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• Rhino ATV -- Simply a Dangerous Product

  David Sales | September 21, 2009 11:16 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  A few weeks ago, people were talking about the defense verdict in the first trial involving a Rhino ATV. A Texas jury concluded last month that Yamaha was not responsible for the death of a thirteen...

• Important Information About Suzuki's GSX-R1000 Safety Recall Campaign

  Armand Rossetti | February 18, 2009 2:57 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  The following letter and bulletin may be helpful for those who own a 2005 or 2006 Suzuki GSX-R1000 motorcycle: 1. Suzuki's letter to owners; and 2. Suzuki's GSX-R1000 Voluntary Safety...

• What’s the Story with FOSAMAX (Alendronate)?

  Armand Rossetti | September 15, 2008 2:37 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL

  That is a complex question for which there is no easy answer. However, it might help for us to gain a basic understanding of Fosamax’s composition; the specialized way that it works; and how the...

• The Sprint Fidelis Lead is the Other Kind of Class III Device; but all is Not Lost

  Armand Rossetti | September 12, 2008 1:35 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL

  The Medtronic Sprint Fidelis lead is the small subset of Class III device approved under the more stringent FDA PMA process. Therefore, barring any further federal legislation that would revise the...

• 2008 Stanford Study Proves Injectable Pain Medicine from Pain Pumps Kill Tissue

  Cal Warriner | September 02, 2008 6:10 PM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL

  A very recent laboratory study conducted at Stanford University heavily suggests that common anesthetics used in pain pumps cause significant tissue destruction. The study, prompted by poor outcomes...

• The Law of Large Numbers

  John Hopkins | December 11, 2006 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  The "law of large numbers" is the theory upon which all insurance exists. Essentially, it says that if you can put enough "risks" together, then the majority can pay the claims of the minority. It relies on the idea that, in any large group, it will be the minority who suffer some sort of loss and submit an insurance claim. The larger the group, the more likely that premiums paid by the...

• Physician First Do No Harm; but if you do its OK to coerce patients

  John Hopkins | September 29, 2006 11:08 AM | 1 CommentWest Palm Beach, FL

  The St. Petersburg Times reports a startling event. Physicians who, through less than candid means, convinced voters to limit the damages that victims of medical malpractice can collect; are now going to "convince" their patients to forgive them for their malpractice. The Times reports that the waiver, which physicians will ask their patients to sign, will limit non-economic damages to...

• Light Cigarettes Sound Better--and That's What Tobacco was Going For!

  John Hopkins | September 15, 2006 1:54 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Smokers came to know that smoking was not good for them, but Big Tobacco had an answer for them: "light cigarettes". Lower in tar; lower in nicotine; keep on puffin'!!That fiction, sold to the public for over 20 years, may actually be exposed by the light of day. Plaintiffs have asked District Couirt Judge Jack Weinstein to certify a class action lawsuit in which the plaintiffs allege that Big...

• Is Alli Causing Liver Failure?

  Brenda Fulmer | August 26, 2009 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  So, what is Alli (interestingly pronounced (pronounced al-eye)? It started its life as the weight loss drug Xenical. The FDA approved Xenical as a prescription drug in 1999, and the FDA recently...

• Pharmacy Error Kills 21 Champion Polo Horses

  Vincent Leonard, Jr. | April 30, 2009 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  Tragedy struck innocent victims in Palm Beach County. Franck’s Pharmacy has admitted an error in mixing medications which led to the needless loss of the lives of 21 innocent animals. Blue...