- Eddie Farah | October 30, 2006 7:59 PM |
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MiscellaneousA recent study utilizing computerized screen for lung cancer strongly suggests that screening smokers for lung cancer and cave lives.In the study, early detentions of lung tumors by CT scans and prompt removal have an estimated 10-year survival rate of 92 percent. Dr. Robert Smith, director of screening at the American Cancer Society reported that screening might offer advantages in saving...
- Eddie Farah | October 25, 2006 7:04 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsIn 2004, The Coalition for Mercury-Free Drugs petitioned the FDA iseeking restrictions on Thimerosal citing it was linked to autism. Yesterday the FDA rejected the petitions.Only a small number of licensed and approved products still contain thimerosal, and the available evidence supports FDA's conclusion that all currently licensed vaccines and other pharmaceutical drug products containing...
- Eddie Farah | October 24, 2006 1:24 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsMonday, Dr. Salim Ghazi appeared before Judge Ruth in Jacksonville, Florida on charges of vehicular homicide in the November 2005 road rage death of a 24 year-old Jacksonville woman. He plead guilty to two counts of reckless driving and was sentenced to one year probation and 150 hours community service.This plead agreement was offered by the State's Attorney Office with the consent of the...
- Eddie Farah | October 23, 2006 7:57 PM |
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MiscellaneousAccording to a recent study for more than 2,000 women breast cancer may be more aggressive and harder-to-treat than those of other races.Dr. Wendy Woodward of the University of Texas compared records of black, Hispanic and white women. They found that tumors in black women were more aggressive, and significantly harder to treat. African-American women more frequently had ER-negative disease and...
- Eddie Farah | October 20, 2006 8:10 PM |
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MiscellaneousA lawsuit filed against Royal Caribbean by the family of Gregory A. Smith, IV, who disappeared from a honeymoon has been dismissed by a Miami judge.Maritime lawyer, Brett Rivkind told reporters although this a setback, the issue is going to be decided in an appellate court.Smith, of Greenwich, disappeared from the Brilliance of the Seas while on a honeymoon cruise in the Aegean Sea in 2005. ...
- Eddie Farah | October 19, 2006 7:34 PM |
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MiscellaneousAccording to a recent study the likelihood of implanting stents to open clogged arteries is more likely to cause strokes that the old-fashioned method of simply cleaning the arteries out surgically.These findings have been published in the New England journal of Medicine. A team led by Jean-Louise Mas of Sainte-Anne Hospital in Paris, France, no longer is enrolling volunteers in a study, which...
- Eddie Farah | October 18, 2006 9:01 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThree small tobacco companies filed a suit with the Supreme Court alleging violations of antitrust laws in an effort to avoid paying states moneyEight years ago, four of the biggest tobacco companies paid $206 billion 30 states passed a law requiring companies that didn't participate in this settlement to pay money into escrow funds to satisfy future damage awards in cigarette-related lawsuits. ...
- Eddie Farah | October 12, 2006 7:25 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeIn 2004, Dorothy Hartman went to The Vein Clinic, located in Jacksonville, FL, to have a painful varicose vein removed. During the process she contracted a flesh-eating bacteria and now is permanently disfigured for life. She was in a coma for over a month, and spent the next seven months in hospitals under going numerous surgeries and multiple skin grafts, followed by visits to rehabilitation...
- Eddie Farah | October 10, 2006 9:12 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAccording to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Ford Motor Co is recalling 145,000 vehicles.The problems range from defective latches to faulty drive trainsOver 139,000 2005 model-year Five Hundred and Montego sedans and 2005-2006 model-year freestar minivans have been recalled because the side door latches may let water in. The agency also reported the door could open while...
- Eddie Farah | October 07, 2006 2:30 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsA third death resulting from eating fresh spinach has been reported according to health officials.Ruby Trautz, from Sarpy County, Nebraska, is the latest victim. She was 84-year-old woman and ate spinach contaminated with the same strain of E. coli that has sickened at least 190 other people around the countryHer death was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This news...
- Eddie Farah | October 06, 2006 10:14 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsBottled carrot juice believed to contain botulism toxin has paralyzed a Florida woman. The unidentified woman has been hospitalized since mid-September and is unresponsive. Three Georgia residence have experienced respiratory failure and remain hospitalized on ventilators. Bottle carrot juice is believed to have caused these injuries.All four victims drank bottled carrot juice; manufactured by...
- Eddie Farah | October 02, 2006 6:44 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsU. S. regulators warned Lamictal an epilepsy drug may increase chances of babies being born with a cleft pip or palate when sued during the first three months of pregnancy.The FDA advises "women who are pregnant or thinking of becoming pregnant should not stop taking Lamictal without talking to a doctor. Lamotrigine is the generic name for Lamictal. This drug is used to control seizures or...