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• Be Safe this Labor Day

  John Hopkins | August 31, 2009 11:59 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  With the long Labor Day weekend approaching, it is sobering to recall that there are approximately sixty thousand vehicle accidents that result in fatalities, and of those tragedies, almost one...

• Texting to an Accident

  John Hopkins | August 28, 2009 9:17 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  At 4:21 p.m. on September, 12, 2008, a train driver in a suburb of Los Angeles received a text message. Although no records exist of his actions, we can assume that he started by opening the...

• A Website By Any Other Name

  John Hopkins | August 27, 2009 9:50 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  I am outraged and I have had just about enough. Before I get started, let me get the preliminaries out of the way: 1) this is most certainly a tirade; and 2) this is entirely my opinion. OK,...

• Is Alli Causing Liver Failure?

  Brenda Fulmer | August 26, 2009 4:59 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  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...

• My Alli and Me (an Ode to Glaxo’s Orlistat)

  Armand Rossetti | August 25, 2009 1:57 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Rx to OTC: We’re losing weight, my Alli and me. No doctor’s involved as far's I can see. I'll take two smaller pills instead of one? Since Alli’s available to all and...

• Tragedy at Tenet Hospital Results in Forced Birth

  John Hopkins | August 20, 2009 5:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  This story is about as tragic as it gets. It is about a system of procedures that systemically fails a patient. A series of serious errors that are as unimaginable as could happen without actually...

• Adderall IR; Adderall XR: Are they from Shire, Barr, Teva, or Ranbaxy?

  Armand Rossetti | August 17, 2009 3:01 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Adderall is in the news today. Barr Laboratories (Barr) recalled lot #311756 of the powerful psychostimulant, indicating that consumers might receive exceedingly potent dosages due to oversized...

• Taking Time to Care

  Brenda Fulmer | August 13, 2009 9:39 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The law firm of Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley recently donated a Wii gaming system to Seagull Industries for the Disabled, Inc. This donation was part of a coordinated giving...

• Anabolic Steroids -The consumer, the FDA and the Manufacturer

  Alyssa DiEdwardo | August 10, 2009 6:31 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Even If the most conscientious consumer sifted through the mountains of available information and then carefully weighed each source of the information prior to making a determination if a...

• Attorneys have played a role in the FDA’s evolving approach to enforcement

  Armand Rossetti | August 07, 2009 9:45 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Today’s headlines are replete with news about the FDA’s recent commitment to stronger enforcement. I suspect that attorneys’ public comments over the years, concerning the...

• Daubert: Very Convoluted, Usually Confusing to Many, Nevertheless Elegant

  Armand Rossetti | August 06, 2009 4:32 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Medical Devices & Implants

  Pretrial Daubert hearings are essentially motions in limine that ultimately decide whether an expert is qualified, and whether that expert: 1) has based an opinion on sufficient facts or data; 2)...

• “The Heavy Weight Fight” – Extreme Dangers of Bodybuilding Supplements

  Alyssa DiEdwardo | August 03, 2009 8:08 AM | 7 Comments
  Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs

  Bodybuilding has been known as an Extreme Sport, because it is associated with extreme diets, rigorous weight lifting and rigorous competitions. Famous names such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lou...