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• Ortho Evra Label Changed To Reflect Increased Risk Of Blood Clots

  Jean Martin | January 23, 2008 6:31 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  A study conducted on behalf of manufacturer Johnson & Johnnson revealed that women using the Ortho Evra Contraceptive Patch are at a higher risk of developing serious blood clots than those who use birth control pills. These recent findings reiterate those from an earlier study finding that women, ages 15 - 44, who use the Ortho Evra skin patch have a greater risk for developing a condition...

• TV Ads for Zetia and Vytorin Pulled

  Jean Martin | January 23, 2008 6:05 PM | 0 CommentsWilmington, NC

  The makers of Vytorin and Zetia have announced that they are pulling TV ads for the drugs. The companies waited a whole week to take this action after it was reported that a study found that Zetia was not effective at reducing cholesterol and that Vytorin was no more effective than the much cheaper Zocor (Vytorin is a combination of Zetia and Zocor), and might actually be worse. The study...

• State of Florida Suspends Allstate's Insurance License

  Staff Writer | January 23, 2008 6:05 PM | 0 CommentsCleveland, OH

  The state of Florida is in a big fight with Allstate right now, and Allstate is not cooperating, refusing to turn over subpoena ordered internal documents (particularly something known as "The McKinsey Report") which demonstrates a systematic denial of claims - read the story of Allstate's potential bad faith actions in Florida.

• Nursing Home Woes

  Brooks Schuelke | January 23, 2008 5:23 PM | 0 CommentsAustin, TX

  Today, there have been two recent blog posts on appalling cases of problems in nursing homes. First, Ed Normand has posted on a story of a nursing home patient who developed maggots in his eyes. Not to be outdone, Ray Mullman at the South Carolina Nursing Home Blog posts on a nursing home that hired a serial rapist as a nurse. Not surprisingly, the nurse ended up raping one of the residents. ...

• Fulton County Kentucky Car Wreck on Highway 51 Injures Three

  Daryl Dixon | January 23, 2008 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  A Western Kentucky Car Wreck overnight injured three on Highway 51 in Fulton County Kentucky. Read News Story Here. http://www.injuryboard.com/help-center/auto-accidents/The Driver of the first car fell asleep and swerved across the highway impacting the other car. Driver inattention and falling asleep are two of the leading causes of Car Wrecks in Kentucky. Details on the condition of all...

• Fulton County Kentucky Car Wreck on Highway 51 Injures Three(2)

  Daryl Dixon | January 23, 2008 4:33 PM | 0 CommentsPaducah, KY

  A Western Kentucky Car Wreck overnight injured three on Highway 51 in Fulton County Kentucky. Read News Story Here. The Driver of the first car fell asleep and swerved across the highway impacting the other car. Driver inattention and falling asleep are two of the leading causes of Car Wrecks in Kentucky. Details on the condition of all three were unknown although we do know that the...

• Bausch & Lomb CEO Steps Down, Renu Recall To Blame

  Jamie G. Goldstein | January 23, 2008 4:27 PM | 0 CommentsChicago, IL

  Ron Zarella, CEO of Bausch & Lomb, resigned today, effective immediately. Zarella, served as CEO during the recent recall of Bausch & Lomb's MoistureLoc contact lens solution. The solution was recalled after people oversees and then here in the U.S. began developing eye infections.The infection mainly caused by the MoistureLoc solution is Fusarium Keratitis, however, other infections,...

• Chief Justice Cliff Taylor poorly regarded by Michigan legal community

  Devon Glass | January 23, 2008 4:08 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  According to a poll of attorneys who have practiced before the Michigan Supreme Court in the past six years, Justice Cliff Taylor is second to last in terms of overall performance. For a more thorough analysis of the study that was conducted by Michigan Lawyers Weekly, click here. This will come to no surprise to anyone who has followed decisions coming out of the Michigan Supreme Court since...

• Drug Companies Pull Vytorin TV Ad

  Joe Saunders | January 23, 2008 2:20 PM | 0 CommentsTampa Bay, FL

  A week after a study showed that Vytorin is no more effective in reducing cholesterol than the company's generic equivalent, Merck and Schering-Plough withdrew their direct-to-consumer marketing ads. Vytorin, a combination of Zetia and Merck's Zocor, lost patent protection in 2006. The marketing campaign was a familiar one to television viewers and was dubbed "food and family" depicting in a...

• Hospital Accused In Sending Deceased Infant to Dirty Laundry Rather Than Morgue

  Amy Rothschild | January 23, 2008 2:13 PM | 0 CommentsCharleston, SC

  On July 8, Kourtney McGee of Cleburne was in her second trimester when she went to Huguley Memorial Medical Center of Fort Worth because she was bleeding. She gave birth prematurely to Jacob Dwayne Robinson, who did not survive. Hospital staff told Ms. McGee, the mother, and Milburn "Pete" Robinson, the father, that their child's body would be taken to the morgue.When the funeral director...