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• Akathasia: The Worst Condition of All

  Peter Wetherall | August 21, 2008 8:43 AM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Nearly all published literature on neurolepticdrugs documents that akathasia is the most common type of extrapyramidalsymptom resulting from the use of metoclopramide.   What is akathasia?   It is...

• New England Journal of Medicine Urges the U.S. Supreme Court to be Skeptical

  Peter Wetherall | August 26, 2008 8:33 PM | 2 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Last week, physicians came to the aid of Plaintiff's lawyers, citizens of Clark County and the American consumer of prescription medication.    The editors of the New England Journal of Medicine...

• Wal-Mart Pharmacy Settles Wrongful Death Lawsuit during Mediation

  Chrissie Cole | August 03, 2007 9:30 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Wal-Mart Pharmacy in Frederick, Maryland, has settled a wrongful death lawsuit during mediation without admission of liability or fault.On December 13, 2005, a customer walked into Wal-Mart Pharmacy and ordered over-the-counter Humulin R (u-100(. However, the pharmacy allegedly gave him the wrong prescription and he left with Humulin R (u-500), a prescription drug that has five times more...

• Hepatitis C - HIV Catastrophe at a Las Vegas Endoscopy Center

  Peter Wetherall | February 27, 2008 10:53 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Six people who underwent procedures at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada have contracted hepatitis C, which has prompted the Southern Nevada Health District to step in and require that notices be sent and testing be provided to 40,000 people who obtained treatment at the facility. An investigation determined that "unsafe injection practices related to the administration of anesthesia...

• Washoe Valley Woman Killed in Fatal Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | August 30, 2007 11:05 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Department of Public Safety - Nevada Highway Patrol troopers were dispatched to the scene of a single car accident that happened at the intersection of SR 429 and Eastlake Blvd, near Washoe Valley, on Wednesday.Preliminary reports suggest the 20-year-old woman, of Washoe Valley, was traveling south at a high rate of speed on Eastlake Blvd in her 2003 Ford sedan when she failed to stop at a stop...

• Autopsy Shows Teen Football Player Died from Head Injury

  Chrissie Cole | October 19, 2007 9:48 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  An eighth-grade running back for North Lincoln Middle School who collapsed during a football game last week, died due to a head injury, according to the medical examiner's office.An investigator with the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner's office, said his death was due to acute subdural hematoma -- a condition caused by head trauma. Basically this confirms he had no pre-existing condition...

• Eureka Woman Killed in Car Accident

  Chrissie Cole | July 23, 2007 7:08 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  A fatal car accident on U.S. 50, two miles west of Eureka, claimed the life of a 23-year-old Eureka woman, the Nevada Highway Patrol reported.The woman was traveling westbound at 3:15 a.m., on Thursday, when the 2004 Volkswagen Jetta she was driving veered out of the travel lane and onto a dirt shoulder off the side of the road, the Nevada Highway Patrol said. The driver overcorrected to the...

• Dangerous Drugs: Digitek and Reglan

  Peter Wetherall | August 04, 2008 9:46 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  The IB News today reported on the recall and subsequent litigation surrounding Digoxin (Digitek).   As reported, Digitek "double dose" tablets were distributed to patients nationwide.  ...

• Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada is Forcibly Closed

  Peter Wetherall | February 29, 2008 5:00 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  The local CBS television affiliate just reported that the City of Las Vegas's Department of business licensing revoked the business license of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada this afternoon. The principals of that company have been directed to a hearing before the City Council scheduled for Monday, at which time the company will have an opportunity to appeal the Licensing Department's...

• Children’s Animal Pendants and Masks Recalled Due To Lead Risk

  Chrissie Cole | September 16, 2009 10:51 PM | 0 CommentsLas Vegas, NV

  Team Work Trading recently announced a recall of Children’s Animal Masks and Pendants because they contain high levels of lead. Lead is particularly damaging to children as it interferes...