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• Is Ortho Evra Contraception Safe?

  Jamie Sheller | January 29, 2008 2:36 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Just recently, the FDA changed the warnings on the Ortho Evra birth control patch yet again. This time the agency updated the warnings to include the results of a new study. This new study showed that users of the Ortho Evra patch are twice as likely to develop blood clots known as thromboembolism (VTE). Women between the ages of 15-44 are among those facing the greater risk. The FDA...

• Student driver not liable for single car crash

  Jamie Sheller | January 07, 2008 1:54 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Tractor-Trailer Accidents

  A Judge in a recent New York case, found that a student driver who crashed into a parked car while takinge her road test was not liable to her passenger, the driving inspector. In Yetemian v. Vega, 28045-03, the court found that the driving instructor assumed the risk of injury when he rode in the car of an unlicensed driver. The inspector sustained injuries that have left him unable to work...

• Chantix Related to Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors

  Jamie Sheller | January 03, 2008 4:37 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  The FDA has notified health professionals that Chantix, a smoking cessation product, has been associated with erratic behavior in patients. Some patients reported suicidal thoughts and aggressive behavior within days or weeks of taking Chantix. The FDA is reviewing the cases. For more information about Chantix, view this page. For more information on this subject, please see our section on...

• Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis caused by pain pumps

  Jamie Sheller | January 03, 2008 4:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Postarthroscopic Glenohumeral Chondrolysis, or PAGCL, is a painful condition in the shoulder caused when the cartilage between the humeral head and the ball and socket of your shoulder has broken down to the point where bone meets bone. Recently, studies have shown that pain pumps used after shoulder surgery is a leading cause for this pain. While these products are still available on the...

• Keep your teenage driver safe this year

  Jamie Sheller | January 03, 2008 4:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Tired of making resolutions that never seem to get accomplished before the end of the year? Finally, there is a resolution you can keep -- teach your teenage driver the fundamental tools to drive safely this year. Of course you already told you teenager not to drink and drive. You probably already told your teenage driver to slow down. But at the top of the list needs to be don't drive...