In dementia, care from multiple health systems poses drug safety risks
Dementia patients who get prescriptions from multiple health systems may face a higher risk of drug mix-ups or unsafe interactions than people with cognitive problems who get all their medications from one place, a study of U.S. veterans suggests.
Researchers examined data on more than 75,000 veterans with dementia and found that among patients who...
Trader Joe’s Is the Latest Store to Recall Hummus for Possible Listeria Contamination
Nothing is sacred.
Just a couple weeks after Sabra recalled its hummus for possible listeria contamination, Trader Joe’s is doing the same.
The grocery store’s hummus manufacturer, Bakkavor Foods USA, voluntarily recalled Trader Joe’s Mediterranean and White Bean & Basil hummus after finding traces of the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes on its equipment, according to the Food...
Deadly Infections Linked To Heart Surgery Device Highlight Holes In FDA Monitoring
At first, Vincent Karst, 55, was recovering well from his open-heart surgery in March 2015.
He resumed the activities he enjoyed, such as visiting car shows and eating out. But some months later, his condition mysteriously deteriorated. By fall he was so short of breath, nauseated and overwhelmed by fatigue that he...
FACT SHEET: Medical Malpractice Insurance Studies Undermine Leading Arguments for “Tort Reform”
Americans for Insurance Reform, a coalition of nearly 100 consumer and public interest groups representing more than 50 million people, has published two new studies of the medical malpractice insurance industry. The studies were written by AIR co-founders J. Robert Hunter, Director of Insurance for the Consumer Federation of America, and Joanne...
J&J Ordered to Pay Record $1 Billion for Faulty Hip Implants
Johnson & Johnson was ordered by a Texas jury to pay more than $1 billion to patients who claimed the company hid flaws in its Pinnacle artificial hips that had to be surgically removed, in J&J’s second loss linked to the implants.
Officials of J&J’s DePuy unit, which makes the Pinnacle hips,...
Obama admin. seeks curbs on mandatory arbitration for insurance
The Obama administration is pressing U.S. states to curb insurers' use of fine print in contracts that bars unsatisfied customers from suing, taking the latest step against "mandatory arbitration clauses" in an insurance report released by the Treasury Department on Monday.
The federal government does not regulate insurance companies or products. Each...
Sabra Recalls Hummus Dips For Possible Listeria Contamination
Sorry, hummus lovers: Sabra Dipping Company is voluntarily recalling many of its hummus products because of possible Listeria contamination.
The company has identified Listeria monocytogenes at one of its manufacturing facilities, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Saturday in a press release. However, the bacteria has yet to be found in its tested finished...
Oklahoma town sues energy companies over earthquakes
Following a record-strength earthquake in September, residents of Pawnee, Okla., hope legal action will compensate them for injuries and property damage.
Weitz & Luxenberg, a New York-based consumer protection firm, is bringing a class action lawsuit on behalf of affected residents. The firm announced on Friday that it will sue more than a dozen energy...
BP, Arco to pay $14 million in suit over gas tanks in California
British Petroleum and its former subsidiary Arco will pay $14 million to settle a lawsuit over allegations that they failed to properly inspect and maintain underground storage tanks at nearly 800 gas stations around the state, prosecutors said Thursday.
California Attorney General Kamala Harris and eight district attorneys around the state, including Alameda County’s Nancy...
Mylan recalls more than 100,000 packages of Klonopin generic
Even as generic drugmaker Mylan is dealing with a host of other issues, it is recalling more than 100,000 packages of clonazepam, its generic of Klonopin, a drug that is used to treat seizures and panic disorder.
According to the most recent FDA Enforcement reports, Mylan actually began the voluntary U.S. recall of clonazepam in...
