October 16, 2013
Several New Risks Emerge For Women Taking Hormone Replacement Drugs
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Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) drugs are a popular therapeutic option for women going through menopause.
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Critical Products Liability Debate Highlights Supreme Ct. Arguments
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By Max Mitchell, PA Law Weekly WriterThe state Supreme Court is set to hear whether the Restatement (Second) of Torts or the Restatement (Third) of Torts should govern Pennsylvania products liability at oral arguments today in Pittsburgh.
View MoreOctober 09, 2013
Just how many people die from medical mistakes in American hospitals?
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Just how many people die from medical mistakes in American hospitals? As Scientific American recently explained, researchers have struggled to establish an accurate figure for decades.
View MoreOctober 04, 2013
Gil Marquez to Address Technology for Lawyers at Bench-Bar & Annual Conference in Atlantic City
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Event Location: REVEL Atlantic City Technology Tips for Managing Your Practice: From Desktop to Mobile Gilbert J.
View MoreOctober 02, 2013
After Tort Reform: Texas Doctors Operate without Oversight
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Largely in line with the mission of this firm, pro-civil justice blog The Pop Tort recently featured an article about regulation in the health care industry, writing that “deregulation and lax regulatory enforcement [seem] to have become a national goal.
View MoreSeptember 25, 2013
FDA Delays on Sutent Side Effects Warning
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Sutentis a drug manufactured by Pfizer is prescribed by doctors to treat cancer of the pancreas, stomach, bowels, and kidney.
View MoreSeptember 18, 2013
Anti-Epilepsy Drugs Pose Health Risks to Some Patients, Many Doctors Unaware
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A study published on August 14 by Johns Hopkins Medicine (in the journal Epilepsy and Behavior) suggests that American neurologists’ pharmaceutical knowledge may be lacking.
View MoreSeptember 11, 2013
House-Approved REINS Act Threatens to Stall Regulation and Oversight
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Imagine a nation in which every “economically significant” regulatory measure–whether related to healthcare, environmental protection, air travel, pharmaceutical oversight, or even Wall Street banking–were subject to a yes-or-no vote from one of the most polarized and gridlocked Congresses in history.
View MoreSeptember 04, 2013
Prolific Plastic Products Pose Problems — FDA Fails Again
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Early this past spring, we published an article titled “The Slip between the Cup and the Lip: The FDA’s Lax Regulation of Potentially Harmful Products,” which elaborated on yet another example of the relative inability of the FDA to regulate products and chemicals that may pose a threat to the health of consumers (and in this instance, children).
View MoreAugust 28, 2013
On Roller Coasters and Regulation
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In May of this year, we posted an article about the surprising prevalence of injuries to children at amusement parks.
View MoreAugust 21, 2013
Doctors Receiving Kickbacks May Be Persuaded to Prescribe
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The blog aboutlawsuits.
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