Shoulder pain pumps have been the subject of litigation due to their potential risk to cartilage. Two recent studies have found a link between shoulder pain pumps and serious cartilage damage.
Avandia is a medication used to treat type 2 diabetes. Unfortunately, use of the drug has been linked to an increased risk of heart attacks and other heart-related problems.
Four Levaquin lawsuits have been filed in Illinois state court against the manufacturer of the drug Johnson & Johnson and their subsidiary, Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical Inc., as well as against Walgreen Co.
The FDA recently required the manufacturer of Reglan to add a black box warning to the drug’s warning label. The update is to warn consumers about the potential link between Reglan use and muscle disorders such as Tardive dyskinesia.
The manufacturer of Hydroxycut is recalling 14 of its products due to reports that the popular dietary supplement may cause liver damage and other health problems.
Of the four Fentanyl lawsuits filed against Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiaries, Johnson & Johnson has lost all four cases. Learn the details of the major Fentanyl settlements and verdicts obtained in the United States.
The FDA announced today that they will require a class of antibiotic drugs known as fluoroquinolones, including Cipro and Levaquin, to carry severe warnings on their packaging.
The U.S. and Chinese governments have joined forces to determine why some patients who were given the drug heparin suffered severe adverse reactions, including nausea, breathing difficulties, and death.
The maker of Vioxx announced Friday it will pay $4.85 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits claiming that the drug caused stroke and heart failure in many users.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recently presented to Congress the preliminary findings of their study on technologies that are designed to reduce back-over crashes, focusing on the problem of drivers backing over small children.
Nearly three weeks after the Dec. 9 collision with a tractor-trailor that took Joann Young’s life, her husband, Ross Young, remains in serious condition at Kindred Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas.
Over 5,200 people died in the U.S. last year in auto accidents involving large trucks. The state of Texas led the country in trucking accident fatalities with 502.
Owens Corning, the world's largest producer of insulation products, will pay $5.2 billion to asbestos victims in what is likely the largest asbestos settlement in history.
Angleton, Texas -- A jury decided against Merck & Co. on Friday, ruling for the plaintiff in the United State's first Vioxx trial.
The widow of Robert Ernst, a man who died from heart problems in 2001, blames Merck & Co. Inc. for his sudden death. Carol Ernst's lawsuit against the pharmaceutical company will be the first of thousands of Vioxx related cases to go to court.
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