Blog Posts in 2009
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Posted on Nov 5, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From ChicagoNow: A woman is suing the maker of Yaz birth control after the contraceptive allegedly caused her to develop gall stones. Melissa Johnson is suing Bayer, the maker of the prescription ...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From The Desert Sun: A trial date for a case involving the death of a local entertainer is expected to be set by the end of the year, officials said. Victor Leon, 63, of Palm Desert died Jan. 12 after ...
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Posted on Oct 22, 2009 By KBLAdmin
Here's another sad story about woman from the Bay Area that suffered from a stroke and, subsequently, was in a comma and then hospitalized for six months, after only taking Yaz for a month for ...
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Posted on Oct 19, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From BNET : Bayer faces more than 125 lawsuits over its Yaz contraceptive and new cases are being filed around the country at a rate of up to up to six a day, according to Courthouse News Service . ...
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Posted on Oct 14, 2009 By KBLAdmin
Below is the beginning of a letter, written in late-2008, to the President & Chief Executive Officer of Bayer, Reinhard Franzen, from the FDA. It warns Bayer that its TV ads for Yaz are misleading ...
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Posted on Oct 8, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From The New York Times : The oral contraceptives Yaz and Yasmin are the top-selling pharmaceutical line for Bayer HealthCare , largely as a result of marketing that presents them as much more than ...
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Posted on Oct 7, 2009 By KBLAdmin
WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators have warned drugmaker Bayer over quality control issues at a plant that makes the key ingredient in Yaz and other popular birth control drugs . In a warning ...
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Posted on Sep 8, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From the Los Angeles Times: As the anniversary of the Sept. 12 Chatsworth train disaster approaches, officials with Southern California's sprawling commuter rail service are facing a vexing array ...
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Posted on Aug 25, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From The Record:Will the FDA Recall Birth Control Products Yasmin & Ocella? After a birth control pill spent months in the spotlight during commercials aimed at correcting misrepresentations about ...
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Posted on Aug 18, 2009 By KBLAdmin
A 22-year-old woman who was taking Ocella, a generic version of the birth control pill Yasmin , recently suffered a stroke due to taking the drug. More information on this developing case will be ...
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Posted on Jul 23, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From the Associated Press: NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Roman Catholic diocese in Connecticut sought Friday to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to keep under wraps sex abuse documents that could shed ...
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Posted on Jul 17, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From the Associated Press: NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Matrixx Initiatives Inc. fell Monday after the company disclosed several class action lawsuits related to its withdrawn cold treatment Zicam ...
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Posted on Jun 29, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From The New York Times: WHEN it comes to corporate America, critics and skeptics are about as welcome as skunks at a pool party. And when companies try to silence dissenters, shareholders are often ...
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Posted on Jun 16, 2009 By KBLAdmin
*The law firm of Kiesel Boucher Larson is involved in multiple class-action cases against the online travel companies. From the New York Times: FOR years, online travel companies like Expedia , ...
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Posted on Jun 2, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From the Los Angeles Times: Reporting from Sacramento -- Despite a fierce lobbying effort by the U.S. chemical industry, the state Senate narrowly approved a proposal Tuesday that would ban the use of ...
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Posted on May 28, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From the Los Angeles Times: In the latest fallout from last year's Metrolink disaster, the Southern California commuter rail agency could begin directly hiring and managing its engineers and ...
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Posted on May 8, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From the U.S. Food and Drug Administration : Prompted by reports of serious adverse events, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced that safety label changes, including a boxed warning, ...
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Posted on May 8, 2009 By KBLAdmin
I came across the article below today while searching for more Hydroxycut-related news and seeing if there were any further developments since last week's recall by the FDA . Essentially the ...
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Posted on May 1, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From the Los Angeles Times: by Jeannine Stein The Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning to consumers to stop using Hydroxycut dietary supplements because some have been linked to serious ...
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Posted on Apr 24, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From The Times: by Tom Perry There is a common reaction from people whenever I talk about the sexual abuse that I and other pupils suffered at the hands of teachers at Caldicott boarding school in the ...
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Posted on Apr 20, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From the Los Angeles Times: A Hollywood film director who pleaded guilty three years ago to lying to the FBI in connection with the Anthony Pellicano investigation, then withdrew his plea, was ...
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Posted on Mar 13, 2009 By KBLAdmin
In 1996, the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA) was established to ensure that people who lost their jobs were able to remain insured. Under HIPPA, insurers must offer ...
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Posted on Mar 13, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From USA Today : Many children's bath products contain chemicals that may cause cancer and skin allergies, according to a report released Thursday by the Campaign for Safe Cosmetics. Twenty-three ...
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Posted on Feb 19, 2009 By KBLAdmin
As the California Legislature passed a budget package today that raises taxes and cuts billions of dollars in school funding, I felt that sharing the below press release was worthwhile and applicable ...
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Posted on Feb 4, 2009 By KBLAdmin
From U.S. News and World Report WEDNESDAY, Feb. 4 (HealthDay News) -- In a continuing effort to prevent counterfeit and adulterated medications from reaching American consumers, the U.S. Food and Drug ...
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