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• More Accounts of Cipro/Levaquin Side Effects

  Jeff Rasansky | July 14, 2008 3:20 PM | 63 CommentsDallas, TX

  Last week we blogged about Cipro and Levequin, two antibiotics that have been known to cause some pretty bad side effects. The FDA released a statement on July 8, that requested black box warnings...

• Outrage Over Anna School Bus Crash

  Jeff Rasansky | November 20, 2008 10:05 AM | 5 CommentsDallas, TX

  Parents were outraged after 16 students were injured in an Anna school bus crash that occurred around 4 p.m. yesterday. Superintendent Dr. Joe Wardell says that the district never received...

• Dangerous Dental Drug Septocaine

  Jeremi Young | January 17, 2006 10:09 AM | 8 CommentsDallas, TX

  Septocaine, an anesthesia used in routine dental procedures, may be a dangerous drug permanent paresthesia (numbness) and dysethesia (persistent pain) in patients. These symptoms are mild in most patients and may fade with time. But in other patients the side effects are permanent and debilitatingThese problems typically occur when Septocaine is used for mandibular blocks, which involve...

• MRI and MRA Contrast Dye containing Gadolinium can cause rare disease NSF/NSD

  RLF Staff | September 10, 2007 9:04 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  A contrast is sometimes used in MRI ("magnetic resonance imaging") and always used in MRA ("magnetic resonance angiography"). These tests use powerful magnets and radio waves to make images of a patient's internal issues or blood vessels. During these procedures, a contrast dye is injected into the body to help detect any abnormalities. Unfortunately, MRI and MRA contrast dye containing the...

• FDA To Seek Black-Box Warning on Cipro and Levaquin

  Jeff Rasansky | July 09, 2008 2:41 PM | 26 CommentsDallas, TX

  The FDA has announced that it will be seeking to add black box warning to Cipro and Levaquin. Both are antibiotics that are used to treat bacterial infections. Apparently, each carries a risk of...

• Texas On-Track for Record Drownings in 2009

  Jeff Rasansky | July 01, 2009 9:41 AM | 1 CommentDallas, TX

  Every couple days, Texas is reporting a new drowning victim. So far this year, 50 children have died from drowning, a number nearing the record-high 82 deaths from last year. Last week alone, 7...

• Top 10 Worst Insurance Companies in the United States

  Jeff Rasansky | July 16, 2009 2:16 PM | 6 CommentsDallas, TX

  The American Association for Justice (AAJ) has recently published a lengthy report detailing America's ten worst insurance companies. The majority of these companies are household names, each of...

• Fast Food Health Concerns

  RLF Staff | June 15, 2006 9:58 AM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  What do we not know about the fast food that we eat? When we run to places and grab a quick order to go, are we ruining our health?A recent lawsuit was filed against KFC in an attempt to stop them from cooking with partially hydrogenated oil which is high in fact and switch to other types of cooking oils. While KFC does provide figures to the inquiring consumer in stores or online, the...

• Why Hire a Dallas Motorcycle Wreck Attorney?

  Jeff Rasansky | December 22, 2008 6:03 PM | 0 CommentsDallas, TX

  The number of motorcycle wrecks that occur on our nation’s highways every year is astounding. Motorcycle wrecks often end up causing greater injury and damages due to a motorcyclist’s...

• Carnival Cruise Lines Settles Unpaid Overtime Lawsuit

  Robert Wolf | May 08, 2006 4:31 PM | 4 CommentsDallas, TX

  From a honeymooner going overboard to alleged medical malpractice (update: not to mention the filing of Princess cruise lawsuits), it has not been a banner year for public relations of cruise lines. To add to the growing list of bad PR, Carnival Cruise Lines will pay $6.25 million to thousands of current and former crew members who alleged in federal lawsuits they were not paid enough overtime,...