Posts tagged personal injury

• Protect your family from adverse drug reactions

  Staff Writer | December 01, 2006 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  WorstPills.org has an interesting article about defective drugs, adverse drug reactions and protecting yourself and your family from such dangers. The most important recommendation they make is to talk to your doctor and keep that communication line open before making any changes. Topics in the article include:Special Problems in Nursing Homes Communication: Activating Yourself and Your Doctor...

• Hurricane evacuation route needs work

  Staff Writer | November 17, 2006 12:46 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As the only north-south route for residents of coastal Walton County in the event of a hurricane, Highway 331 is a two-lane road that leads from the coast to the Alabama state line. Many, including Governor Jeb Bush and Senator Bill Nelson, say that the Alabama DOT needs to address these issues to avoid hurricane disasters. Making the highway four lanes is a proposed solution to the highway...

• Merck in the News

  Staff Writer | October 26, 2006 10:31 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Today Merck introduced a new shingles vaccine called Zostavax, which is apparently backed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The company's new drug is put in a positive light after the recent Vioxx scandal, which included thousands of lawsuits from patients who suffered from strokes, heart attacks and blood clots while using the drug that was pulled from the shelves as a...

• Drug Companies Pay For FDA Staff Travel

  Tom Methvin | October 17, 2006 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Over the years it has become quite apparent that the powerful drug industry has enjoyed tremendous control over the Food and Drug Administration. We now learn that, through an apparent loophole in agency rules, the FDA has allowed its employees to receive more than $1.3 million in sponsored travel since 1999 from groups closely tied to pharmaceutical and medical device companies. Interestingly,...

• Ordinary Folks Have A Need For Lobbyists Too

  Tom Methvin | October 17, 2006 2:26 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The large and powerful companies in Corporate America (sometimes referred to as "Fat Cats") have always had ready access to the seats of power at the national level, and that has also been the case in almost every state capitol in America. In recent years that access has become much easier. Lobbyists representing these Fat Cats, who actually are more powerful than some of the elected officials,...

• Medical Device Manufacturer Settles Kickback Charges

  Staff Writer | July 23, 2006 2:17 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  An unidentified whistleblower filed suit in Federal District Court against medical device manufacturer Medtronic. The suit claims the company's spinal-plant division gave doctors kickbacks to encourage the use of its products. The company settled the first of two similar lawsuits for $40M.

• Growing Concern Over Abusive Debt Collection Tactics

  Staff Writer | July 11, 2006 2:22 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Debt collection agencies often buy debt from established companies for only pennies on the dollar. There is growing concern among government regulators that these agencies are using aggressive and sometimes abusive tactics to collect debt even if they could not determine that the debt is valid. One couple sued a CA based collection agency after being harassed by a collector who also posed as a...

• Katrina Victims Demand Coverage From Insurers

  Staff Writer | July 11, 2006 2:21 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A MS couple sued Nationwide Mutual for denying an uninvestigated claim involving damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. In this and thousands of other MS cases, Nationwide has blamed the damage on water and asserts the company has "fully complied with its obligations." The non-jury trial may pioneer future Katrina victims' payouts from other insurers denying similar coverage.

• Study Finds Tylenol May Elevate Liver Enzyme Levels

  Staff Writer | July 05, 2006 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that the maximum recommended dose of acetaminophen, otherwise known as Tylenol, can elevate liver enzyme levels. This increase suggests the presence of disease according to the study. The lead author said an overdose of acetaminophen can lead to severe liver damage but noted that the drug has a "long track record of...