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FDA approves new prescription sleeping pill
Posted: November 28, 2011 Pharmaceutical

Insomniacs now have a new prescription sleep aid option. After several rejections based on safety issues, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally approved Intermezzo, a lower dose version of the prescription sleeping pill Ambien, for people who wake in

Recalled DePuy hip implant causes more than pain for Australian man
Posted: November 22, 2011 Pharmaceutical

Australian Stuart Cain has made provisions to cope with the fact that he may not walk again. The former rugby player had a total hip replacement in 2007, a metal-on-metal device made by DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of the medical

Loopholes allow bad commercial drivers to stay behind the wheel
Posted: November 16, 2011 Personal Injury

Considering all the efforts the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is giving to restricting hours-of-service rules and drivers with sleep apnea in the name of safety, the loopholes in federal laws that allow unsafe commercial drivers with a history of

Arkansas jury finds trucking company liable for man’s death, issues verdict for $7 million
Posted: November 15, 2011 Personal Injury

A Kentucky trucking company must pay $7 million in damages for hiring an unqualified driver and pushing him to drive an excessively long route, which resulted in a crash that killed another commercial truck driver, a U.S. District Court jury

Farm trucks often exempted from commercial regulations, but not from liability
Posted: November 11, 2011 Personal Injury

Throughout the Midwest, farmers are harvesting their final crops of the season, which means more large farm trucks laden with grain are out on the roads, hauling their produce to suppliers. Here in the Deep South, the story is much

Metal-on-metal hip implants suspected as source of pain for another patient
Posted: November 2, 2011 Pharmaceutical

Patients needing hip replacement surgery should do their homework and avoid implants made with metal-on-metal parts, warns Tracie Ephgrave of the UK. “I just don’t want people to go through what I have,” she told the Gazette News. 

House Democrats push for closer review of metal-on-metal hip implants
Posted: November 1, 2011 Pharmaceutical

House Republicans are being urged by Democrats to investigate the safety of metal-on-metal artificial hips, such as the recalled DePuy Orthopaedics ASR XL systems, and the process by which those devices are approved. The request was made by Energy and Commerce

Secretary LaHood warns Republican senator not to obstruct proposed hours-of-service changes
Posted: October 25, 2011 Personal Injury

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood sent a letter last week to Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire asking her not to obstruct his agency’s proposed hours-of-service rule changes. Secretary LaHood, himself a Republican, has been a strong advocate for better

House Dems request hearing on metal-on-metal artificial hips
Posted: October 25, 2011 Pharmaceutical

House Democrats are urging Republicans to investigate the safety of so-called metal-on-metal artificial hips and the process by which those devices are approved. The request was made by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Rep. Henry Waxman of California.

Leukemia drug linked to rare high blood pressure condition
Posted: October 16, 2011 Product Liability

Sprycel (dasatinib), a type of medication used to treat specific types of leukemia, may cause a rare but serious condition known as pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), in which there is abnormally high blood pressure in the arteries of the lungs.