InjuryBoard Jacksonville Archives

• Chemo Effects for Breast Cancer Patients

  Eddie Farah | August 31, 2006 7:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A recent study lead by Boston's Dana-Faber Cancer Institute marks the first attempt to assess risks of chemotherapy for 35,000 breast cancer patients under 64 who receive the drugs. Roughly one in six women end up at the emergency room or hospital because of side effects such as infection, low blood counts, dehydration or nausea.Most side-effect information comes from clinical trials of...

• More Nicotine in Cigarettes

  Eddie Farah | August 30, 2006 8:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, nicotine typically consumed by smokers per cigarette has risen 10 percent in the past six years, which makes it harder to quit and easier to get hooked.The study found the three most popular cigarette brands with young smokers - Marlboro, Newport and Camel - delivered significantly more nicotine than they did years ago. Nicotine in...

• Soft drink makers settle suit

  Eddie Farah | August 29, 2006 8:10 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Coco-Cola Co. recently was sued a District of Columbia Superior Court as part of an effort to force soft drink makers to eliminate ingredients benzene, which has been linked to leukemia.Similar suits are pending in Federal court in Kansas, Massachusetts and New Jersey; and in state court in Florida and California."Benzene can form in soft drinks, which contain vitamin C and either sodium...

• Harvested body parts recalled

  Eddie Farah | August 25, 2006 7:19 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Recently the FDA closed down Donor Referral Services of Raleigh, N.C., run by Philip Guyett, citing the company used an unsanitary embalming room to carve up dozens of corpses to procure tissue. This resulted in a leading medical firm to quietly recall hundreds of human tissue products destined for transplants in the nation. Routine operations such as back surgery and knee repairs use cadaver...

• Apple recalls notebook batteries

  Eddie Farah | August 24, 2006 9:38 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Today Apple Computers Inc recalled 1.8 million Sony-built laptop batteries that could overheat and catch fire. This action was taken as the result of Apple receiving nine reports of batteries overheating. Although no serious injuries have been reported, two customers received minor burns. Additionally some minor property damage was reportedThe Consumer Product Safety Commission reports Dell...

• Tobacco Companies Liable

  Eddie Farah | August 23, 2006 7:39 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  U. S. District Judge Gladys Kessler recently ruled some tobacco companies broke the law, and found them liable for violating racketeering laws for decades, in a conspiracy to hid smoking dangers.Cigarette smoking causes disease, suffering and death. Despite internal recognition of this fact, defendants have publicly denied, distorted, and minimized the hazards of smoking for decades.These...

• Renew recall stops eye infection

  Eddie Farah | August 22, 2006 10:52 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Although scientists still are unsure what caused the spread of serious eye infections, but it appears that Bausch & Lomb Inc's global recall of ReNew eye product may have stopped.CDC researcher do not believe improper lens hygiene practices alone are enough to explain the recent rash of fusarium keratitis casesFusarium keratitis was first reported in Singapore and Hon Kong resulted in the...

• Accutane heart, liver risks

  Eddie Farah | August 21, 2006 8:36 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  According to a new study, Accutane appears to raise eth risk for potential heart and liver problems.Lab tests on 13,662 patients taking the popular acne drug and underscore the need to closely monitor people taking isotretinoin, which is sold as Accutane and in three generic versions. Abnormal results for cholesterol and liver function were more common than expected. An elevation in cholesterol...

• Merck suffers Vioxx setback

  Eddie Farah | August 17, 2006 8:49 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The jury in a federal trial held in New Orleans found Merck & Co knowingly misrepresented or failed to disclose information about Vioxx to the doctors of Gerald Barnett, a retired FBI agent. The jury said Mr. Barnett should receive $50 million in compensatory damages plus $1 million in punitive damages. The jury found that Merck "acted win wanton, malicious, willful or reckless disregard for...