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Last Entry: April 01, 2011 at 07:00:03

Cobalt Poisoning And Cobaltism Found In Patients With DePuy ASR Implants

Posted on January 19, 2011
Cobaltism, or Cobalt poisoning, is a potentially serious health threat that is caused by exposure to dangerous levels of cobalt. Typically, cobalt poisoning occurs as a result of breathing in or otherwise ingesting cobalt or through exposure to the skin...

Georgia DUI Wreck Results In Serious Injuries

Posted on January 10, 2011
Serious Accident Drinking and driving can result in serious consequences and ultimately end in tragedy. Drivers who drink and drive not only put their own life in jeopardy, but also the lives of countless other drivers. The Marietta Police Department Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (S...

Cobb County Transit Bus Strikes Pedestrian and Causes Serious Injuries

Posted on January 09, 2011
While crossing a street in Atlanta, a woman was struck by a Cobb County transit bus. The impact was so severe that one of her legs was completely detached from her body and the other severely damaged. According to Capt. Jolyon Bundridge of the Atlanta Fire and Rescue Department, 'It appears a portion of the bus rolled over her legs...

Common Causes of Tractor Trailer Accidents

Posted on December 17, 2010
Tractor-Trailer Accidents Drivers know to be cautious of large trucks. That is because a collision with a large truck could prove fatal. In 2007, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration issued a report examining a nationwide sample of 967 crashes...

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Do You Have a DePuy ASR Recalled Hip Implant? Ways To Find Out If You Do

Posted on December 16, 2010
If you are someone who had hip replacement surgery in 2003 or after, you need to determine whether you have a recalled DePuy ASR Hip Implant. This is very important because DePuy Orthopaedics recently recalled the DEPUY ASR XL ACETABULAR HIP SYSTEM and DEPUY ASR HIP RESURFACING SYSTEM worldwide...

DePuy ASR Lawsuits: What is Cobaltism?

Posted on December 15, 2010
Cobalt has the potential to cause serious injury. In excess, cobalt blocks cellular metabolism. This can result in damage to multiple organs. Cobaltism can occur with arthroplasty implants and result in a laundry list of health issues. Some of those health problems include deafness, blindness, cognitive decline, headaches, convulsions, fatigue, weakness, peripheral neuropathy, heart failure, and hypothyroidism...

DePuy ASR Hip Implant Failure: Who is Responsible?

Posted on December 14, 2010
DePuy's Faulty Hip Implant Devices Hip implants are supposed to improve your health. They are not supposed to create more problems and require corrective surgery. However, more than 93,000 patients have experienced health issues from the ASR XL Acetabular System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System, faulty hip implant devices manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics...

Reglan/Metoclopramide and Tardive Dyskinesia/Dystonia

Posted on December 06, 2010
Over two million Americans take some type of product that has Reglan in it. Even with it's wide spread popularity and continuous use, the drug has been linked to tardive dyskinesia. The U.S. National Library of Medicine put out an important warning in the beginning of this year: 'Taking metoclopramide may cause you to develop a muscle problem called tardive dyskinesia...

Have you ever heard of Stevens-Johnson Syndrome? What is Stevens-Johnson Syndrome(SJS)?

Posted on December 06, 2010
Stevens-Johnson Syndrome is a type of skin disease that is commonly caused by an adverse allergic drug reaction. According to the National Eye Institute, scientists are not really certain why SJS develops, but it effects thousands of patients each year...

What is a Hip Implant Surgery?

Posted on December 05, 2010
Hip replacements can be complicated and at the same time risky, depending on what type of system you use with the surgery. People undergo hip replacement surgery for several reasons. According to the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Dieases (NIAMS), people with osteoarthritis in the hip joint are the most common to go for hip replacements...

DePuy ASR MDL 2197 Sent To The Northern District of Ohio For Case Consolidation

Posted on December 03, 2010
HarrisMartinPublishinghas just reported exclusively on it's online version of Drugs & Medical Devices Litigation Report that DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. ASR Hip Implant Products Liability Litigation MDL 2197 is now docketed in the Northern District Ohio...

Why Did DePuy & Doctors Downplay Cobalt & Chromium Poisoning in Hip Replacement Patients?

Posted on December 03, 2010
Thousands of patients receiving faulty DePuy ASR hip implants have had to undergo revision surgery. But the solution to these patients' health problems isn't simply a corrective surgery. A number of these patients are suffering from cobalt and chromium poisoning...

DePuy ASR Hip Implants Recalled

Posted on December 02, 2010
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recently recalled 93,000 DePuy ASR XL Acetabular Systam Implants and DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System implants globally. The number of products recalled in just the United States rose to 36,000...

MDL 2197 To Be Created For DePuy ASR Hip Implant Recall

Posted on December 01, 2010
DePuy Case Consolidation Complaints regarding DePuy Orthopaedic's faulty ASR model artificial hip implants have not been limited to a single state. Instead the complaints have arisen in states throughout the country, prompting a hearing to decide whether to consolidate those cases and create DePuy Multidistrict Litigation (MDL 2197)...

Darvon, Darvocet (Propoxyphene) Withdrawn Due To Risk of Cardiac Toxicity

Posted on November 29, 2010
Risks Associated With Darvon and Darvocet Outweigh Benefits Patients suffering from pain often turn to medication for relief. But those patients shouldn't have to sacrifice their health for that pain relief. Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals Inc., which makes Darvon and Darvocet, the brand version of the prescription pain medication propoxyphene, voluntarily agreed recently to withdraw the medication from the U...

DePuy ASR Hip Implants Associated With Cobaltism

Posted on November 23, 2010
Individuals who have had hip replacement surgery with a metal-on-metal athroplasty, and particularly the now recalled DePuy Orthopaedics ASR Hip Implant, should be aware of the risk of cobaltism that can develop over time. The link between metal-on-metal arthroplasties and cobaltism was highlighted in a recent case study carried out by Stephen Tower...

Tractor Trailer Crashes Into Barrow County Georgia Employee

Posted on November 23, 2010
Gail Buchanan, a Barrow County Magistrate Court employee, suffered minor injuries in a car crash on August 6th, when a tractor-trailer crashed into her car on Georgia Highway 211. Roy Anthony Emrick, 57, of Loganville, the driver of the 18-wheeler, was traveling west on 211 when he saw several court employees stopped and waiting to turn left onto Barrow Park Drive to get to the courthouse...

Georgia Bureau of Investigation Examining Two Fatal Crashes in Forsyth County

Posted on November 20, 2010
On August 10th, Forsyth News Reporter Julie Arrington wrote about two separate wrecks leading to deaths. At the time, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Department could not identify the badly burned body of the driver involved in a fiery, single-vehicle wreck on Pendley Road...

Salmonella Egg Recall Expanded To 380 Million

Posted on November 20, 2010
Cookie dough lovers, take note: the Wright County Egg Company of Galt, Iowa, has issued a recall of approximately 380 million eggs following several outbreaks of salmonella across the United States back in August. Salmonella is a bacterial form of food poisoning...

Metallosis Linked DePuy ASR Hip Implants

Posted on November 19, 2010
DePuy Hip Implants Linked to Metallosis Hip implants aren't supposed to create additional health problems for patients. But faulty DePuy ASR hip implants, have done just that. The DePuy ASR XL Acetabular System and DePuy ASR Hip Resurfacing System, which were part of a nationwide recall in August of 2010, are causing metallosis in a number of patients...

DePuy ASR Hip Implants - Don't Waive Your Medical Privacy Rights

Posted on November 19, 2010
Medical Privacy Those patients who suffered injuries as a result of DePuy Orthopaedic's faulty ASR hip implants, deserve to be compensated. That compensation however, should not come at the expense of their medical privacy. DePuy Orthopaedics, a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, recalled two versions of its ASR model artificial hip implant in August 2010, after reports of patients nationwide requiring corrective surgery and suffering from metallosis as a result of the faulty implants...

Charlie?s Angels Charity Softball Tournament Set for Saturday, August 14, 2010

Posted on August 18, 2010
If you are in Forsyth County tomorrow, Saturday, August 14th, please participate in Charlie's Angels, a charity softball tournament to benefit the family of Charlie Winters. Charlie was traveling with his parents to visit his grandmother June 30th when an oncoming vehicle struck their minivan on a two-lane road in Alabama...

DUI Crash Leads to Four Deaths and Much Needed Criminal Charges

Posted on August 18, 2010
At the beginning of this month, the widows and girlfriend of four men killed by a suspected drunk driver in St. Petersburg, FL gathered to speak about the tragedy. 51 year-old Roy McConnell and his sons, 19 year-old Kelly McConnell, 24 year-old Nathan McConnell, and 28 year-old Elroy McConnell, III were on vacation and rented a house on Redington Beach...

Fund Set Up to Help Family Deal with Tragic Car Accident

Posted on August 17, 2010
On July 17th, George C. Powers, 43, of Haslet, TX drove intoxicated in his Ford F-150, traveling west in the eastbound lane of U.S. 82 and colliding head-on with the Ford Escape of Tiffany Starr Thompsen, 24. Tiffany suffered a broken ankle, a fractured skull, damage to her left arm, and has received more than one hundred stitches...

Gwinnett Gladiators Hockey Player Involved In DUI Crash

Posted on August 10, 2010
Phil Youngclaus, 27 year old hockey player for the Gwinnett Gladiators, is currently in satisfactory condition at Northeast Georgia Medical Center in Gainesville following a possibly alcohol-related car accident. The details of his injuries have not yet been released...

Reglan Related Tardive Dyskinesia-Those Affected Continue To Suffer

Posted on July 14, 2010
Though its effects have been around for years, the truth about Reglan continues to surface. And not surprisingly, none of it is good news. In fact, the effects of taking Reglan, has been devastating for many. Reglan (generic name: Metoclopramide), is a prescription anti-nausea drug, used to treat gastrointestinal problems in adults...

Good Samaritan And Governor's Intern Struck And Killed By Drunk Driver

Posted on July 14, 2010
A 24 year old Georgia man was killed by a drunk driver shortly after 4:00 on the morning of June 19, 2010. According to The Augusta Chronicle, the victim, an intern for Governor Perdue who was anticipating a fellowship with the state's chief financial officer, had been celebrating with friends on Friday night...

Recall of Colleague Infusion Pumps Made by Baxter Ordered by the FDA

Posted on June 03, 2010
On April 30th, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ('FDA') sent a letter to Baxter Healthcare Corp., directing the company to recall and destroy all of its Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps (a.k.a. Colleague Pumps) currently in use in the United States...

Recall of Colleague Infusion Pumps Made by Baxter Ordered by the FDA

Yamaha Rhino Trial Jury Finds For Plaintiffs In Roll Over Incident

Posted on May 24, 2010
A Gwinnett County Georgia jury found in favor of the Plaintiffs, Roger and Glenda McTaggart, today after the defective Yamaha Rhino 660 he was riding in flipped over causing serious injuries to his leg. The Yamaha Rhino trial jury awarded $317,000 in damages to Mr...

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