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Girardi | Keese
Firm Makes an Art of Joining Forces for Major Impact“It’s critical that consumers be allowed to band together to take on rich, powerful corporations.” —Graham LippSmith Some of the most important tools a lawyer has to help injured people are class and mass actions. Such lawsuits...Tags: GlaxoSmithKline PLC, Chemical Industry, Actos (drug), Avandia (drug), Insurance
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What drugs are going generic this year and next
Dozens of brand-name prescription drugs are losing their patent protection, allowing generic versions to enter the market and consumers to save 30 to 80 percent on those medications, said David Belian, director of media relations for the Generic...
Tags: Fibromyalgia, Singulair (drug), HIV, Bipolar Disorder, Chemical Industry
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The hard facts on bones and vitamin D
The best way to reduce risk for osteoporosis — a thinning and weakening of the bones — seems to be the subject of ongoing debate. This month brought a fresh round of questions after a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine...
Tags: Bones and Joints, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Vitamin D, Calcium, Dietary Supplements
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Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc.
From defective cars to dangerous drugs to hazardous roadways, the firm has represented thousands of clients in individual suits, class actions and mass torts over the past four decades. Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro Davis, Inc. specializes in...
Tags: Chemical Industry, Career and Workplace, Heavy Engineering, Actos (drug), Transportation Accidents
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Female Lawyers for Female Cases
The law aims to protect men and women equally. Yet some types of cases nearly beg for female representation-and don't get it. That's why Karen Barth Menzies, partner at Robinson Calcagnie Robinson Shapiro & Davis, has devoted her career to taking on the...
Tags: Women's Health, Chemical Industry, Zoloft (drug), Birth Defects, Lawyers
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Study: Bone drug boosts breast cancer survival
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Doctors were mostly hoping to prevent complications and relapses when they gave young women a medicine to keep their bones strong during breast cancer treatment. Seven years later, they found it did more than that: The bone drug...Tags: Bones and Joints, Austria, Novartis AG, Cancer, Mayo Clinic
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Cranberry juice cocktail for urinary tract health
Q: I published the original article on cranberry juice cocktail and urinary tract infections (Journal of Urology, May 1984). We also demonstrated in several nursing home studies that cranberry juice cocktail, not the plain juice, works best. Please...Tags: Cranberries, Bones and Joints, Diseases and Illnesses, Celiac Disease, Urinary System
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The Pros and Cons of Prolia
Special to the Los Angeles TimesThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a new drug for osteoporosis. Amgen's Prolia (denosumab) prevents fractures in postmenopausal women at a rate similar to the most popular drugs on the market — bisphosphonates such as Fosamax,...Tags: Bones and Joints, Plastic Surgeons, Hospitals and Clinics, Urinary System, Mayo Clinic
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Find out which osteoporosis drug is the safest
Q: Which osteoporosis drug is the safest? I have been told to take Evista, but am hesitant because of the risk of stroke. A: There are a number of drugs available to treat or prevent osteoporosis. There is no single best (or safest) drug. The choice...Tags: Pharmaceuticals, Evista (drug), Boston, Drugs and Medicines, Hospitals and Clinics
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Mar 26, 2012
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Mar 22, 2012
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Dec 8, 2011
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May 17, 2010
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Jul 6, 2010
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Jan 28, 2009
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