For anyone following technology with any regularity, one thing has been blatantly apparent for quite some time: our capabilities in the digital world have accelerated far beyond the capacity of our legal structures to cope with and regulate them. Couple that with a legislature limited by its own lack of technological prowess and the influence of lobbyists, and there was never a question of if present day ...
Study Shows Link Between Tepezza and Hearing Loss
Posted December 22, 2022 in Product News and Recalls
Patients taking teprotumumab (marketed under the drug name Tepezza) for thyroid eye disease will want to pay attention to a small study released by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The study was based on evaluation of 26 patients that had been treated with at least four doses of Tepezza to treat their condition. Research indicated that 17 of those 26, or 65 percent, reported ...
Judge: Zantac Cancer Claims Lacked Scientific Proof
Posted December 21, 2022 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
A federal judge wiped out approximately 50,000 plaintiffs’ claims that their use of Zantac and its generic derivatives caused them to develop various forms of cancer. In issuing her ruling, U.S. District Judge Robin Rosenberg said that the plaintiffs’ experts could not provide accurate testimony because they “systematically utilized unreliable methodologies” and demonstrated “a lack of internally consistent, objective, science-based standards for the evenhanded evaluation of data.”
Lawyers ...
continue reading...Dry Shampoos Latest Products Recalled Over Elevated Benzene Content
Posted December 20, 2022 in Product News and Recalls | Recall
A number of brands of dry shampoos marketed by parent company Unilever have been pulled from store shelves over concerns that the products contain elevated levels of benzene. Benzene is a known human carcinogen.
The recall covers products manufactured prior to October of 2021 and is only for specific lots. However, the brands that have recalled are staples in bathrooms across the country. Names like Dove, Suave, and ...
continue reading...As Heartware Recalls Continue, Patients Cope with the Time Bomb in Their Chests
Posted December 3, 2022 in Drug and Medical Device Lawsuits | Product News and Recalls
“It sounded like a cement mixer.” This is how one Medtronic HeartWare HVAD patient described the sound coming from deep within his chest after the device became clogged with a blood clot. Years after the initial recall was ordered under a Class I status by the FDA, thousands of patients across the country are faced with a life-threatening dilemma: do they keep the device and hope it doesn’t fail them or do they ...
New Study Sheds Light on Dangers of Medical Errors
Posted December 1, 2022 in Medical Malpractice | Product News and Recalls
Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have put medical errors in a whole new light. The study concluded that, if properly recorded and accounted for, medical errors would be the third leading cause of death in the United States.
Authors of the study are using their findings to pressure the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, to add medical ...
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