July 2nd, 2012 tmccoy
by: Stephanie Herschaft, Esq. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a public safety alert regarding a potentially fatal side effect caused by a specific dose of the cancer drug, Zofran (ondanestron). According to an update from the agency, a recently completed study submitted to the agency by British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline shows that [...]
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July 2nd, 2012 tmccoy
by: William Dubanevich, Esq. The Lowellville Cemetery in Eastern Ohio has recently raised the interests of drilling corporations attracted to the natural gas deposits that lay beneath it. Cemeteries in places like Ohio, Colorado and Mississippi have joined the ranks of parks, playgrounds, churches and residential backyards in the top places now being targeted due [...]
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July 2nd, 2012 tmccoy
You may not have felt any initial pain in a car accident. Delayed symptoms occurring the next day or even days later is perfectly normal. If there is little or no damage to your vehicle, that can mean that it did not absorb much of the energy of the impact but instead transferred the impact [...]
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July 2nd, 2012 tmccoy
Medical implants are used in everyday medicine to prolong a long and healthy life. Implants can be placed nearly anywhere in the body from the knee to the hip to the heart. But it’s hip implants that are getting a lot of attention lately. Hip implants basically form a cup and ball action so that [...]
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July 2nd, 2012 tmccoy
by: Brett Leitner, Esq. Dementia is a general term to describe a wide range of symptoms associated with a decline in mental ability that interferes with daily living. Alzheimer’s disease is believed to account for 60 to 80 percent of cases of dementia. Vascular dementia, which occurs after a stroke, is the second most common [...]
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July 2nd, 2012 tmccoy
by: Michael Werner, Esq. In an unprecedented settlement, GlaxoSmithKline (“GSK”) has agreed to pay the U.S. government $3 billion to settle allegations that it knowingly issued prescription drug advertisements for uses not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”)—and then proceeded to furnish doctors with expensive gifts to convince them to write the [...]
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