Recent Posts in June, 2011

• Joint Commision Releases New Surgery Standards

  Jun 30, 2011
  The Washington Post reported in June 2011 that the Joint Commission released new standards to prevent surgery on the wrong patient of wrong surgical ...
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• New Suit Against Dial for Consumer Fraud

  Jun 29, 2011
  A lawsuit brought by a woman from Missouri is just the latest in a series of lawsuit brought against the Dial Corporation regarding its claims for ...
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• Fosamax and other Biophosphonate Users Need More Vitamin D

  Jun 24, 2011
  If you are currently taking a biophosphonate such as Fosamax or Boniva, studies show that you should be consuming much more Vitamin D then previously ...
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• Hospital-Acquired Infections: Getting Sick at the Hospital

  Jun 22, 2011
  Most people think of hospitals as places where they and their loved ones go to get well. However, statistics support a growing concern that patients ...
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• Tasmanians File Against DePuy

  Jun 20, 2011
  20 Tasmanians have recently filed a federal class action lawsuit against DePuy Orthopaedics concerning the DePuy ASR Acetabular Hip Replacement ...
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• Bicycle Defects

  Jun 17, 2011
  About 100 Civia Loring Carrier Racks for Mounting Over Front Bicycle Wheels have been recalled, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), ...
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• Pre-2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee: A Fire Hazard?

  Jun 16, 2011
  The Center for Auto Safety, an advocacy group, is calling for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall up to 2.2 million Jeep ...
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• Judge to Allow Punitives in Levaquin MDL

  Jun 15, 2011
  Startling new evidence has emerged in the Schedin v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. trial, a multidistrict litigation involving the pharmaceutical drug ...
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