A Common Pleas judge has set the bail for a heavy equipment operator charged in a deadly Philadelphia building collapse at $1.5 million, NBC News reports.
During a demolition project, a four-story brick wall at 22nd and Market streets fell into an adjoining Salvation Army store on June 5. Six people were killed and 14 were injured.
Sean Benschop, a.k.a. Kary Roberts, was operating an excavator on the site at the time ...
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved changes to the drug label to the anti-seizure medication Potiga. The new warning will alert patients and doctors to the risk of severe retinal pigment changes that can lead to blindness. The label will also warn that the Potiga has been linked with skin discoloration, particularly of the hands, feet and ...
Johnson & Johnson (J&J) and its subsidiaries have agreed to pay over $2.2 billion in criminal and civil fines arising out of false marketing claims. The company allegedly promoted off-label uses for various drugs, and provided kickbacks to doctors and pharmacists for prescribing those drugs. The drugs at issue in this suit include Risperdal, Invega (forms of antipsychotic medications), and Natrecor (heart ...
Global drug manufacturers have agreed to cooperate with an independent review of diabetes drugs classified as “incretin mimetics,” which include Byetta and Januvia, in light of a growing body of research suggesting that the drugs may be linked to pancreatic cancer and a potentially deadly inflammation of the pancreas called pancreatitis.
The American Diabetes Association has called for such a review.
A Reuters report on the issue quotes the ADA’s chief scientific ...
continue reading...A recent study showed that an extract from fresh garlic may help protect the liver form acetaminophen toxicity. Acetaminophen toxicity, the result of the ingestion of too much acetaminophen, is a dangerous condition that can cause acute liver failure and death. Acetaminophen, an over the counter drug, is one of the most commonly used drugs in the United States today. The most common brand name for the drug is Tylenol.
The study found that garlic ...
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A new study published in the current edition of the Journal of Patient Safety drastically increases the estimated number of people who die each year due to hospital error. The authors estimate that each year between 210,000 and 440,000 patients suffer some type of preventable harm that contributes to their death. They estimate that the rate of serious errors not resulting in death is 10 or ...
