Saundersblog.com - June 2005 Archives

June 2005

Tuesday 21 June

Defibrillator Patients Face Tough Choices (14:42) - The recent news that Guidant defibrillators may malfunction during life critical moments has given heart patients pause. The highest rate of malfunction among Guidant machines is the Ventak Prizm 2 DR (Model 1861)with 28 reports of short-circuiting including one resulting... | 0 Comments

Saturday 18 June

Consumer Safety Alert: Heart Device Manufacturers Decide for Themselves When and If to Tell Public About Faulty Devices (17:19) - According to a June 14th article in the NY Times, heart device manufacturers make their own decision when and if to inform the general public and doctors if a potentially life saving heart device like a defribrillator is faulty. There... | 0 Comments
At FDA's Urging, Guidant Recalls 29,000 Heart Devices (17:06) - Guidant Corporation is recalling 29,000 heart devices because of flaws that may cause them to malfunction when they are supposed to deliver a potentially life saving electrical shock to the heart. The three defibrillator devices manufactured by Guidant came under... | 0 Comments
Johnson & Johnson's Drug Risperdal Raises Tumor Questions (15:16) - A June 17th article in the Wall St. Journal raised questions about Johnson & Johnson's antipsychotic drug Risperdal. According to the story, government researchers found a higher incidence of benign tumors in the pituitary gland among patients taking the drug.... | 2 Comments

Thursday 16 June

Catholic Church Paid $1B for Sex Abuse Claims So Far (16:10) - Recently, the Associated Press reported that the Catholic Church's payment for sexual abuse claims has reached the $1billion mark. It's sad to note that the Church hierarchy was warned of such a financial cataclysm back in 1985 when Fr. Thomas... | 0 Comments

Monday 13 June

Sarasota Doctor Still Practicing After 25 Counts of Health Care Fraud (15:10) - According to a story published in the St. Petersburg Times, Dr. Michael Rosin continues to practice medicine in Sarasota in spite of 25 counts of health care fraud and 25 counts of making false statements. In one case, Dr. Rosin... | 1 Comments
Profits Outweighed Safety Concerns with Propulsid (14:58) - According to a recent article in the NY Times, in 1998 the makers of the heartburn medicine Propulsid negotiated a new warning label rather than remove it from the market in spite of overwhelming evidence of its dangerous, sometimes fatal,... | 0 Comments

Friday 10 June

Info for Victims of Auto Accidents in Florida (03:07) - Auto accidents remain the leading cause of death for Americans under the age of 34. Each year, 40,000 people lose their lives in auto crashes. The resulting psychological, economic, and physical toll places tremendous strain on families and individuals alike.... | 0 Comments

Wednesday 8 June

Fox Guarding the Hen House: FDA's New Drug Safety Board (15:41) - A news story published in the Washington Post today cites problems with the FDA's new drug oversight board. According to FDA Safety Officer David Graham, the new board is "severely biased in favor of industry" rather than consumer protection. The... | 0 Comments
Embattled Bishop Spurned by High School Seniors (13:54) - Fifty seniors at Trinity High School in Manchester NH have asked NH Bishop John McCormack not to come to their graduation. McCormack, a top lieutenant of disgraced Cardinal Law of Boston during the 1980's has been in the forefront of... | 0 Comments

Monday 6 June

Nissan Maxima and Suzuki Verona Receive Marginal Ratings in Crash Tests (16:35) - According to a report published today the 2005 Nissan Maxima and the Suzuki Verona received marginal ratings in crash tests. The problem concerned side impact collisions. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety gave the Chevrolet Malibu and Audi A4 its... | 0 Comments
Bristol-Myers Squibb to Settle for $300 Million (14:05) - Drug maker to settle case for $300m By Associated Press | June 6, 2005 NEW YORK -- Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. is expected to settle a federal probe of its past accounting practices for $300 million, according to published reports. As... | 0 Comments
Auto Safety or Auto Privacy? (00:32) - (AP) According to the National Highway Transportation Administration, about 15 percent of vehicles — or about 30 million cars and trucks — have black boxes. About 65 percent to 90 percent of 2004 cars and trucks have them, according to... | 0 Comments
Child Safety in Vehicles (00:28) - CBS/AP) According to the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, 3,300 children between the ages of 4 and 7 died in a motor vehicle crashes between 1994 and 2002. On Sunday, March 27, New York State joined more than two-dozen other... | 0 Comments
Sex Abuse Allegations Continue to Swirl Around Founder of Legionnaires of Christ (00:19) - Maciel scandal won't go away If Fr. Marcial Maciel Degollado, founder of the religious order the Legionaries of Christ, were a priest in the United States, he would not be permitted in active ministry. Some may not consider the U.S.... | 0 Comments

Saturday 4 June

Pharmacists Can Be Liable (13:51) - Court: Druggists can be liable for failing to warn of risks An appeals court rules in the case of a man whose wife died of an overdose after druggists filled her prescriptions. By Associated Press Published June 4, 2005 MIAMI... | 1 Comments

Friday 3 June

Bextra, Celebrex, and Vioxx Manufacturers Hide Drug Risks (21:05) - AP Business WriterTue May 24,12:49 AM ET Pfizer Inc., GlaxoSmithKline PLC. and Merck & Co. are "making a mockery" of efforts to create more transparency in drug clinical trials, according to a prominent medical journal editor. Dr. Jeffrey M. Drazen,... | 1 Comments
Will Bextra Return to the Market? (20:37) - Pfizer Wants Bextra Which Causes Stevens Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis Back on Market CHICAGO, May 16 (UPI) -- Pfizer Inc. wants to put its second-generation COX-2 drug Bextra back on the market but lawyers for patients who contend... | 0 Comments
Diocese of Covington Class Action Settlement (19:12) - By Jim Hannah Enquirer staff writer The Enquirer/Andrea Remke The Catholic Center in Erlanger, which is closing in part because of settlement fees for sexual abuse claims paid by the Covington Diocese. BURLINGTON – The Covington Diocese announced this afternoon... | 0 Comments
Anglican Church Pedophile Scandal in Australia (18:58) - Fresh allegations have been raised about a pedophile ring operating within the Anglican church in Australia in the 1980s. Former Anglican archdeacon Louis Victor Daniels was sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in jail last month for molesting 10 youths aged between... | 0 Comments
Hospital Medical Mistakes Cited in Marine's Death (18:18) - Tragic and unnecessary death of Marine hero demonstrates need for better medical accountability for malpractice in hospitals. TODAY'S ST. PETERSBURG TIMES TAMPA - Investigators say the death last year of a 21-year-old Marine at James A. Haley VA Medical Center... | 1 Comments
Accused Priest Working at Miami VA Hospital (17:52) - Priest once accused of sex abuse is working at Miami VA hospital BY ALEXANDRA ALTER aalter@herald.com A Catholic priest accused of sexual misconduct with a minor in the 1970s began work this week as a chaplain at the Miami Veteran... | 0 Comments
Wyeth Says Jury Awards Diet-Drug Users $200 Million (17:50) - May 27 (Bloomberg) -- A Pennsylvania jury decided that two former users of Wyeth's drugs taken as part of the fen-phen diet combination deserved $200 million in damages for heart problems caused by the medicine. Jurors in state court in... | 0 Comments
Hare Krishna Child Abuse Lawsuits (17:48) - A lawsuit pending in the 192nd Dallas State District Court has prompted payment for child abuse victims worldwide. The case, filed in 2001 against the Hare Krishna religious organization, the International Society of Krishna Consciousness, caused several Krishna Temples to... | 0 Comments
Danville Woman Claims Nun Abuse (12:18) - ROCHESTER, Minn. - A Danville woman who claims she was sexually abused by a nun has sued a Sisters of St. Francis order, alleging the order was negligent and failed to investigate or address the allegations. Christine Bertrand filed her... | 0 Comments