BP agrees to pay record OSHA fines for Texas City refinery explosions
August 12, 2010
Environmental
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that BP Products North America Inc. will pay a record $50.6 million penalty for violations that caused the 2005 explosion at its Texas City, Texas, refinery. The blast killed 15 workers and ... Read More
Forum discusses side effects of heartburn drug Reglan
August 12, 2010
Pharmaceutical
Wendy from Oklahoma sought advice from fellow gastroparesis sufferers on Inspire.com’s group forum after her doctor recommended she take Reglan (metoclopramide) to treat symptoms of her condition. Gastropareses causes pain and nausea from slow emptying of the stomach contents. Wendy ... Read More
Lawsuits against Yaz, Yasmin double to 2,000
August 12, 2010
Pharmaceutical
The number of lawsuits filed in federal district court against Bayer and its blockbuster birth control pill Yaz has doubled to 2,000, and that doesn’t include the hundreds more that have been filed in state courts, according to the Madison ... Read More
FDA warns against long-term use of IVC filters
August 12, 2010
Product Liability
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting emergency medicine and surgery professionals of serious adverse events that may result from the long-term use of inferior vena cava (IVC) filters. IVC filters are a type of catheter that is implanted ... Read More
Safety and efficacy of pain pumps discussed at medical conference
August 12, 2010
Pharmaceutical
Pros and cons of various types of intra-articular injections, continuous catheters and their place in the anesthesiologists’ armamentarium was presented by Asokumar Buvanendran, MD, director of orthopedic anesthesia and associate professor of anesthesiology at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, ... Read More