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• Cincinnati Schools Work to Educate Students on Bullying

  Jeff Weinstein | May 14, 2012 7:09 PM | 1 CommentAthens, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Congrats to the Cincinnati Public Schools for allowing students to watch the film, Bully. I know it's a tough call to allow students to watch a PG-13 rated show but let's face it, kids in...

• Bard BellWether Trials Over Vaginal Mesh Injuries

  Shezad Malik MD JD | May 03, 2012 9:45 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: Medical Devices & Implants
  

  C.R. Bard Inc. will face its first federal-court trial in 2013 over claims that the company’s vaginal-mesh implants injured women. U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin in Charleston, West...

• When you need an attorney AND an expert on spinal cord injury!

  J. Robert Davis | May 01, 2012 11:06 PM | 1 CommentThe Alamo City, TX Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  When I was a “baby lawyer”, cutting my teeth on brand spanking new Texas tort reform (texaswatch.org) in the mid-nineties, I ended up mostly with the cases and clients no...

• Actos Risk How It Affects The Nations.

  Brandy Miller | April 25, 2012 5:01 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  In accordance to the 2011 National Diabetes release on January 26, 2011, 25.8 million children and adults in the United States alone are diagnoses with diabetes. Type 2- diabetes is...

• Texas Hospital Won't Hire Obese Workers

  Brandy Miller | April 11, 2012 3:03 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Workplace Discrimination
  

  I read an article in The Texas Tribune about a doctor of Indian descent who filed a discrimination lawsuit against Citizens Medical Center located in Victoria, Texas. The doctor who filed the...

• High Court to Hear Arguments on the Constitutionality of Health Care Reform

  Scott Kappes | March 26, 2012 1:53 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Over the next three days the Supreme Court will be hearing arguments on the constitutionality of the health-care overhaul. They Court is expected to rule on the law’s constitutionality in...

• FDA Warns Statins Side Effects Can Cause Diabetes and Memory Loss

  Shezad Malik MD JD | February 28, 2012 10:29 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Federal health regulators are warning that cholesterol lowering drugs like Lipitor, Crestor and Zocor could increase the risk of diabetes, muscle injury and could cause memory loss and...

• CPSC Hosting First Twitter Chat: #TVSaftey

  Scott Kappes | February 15, 2012 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsHouston, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Over the past couple of years the CPSC has done quite a bit to improve the reputation of the agency and its image. Nowhere is this more evident than online. The CPSC has embraced the social...

• Vaginal Mesh Lawsuits Centralized in W. VA MDL

  Shezad Malik MD JD | February 14, 2012 9:42 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) has decided to create three new multidistrict litigations (MDLs) for all vaginal mesh lawsuits. These lawsuits involve products...

• Novartis Gilenya MS drug investigated after 11 deaths

  Shezad Malik MD JD | January 22, 2012 7:57 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  A multiple sclerosis drug made by pharmaceutical giant Novartis is under intense investigation after at least 11 patients taking the medicine died. The drug, Gilenya, was licensed in 2010 in...