Consumer Alerts (page 5)
Calling the Bluff: How America’s Top-Selling Antipsychotic Could Create Pathological Gamblers
At 64 years old, Marie* had been battling schizophrenia for nearly half her life. After three decades of wrestling down a sense of stability, her...
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- Mar 7, 2016
FDA Announcement Requires New Warning Label and Clinical Trial for Essure
Tens of thousands of women around the country have been waiting for this moment for months: the Food and Drug Administration has announced the findings...
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- Mar 3, 2016
Senate Report Reveals Takata Manipulated Data
A little more than a year after being responsible for the largest auto recall in U.S. history, Takata is once again in the news after...
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- Feb 29, 2016
Jury Believes Talcum Powder Linked to Cancer, Orders Johnson & Johnson to Pay $72 Million
In the first jury award of its kind, a Missouri jury has awarded $72 million in damages to a woman’s family who claim her longtime...
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- Feb 26, 2016
Manopause and the Middle Age Crisis: Testosterone Therapy Tied to Heart Attack Risk
We’re all familiar with the stereotype of a forty-year-old male combatting a receding hairline with Rogaine, frantically Googling for help on a low libido, and...
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- Feb 19, 2016
Millions of Vehicles Recalled Due to Faulty Airbags
For the second time in just a few years the car industry has been rocked by another massive recall related to airbags. This time the...
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- Feb 15, 2016
A Beast Unleashed: How Monster Energy Deceives American Youth
Today, Monster Beverage Corporation might scoff at the mention of some of the products that preceded it, back when the company was known as Hansen’s...
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- Feb 12, 2016
Faulty Machine May Have Skewed Results in Xarelto Drug Trial
Once hailed for being a revolutionary way to fight blood clotting, Xarelto (rivaroxaban) now faces further scrutiny in light of new evidence that the FDA...
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- Feb 12, 2016
Three Floridians Sentenced in $10 Million Timeshare Telemarketing Scam
The lead conspirators of an elaborate $10 million timeshare telemarketing scam were sentenced to prison last week. Three Central Florida residents were accused of defrauding...
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- Feb 10, 2016
Energy Drinks Target Young Men, with Lucrative and Lethal Results
The number of emergency room visits involving energy drinks more than doubled between 2007 and 2011—from 10,064 in 2007 to 20,783 in 2011. A lesser...
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- Feb 10, 2016
Don't Get Phished Like Your Local Councilman
Many of us have received letters from strangers in foreign lands promising us enormous sums via wire transfer in exchange for social security numbers and...
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- Feb 10, 2016
Consumer Alert: Energy Drinks Linked to Serious Injury in New Suit
New lawsuits filed by Morgan & Morgan contend that Monster Energy should be held responsible for the serious injuries sustained from the consumption of its products....
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- Feb 9, 2016
Hackers Steal 63,000 Social Security Numbers From UCF
In another enormous data breach, 63,000 social security numbers were stolen from the University of Central Florida’s database by hackers. The attack affects current and...
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- Feb 6, 2016
Dutch Researchers Link Diabetes to Sitting
Standing desks: we’ve all considered them. There are plenty of reasons why they’re good for us, yet committing to being on your feet all day is...
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- Feb 5, 2016
FDA Decision on Essure Imminent
In response to claims made by thousands of women of adverse side effects from Essure, the FDA will announce a judgment this month following a...
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- Feb 2, 2016