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Harvard Medical School to stand trial for Alzheimer’s research fraud
Harvard Medical School will face trial for conducting research fraud after a U.S. Appeals Court overturned the decision of a lower court Tuesday and ordered the case to proceed. The claim, which involves one of the largest Alzheimer’s disease research
Minnesota woman sues Johnson & Johnson’s Ethicon over vaginal mesh injuries
Stacey, a Minnesota woman who was implanted with a Gynemesh brand transvaginal mesh device says the mesh has failed, leaving her with severe physical and emotional injuries. She now joins a growing number of women who have filed claims against
Mental health decline in Gulf Coast two years after BP oil spill
A new Gallup poll surveying the emotional health of Gulf Coast residents has found that people in counties fronting the Gulf of Mexico continue to suffer from various forms of emotional distress more than two years after BP’s disastrous Deepwater
Could your antidepressant be doing more harm than good?
Depression is a condition that goes beyond “the blues,” and some statistics show that as many as 10 percent of adults in the United States will experience depressive symptoms at some point in their lives. Symptoms can include sleeping disorders,
NJ doctor may lose license for inappropriate testosterone replacement and painkiller prescriptions
The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office has moved to suspend the medical license of a doctor who, investigators allege, indiscriminately prescribed potent testosterone replacement drugs such as Androgel in addition to powerful prescription pain medications, including OxyContin and Roxicodone when
Montana man settles personal injury claim with Ford in Firestone tire blowout case
A settlement has been reached between a Montana man and Ford Motor Company in a personal injury case that has gone on for nearly six years, the Great Falls (Montana) Tribune reported.
Abbott to pay $1.5 billion for illegally promoting Depakote, thanks to whistleblower lawsuits
Abbott Laboratories has pleaded guilty and agreed to pay $1.5 billion to resolve criminal and civil charges for fraudulently promoting its anti-seizure drug Depakote for a number of unapproved, off-label purposes. The near-record payout, the second largest by a drug
Former Actos patient sues Takeda over bladder cancer injuries
A West Virginia man is the latest person to file a lawsuit against Japan-based Takeda Pharmaceutical Company over injuries he alleges were caused by taking the diabetes drug Actos for years.
