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Following pleas from state health officials after the Centers for Disease Control linked at least 165 cases of Salmonella in 31 states to ConAgra produced pot pies, the company finally recalled the products on Thursday, October 11, 2007.

TAINTED TISSUE AND BONES USED IN TRANSPLANTS 

TAINTED TISSUE AND BONES USED IN TRANSPLANTS 

New Report Reveals That Medicare is Covering $23 Billion in Medical Costs That Should be Paid by Workers' Compensation --$4.2 Billion Halliburton Asbestos Settlement Given Final Approval by Court -- Recent Court Decisions: Dinner Not A Deviation from Employment (NJ Supreme Court) -- Remicade linked to severe hepatic reactions, including acute liver failure, jaundice, hepatitis and cholestasis. -- 2nd Annual This Year in Workers' Compensation - The Top Issues and Cases - March 8, 2005 -- Medicare Secondary Payer Act - Waivers and Compromises CMS -- Social Security Announces 2.7 Percent Benefit Increase for 2005 Monthly Social Security and Supplemental -- FDA Statement on the Halting of a Clinical Trial of the Cox-2 Inhibitor Celebrex  

New Report Reveals That Medicare is Covering $23 Billion in Medical Costs That Should be Paid by Workers' Compensation --$4.2 Billion Halliburton Asbestos Settlement Given Final Approval by Court -- Recent Court Decisions: Dinner Not A Deviation from Employment (NJ Supreme Court) -- Remicade linked to severe hepatic reactions, including acute liver failure, jaundice, hepatitis and cholestasis. -- 2nd Annual This Year in Workers' Compensation - The Top Issues and Cases - March 8, 2005 -- Medicare Secondary Payer Act - Waivers and Compromises CMS -- Social Security Announces 2.7 Percent Benefit Increase for 2005 Monthly Social Security and Supplemental -- FDA Statement on the Halting of a Clinical Trial of the Cox-2 Inhibitor Celebrex  

 Vioxx was voluntarily recalled on September 30, 2004, by drug giant Merck following information that people taking Vioxx are twice as likely to have heart attacks and strokes as people who take older anti-inflammatory drugs, such as naproxen. 

 Vioxx was voluntarily recalled on September 30, 2004, by drug giant Merck following information that people taking Vioxx are twice as likely to have heart attacks and strokes as people who take older anti-inflammatory drugs, such as naproxen. 

We are now investigating claims involving Serzone® (nefazodone), an old line anti-depressant drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1994. Last week, drug maker Bristol-Myers, Squib Co. announced it would pull this drug off the market with distribution to end on June 14. Even though Bristol-Myers blamed lagging sales as the reason, the facts are that Serzone® is blamed for dozens of cases of liver toxicity, resulting in liver failure, death or transplantation.

We are now investigating claims involving Serzone® (nefazodone), an old line anti-depressant drug approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1994. Last week, drug maker Bristol-Myers, Squib Co. announced it would pull this drug off the market with distribution to end on June 14. Even though Bristol-Myers blamed lagging sales as the reason, the facts are that Serzone® is blamed for dozens of cases of liver toxicity, resulting in liver failure, death or transplantation.

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