Some Ignored Tests Showed Evidence of Heart Disease
Officials at New York City’s public hospital system recently admitted that some of the heart test results seen only by technicians — instead of doctors — at Harlem Hospital Center […]
FDA Clot Device Advisory
The FDA sent out an advisory to doctors and patients about a medical device that is used to prevent blood clots from traveling to the lungs. These devices, which are medical filters, […]
Misdiagnosis a Common and Underreported Problem
All people make mistakes and doctors are no exception to this rule. While most doctors get it right, a startling number of errors that providers make are preventable and often […]
Fatal Medication Errors Peak in July
ABC reports an old saying among some doctors: do not let your friends and family schedule surgery in July. New residents, fresh out of medical school, report to their teaching […]
Glaxo to pay 460 Million to Settle Most Avandia Cases
GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay $460 Million dollar to settle roughly 12 thousand lawsuits that have been filed over Avandia, a diabetes pill. The worst case scenario that Glaxo had […]
Antibiotic-Resistant Staph Infections on the Rise
Health officials once considered MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus) a low-level threat and the infection was usually contracted only in hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities. Recently, however, it […]
Advair and Other Asthma Medication Get New Warnings
Long-acting-beta-agonists such as Advair, Foradil, Symbicort, Serevent, Brovana, Perforomist are being required to update their Black Box warnings after the FDA reviewed new studies linking LABAs to an increase in […]
Generic Manufacturers Lose Another Preemption Case
In a decision by a US District Court, Judge Berle Schiller used the landmark Supreme Court case Wyeth v. Levine to argue that generic manufacturers are not preempted from liability […]
Supreme Court Considers New Preemption Issues
Yesterday the Supreme Court granted certiorari to Williamson v Mazda Motors of America, Inc., a case that will challenge how far preemption extends with respect to motor vehicles. The first question […]
Study Finds Higher Risks with Yaz/Yasmin/Ocella when Compared to Others Birth Controls
Two new studies in Europe have confirmed what our firm has long believed about the prescription birth controls Yaz® /Yasmin®/Ocella®. The use of birth controls containing drosperenone/ethinylestradiol, such as YYO, […]