April 2006
Saturday 29 April
- Doctors to Receive Guidelines on How to Handle Defective Defibrillators (08:31) - A group that represents doctors, The Heart Rhythm Society, will publish guidelines to help doctors determine how to respond when a heart defibrillator malfunctions. The publication comes in response to problems experienced by cardiac defibrillator manufacturers,Guidant (recently acquired by Boston... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Bausch & Lomb Not Forthcoming on ReNu Products (08:20) - Bausch & Lomb, the maker of ReNu contact lens solution, didn't bother to notify the FDA or the American public about infections Hong Kong officials found in the product in November 2005. This is important because the product sold in... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 28 April
- Bausch & Lomb Notified by Hong Kong Officials in Fall 2005 (10:20) - According to an article published in the Wall St. Journal, the maker of ReNu contact lens solution, was notified of eye infections in November 2005. The number of those infected with the fungus fusarium keratitits has now risen from 176... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 27 April
- Monsignor Fushek's Attorneys Bullying Witnesses (09:31) - In an obviously cynical and calculated move, the attorneys for Monsignor Dale Fushek are now bullying the witness victims of the priest accused of the sexual abuse of numerous boys in Arizona. The defense attorneys are deposing these witnesses and...
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- Bausch & Lomb Lawsuit Filing Today (09:26) - This afternoon I'll be filing a civil lawsuit against Bausch & Lomb, the manufacturer of ReNu contact lens solution. I'll be filing in US District Court for the Middle District of Florida on behalf of a woman who has lost... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 26 April
- FDA Experts' Conflicts of Interest (09:19) - As a governmental oversight agency, it should be appalling that the FDA uses experts who have financial interests in the drugs and products about which they provide expert testimony. Yet, in a study conducted by the consumer group Public Citizen,... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 24 April
- ReNu with MoistureLoc Victims Growing (20:26) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have confirmed that there are 24 new cases of fusarium keratitis. This brings the total to 54, up from 30 just two weeks ago. In the midst of new cases, Bausch & Lomb,... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Vioxx According to Jurors (20:14) - There's an insightful article in the online version of the Wall St. Journalregarding what jurors think when it comes to the pharmaceutical giant Merck and their drug Vioxx. The article states that three things are important when it comes to... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Court Documents Show Ortho McNeil Knew Ortho Evra Was Lethal (06:40) - Documents have surfaced in litigation that show Ortho-McNeil has been analyzing the FDA's death and injury reports on women using the Ortho Evra birth-control patch, and has charts that show a higher rate of blood clots and deaths in women... | 0 Trackbacks
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- GAO Criticizes FDA on How it Handles Drugs (06:35) - The Government Accountability Office has published a report sharply critical of the Food and Drug Administration. The report states that the organization is sometimes too slow in recognizing safety problems once drugs have gone to market. The GAO report also... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 22 April
- Former Life Teen Director Sex Abuse Trial to Start June 2 (09:56) - Monsignor Dale Fushek, founder of the popular Life Teen movement in the Catholic Church will go to trial on for sex abuse charges. Fushek, a former pastor of St. Timothy's Catholic Church in Mesa, is charged with engaging teen boys...
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- FDA Says Throw Out ReNu with MoistureLoc (08:31) - Bausch & Lomb, the maker of contact lens solution ReNu with MoistureLoc may have acted hesitantly when it failed to voluntarily pull its product off store shelves but not so for the FDA. Yesterday, the FDA issued a statement that... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 21 April
- FDA & CDC Still Looking for Source of ReNu Fungus (06:28) - The US FDA and the Centers for Disease Control are still looking for the source and cause of the fusarium keratitis fungus that forced Bausch & Lomb to halt shipments of its once popular contact lens solution ReNu with MoistureLoc.... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 20 April
Wednesday 19 April
- Vermont Catholic Church Settles Lawsuit (20:00) - The Catholic Diocese of Burlington http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=4790947&nav=menu183_2 settled a sexual abuse lawsuit on the eve of trial against a serial predator priest, Fr. Edward Paquette. The settlement is considered the largest settlement in the history of the rural diocese. In a... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 18 April
- Los Angeles Cardinal Rebuffed by Supreme Court (08:07) - Roger Cardinal Mahony lost his bid to keep secret correspondence between his office and priests accused of child abuse. Mahony had argued that such documents were protected by the First Amendment. The US Supreme Court declined to hear his appeal... | 0 Trackbacks
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- ReNu Contact Lens Solution Update (08:02) - While the investigation is ongoing, we know thus far that of 30 cases in the US studied by the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, 28 patients wore soft contact lenses and 26 had used the Bausch & Lomb ReNu... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 17 April
- FDA Continues its Bausch & Lomb Investigation (14:44) - In an effort to locate the source of the fungal infection in suspected cases of Fusarium keratitis, the FDA is continuing its investigation of Bausch & Lomb plants. Of the 30 cases that have been reviewed by the Centers for... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Fusarium Fungus and Your Eyes (06:29) - Last week, Bausch & Lomb told consumers not to use their eye contact solution ReNu with MoistureLoc after serious eye infections resulted. A fungus called Fusarium has been identified as the cause of the reported infections. As of April 9,... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 15 April
- ReNu Being Removed From Shelves-What's Next? (07:55) - As the Bausch & Lomb contact solution is being removed from store shelves all across the country, users of the ReNu with MoistureLoc can do several things: 1) they need to monitor the health of their eyes ie. beware of... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Fosamax: An Example of What's Wrong with the Pharma Industry (07:43) - When I discovered that Fosamax belonged to the same family of drugs as those employed in chemotherapy treatments and that these class of drugs were thought to cause osteonecrosis, I wanted to know why Merck hadn't come forward with that... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 14 April
- Merck and Fosamax (12:49) - It appears the manufacturer of Fosamax, the osteoporosis drug, knew about potential serious problems with the drug back in 2004. Fosamax belongs to a family of drugs called bisphosphonates which are believed to cause a severe osteonecrosis. Merck has made... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Fosamax-Merck's Latest Problem (11:14) - In the midst of bad news from its painkiller Vioxx, Merck & Co. now has to face similar fallout from its osteoporosis drug Fosamax. Fosamax, prescribed to treat osteoporosis, may have caused the jaw of a Floridian woman to rot....
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- Bausch & Lomb Facing Investigation Into its ReNu Contact Lens Solution (08:18) - Bowing to public pressure, Bausch & Lomb will take out ads today in the nation's leading newspapers asking people not to use their eye contact solution ReNu with MoistureLoc until an investigation into its safety is completed. The unprecedented move...
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- Bausch & Lomb Slow to React to Crisis (08:11) - After intense public pressure, Bausch & Lomb finally asked retailers to remove the ReNu contact lens solution from their shelves while an investigation into the product's safety is completed. The question remains as to why the company has not pulled... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 13 April
- Fosamax-Merck's Latest Headache (14:28) - For Merck & Co. the bad news doesn't seem to end. On the heels of being hit with $9 million in punitive damages from its drug Vioxx, Merck is now facing lawsuits from its osteoporosis drug Fosamax. Fosamax is a... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Founder of Life Teen Will Face Criminal Charges (08:04) - In spite of his defense lawyers' testimony, Monsignor Dale Fushek will face five counts of contributing to delinquency of a minor, two counts of indecent exposure and three counts of assault. Fushek attempted to hide behind the First Amendment arguing... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 12 April
- Bausch & Lomb Halts Shipments of ReNu Solution (09:04) - One of the country's leading manufacturers of eye contact solution has stopped shipments of its popular ReNu and MoistureLoc solutions after investigations have shown the products can cause a potentially dangerous eye infection. However, the company stopped short of pulling... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 11 April
- Merck Told to Pay $9million in Punitive and Compensatory Damages (11:40) - Merck, the manufacturer of the pain killer Vioxx, has been ordered to pay $9 million in punitive and compensatory damages by a New Jersey jury. The verdict came after a jury concluded that the drug maker knowingly misled regulators about... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Tampa's VA Hospital Failure to Sterilize (07:15) - In an investigation made public yesterday, officials at Tampa's James A. Haley VA Medical Center disclosed that two cranial implants were not properly sterilized prior to surgery. This is a very serious failure on the part of the hospital and... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Consumer Group Wants FDA to Remove Xenical (06:58) - A consumer watchdog group is petitioning the Food and Drug Administration to remove the prescription obesity drug Xenical (orlistat) from the market. Public Citizen says the drug may lead to a higher risk of aberrant crypt foci (ACF), which is...
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- FDA Knew About Benzene in Soda (06:54) - A newly discovered Food and Drug Administration report shows the agency had data at least three years ago that some soft drinks had unsafe levels of cancer-causing benzene. Known as the Total Diet Study, the report shows that between 1995... | 0 Trackbacks
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- First Guidant Defibrillator Trial Postponed (06:52) - The first Guidant defective defibrillator trial has been postponed because one of the witnesses is unavailable due to the Passover holiday. The judge has said that the case will most likely resume in July.... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Orlando Taser Case Overturned by Judge (06:45) - A federal judge has overturned a $100,000 verdict against an Orlando police officer who a jury found had violated the civil rights of a motorist he stopped and shot with a Taser in 2003. The crux of the judge's argument... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 10 April
- Cardinal Mahony is Pro-Life with Reservations (15:17) - In this week's edition of The National Catholic Reporter, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony talks about his public stance on immigration reform. In one part of the interview, Mahony declares to reporter John Allen that immigration is a life issue... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Lithotripsy Has its Drawbacks (15:13) - Lithotripsy, a medical procedure used to pulverize painful kidney stones, is now believed to increased the risk of diabetes as well as raise blood pressure at some later stage in life. Interestingly, the study published by the Mayo Clinic, found... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 6 April
- Su Abogado (20:30) - Sí usted es victima de un accidente automovilistico o en su trabajo puede ser recompensado por sus daños cualquiera que sea su estado legal. Es muy importante contactar un abogado para proteger sus derechos bajo la ley. Estoy dispuesto a... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Why I'm a Florida Trial Lawyer and Proud of It (19:57) - Trial lawyers and attorneys in general have come under attack as greedy, self-centered, bottom feeders who hurt our economy and drive up the costs of insurance. Yet that is really only a crude caricature of what we as trial lawyers...
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- Family Values Conservatives and Child Sexual Abuse (19:50) - In the last decade or so, conservatives have claimed for themselves the mantle of "Champion of Family Values" for as they see it, they've been on the "right" side of issues such as abortion, education, and prayer in public schools.... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Tampa Bay Taser Incidents (08:56) - Yesterday was a busy day for police officers deploying the Taser stun gun. A 92 year old Pasco County man living in an assisted living facility was tasered by police after he assaulted another resident. On Clearwater beach, an unidentified... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 5 April
- Teen Drivers and Cellphone Use (07:05) - The Florida Senate Transportation Committee unanimously approved a bill prohibit cell phone use by teens holding a user permit to drive. It's not a bad idea given the fact that these young drivers are learning how to drive and don't... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 4 April
- Accidente de Trafico. . .Que Debe Hacer Ahora? (12:17) - Usted acaba de tener un accidente de trafico. Usted esta tratando de salir de su vehiculo y al mismo tiempo se percata que ninguna persona parece estar seriamente herida en el otro vehiculo. Que debe hacer ahora? Llamar a la... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Estado de Ineptitud para Conducir (11:04) - Conducir en estado de ineptitud afectará a uno de cada tres estadounidenses en algún momento de su vida (NHTSA 2003a). Incidencia y consecuencias Los accidentes automovilísticos relacionados con el alcohol provocan la muerte de una persona cada 30 minutos y... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Cómo prevenir las lesiones de espalda y otras lesiones por cargar objetos (11:00) - No cargue manualmente si su tarea la puede hacer con una grúa, un montecargas u otro equipo mecánico. Si usted necesariamente tiene que cargar algo con las manos, pídale ayuda a otros empleados, si es posible. Consejos para cargar manualmente... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 1 April
- Sex Abuse Scandal Not Fading Away (08:39) - Sadly, the sexual abuse scandal that has so plagued the Catholic Church in the United States shows no real signs of abating. According to statistics compiled by a commission sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, there were... | 0 Trackbacks
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- NJ Appeals Court Upholds Vioxx Class Action Status (08:34) - A New Jersey appellate court upheld the national class action status of the Vioxx lawsuits. This is significant for plaintiffs who've brought suit against Merck, the manufacturer of the once popular arthritis drug. The lawsuit, which seeks reimbursement for as... | 0 Trackbacks
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