Category: Health News

Oklahoma Man Files IVC Filter Lawsuit

Oklahoma Man Files IVC Filter Lawsuit

A lawsuit has been filed by a man from Oklahoma who suffered multiple retrieval attempts because his IVC Filter tilted and embedded in the wall of his vein within 7 months of implantation in his body.

/ August 3, 2017
Ground Beef Recall

Nearly 5,000 Pounds of Ground Beef Recalled for Shredded Styrofoam

A North Carolina meat producer is recalling 4,922 pounds of ground beef products over potential contamination with shredded styrofoam pieces and other “extraneous materials,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Tuesday.

/ August 2, 2017
Ohio Man Files IVC Filter Lawsuit

Ohio Man Files IVC Filter Lawsuit

Thousands of lawsuits accuse Cook Medical of selling defective blood clot filters. In recent years, studies have found that 43% of Celect® IVC Filters puncture through the vena cava within 2 months.

/ August 1, 2017
Dietary Supplements

“Male Enhancement” Supplements Tainted with Viagra-Like Drug: FDA Warning

It took more than a month, but the distributor of the male sexual enhancement pills Man of Steel and Man of Steel 2 finally recalled the products after it was found they were contaminated with an illegal pharmaceutical.

/ August 1, 2017
Injections from Texas Pharmacy Linked to 43 Eye Injuries

Injections from Texas Pharmacy Linked to 43 Eye Injuries

At least 43 people who had cataracts surgery in Texas developed severe eye problems after receiving injections of a drug that was compounded by Guardian Pharmacy Services in Dallas, Texas.

/ July 31, 2017
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Using Benadryl to Make Kids Sleep Could be Deadly

Parents are being warned not to use antihistamines like Benadryl to help their children sleep following several deaths in Connecticut, according to ABC News.

/ July 31, 2017
IVC Filter Lawsuit

Tennessee Man Files IVC Filter Lawsuit

Thousands of lawsuits have been filed against Cook Medical for failing to warn about severe IVC Filter side effects, including irregular heart rhythm and sudden death.

/ July 28, 2017
Maradol papayas are believed to be linked to a deadly outbreak of Salmonella that has infected 47 people in 12 states, including 1 person who died of a severe food poisoning illness.

Grande Produce Recalls Papayas for Salmonella

One week after a deadly outbreak of Salmonella was linked to imported papayas from Mexico, the supplier has announced a recall.

/ July 27, 2017
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Chipotle Norovirus Outbreak Infects 135 People

A sick employee at a Chipotle restaurant in Sterling, Virginia caused a norovirus outbreak that infected 135 people from July 13 to July 16.

/ July 27, 2017
Jury Awards $6.6 Million in Hospital Scope Infection Lawsuit

Jury Awards $6.6 Million in Hospital Scope Infection Lawsuit

A jury in Washington state has ordered Olympus Corp. to pay $6.6 million to a hospital in Seattle after a patient died of a "superbug" infection that he got from a contaminated TJF-Q180V duodenoscope.

/ July 26, 2017