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• Social Security Disability

  Pete Strom | December 21, 2006 9:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  There is a serious misconception among today's workforce regarding what Social Security disability actually protects. Social Security disability income is a governmental program that provides monthly benefits for individuals with a substantial work history who become totally disabled from work. If, as a result of an injury, illness, or disease, a worker cannot perform any job that exists in...

• Zyprexa and Strokes

  Pete Strom | December 20, 2006 1:38 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  For millions of people, prescription drugs are necessary to health and even survival. Yet, the very drugs designed to help people may cause adverse reactions that range from illness to disability to death. As recently as April 11, 2005 the FDA issued an alert advising health care providers, patients, and patient care givers to safety issues regarding Zyprexa. New marketing documents were...

• Drug Coated Stents May Increase Risk of Stroke

  Pete Strom | December 12, 2006 5:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Recently the Food and Drug Administration announced that it would be studying the safety of popular heart stents. The heart stents involved in the study are stents that are coated with medicine that is supposed to prevent arteries from closing again. More than 6 million people have these medicated stents. Doctors now think these stents may raise the risk of life-threatening blood clots that...