April, 2009Hydroxycut Products
Audience: Consumers, healthcare professionals FDA warned consumers to immediately stop using Hydroxycut products by Iovate Health Sciences, Inc., because they are associated with serious liver injuries. Hydroxycut products are dietary supplements…
Disetronic Medical Systems Inc. ACCU-CHEK Spirit Insulin Pump
Audience: Diabetes healthcare professionals, patients Disetronic Medical Systems Inc. and FDA notified healthcare professionals about a defect in the "up" and/or "down" buttons of some ACCU-CHEK Spirit insulin pumps. This failure…
Gardasil Linked to Increased Risk of Rare Nervous System Disorder, Research Finds
Gardasil, the vaccine given to girls and women to prevent cervical cancer, may cause an increased risk of a rare but severe nervous system disorder within weeks of getting the shot, new research finds. In the two to six weeks after receiving an injection of Gardasil, females are more likely to contract Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS), a potentially deadly condition in which the body’s immune system attacks the nervous system, said researchers from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New …
Continue →‘Credit Card Holders’ Bill of Rights’ Clears House, Senate Vote is Next Step Toward Law
A proposed law that would seek to protect millions of American credit card users from sudden interest rate hikes, unannounced late fees, and other common practices has cleared a key hurdle toward passage. The measure, dubbed the “Credit Card Holders’ Bill of Rights,” would make it illegal for credit card companies to engage in double-cycle billing and retroactive rate hikes while banning companies from issuing cards to people under age 18. Consumer advocates and some Democratic leaders have long pushed …
Continue →Sit Ups, Push Ups, and … Knitting? Brain Exercises in Midlife May Prevent Memory Loss, Researchers Say
We all know that exercise can give us those six-pack abs, toned legs, and bulging biceps, but what about reading a magazine, playing a board game, or knitting a quilt?
Continue →FDA Orders Stronger Warning Labels for Botox and Myobloc
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has just announced that it will require the blockbuster wrinkle-fighting drug Botox and a similar product called Myobloc to carry stronger warning labels about the risks of severe complications if the paralyzing injections spread through the body. Botox, made by Allergan Inc., and Myobloc, made by Solstice Neurosciences Inc., are purified forms of botulinum toxin that are widely used for cosmetic purposes to temporarily reduce the appearance of facial wrinkles. The drugs also are …
Continue →Thousands More Jardine Cribs Recalled Over Strangulation, Entrapment Risks
Another 96,000 cribs made by Jardine Enterprises are being recalled because the wooden slats on the infant beds can break and create a gap that poses a risk of entrapment and strangulation in children. The recall is the latest involving Jardine cribs. About 320,000 of the company’s cribs were recalled in June 2008 and another 56,000 were ordered taken off the market in January 2009, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. So far, product safety officials have received 31 …
Continue →Pumpkin Patch Recalls Hooded Girls’s Raincoats with Drawstrings Due to Strangulation Hazard
The raincoats have a drawstring through the hood which poses a strangulation hazard to children.
Continue →Florida Widow Awarded Nearly $1 Million for Husband’s Mesothelioma
The wife of a Florida worker who died of mesothelioma, the devastating form of lung cancer linked to exposure to toxic asbestos, has been awarded $995,600 in damages from the companies where her husband worked.
Continue →LexisNexis® Legal News Podcast for April 30, 2009
The Supreme Court hears a National Bank Act preemption case, and Apple is hit with a $19 million verdict by a jury in a Texas patent case. Hear these and other stories from LexisNexis® Mealey’s™ Financial Services Litigation, Insurance Broker LIability, Real Estate and CyberTech Reports. Copyright© 2009 LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. For the latest litigation news headlines, visit www.lexisnexis.com/mealeys.
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