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| Contaminated Water Exposure At Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune In North Carolina This month, a landmark remedy was enacted into law that could help thousands of sickened veterans and their families. |
| Information from Koskoff about the impact of coronavirus Clients, colleagues, and friends: As we all acclimate to local and national efforts to curtail the COVID-19 pandemic, we want to assure you that we are open…. |
| Infection and Death Following ERCP Procedure Contaminated endoscopes are suspected of causing a deadly outbreak of the superbug CRE (carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae) at UCLA hospital in California… |
| Halloween Costume Safety Attorney Jim Horwitz was interviewed by News12 Connecticut discussing the safety and liabilities of Halloween costumes. |
| Halloween Safety With Halloween right around the corner, it’s important to consider the steps we can take to ensure the safety of our trick-or-treaters. Incidents involving… |
| Contaminated Medications Contaminated medications pose an enormous risk of harm to unsuspecting patients. The source of these contaminated medications may be “compounding pharmacies.” |
| Sepsis As reported by The New York Times, a 12-year-old boy, Rory Staunton, died of sepsis after doctors failed to correctly diagnose him with Streptococcus pyogenes over a period of two days. Sepsis, the leading cause of death in hospitals, can present itself to look like less serious ailments such as the flu. |
| Insured Patients Wrongfully Billed through Balance Billing Under Connecticut Law, it is illegal for any health care provider to request payment from a person who has health insurance (other than a co-payment or deductible) for medical services covered under a managed care plan. |
| Total Knee Replacement and Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) One of the most serious complications of total knee replacement is the development of a deep vein thrombosis, or DVT –the presence of one or more blood clots that partially or completely block a vein. These DVTs can possibly result in a life-threatening pulmonary embolism. |
| Listeria As reported in The New York Times, at least 13 people in eight states have died after eating cantaloupe contaminated with listeria, in the deadliest outbreak of food-borne illness in the… |
| E. coli in Germany In a virulent outbreak of E. coli that gripped Germany this spring, 36 people were killed and more than 3,000 were sickened in what is being called the… |
| Avastin Switzerland-based pharmaceutical giant, Roche, was dealt a major blow recently when the U. S. Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended revoking… |
| Radiation Overdoses As reported by The New York Times, three patients in an Illinois hospital were administered radiation overdoses during identical medical procedures. One… |
| GlaxoSmithKline Whistle-Blower Suit GlaxoSmithKline, the British drug giant, has agreed to pay $750 million to settle criminal and civil complaints that the company for years knowingly sold… |
| Infant Sleep Positioning Aids Infant sleep positioning aids, intended to keep babies in a desired position while they sleep, have been available to the public for years and have been… |
| Wellbutrin The antidepressant Wellbutrin has joined a host of related drugs such as Prozac, Zoloft and Paxil that may be linked to heart birth defects. Manufactured by… |
| Neurontin Neurontin, a drug developed to treat epilepsy, was approved in 1994 by the Federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an anticonvulsant, to control… |
| Gadolinium MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) and MRA (magnetic resonance angiography) scans are invaluable diagnostic tools. An MRI uses magnets and radio wave pulses… |
| Reglan A popular drug often prescribed to treat stomach upset may cause serious side effects. Reglan (known generically as metoclopramide) is often prescribed to… |
| Avandia Avandia (rosiglitazone mleate), marketed by drug giant GlaxoSmithKline, is the brand name for an oral anti-diabetic agent that was approved by the Food and… |
| Radiation Overdose Radiation can cure you. Or it can kill you. Radiation therapy, also called radiotherapy or irradiation, refers to the use of ionizing radiation to control… |
| Yasmin and Yaz The popular birth control pills Yasmin and Yaz, both manufactured by Bayer, have been found in clinical studies to cause a higher rate of blood clot injury… |
| Salmonella, E-coli and other Infectious Bacteria Foods contaminated with bacteria such as salmonella, e-coli and listeria can be dangerous. Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced several… |
| Blood Transfusions The widely held assumption that blood may be safely transfused for up to 42 days is being challenged by several studies that found that blood stored this… |
| Hospital Infections A trip to the hospital for surgery, or even an emergency visit, may put your life in greater danger than you realize. The latest killers in the United States… |
| Erb’s Palsy Erb’s Palsy, also known as Brachial Plexus Paralysis, is a condition commonly caused during childbirth when an infant sustains injuries associated with… |
| Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn Persistent Pulmonary Hypertension of the Newborn (PPHN) is a rare but serious respiratory and circulatory disorder that develops in newborns. It is also… |
| Kernicterus Kernicterus is a rare type of brain damage that occurs in newborns with severe jaundice. It causes athetoid cerebral palsy and permanent brain damage due to… |
| Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS) is a serious medical condition commonly caused by an allergic reaction to antibiotic drugs and pain relievers. An advanced… |
| Actos Actos is an oral diabetes medicine that helps control blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes who do not use daily insulin injections. But for… |
| Hemochromatosis Hemochromatosis is a disorder that interferes with iron metabolism, resulting in too much iron in the body, ultimately leading to liver enlargement and… |