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Mandatory screening helps identify more athletes with SCT
In response to a lawsuit after a college football player died from complications due to sickle cell trait (SCT) during a workout, the NCAA implemented mandatory SCT screening of all Division I student-athletes. A new study evaluated the impact of that
Updated: 12/14/2011 12:37A
Lap-Band ads prompt a warning from the FDA
But one attorney questioned why it took so long. “They've gone out of their way to make it sound like it's a drive-through surgery, a one-hour safe procedure. So I'm glad the FDA is doing this,” said Alex Robertson, a Westlake Village, Calif., lawyer
Updated: 12/14/2011 12:35A
City Attorney's Office: 'We Are Not Anti-Condoms on Adult Film Sets'
Filming in the adult movie industry was shut down for a time in 2004 and resumed after a month-long production stoppage when five actors tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Vivid is one of the few adult film companies that insists that
Updated: 12/14/2011 12:29A
Sokolove Law, LLC | Gardasil Victim Files Lawsuit against Merck
Naomi Snell of Melbourne, Australia has filed a class action lawsuit against drug manufacturer Merck after suffering neurological and autoimmune disorders from Gardasil,Food Consumer recently reported. At least seven additional women may join the
Updated: 12/13/2011 11:48P
Sokolove Law, LLC | HRT Lawsuit Verdicts May Receive Total Damages of $72.6
by Sokolove Law Staff on Dec 13 2011 Wyeth Pharmaceuticals may have to pay three plaintiffs $72.6 million for damages caused by HRT, a hormone replacement drug, if it is found liable for damages in three lawsuits currently being heard in Philadelphia.
Updated: 12/13/2011 11:47P
ACLU sues state of Wisconsin over voter ID requirement
The lawsuit says that the state is infringing on some citizens' right to vote and to be treated equally under the law and amounts to a poll tax on voters who lack the documents needed to get an approved ID. Republican lawmakers and Gov.
Updated: 12/13/2011 11:47P
1st suit filed in Vegas copter crash
LAS VEGAS -- The first wrongful death lawsuit was filed Tuesday in Nevada on behalf of the families of a honeymooning couple from India killed in a Las Vegas sightseeing helicopter crash that also took the lives of the pilot and a
Updated: 12/13/2011 11:45P
ITC delays ruling in HTC vs Apple case
Taipei: HTC Corp, the world's No.4 smartphone maker, said on Wednesday that a US court has further postponed a final ruling on its lawsuit against Apple Inc. An HTC official said the International Trade Commission, a US trade panel that investigates
Updated: 12/13/2011 11:40P
Alleged Sex Abuse Victims Suing Syracuse, Boeheim
NEW YORK (CNN) -- Two men who accused a former Syracuse University assistant basketball coach of sexual abuse have filed a defamation lawsuit in a New York court against the university and its longtime head basketball coach,
Updated: 12/13/2011 11:40P
Wisconsin faces lawsuit as civil rights groups cry foul over new voting rules
A tough new law in the state of Wisconsin requiring voters to carry photo ID before they can cast their ballot is being challenged in a federal lawsuit that claims thousands of poor, black and elderly people could be disenfranchised.
Updated: 12/13/2011 11:30P
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