family doctor or a general practitioner. But when you call to set up an ...
continue reading...In an interview with Truthout, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration drug reviewer described an atmosphere in which professionals tasked with evaluating the safety of drugs are pressured to look the other way when they see a problem. Failing to do so, he said, often brings about official retaliation from the agency.
Ronald Kavanagh B.S.Pharm., Pharm.D, Ph.D., is quoted as saying: “FDA’s response to most expected risks is to deny them and wait until there is irrefutable evidence postmarketing, and then ...
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