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Fosamax, manufactured by Merk & Co., is in a class of drugs called bisphosphonates. Fosamax is a prescription medicine for the treatment or prevention of osteoporosis (thinning of bone) in…
Medical and legal experts estimate that the thousands of failed metal-on-metal artificial hip implants may cost taxpayers, insurers, employers and others billions of dollars in coming years,…
Asia's biggest drugmaker, Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., may face as many as 10,000 lawsuits in U.S. courts over allegations that its Actos diabetes drug causes bladder cancer. U.S. regulators…
Texas Attorney General, Greg Abbott, sued BP PLC following a 2005 explosion at the oil company’s Gulf Coast refinery. The lawsuit alleged that BP violated Texas’ state clean air act. Mr. Abbott just…
Here in Richmond, Virginia, a local lawyer is challenging the Virginia State Bar’s authority to regulate his blog, claiming that such regulation violates his First Amendment free-speech rights. Like…
According to a new report from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales, people who get metal hip replacements are more likely to need another surgery within seven years to replace the…
On the issue of tort reform, Rick Perry used to be for States’ rights before he was against them. He now believes the federal government should trump the citizens of local communities in determining…
Most patients with mild to moderate traumatic brain injury have normal CT scans and MRI scans. Advances in structural brain imaging promise to provide objective proof of brain damage in cases where…
Transvaginally implanted devices used in surgeries to address prolapsed organs and incontinence fail to lead to better outcomes than non-mesh repair and should be reclassified as posing a high risk…
Former Supreme Court nominee, Robert Bork, was the subject of legal blogs several years ago when he stepped up onto a dais to deliver a speech to the Yale Club of New York City and fell backward….
The FDA released last Friday newly updated label information for pioglitazone (Actos) and medications that contain Actos. The new labeling warns that use of Actos for more than a year may increase…
Last week the first of what will likely be thousands of lawsuits against the manufacurer of Actos was filed on behalf of a Pennsylvania hospital secretary who was diagnosed with bladder cancer in…
