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• Nicotine Candy? FDA, Can You Please Help a Parent Out?

  Jessica Hoerman | January 20, 2012 5:07 PM | 17 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  This week, the FDA met to evaluate the safety and risks of dissolvable smokeless tobacco products. These smokeless tobacco products are not stop-smoking aids that many Americans turn to fulfill...

• Acid Reflux Drugs Increase Risk of Broken Bones

  Jamie G. Goldstein | May 28, 2011 2:33 PM | 15 CommentsChicago, IL

  The latest word on a certain class of acid reflux drugs, proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), have been linked to an increased risk of broken bones when used for over a year and in large doses. PPIs are...

• Victoria's Secret is Out - She's Putting Formaldehyde in Her Bras

  Jamie G. Goldstein | November 19, 2008 5:30 PM | 15 CommentsChicago, IL

  Women are continuing to complain about the terrible side affects that they have and still are experiencing as a result of wearing Victoria's Secret's bras. While at first glance this may seem like a...

• The Pradaxa Conundrum - Blockbuster Drug Associated with 459 Deaths?

  Steven Davis | April 26, 2012 5:14 PM | 13 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  What am I missing here? The number of reported injuries arising from use of Pradaxa continues to grow at an unparalleled pace and yet financial and pharmaceutical analysts celebrate Boehringer...

• Brazilian Blowout - Where Are The Victims? Where Is The Outrage?

  Tor Hoerman | September 09, 2011 4:34 PM | 12 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  There are likely thousands of stylists and hair care workers suffering quietly as a result of their repeated exposure to Brazilian Blowout, while its manufacturer continues to deceive and continue...

• Cell Phones & Cancer: A Controversial New Warning

  Kristina Labanauskas | July 25, 2008 5:47 PM | 11 CommentsCook County, IL

  Talking less on your cell phone might save more than just minutes. For the first time, an academic cancer research institute has made a warning linking cancer and cell phone use. Dr. Ronald B....

• Truckers and Fatigue Have Fatal Consequences

  Craig Brown | January 21, 2012 10:49 AM | 9 CommentsWindy City, IL

  Mistakes made by truck drivers are the cause of a certain percentage of trucking accidents. These accidents, more the exception than the rule, are most often caused by truck drivers who are in...

• Absolutely Stun-ning -- TASERS Reportedly Being Used in Hospitals

  Jamie G. Goldstein | July 21, 2010 4:43 PM | 7 CommentsChicago, IL

  A hospital security guard used a stun gun on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’ nephew, Derek Thomas, after he refused to wear a gown and attempted to leave the grounds of West Jefferson...

• Bad Medicine: Illinois Insurer Refuses to Pay for ‘Never Events’

  Nick Avgerinos | August 07, 2008 2:52 PM | 7 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  What’s a ‘never event’? That was my first question, too, when I heard about this new development. ‘Never event’ is the term used to describe medical errors that should never happen. Despite the...

• TorHoerman Law Welcomes Guest Blogger Dr. John M. Restaino, DPM, JD, MPH

  Tor Hoerman | October 28, 2011 1:15 PM | 5 CommentsChicago-Land, IL

  TorHoerman Law is proud to announce that Dr. John M. Restaino, DPM, JD, MPH has agreed to guest blog with us at our Chicago-Land Injury Board Blog. Dr. Restaino practiced surgery of the foot and...