November 2007
Wednesday 28 November
- Medical Implant Companies Explain Payments to Docs (08:20) - Already accused by the federal government of paying millions of dollars in kickbacks to doctors, some orthopedic device companies gave a partial explanation as to why the payments were made. Zimmer paid $85 million dollars to consultants, most of whom... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 27 November
- FDA Recommends Warning for Flu Drugs (15:23) - The FDA is advising a warning be placed on flu drugs Tamiflu and Relenza due to psychiatriac events associated with the two drugs. Two years ago, the FDA could not make a direct link between the deaths of 12 Japanese... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 26 November
- New Ground Beef Recall (08:08) - American Foods Group has voluntarily recalled 96,000 pounds of ground beef after two people became sick, possibly due to E.coli bacteria. E. coli O157:H7 can cause bloody diarrhea and dehydration. It also has the potential to be fatal especially in... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 21 November
- Taser Deaths Continue to Mount (11:30) - In the past week, 4 people have died as a result of being shot by a taser stun gun. The gun which sends thousands of volts of electricity into the human body continues to draw criticism from public advocacy groups... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 19 November
- Boston Scientific Adds to Defibrillator Settlement (12:41) - Boston Scientific has agreed to increase its settlement fund to $240 million in order to settle lawsuits regarding its faulty pacemakers. The original settlement fund was $195 million. The defibrillators in question were made by Guidant Corp. which was taken... | 0 Trackbacks
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Sunday 18 November
- Catholic Bishop Seeks to Limit Sex Abuse Lawsuits (10:25) - Chicago Auxiliary Bishop Thomas Paprocki, a civil and canon lawyer as well as a top lieutenant of Cardinal George, recently told a group of Catholic lawyers that the devil himself was behind the Catholic priest abuse lawsuits. Paprocki told the... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 15 November
- Glaxo Agrees to Add Black Box Warning for Avandia (06:40) - Avandia, the once popular diabetes drug, will receive a black box warning that the drug has "been associated with an increased risk of ischemic events such as heart attacks." Glaxo did win out in that the warning states that all... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 13 November
- Catholic Nun Pleads No Contest to Sexual Abuse (11:34) - A 79 year old Catholic nun has pled no contest to two counts of indecent behavior with a child. The abuse occurred when Sister Norma Giannini was a teacher and principal at a Catholic school in the 1960's. The criminal... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 12 November
- More Pacemaker Troubles (08:42) - Nearly a month ago, Medtronic's Sprint Fidelis defibrillator was pulled off the market for defective lead wires. This time another company's wires have been found to perforate the heart causing bleeding. The pacemaker in question this time is manufactured by... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 10 November
- Epogen, Aranesp, and Procrit Get Stronger Warnings (09:51) - Two pharmaceutical companies, Johnson & Johnson and Amgen, have agreed to place stronger warning labels on three anemia drugs. The decision was made in consulation with the FDA after studies have shown that Epogen, Aranesp, and Procrit all could cause... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 9 November
- Merck Offers to Settle Vioxx Cases for $4.85 Billion (09:52) - In a reversal of sorts, Merck has offered to settle approximately 27,000 Vioxx claims for $4.85 billion. Merck has offered to settle these cases without admitting liability or fault. Vioxx was pulled from the market in September 2004 after a... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 8 November
- Catholic Bishops Have a New Lawyer (11:28) - Anthony Picarello became general counsel for the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops this past September, succeeding Mark Chopko who had been the bishops' counsel since 1988. Picarello is a life-long Catholic who adheres to the same principles exhibited by... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Airbag Failure Causes Auto Accident Fatalities (10:25) - According to a Kansas City Star analysis of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's data on auto accidents between 2001 and 2006, at least 1,400 people died in front impact auto accidents in which airbags failed to deploy. Airbag deployment failure... | 0 Trackbacks
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Wednesday 7 November
- Merck HIV Vaccine (19:27) - Merck's HIV vaccine was canceled because it didn't work. At least, that's what the pharmaceutical gian told us. Now, it seems that the vaccine may actually make some people more susceptible to the virus. Merck had boasted that the vaccine... | 0 Trackbacks
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- AquaDot Toy Recall (19:23) - A toy that made Wal-Mart's list of top picks is being recalled from the market. AquaDot are arts and crafts toys, 4 million of which are being recalled due to swallowing dangers. In addition, the swallowed toys become a toxic... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Rev. Donald McGuire Granted Bail, Kicked Out of Jesuits (11:13) - Father Donald McGuire had a mixed day yesterday. He was granted bail and allowed to live at home under the supervision of two friends as long as he wears an electronic monitor. That was the good news for him. The... | 0 Trackbacks
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Tuesday 6 November
- Auto Accident in Pinellas County and Standard Time (11:35) - While we all probably looked forward to getting an extra hour of sleep on Sunday morning, there are some downsides to reverting from daylight savings time to standard time. For one thing, it gets darker in Florida about one hour... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Astra Zeneca and Bristol Myers Squibb Hit with Double Damages in Class Action Lawsuit (09:31) - A federal judge in Massachusetts has awarded double damages in a class action lawsuit against the two pharmaceutical giants Bristol Myers Squibb and Astra Zeneca for illegally inflating the prices of physician administered drugs. According to Massachusetts law, a court... | 0 Trackbacks
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Monday 5 November
- Retired Catholic Bishop Hit with Sex Abuse Lawsuit (09:47) - Bishop Priamo Tejada, the retired bishop of Bani in the Dominican Republic, is facing a sexual abuse lawsuit from a Cuban man who says the bishop molested him for the past 11 years. Recently, the retired bishop has been working... | 0 Trackbacks
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Saturday 3 November
- Jesuit Donald McGuire Charged with Molesting Boys (12:35) - Jesuit priest Donald McGuire has been charged with a new federal complaint of molesting boys. McGuire was transferred from state custody to federal custody where he remains in Chicago. According to the 24 page federal affidavit, McGuire continued to function... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Cargill Recalls 1Million Pounds of Ground Beef (11:58) - In what is fast becoming a disturbing daily ritual, another meat company is recalling its product from the market after sample testing found E coli O157:H7 in the meat. Cargill, one of largest meat producers in the country, is recalling... | 0 Trackbacks
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Friday 2 November
- Jesuit Priest Donald McGuire Back in Jail (13:12) - Convicted Jesuit priest Donald McGuire has been arrested again. This time for violating his probation in Wisconsin. McGuire was living in Chicago pending his appeal of a jail sentence for sexually molesting boys. The Jesuits knew about this priest and... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Frozen Pizza Recall (11:03) - General Mills has announced that it's recalling 5 million Totino's and Jeno's frozen pizzas due to a possible contamination with E coli bacteria. E.coli O157:H7 is a potentially deadly bacteria that can cause bloody diarrhea and dehydration. It is especially... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Jesuit Priest Donald McGuire (04:01) - Father Donald McGuire was Mother Teresa's confessor, spiritual director to her order of nuns, the Daughter of Charity AND a sexual predator who preyed on unsuspecting, innocent teenage boys. The Jesuits knew about this abusive priest since 1969 and left... | 0 Trackbacks
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Thursday 1 November
- Zyprexa: Aggressive Marketing Poster Child (18:52) - Zyprexa has been approved by the FDA for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Yet, the Eli Lilly drug has been used for "off label" issues since it first was introduced. This is a direct result of Eli Lilly's overly aggressive marketing... | 0 Trackbacks
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- Fake Halloween Teeth Contain Dangerous Amounts of Lead (14:10) - In a late Halloween day recall, the Centers for Disease Control has issued a recall of fake Halloween teeth that contain excessive amount of lead. The teeth, sold as Ugly Teeth, have been sold for the past year and sales... | 0 Trackbacks
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