#it can cause liver problems and tens of thousands of people are hospitalized for it every year

[kittyhazelnut]

me, an idiot: im gonna take more tylenol than recommended bc why not, right?

me: hey now that ive already taken more than the daily recommended limit of tylenol, i wonder what happens if you have too much tylenol. i should look that up!

[phroyd]

When pathologist Amy Rapkiewicz began the grim process of opening up the coronavirus dead to learn how their bodies went awry, she found damage to the lungs, kidneys and liver consistent with what doctors had reported for months.

But something was off.

Rapkiewicz, who directs autopsies at NYU Langone Health, noticed that some organs had far too many of a special cell rarely found in those places. She had never seen that before, yet it seemed vaguely familiar. She raced to her history books and — in a eureka moment — found a reference to 1960s report on a patient with dengue fever.

In dengue, a mosquito-borne tropical disease, she learned, the virus appeared to destroy these cells, which produce platelets, leading to uncontrolled bleeding. The novel coronavirus seemed to amplify their effect, causing dangerous clotting.

She was struck by the parallels: “Covid-19 and dengue sound really different, but the cells that are involved are similar.”

Autopsies have long been a source of breakthroughs in understanding new diseases, from HIV/AIDS and Ebola to Lassa fever — and the medical community is counting on them to do the same for covid-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. With a vaccine probably many months away in even the most optimistic scenarios, autopsies are becoming a critical source of information for research into possible treatments.

When the pandemic hit the United States in late March, many hospital systems were too overwhelmed trying to save lives to spend too much time delving into the secrets of the dead. But by late May and June, the first large batch of reports — from patients ranging in age from 32 to 90 years who died at a half-dozen institutions — were published in quick succession. The investigations have confirmed some of our early hunches of the disease, refuted others — and opened up new mysteries about the pathogen that has killed more than 500,000 people worldwide.

Among the most important findings, consistent across several studies, is confirmation the virus appears to attack the lungs the most ferociously. They also found the pathogen in parts of the brain, kidneys, liver, gastrointestinal tract and spleen and in the endothelial cells that line blood vessels, as some had previously suspected. Researchers also found widespread clotting in many organs.

But the brain and heart yielded surprises.

“It’s about what we are not seeing,” said Mary Fowkes, an associate professor of pathology who is part of a team at Mount Sinai Health that has performed autopsies on 67 covid-19 patients.

Given widespread reports about neurological symptoms related to the coronavirus, Fowkes said, she expected to find virus or inflammation — or both — in the brain. But there was very little. When it comes to the heart, many physicians warned for months about a cardiac complication they suspected was myocarditis, an inflammation or hardening of the heart muscle walls — but autopsy investigators were stunned that they could find no evidence of the condition.

Another unexpected finding, pathologists said, is that oxygen deprivation of the brain and the formation of blood clots may start early in the disease process. That could have major implications for how people with covid-19 are treated at home, even if they never need to be hospitalized.

The early findings come as new U.S. infections have overtaken even the catastrophic days of April, amid what some critics say is a premature easing of social distancing restrictions in some states, mainly in the South and West. A new modeling study has estimated that about 22 percent of the population — or 1.7 billion people worldwide, including 72 million in the United States — may be vulnerable to severe illness if infected with the virus. According to the analysis published this month in Lancet Global Health, about 4 percent of those people would require hospitalization — underscoring the stakes as autopsy investigators continue their hunt for clues.

Microclots in lungs

At their best, autopsies can reconstruct the natural course of the disease, but the process for a new and highly infectious disease is tedious and requires meticulous work. To protect pathologists and avoid sending virus into the air, they must use special tools to harvest organs and then dunk them in a disinfecting solution for several weeks before they are studied. They must then section each organ and collect small bits of tissue for study under different types of microscopes.

One of the first American investigations to be made public, on April 10, was out of New Orleans. The patient was a 44-year-old man who had been treated at LSU Health. Richard Vander Heide remembers cutting the lung and discovering what were probably hundreds or thousands of microclots.

“I will never forget the day,” recalled Vander Heide, who has been performing autopsies since 1994. “I said to the resident, ‘This is very unusual.’ I had never seen something like this.”

But as he moved onto the next patient and the next, Vander Heide saw the same pattern. He was so alarmed, he said, that he shared the paper online before submitting it to a journal so the information could be used immediately by doctors. The findings caused a stir at many hospitals and influenced some doctors to start giving blood thinners to all covid-19 patients. It is now common practice. The final, peer-reviewed version involving 10 patients was subsequently published in the Lancet in May.

Other lung autopsies — including those described in papers from Italy of 38 patients, a Mount Sinai Health study on 25 patients, a collaboration between Harvard Medical School and German researchers on seven and an NYU Langone Health study on seven — have reported similar findings of clotting.

Most recently, a study out last month in the Lancet’s eClinicalMedicine, found abnormal clotting in the heart, kidney and liver, as well as the lungs of seven patients, leading the authors to suggest this may be a major cause of the multiple-organ failure in covid-19 patients.

Heart cells

The next organ studied up close was the heart. One of the most frightening early reports about the coronavirus from China was that a significant percentage of hospitalized patients — up to 20 to 30 percent — appeared to have myocarditis that could lead to sudden death. The condition involves the thickening of the muscle of the heart so that it can no longer pump efficiently.

Classic myocarditis is typically easy to identify in autopsies, pathologists say. It occurs when the body perceives the tissue to be foreign and attacks it. In that situation, there would be large dead zones in the heart, and the muscle cells known as myocytes would be surrounded by infection-fighting cells known as lymphocytes. But in the autopsy samples taken so far, the dead myocytes were not surrounded by lymphocytes — leaving researchers scratching their heads.

Fowkes, from Mount Sinai, and her colleague, Clare Bryce, whose work on 25 hearts has been published online but not yet peer reviewed, said they saw some “very mild” inflammation of the surface of the heart but nothing that looked like myocarditis.

NYU Langone’s Rapkiewicz, who studied seven hearts, was struck by the abundance in the heart of rare cells called megakaryocytes. The cells, which produce platelets that control clotting, typically exist only in the bone marrow and lungs. When she went back to the lung samples from the coronavirus patients, she discovered those cells were too plentiful there, too.

“I could not remember a case before where we saw that,” she said. “It was remarkable they were in the heart.”

Vander Heide, from LSU, who reported preliminary findings on 10 patients in April and has a more in-depth paper with more case studies under review at a journal, explained that “when you look at a covid heart, you don’t see what you’d expect.”

He said a couple of patients he performed autopsies on had gone into cardiac arrest in the hospital, but when he examined them, the primary damage was in the lungs — not the heart.

Brain grid

Of all the coronavirus’s manifestations, its impact on the brain has been among the most vexing. Patients have reported a host of neurological impairments, including reduced ability to smell or taste, altered mental status, stroke, seizures — even delirium.

An early study from China, published in the BMJ, formerly the British Medical Journal, in March, found 22 percent of the 113 patients had experienced neurological issues ranging from excessive sleepiness to coma — conditions typically grouped together as disorders of consciousness. In June, researchers in France reported that 84 percent of patients in intensive care had neurological problems, and a third were confused or disoriented at discharge. Also this month, those in the United Kingdom found that 57 of 125 coronavirus patients with a new neurological or psychiatric diagnosis had experienced a stroke due to a blood clot in the brain, and 39 had an altered mental state.

Based on such data and anecdotal reports, Isaac Solomon, a neuropathologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, set out to systematically investigate where the virus might be embedding itself in the brain. He conducted autopsies of 18 consecutive deaths, taking slices of key areas: the cerebral cortex (the gray matter responsible for information processing), thalamus (modulates sensory inputs), basal ganglia (responsible for motor control) and others. Each was divided into a three-dimensional grid. Ten sections were taken from each and studied.

He found snippets of virus in only some areas, and it was unclear whether they were dead remnants or active virus when the patient died. There were only small pockets of inflammation. But there were large swaths of damage due to oxygen deprivation. Whether the deceased were longtime intensive care patients or people who died suddenly, Solomon said, the pattern was eerily similar.

“We were very surprised,” he said.

When the brain does not get enough oxygen, individual neurons die, and that death is permanent. To a certain extent, people’s brains can compensate, but at some point, the damage is so extensive that different functions start to degrade.

On a practical level, Solomon said, if the virus is not getting into the brain in large amounts, that helps with drug development because treatment becomes trickier when it is pervasive, for instance, in some patients with West Nile or HIV. Another takeaway is that the findings underscore the importance of getting people on supplementary oxygen quickly to prevent irreversible damage.

Solomon, whose work was published as a June 12 letter in the New England Journal of Medicine, said the findings suggest the damage had been happening over a longer period of time, which makes him wonder about the virus’s effect on people who are less ill. “The big lingering question is what happens to people who survive covid,” he said. “Is there a lingering effect on the brain?”

The team from Mount Sinai Health, which took tissue findings from 20 brains, was also perplexed not to find a lot of virus or inflammation. However, the group noted in a paper that the widespread presence of tiny clots was “striking.”

“If you have one blood clot in the brain, we see that all the time. But what we’re seeing is, some patients are having multiple strokes in blood vessels that are in two or even three different territories,” Fowkes said.

Rapkiewicz said it is too early to know whether the newest batch of autopsy findings can be translated into treatment changes, but the information has opened new avenues to explore. One of her first calls after noticing the unusual platelet-producing cells was to Jeffrey Berger, a cardiac specialist at NYU who runs a National Institutes of Health-funded lab that focuses on platelets.

Berger said the autopsies suggest anti-platelet medications, in addition to blood thinners, may be helpful to stem the effects of covid-19. He has pivoted a major clinical trial looking at optimal doses of blood thinners to examine that question as well.

“It’s only one piece of a very big puzzle, and we have a lot more to learn,” he said. “But if we can prevent significant complications and if more patients can survive the infection, that changes everything.”

Phroyd

[mdaminul]

parasitic infection!

Doctors warn: bad breath is the first sign of a parasitic infection!

Hi everybody.

Do you know what it feels like to feel guilty in front of someone you love, when that person feels so bad you can't help it, you can only see that person suffer? I have been through that and I want to tell you about the suffering that happened to my family, so that you don't repeat my mistakes.

Hung and I have lived together for 27 years, and during that time we never argued. Friends still call us a couple. We have plans ahead. However, not everything is possible.

It all started when my husband started complaining because his breath smelled . I was originally a doctor so we went to check the teeth and stomach and did not detect any signs of illness.

But then, other worrying symptoms appeared .

My husband started to have flatulence , and in addition he did not eat well, he thinned a lot.

He started complaining a lot because of his heart, liver and pancreas . We went for electrocardiograms, blood tests, but neither the test results nor the machines showed anything.

In addition, our sex stories also have problems . One day, he admitted that he had an erection problem. A strong and energetic man like him suddenly turned into a somber, always strained string and lost interest in life .

Upon arrival at the hospital, the doctor made a horrifying diagnosis - parasitic infection . Nearly 70% of my husband's body is invaded by parasites, everywhere they are. I could not quite understand the reason for this, my house was always clean, had sterilized cleaning wipes, food that had been carefully cooked and washed. I could never have suspected that those minor symptoms were signs of a parasitic infection.

I kept thinking, HOW IS THIS BACK? So I took my husband's test and wrote a letter to the European Center for Parasitology Research. They sent me a shocking reply:

01.01.2020

“All your husband's problems are the first sign of a parasitic infection . When infected by parasites, the body begins to slowly decline, at first it is unclear, then it is clear. It all starts with mouth odor, bloating, depression, headaches, dark circles under the eyes, loss of appetite, joint and muscle pain. For men, the parasite causes prostatitis, impotence, and flatulence , heart and liver pain. Women with vaginal yeast infection, ovarian swelling, cystitis, developing fibroids of the ovaries, polycysts, mammary adenomas, swelling of the kidneys, kidneys and kidneys, and skin aging . For children is pimples, eyes are always watery. "Most people do not pay attention to such mild symptoms leading to the internal organs to rot, leading to death."

850 thousand people in Germany die each year without knowing that the cause of their death is a parasite. Invisible killers are everywhere, in fish, vegetables, fruits that people buy in supermarkets or markets.

Images of the parasite infecting them were completely removed during the surgeryThe deadly parasite enters the body through foods like fish, vegetables, meat and fruits that we buy in supermarkets.

I began to find a solution. I was almost crazy because I could not calmly look at the person I love to suffer in front of my eyes. I hardly sleep, reading dozens of books, seeking advice from my colleagues. We tried dozens of drugs that didn't work and doctors couldn't do anything. His condition worsened. I found myself useless and blaming myself for not being able to save him.

When I thought everything was useless, I found something online - Detoxic .

Nearly 250,000 people infected with the parasite treated this preparation and within 2 days removed nearly 300 different types of parasites.

Referendum: How did you get rid of the parasite:

Medicines

23%

Detoxic preparations

sixty seven%

I am still looking for a method

ten%

At first, I was a bit suspicious, but my husband's condition didn't improve so I decided to take action. Order within 1 day.

In the morning, I put 3 drops into the pressed pumpkin and in the afternoon we found the condition much better. First, he started to eat better, there was no more rotting smell from his mouth, and then the parasite almost disappeared . The feeling of relief because Detoxic is so effective cannot be described in words.

After one day, the liver and intestines were working again up to 65%, the kidneys and heart rate worked normally. After 3 days, my husband said that when no one was in the room, he got an erection. The active natural ingredients in Detoxic (extracts of celery grass, chrysanthemum and carnations) activate tissue regeneration, which in turn heals faster.

After 5 days, my husband tested again. In the body there are no traces of parasites. Detoxic rinses away all eggs and other harmful objects within a few hours. Thanks to its accumulated effect, Detoxic strengthens the immune system and creates cells that protect it from parasites. This helps to avoid the possibility of being infected again by the parasite for a long time. A week later, my husband fully recovered.

Later, I realized why I could not find the name Detoxic in drug directories and pharmacies. The reason is because this product is new and extremely effective (we tried), but not widely advertised for fear of raising prices, counterfeiting. Therefore, the product can only be purchased at the manufacturer's site.

Don't make my mistake! If I had noticed my innocuous symptoms earlier (my mouth, bad breath, bad erections) earlier , my husband wouldn't have gotten to that level.

Detoxic heals from the first symptoms of parasite infection and eliminates the possibility of appearing , so if after reading my story you discover even a single symptom (!) LET'S GET STARTED TREAT BY NOW!

Protect yourself and your loved ones, order Detoxic at the first signs and do not wait for complications.

Order Detoxic from the manufacturer's official site

[suchawonderfullife]

2. My body is a Picasso

I’ve been incredibly fortunate in my journey to try some cutting-edge treatments in Australia, as well as having a very intelligent, compassionate and hard working CFS (chronic fatigue syndrome) specialist on my side. A specialist like that doesn’t come cheap either (very little if anything is covered by medicare so you have to be prepared to be out of pocket by tens if not hundreds of thousands over the years). He’s been my Dr for 8 years and yes he couldn’t get me better, but he has helped me in so many ways. 

He was able to diagnose a multitude of problems within my body through tests regular doctors would not have access to. His understanding and knowledge of CFS and what it does to the body on a cellular level is extraordinary. For those who know who I am talking about, they would agree that he is a brilliant man, who I owe my life to. He got me into private psych hospitals when I was suicidal, he got me in to see him on spur of the moment appointments to treat flu’s and tonsillitis so that a GP didn’t mess me up even more, he diagnosed me with Lyme Disease. Most of what I know about my body and these illnesses are because of him. 

My first 2 years of being chronically ill consisted of spending tens of thousands of dollars on testing and trialling supplements and medications. I did a tonne of research and learnt about “pacing” and other things I could do on my own to help my body repair. I did everything I was supposed to and my health slowly built back up to 80%. I went back to work part-time, back to Uni, I could leave my house almost everyday and things were getting better. Having a diagnosis of CFS without Lyme Disease (because it doesn’t exist in Australia), meant that the cause of my CFS was not being treated and therefore just a ticking time bomb. Of course I didn’t know this and neither did my doctor. 

So when I relapsed HARD, it was a complete shock to my doctor and myself. My heart became so bad I couldn’t shower standing up anymore, I couldn’t lift my arms above my head to wash my own hair, sitting up for longer than 10 minutes at a time was impossible, talking or paying attention to someone speaking to me was exhausting, looking at my phone or a computer made me feel incredibly ill and I was lucky to sleep 2 hours a night. 

It was terrifying to be this ill and not no why. I ended up on 5 injections, 52 tablets, oxygen therapy for 4 hours and drinking litres of special liquids every day. Without all these I would have been far worse than mentioned, but I wasn’t getting any better. 

You wouldn’t believe some of the tests I’ve done. I’ve peed into a huge jug over a 24 hour period and carried it into a pathology (multiple times), I’ve had to poo into a container and scrape pieces of it out to go into special containers and sent that off, I had to pee in complete darkness into a special container covered in foil because if any light hit my urine it would destroy whatever needed to be tested. Boy was that something I’ll never forget. I had to do it in my bedroom as I had blinds to make my room pitch black. Due to how sick I was, I wasn’t well enough to “squat” and hold my own weight, so I needed my mum in there to help hold me and being a girl you can’t really get your pee flowing unless you’re at least squatting. And how do you aim your pee as a female when you’re in total darkness? I’ll leave that one to your imagination. Being in my bedroom and not at a toilet wasn’t triggering whatever part of my brain was needed to tell my bladder to let it out and I possibly had stage fright from having someone standing there waiting for me to “go”. So it took some time and both my mum and I were getting quite frustrated. Then there was the logistics of finding the toilet paper, wiping, putting it into a bag once I’d finished and hoping I didn’t get any on the floor- all in pitch-black darkness. The things parents do for their kids huh? 

For you folks who hate needles, I could have 10 viles taken at each appointment if needed, I have permanent needle marks on my arm where blood gets taken because it happens so often. I also did a spit test, where I had to spit into this test tube and fill it to the top within a certain time frame. It was actually bloody hard to meet that deadline as I wasn’t allowed to drink for ages beforehand so I was dehydrated. My Dr also does a standing test for POTS (postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome), which is one of my heart conditions. This is really horrible when you’re so sick as standing completely still for 20 minutes can be near impossible. Some patients faint before the 20 minutes are up due to lack of blood flow to their brain. I never fainted luckily, but my blood pressure would drop to something ridiculous like 45/60 and my heart rate would shoot up to 160bpm. I’d become very disoriented and brain-fogged due to oxygen not getting to my brain, my legs would shake with fatigue, I found it difficult to breathe let alone speak (the nurse would keep asking you how you’re feeling) as my heart was beating as if I was running.

Hydrogen breath tests suck too, for people that have done those. You go into a specific clinic, drink this disgusting liquid and then have to sit around for hours and have your breath tested every hour to see if you have an intolerance to foods like lactose and fructose. Being that I am intolerant, drinking a liquid containing things I’m intolerant to gave me gastro like symptoms, running to the toilet throughout my testing and feeling very bloated, nauseous and just yuck. Gastroscopy, colonoscopy, endoscopy, liver & kidney scans (very painful when they’re inflammed), I’ve been lucky enough to have all of those too!  

Then there’s the trialling of all the medications. Because when you have illnesses that are incurable and largely misunderstood, even regarded as not existing, you are essentially a guinea pig. It’s not only that, but every single CFS or Lyme patient has different symptoms and different biologies, which means all our treatments must be individualised and what works for one might not work for another. My body is also very sensitive to medications (it runs in my family) and having a bad reaction to things is common for my mum, brother and I. Every doctors appointment became a Russian roulette of new medications or supplements. “This test shows your body can’t absorb potassium, take 7 of these a day/ we found your stomach can’t produce acid to digest food, take these with every meal/ your mitochondria can’t produce energy, take this injection daily/ you’re chronically dehydrated, drink 2L of this a day/ you’re not producing the hormone that helps you sleep, take this highly addictive sleeping tablet plus these horrible tasting drops just before bed/ your blood pressure is too low, take this beta blocker.” The list just goes on and on. 

My body is like a Picasso- a jumbled mess, a masterful fuck-up, where down is up and up is down (actually this is sounding more like Dr. Suess). Nothing in my body makes sense or works how it should. So when I trial a medication that I react badly to, thats where you get side effects on top of chronic illness, I have to wean off it and start all over again with something different. I’ve tried hundreds of medications, supplements, tinctures, herbal remedies, whatever was recommended to me. Because I will do whatever it takes to get better and to just feel better. But the more I tried, the lower my success rate of finding things that actually worked. 

New doctors wouldn’t understand how seriously complex I am. A kinesiologist put me on some tinctures that made me seriously ill. My CFS Dr was furious because she wouldn’t have understood that putting me THAT b12 concoction would then irritate this part of my illness and he would never have let me take something like that. Then my Dr’s own colleague tried to treat me and she even made me really ill by telling me not to take certain things and trying others things, as she didn’t know my history for the last 6 years and wouldn’t have had time to read through my hundreds of tests and doctors notes over that time. Again my Dr was angry. This doesn’t make her negligent either, we are just so complex and confusing to the majority of the medical community, can you begin to understand why we are shunned as hypochondriacs or put in the “too hard” basket? 

This is what makes my CFS doctor so amazing, he never gives up on us. It can actually be traumatic for patients like myself throughout our fight to get better. We aren’t even heard, listened to or taken seriously. I had to yell and argue with my GP when I first got sick, just to get him to write me a referral to a CFS doctor because he didn’t “believe in it” and said I must just have low iron or something (he already tested it and it was within the spectrum). He even WORKED with a CFS doctor, so he had an easy connection and getting that referral was like extracting teeth. Years into my diagnosis he would then argue with me over prescriptions and why I needed to take certain things. “7 potassium tablets a day, you should be dead!” Yet I’d have my prescription bottles with me for proof. “Wow you’ve lost so much weight, you look great, are you working again now?” Would be his opening line to me as I slowly dragged myself into his office with a walking stick, barely able to stand or hold my own head up. I don’t think he’s a moron either (well he kind of is), but this is the general consensus of how people with my illnesses are treated by the people that should be helping us the most. So if I’m being frank with you here, the majority of the medical community are morons when it comes to illnesses like mine. They’re brilliant in many other ways, but that doesn’t help me or change my story. 

Can you imagine a cancer patient getting a positive test result or scan of a tumour and being told to just take some panadol (pain reliever), get out more and see a psychiatrist? Or you find a lump in your breast and want a scan, your doctor tells you you’ve imagined the lump, probably from stress or depression and that fatigue is because you need to exercise and lose some weight, then your imaginary lump will disappear. Later you find out your body is riddled with cancer, how angry would you be? My body is riddled with billions of deadly and destructive bacteria because of this ignorance and negligence towards certain illnesses. Can you imagine my anger when I was diagnosed with LATE STAGE Lyme Disease at age 24 and I should have been diagnosed in the hospital when I presented very clear symptoms at age 16. Instead the doctors found me a novelty, they kept coming in all night and gawking at me like a medical marvel. “What the hell is wrong with her? Those are some fucked up symptoms!” is what I imagine the talk outside my door would have been. Lyme Disease is more common than HIV/AIDS, it is not a unique or unheard of disease in the medical world. 

Anyway, so I was FINALLY diagnosed with Lyme Disease in 2013, better late than never, through overseas testing that costs upwards of $1,500-$2,000. So again, you better be rich if you want to get anywhere with treating this bastard illness. This is where the fun begins! 

[francislholland]

Obtaining and Filling Psychiatrists’ Medication Prescriptions Constitute Obstacles to Treatment of Bipolar Disorder (1) and (2). This post is to cooperate with my sister, Kim Holland, MD, in publicizing Mental Health Awareness Month. Many people who are diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder often need to maintain a measurable level of lithium and/or other substances in their blood in order to treat and avoid recurrence of bipolar symptoms. Consequences of failing to maintain blood serum levels of prescribed medications can include sleeplessness, emotional lability (instability), mood swings, depression and even psychosis (in those with Bipolar Type 1). In most countries many or all of the medications that treat Bipolar 1 and Bipolar 2 are available by prescription only.   In my case (Bipolar 2) case, my prescribed Quetiapine/Seroquel and Escitalopram/Lexapro are available in the Dominican Republic without prescription.   Xanax (crucial for sleep), however, is legally sold here and in most countries by prescription only.  (In the USA, all of my prescribed medications are sold by prescription only.) Even when bipolarity medications are available without prescription, they can cost hundreds of dollars per month, which will not be reimbursed by insurance companies unless prescribed by an authorized physician. I have no medical insurance.  I self-pay my medications in the Dominican Republic at an approximate cost of $100 USD per month (but the same medications might cost $500/month in the USA). Where medications are available by physician prescription only, the patient must have sufficient money and/or insurance to see a physician authorized to prescribe psychoactive medication.   Exceptions include socialized medicine countries such as Brazil, where government-proviided psychiatric visits are free but must be scheduled days or weeks in advance. In Brazil and in the Dominican Republic, only psychiatrists have the forms necessary to prescribe some or all psychoactive medicines, e.g. the Xanax that I take. Psychiatrists in the USA often have months-long waiting lists.  Patients are often required to see a social worker and/or primary care physician before seeing a psychiatrist. As a result, managing to schedule and pay for psychiatric visits in order to obtain medication can be as challenging as any other aspect of managing Bipolar Disorder. Money can be a significant obstacle to treatment.  In the USA, one visit to a psychiatrist can cost $200.00 USD (US Dollars).  That is how much a person with $660.00 USD of monthly income would be expected to be able to pay monthly for rent, or half the advisable rent of an individual living at the poverty level. In the Dominican Republic, a visit to a typical private-practice psychiatrist costs $60.00 USD, which is about half of the Dominican Republic’s minimum wage.  $60.00 USD is also about one-third of my monthly rent payment or a quarter of my monthly food budget. Bipolar Disorder, like diabetes, must be managed regularly by a physician because the medications used to treat it often cause obesity and diabetes, which can lead to liver damage and other irreversible illness if undiagnosed and  unmanaged.  Lithium, a common Bipolar medication (that I do not use) must be  blood tested at least monthly to avoid liver damage. Nonetheless, Bipolar Disorder patients in the USA regularly report being unable to schedule regular psychiatry visits, even when paying in cash.  Some rural and remote US communities with tens of thousands in population have no psychiatrists at all. Fortunately for me, I can schedule a visit with a private practice psychiatrist in the Dominican Republic within a three days, as long as I can self-pay. The obstacles I face in obtaining prescriptions and medication compliance are: Traveling five hours each way to my psychiatrist’s office and back. Scheduling the psychiatrist visits so that I can travel to the capital, visit the psychiatrist and return home in one 24-hour period. Paying $40.00 USD for transportation, not including the costs of owning and operating a motorcycle. Paying the psychiatrist’s $60.00 USD fee. Paying $100.00 USD for the medication.. Finding each of three medications in the capital during the one-day trip at the least cost. Coordinating with a friend to accompany and drive me to pharmacies in the capital. Preparing financially and scheduling a month in advance to visit the capital before medications run out. I am told there is a doctor an hour from me who will write a prescription in exchange for $10.00 USD, so long as I already know precisely what I need. I am also told that one psychiatrist in the public hospital an hour from me might write a prescription for free, if I know precisely what I need.  In Brazil, this service was so much in demand that emergency room doctors frequently refused to do this at all. Although it is not strictly lawful, it is reported that, in some cases and places, it may possible to find someone willing to sell a limited amount of a restricted medication without a prescription, but only if a legitimate emergency is demonstrated to the professional’s satisfaction on a one-time basis. Considering that the lack of medication may compromise a Bipolar person’s problem-solving skills, the financial and practical obstacles to simply obtaining prescriptions can easily prevent a Bipolar person from maintaining medication compliance, with serious consequences.

[endingaidsme2017]

Pneumonia in Aids Patients

Pneumonia is not one of the more well-known diseases such as liver problems, a heart attack, or an accident that can cause patients to be admitted to intensive care. But it is different when pneumonia in aids patients happen. Pneumonia is one of the top reasons why patients with AIDS/HIV are treated in intensive care. It’s also because there should be precautions when treating HIV patients.

More than 75% of Aids patients will develop Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP) unless action is taken to counter the disease. PCP can be a major threat to Aids sufferers as it takes advantage of a weakened immune system. HIV, the virus that causes Aids weakens the immune system.

Pneumonia

Pneumonia is often considered to be a disease that primarily affects elderly people, and in the general population that is certainly the case. Often an elderly patient sickens with other issues and once they are weak, along comes pneumonia to take advantage of their reduced immunity.

Tens of thousands of pneumonia sufferers in the USA die every year. The majority of these will be aged over 65.

People suffering from Aids already have a weakened immune system that is not related to age, and so Pneumonia can be fatal in this population at any age.

Pneumonia is a disease that not many people really think about much. It is very common, and in the USA millions catch it every year. It is usually caused by bacteria, fungi, or viruses living in the nose or mouth transferring to the lungs, but it can also be caused by breathing in a virus directly.

The most common cause is the bacteria Streptococcus Pneumoniae (pneumococcus).

Treatment of Pneumonia

The symptoms of pneumonia include fever, chills, coughing that produces phlegm, short breath, and pains in the chest area.

In some cases, pneumonia can be treated at home with antibiotics. However, occasionally cases require hospital treatment.

Home treatment includes aspirin, ibuprofen, and Tylenol; together with cough medicine to make the patient more comfortable by reducing the coughing.

Since people carrying HIV already have compromised immune systems they should immediately seek medical help. Pneumonia in Aids patients is potentially fatal, as it is with sufferers of the following medical conditions: diabetes, asthma, and heart problems. Those over 65 are also at greater risk from the disease.

If in doubt about your condition you are advised to get a medical opinion.

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Vaccine shows promise against Klebsiella superbug

Scientists have produced and tested, in mice, a vaccine that protects against a worrisome superbug: a hypervirulent form of the bacteria Klebsiella pneumoniae.

Klebsiella pneumoniae causes a variety of infections including rare but life-threatening liver, respiratory tract, bloodstream, and other infections. Little is known about how exactly people become infected, and the bacteria are unusually adept at acquiring resistance to antibiotics. The prototype vaccine, the details of which appear in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, may offer a way to protect people against a lethal infection that is hard to prevent and treat.

“For a long time, Klebsiella was primarily an issue in the hospital setting, so even though drug resistance was a real problem in treating these infections, the impact on the public was limited,” says coauthor David A. Rosen, an assistant professor of pediatrics and of molecular microbiology at Washington University in St. Louis. “But now we’re seeing Klebsiella strains that are virulent enough to cause death or severe disease in healthy people in the community. And in the past five years, the really resistant bugs and the really virulent bugs have begun to merge so we’re beginning to see drug-resistant, hypervirulent strains. And that’s very scary.”

Superbugs spread globally

Hypervirulent strains of Klebsiella caused tens of thousands of infections in China, Taiwan, and South Korea last year, and the bacteria are spreading around the world. About half of people infected with hypervirulent, drug-resistant Klebsiella die. Two types in particular—known as K1 and K2—are responsible for 70% of the cases.

The goal is to get a vaccine ready for human use before the hypervirulent strains start causing disease in even larger numbers of people.

The researchers decided to create a vaccine against the two most common strains of hypervirulent Klebsiella. The bacterium’s outer surface is coated with sugars so the researchers designed a glycoconjugate vaccine composed of these sugars linked to a protein that helps make the vaccine more effective. Similar vaccines have proven highly successful at protecting people against deadly diseases such as bacterial meningitis and typhoid fever.

“Glycoconjugate vaccines are among the most effective, but traditionally they’ve involved a lot of chemical synthesis, which is slow and expensive,” says Christian Harding, a cofounder of VaxNewMo, a St. Louis startup. “We’ve replaced chemistry with biology by engineering E. coli to do all the synthesis for us.”

The researchers genetically modified a harmless strain of E.coli, converting it into tiny biological factories capable of churning out the protein and sugars needed for the vaccine. Then they used another bacterial enzyme to link the proteins and sugars together.

To test the vaccine, the researchers gave groups of 20 mice three doses of the vaccine or a placebo at two-week intervals. Then they challenged the mice with about 50 bacteria of either the K1 or the K2 type. Previous studies had shown that just 50 hypervirulent Klebsiella bacteria are enough to kill a mouse. In contrast, it takes tens of millions of classical Klebsiella—the kind that affects hospitalized people—to be similarly lethal.

Fighting antibiotic resistance

Of the mice that received the placebo, 80% infected with the K1 type and 30% infected with the K2 type died. In contrast, of the vaccinated mice, 80% infected with K1 and all of those infected with K2 survived.

“We are very happy with how effective this vaccine was,” says first author Mario Feldman, associate professor of molecular microbiology. “We’re working on scaling up production and optimizing the protocol so we can be ready to take the vaccine into clinical trials soon.”

The goal is to get a vaccine ready for human use before the hypervirulent strains start causing disease in even larger numbers of people.

“As a pediatrician, I want to see people get immunity to this bug as early as possible,” Rosen says. “It’s still rare in the United States, but given the high likelihood of dying or having severe debilitating disease, I think you could argue for vaccinating everybody. And soon we may not have a choice. The number of cases is increasing, and we’re going to get to the point that we’ll need to vaccinate everybody.”

Support for the work came from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; the National Institutes of Health; the Children’s Discovery Institute of Washington University; and St. Louis Children’s Hospital.

Mario F. Feldman and Christian M. Harding have a financial stake in VaxNewMo LLC, a for-profit entity developing bioconjugate vaccines against Streptococcus pneumoniae and Klebsiella pneumoniae using patented technology derived from the data presented in this and other published manuscripts.

Source: Washington University in St. Louis

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Legal Rights for Lake Erie? Voters in Ohio City Will Decide

Lake Erie has faced a string of environmental calamities — poisonous algal blooms, runoff containing fertilizer and animal manure, and a constant threat from invasive fish, many of them attributed to business. If the lake gets legal rights, the theory goes, people can sue polluters on its behalf. Should Lake Erie, which supports the economies of four states, one Canadian province, and the cities of Toledo, Cleveland and Buffalo, have the legal right “to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve”: (1) Yes, (2) No? Why? What are the ethics underlying your decision?

The failing health of Lake Erie, the world’s 11th largest lake, is at the heart of one of the most unusual questions to appear on an American ballot: Should a body of water be given rights normally associated with those granted to a person?

Voters in Toledo, Ohio, will be asked this month to decide whether Lake Erie, which supports the economies of four states, one Canadian province and the cities of Toledo, Cleveland and Buffalo, has the legal right “to exist, flourish, and naturally evolve.”

The peculiar ballot question comes amid a string of environmental calamities at the lake — poisonous algal blooms in summer, runoff containing fertilizer and animal manure, and a constant threat from invasive fish. But this special election is not merely symbolic. It is legal strategy: If the lake gets legal rights, the theory goes, people can sue polluters on its behalf.

The proposed Lake Erie Bill of Rights is part of a growing number of efforts to carve out legal status for elements of nature, including rivers, forests, mountains and even wild rice. The efforts, which began decades ago but have gathered momentum in recent years, seek to show that existing laws are insufficient to protect nature against environmental harm. Under current law, lakes and deserts do not have legal standing, so people cannot sue on their behalf.

In Toledo, residents and elected officials say they believe the initiative has a good chance of being approved, but there is a catch: The measure’s own backers acknowledge that it is likely to be challenged in court as having little or no legal footing, and that it could ultimately be invalidated as reaching beyond the scope of city law.

The initiative’s main opponents are the owners of area farms, where much of the agricultural runoff that feeds the lake’s toxic algaeoriginates. Farmers say that if the measure passes thousands of small farms could be sued for damages for polluting the lake and driven out of business.

Thomas Linzey, executive director of the Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit group based in Pennsylvania that helped write the measure, said existing environmental laws were inadequate.

The intent of the initiative, Mr. Linzey said, is twofold — to send a warning that the community is fed up with a lack of state and federal action to protect Lake Erie, and to force the courts to recognize that ecosystems like the lake “possess independent rights to survive and be healthy.”

In other words, that rivers have a right to flow, forests have a right to thrive and lakes have a right to be clean.

Even if that concept never becomes the law of the land, the group says that its efforts are meant to make it clear that places like Toledo will oppose what they see as environmental degradation, sending an unsubtle message that certain companies might want to look elsewhere to do business.

The broader idea, environmentalists say, is a rethinking of nature and an individual’s place in it.

“There’s no precedent for any of this,” Mr. Linzey said. “It is almost a new consciousness — that a community is not just Homo sapiens.”

As the Feb. 26 Election Day approaches, some Toledo residents say their dependence on Lake Erie has made the question of the lake’s rights more than theoretical.

In 2014, the city went without drinking water for three days when the lake became so fouled by phosphorus runoff from upstream farms that household water was fit only for flushing toilets.

Stores closed. Hospitals accepted only the most seriously ill patients. Restaurants were empty. And some 500,000 people depended on bottled water in the middle of a brutally hot August.

“The city of Toledo shut down,” said Crystal Jankowski, 31, who was in a hospital delivering her daughter during the water crisis. “They were having to cancel surgeries because they couldn’t sterilize equipment.”

While the idea of nature having rights has been around for centuries, environmental advocates point to a 1972 United States Supreme Court decision, Sierra Club v. Morton, as providing much of the impetus for current efforts.

In that case, the court ultimately rejected the notion of nature’s rights, but Justice William O. Douglas wrote in a dissent that “contemporary public concern for protecting nature’s ecological equilibrium should lead to the conferral of standing upon environmental objects to sue for their own preservation.”

The recent push started in earnest about 15 years ago, when Mr. Linzey’s group began working with towns and cities to protect local natural resources. The concept has won support in dozens of municipalities — from cities with long histories of environmental activism to unexpected places.

Tamaqua Borough, Pa., in the center of the state’s historic coal-mining region, was the first place in the nation to approve a rights-of-nature ordinance in 2006 after it banned companies from dumping dredged minerals and sewage sludge into open pit mines.

The bill approved by the borough council included language that said corporations could not “interfere with the existence and flourishing of natural communities or ecosystems, or to cause damage” to them within the township.

Four years later, Pittsburgh approved a rights-of-nature ordinance that prohibited fracking in city limits.

Santa Monica, Calif., has since passed an ordinance that requires the city to “recognize the rights of people, natural communities and ecosystems to exist, regenerate and flourish.”

And earlier this year, the White Earth Band of Ojibwe in Minnesota announced that it had granted wild rice its own legal rights, including “the right to pure water.”

The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund, which has been involved in each of the efforts, said similar laws were now on the books in municipalities in Maine, Maryland, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio and Virginia.

In Toledo, much of Lake Erie is frozen over this winter. But nearly every summer for the last several years, water runoff from large farms flowed into the lake and produced a slick green coating of toxic algae so expansive that it could be seen from space.

The 2014 water crisis failed to spur a state or federal crackdown on large farms in the Maumee River basin, where fertilizers used for crops contain phosphorus, which is washed into streams and eventually the river during rainstorms.

Once in the lake, the phosphorus feeds the algae, which produces microcystin, a toxin that causes diarrhea, vomiting and liver-function problems in humans and can kill small animals — including dogs — that ingest it.

Yvonne Lesicko, vice president for public policy at the Ohio Farm Bureau, acknowledged that farms were the primary culprit, but also pointed to other sources of harmful runoff like lawns, septic systems and golf courses.

Ms. Lesicko said farmers have sought to limit the amount of runoff, but estimated that measures like using less fertilizer and building berms may take as long as 15 or 20 years to produce results.

The ballot initiative, she said, was not a reasoned response to a complex problem.

“We care very much about the lake,” Ms. Lesicko said. “But this is not a solution. In fact, it is counterproductive. This is going to lead to lots of lawsuits and stress.”

The issue has also put Toledo’s elected officials in an unenviable position. They say that if they oppose the measure, they fear they will appear to support polluting the lake.

But backing the initiative could be worse, some reason, because the measure could cost the city tens of thousands of dollars to defend in court with no guarantee that it will survive legal review. Toledo, still heavily reliant on the automobile industry, has struggled economically in recent years.

“I think everybody is frustrated,” said Nick Komives, a City Council member, who said he supported a clean lake, but opposed the measure because it would most likely drain city finances. “The initiative is a powerful tactic. And for me, coming from an activist background, it is important to send messages. But this is probably unconstitutional.”

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Zhang Yi Ben introduction: Zhang comprehend this true identity, big secret, Zhang Ben Ben's insider

Is Zhang Wuben real? Zhang Yi's brief introduction, Zhang Jing's real identity, big secret, Zhang Jing, Ben's insider, the women's health network will be described in detail.

Health care experts, the best-selling book "eat out of sick to eat back", in February 2010 to Hunan TV "Encyclopedia" program, the popularity increased rapidly. In May 2010, there are media reports the fabrication of academic credentials of the suspects, the book to promote "green beans cure all diseases caused by market law" mung bean prices, the diet concept has also been experts questioned. In May 26, 2010, Zhang Ying held a press conference in Beijing to respond to some media queries. At the meeting, he presented the Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine science and Technology Cooperation Center for the efficacy of a sampling survey and analysis reports.

Zhang Ying, the person suspected of unlicensed medical practice, the identity of the authenticity is also in the process of verification, before the conclusion is clear, please readers carefully treat Zhang Yi's "health theory."".

Zhang Yi Ben calls himself "the contemporary Chinese dietetic therapy first person"". This "first" of the title, does not mean that Zhang represents the highest level of contemporary Chinese diet, but Zhang in the past ten years, has been called Chinese diet, vigorously advocate and practitioner.

Zhang Wu the book "eat out eating disease back", has aroused widespread concern in society, its title from Wu Guozhong's "Yellow Emperor manual" in a word, to go back to eating out eating disease.

Mr. Zhang Wuben has served as a researcher (visiting) at the center for science and technology cooperation in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) Academy of Sciences, and is the chief dietetic and health care promotion specialist.

Mr Zhang Wuben's clinical experience, through the adjustment of TCM therapeutic method of hypertension and hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, rheumatism and rheumatoid disease, lung disease, kidney disease, liver disease, stomach disease, skin disease, gynecological diseases, male disease, eye disease, tumor nearly 100 kinds of Difficult miscellaneous diseases achieved remarkable results, so that many of them were born again. These are the hospital announced to abandon the treatment of despair.

For a variety of common chronic diseases, Mr. Zhang Wuben syndrome analysis from the five row of five point, explain straightaway, summarize very clear antecedents and consequences. The diet program as the core, do not take medicine, can easily cure dozens of common chronic diseases and Difficult miscellaneous diseases. Let the reader see, Ming, listen to understand, one will learn, one use on the spirit!

This brief introduction

Zhang, born in family medicine, 6 year old father began to study medicine, clinical therapeutic experience of more than 20 years, father of Comrade Zhang Baoyang, is the leader of the party and the country doctor.

Assume office

Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine science and technology cooperation center, chief dietary promotion expert research fellow (guest)

Director of Health Branch of Chinese Medicine Association

Chief expert of Beijing Academy of traditional Chinese Medicine

Zhang Yi Ben calls himself "the contemporary Chinese dietetic therapy first person"". The title of "first man" is Zhang Wuben, who has been a spokesman for Chinese dietetic therapy for the past ten years, a great advocate and a body force. The name "Enlightenment" is the meaning of "Enlightenment", which shows the great power of it. It shows his father's profound understanding of traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese traditional culture, which shows his father's ardent expectation of his son. If you choose to follow [[] [] treatment of traditional Chinese medicine food, wine, medicine acupuncture needle] preferred "diet" in order to "diet is better than medication", advocate "people to eat first" Zhang Wuben, indeed in the implementation of the father. Meaningful... Mr. Zhang Wuben in the road will continue to explore the Chinese diet....

Mr. Zhang Wuben, born in family medicine, his father had to state leaders care doctors home farming, at the age of 6, father began to hear master of traditional Chinese medicine, was educated at Beijing Medical University Amateur correspondence (not education), in 2003 the first national senior nutrition experts (It is sheer fiction.). He is currently a research fellow of Chinese medicine science cooperation center of Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine and director of Health Branch of Chinese medicine association.

On June 2007, Chinese medicine science and technology cooperation center of traditional Chinese medicine Chinese officially began to promote "healthy Olympics in Beijing to build a harmonious community, to build a harmonious society, build a harmonious old cadres, build harmonious business unit" and other activities, as the expert speaker, Mr. Zhang has been preaching hundreds, widely praised by the leadership and the masses.

Mr. Zhang Wuben is the five line of health culture advocates, 10 years, in addition to Tibet, Xinjiang throughout the country to carry out Chinese medicine diet, regulating disease and health science popularization work, received a warm welcome from all over the audience. In the domestic central ministries such as the CPPCC National Committee. The Ministry of culture. The Ministry of construction. The Ministry of water resources. The National Audit Office, Beijing municipal government cadres management office, the people's daily, 93, Tsinghua University, Institute of Renmin University, Shougang Group and other major organs, factories, schools, community health lectures hundreds, widely recognized by society people from all walks of life. Such as the Shijingshan District Health Bureau in 2003 invited Zhang to the community of all the Chinese diet and health, disease treatment, and achieved good social benefits, in recent years Shijingshan District per capita medical consumption is lower than the average level of the 15% districts of Beijing city. In the "million mother health project" organized by the Tianjin women's Federation, Mr. Zhang Wuben is the chief health promotion expert, and has taught more than 70 sections, benefiting tens of thousands of people in Tianjin.

Zhang graduated from the Chinese medicine profession, was born in family medicine, the Institute of health education, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of health and longevity in Beijing sensible, health lecturer; international health and longevity Institute members; expert member of Beijing Institute of health protection; national nutrition improvement action expert group members; community and family health promotion project 105 a member of the expert group; hundreds of millions of farmers' health promotion project health instructor; Ministry of health first certified senior nutritionist, health lecturer; Chinese Health Education Promotion Committee lecturer, Chinese hand society lecturer, Chinese student nutrition promotion association; five health advocates China culture the six dimensional holographic balance therapy theory founder, advocates of human blood regulation theory balance system; "health" with your peers of the popular science news correspondent. In the central ministries and commissions, major organs, factories and mines, schools and community health lectures, hundreds of fields have been widely recognized by people from all walks of life. In order to spread health and benefit the people, the long-term, positive, science based, universal based mass health education continues to work for the cause of human health and dedication of love!

Zhang Wuben educational experience

In 1981, Beijing Medical University (University) Department of clinical medicine;

In 2000, Beijing Normal University major in Chinese medicine; (Beijing Normal University did not have this profession)

In 2004, the first batch of state senior nutritionists (the first batch of nutritionist in the Ministry of Health) was only junior.

Statistics show that Zhang Tong's educational experience is: "in 1981, Beijing Medical University Department of clinical medicine; in 2000, Beijing Normal University, Chinese medicine major."".

Zhang Wuben identity questioned

The mystery of the identity: medical students or knitting factory retired workers?

Reporter: it is reported that your qualifications for fraud, and that you and your father were once ordinary workers, your family status of traditional Chinese medicine questioned?

Zhang: these problems after organic will say, I will speak out the truth to these meetings, and see in the end who lie, Facts speak louder than words.

Reporter: can you tell me a little bit about it now?

Zhang Wuben: no need. Is it interesting? These are simple things, I'll tell you later.

However, some people questioned on the internet. To verify the authenticity of the information, the reporter conducted a telephone interview in May 12, 2010. Now owned by Peking University Health Science Center and Beijing Medical University, the Department is responsible for the management of teacher Ma after inquiry told "life times" reporter, 1981, the school graduates; students enrolled in 1981, did not find a man named Zhang Wuben.

In response, an editor familiar with Zhang told reporters that Zhang had told her that he had dropped out of school without graduation. When the reporter called the school of continuing education of Beijing Normal University to verify, coincidentally, a female teacher told reporters yesterday, "there are people over to help Zhang for graduate certificate, said he had disappeared." Female teacher told reporters, in 2000, the Institute of continuing education of Beijing Normal University has indeed opened a major in Chinese medicine, there is indeed a "Zhang Wu Ben" students. However, when the major countries do not recognize the degree of correspondence is not full-time, nature is mainly self-taught, open book examination.

In a brief introduction to this website, the education experience was learned at the Department of clinical medicine at Beijing Medical University in 1981. In 2000, Beijing Normal University study of traditional Chinese medicine. In 2004, the first batch of senior nutrition experts from the Ministry of health. Zhang Wuben claims to born Chinese family, 6 years old father to study medicine, clinical experience of more than 20 years. Father Zhang Baoyang Shidang and state leaders care physicians.

Peking University Health Science Center admissions office staff also heard of Zhang's name, "is not the north." Ma, who is in charge of checking the status of the school, said, "from 1981 to 1989, he studied in the Department of clinical medicine." it is impossible, time is wrong, and the school system is not so long."

Ministry of health professional identification Department staff said, titles are now assessed by the Ministry of human resources and social security, the Ministry of health will not give expert evaluation. The Ministry of health has organized examinations on one or two nutritionists, but only the primary level. "It can only meet the employment problem and can not reach the expert level at all."."

Then Zhang Wuben fame before doing what? Someone broke the news, he is the three Beijing knitting factory workers, the factory has been incorporated into the bull group. Reporters call Tongniu group, "on TV that Zhang? He's retired, not our staff." Operator's reply. Reporters then to the relevant departments of the group to understand the situation, Mr Zhu just in the last century in 80s, with Zhang Wuben in knitting three factory work.

Many of Zhang Wuben's name, there is a "Chinese medicine science and technology cooperation center of Chinese Academy of Sciences, chief China dietotherapy promotion experts". Searching in the homepage of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, no information related to it can be found. A staff member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, said: "he is not only the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences subsidiary external visits doctors."

Behind the benefits: Why did Hunan TV choose Zhang enlightenment?

The encyclopedia is a column created by Hunan satellite TV in the form of "talk show", which is a combination of variety shows and health programs. Producer Li Junyu, "Encyclopedia" will carry out comprehensive consideration of the choice of guests, like Zhang, we from the publishing industry friends learned of his books sold well, but some of the audience also suggested inviting him. We will understand and communicate with guests to determine whether he meets the requirements of the program."

Li Junyu said: "once Zhang said on the show to let everyone eat fermented foods, because yeast may contain aluminum and lead, then we should check is a synthetic yeast powder containing these ingredients, so later in the program and let him re explained."

Beijing TV station has declined Zhang Wuben

At the beginning of 2009 launch of the "Yangshengtang" BTV is a science channel brand column, also held a number of "red health masters", many guests had several programs in the speaker after one hard to find, come to search inquiry are increased, the publication of health books often become the best-selling book. Zhang Wuben is hot, "Yangshengtang" producer Wu Li also feel. Wu Li told reporters, many people asked Zhang, even want to support him a Zhang's number, he can only explain to others, his column from not invited Zhang, he and Zhang Wuben never had a personal relationship.

Wu Li said, as early as the first half of last year, Zhang Wu of the broker had contacted him to "Yangshengtang", in a detailed understanding of the relevant circumstances, Wu Liwan rejected the request. Wu Li said, many publishers are active home, I hope to recommend their best-selling book of health, the author became a guest; there are some manufacturers of health care products with money to come to the door, hoping to help them carry out publicity.

"There's a cultural company behind him"

"According to the present situation, there should be a cultural company behind him to help him operate."." Beijing an unnamed culture company responsible person said, there are many television programs in addition to the production team, behind a business team responsible for the business operation, "a lot of companies talk about cooperation and cultural objects all hope to have a 'identity', that is to say, the culture of the company to hang on a column, it is more convincing." "In some big TV stations to do health care programs, guests usually pay for the TV station. It's like a reality show.". One of the program's price, usually in the hundreds of thousands to tens of thousands." The person in charge, guests through television popular, he will soon be paid back twice. Cultural companies will help him plan behind the book and other activities, from the collection of expensive planning costs. "The people are paying the bills enthusiastically, and the television, the guests and the cultural companies have made a profit on the three sides."."

Zhang Wuben makes a handsome profit

In the Wangfujing bookstore in Beijing, Zhang Zhen's "eat the sick to eat back" in the best-selling book showcase in the striking position. The book was first printed in October 2009 and printed in second and second editions in April 2010.

A publishing house staff, press and the author signed two contracts, one is royalty contract, and the other is a one-time payment contract. The average author of a royalty contract can only get 8%, and very famous people can even get 15% royalty." This staff member to reporters calculations, if in accordance with their book sales of millions of books, each book costs 35 yuan, plus royalties, book profit is impressive. It is said that more than 1 million copies have been sold, and he can gain even greater benefits.

Perspective, Zhang Ben, Ben's red back

Three or four months ago, 4.8 yuan a catty of mung bean, mung bean has now wholesale market 10 yuan a pound, which is rapid after the heady garlic PK. The winter and spring, mung bean prices unpopular at the same time, a rumor "bean soup cure" spread like wildfire.

In February 1st this year, Hunan satellite TV "Encyclopedia all said" broadcast a period of "Zhang enlightenment, talk about health", let Zhang night jump red. His book "eat out" eat the disease back became the major bookstores, website sales cover reads "dark horse, listed 4 months exceeded 1 million copies". Zhang from the mouth of mung bean soup, long eggplant almost to a theoretical level, has thrown 80% diabetes are misdiagnosed, antihypertensive drugs will eat cerebral infarction, renal failure and other shocking statement. Now, Zhang realizes this hall, the clinic is difficult to find, and the sales girl at the clinic recommend not to hang up the number of patients to buy Zhang Wuben's discs and books.

Deified mung beans

Drink: mung bean soup! I had to tell you in the opening time, the past Chinese long lump, why have slowly gone? The method is mung bean soup. Mung bean soup is nourishing liver and blood. What does the liver do? Western medicine called detoxification, TCM believes that the liver is the main function, regulating qi, Qi is not blocked? So use mung bean soup to nourish the liver, regulate Qi to." This is a passage from the book "eating out of sick food". He was called "the first person in Chinese dietetic treatment" by many fans".

In Zhang Zhen's "eat out of the disease to eat back" in the treatment of myopia, hypertension, or cancer...... There is no magic bullet in the prescription, but the white radish, the green bean and the long eggplant are indispensable. He claimed that many times they used to cure lung cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, pneumonia and other dozens of common diseases.

The price of the mung bean began to soar after the deification of Zhang Zhen ben.

"A year ago he didn't know what he was doing"

Last night, who lived in Xidan near Marley (a pseudonym), mother's life, with a bike carrying twenty pounds of mung beans home, "this is still a platoon of the team to buy, and the family mung bean consumption too fast."." After watching the television broadcast Zhang Wu of the show, Marley home every day from the boiled bean flavor, "alley several such, home every day with the soybean plant like."

As soon as I got home, my mother took the green beans in Marley's hands. I grabbed a few and threw them into the pan. I looked up and saw the time, and then put the lid on the pot. The horse Liyao shook his head and walked out of the kitchen, "my mother has high blood pressure, this time, after watching the show, mung bean soup to drink, how to persuade not to listen." Marley's mother used to be a very thrifty person, two days ago, all the leftovers are reluctant to throw away, "now have to pour two or three pounds a day, boiled mung beans, not vague."."

The mother, who had been standing in the kitchen, turned off the fire five minutes later, and the water turned dark green. She shouted to Marley outside the house, "drink at night, too," said the teacher. "It's good for your health."."

I heard about Zhang Wuben at the beginning of last year." Marley recalled that he had found an optical disk on his home. The name of the Chinese medicine lecturer on the package was Zhang ben. Marley, who was interested in medicine, looked at it for ten minutes and threw it away. "The disc was too crude and the picture was poor.". The main thing is that what he says is wrong. He doesn't even know the difference between Chinese and Western medicine, and confuses many concepts. I just thought this guy wasn't reliable."

When Zhang Wuben finally will cure therapy in the supreme position of even a bean. "That's too far, too extreme." The Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine nutrition therapy clinic chief physician Luo Zhengwei said, bean taste sweet with partial cold, heat, and the effect of water, but because it is partial cold, so when the food should be selective. Chinese doctors pay attention to the balance of yin and Yang, and if a person with spleen and stomach deficiency is eating mung beans for a long time, it will backfire. Step back and say, even a hot heavy people, a large number of long-term consumption of mung bean, still may have adverse effects, ""." Zhang Wuben thinks, mung bean can cure lung cancer, diabetes and other more than 10 kinds of diseases. Luo Zhengwei thinks it's biased. "Any patient, according to the patient's physical condition, the patient's physique to determine how to use diet therapy."." Ten thousand people may prescribe ten thousand different prescription, not Zhang Wu of the so-called "cure mung bean Dafa, mung bean can reduce blood fat and anti tumor treatment, but must not be more than 10 kinds of diseases.

"Mung bean prices also have Zhang Ben's credit.""

"Green beans 10 yuan a pound, supermarkets are 12, 8."." On Saturday, in a shop near Guanzhuang, while the boss said, "I didn't bean, watching TV, listening to people say to buy beans, a lot of people are watching TV and ran to buy mung bean."

"Three or four months ago, mung bean sold 4.8 yuan a catty, then rose to 7 dollars a pound, last month rose to more than 8, this month is 10 dollars, buy one or several, a good time to sell a 180 pounds a day." The boss said food stores.

In the vegetable market Yangzha island of the west, people buy green beans in a continuous line, 64 year old Zhang said: "before you know let me watch TV only mung bean, mung bean know, but also health doctor." Lao Zhang put twenty catties of mung beans into the trolley car. "You have to drink it too. Who let it cure my high blood pressure?"."

"By the summer, mung bean sales must be more than before.". But these two or three months, people who buy green beans are often several times better than they used to be. This mung bean prices, but also Zhang Ben's credit." The owner said with a smile, "buy mung beans crowd mainly concentrated in the elderly, and some come, do not ask the price," said directly to me "twenty pounds of mung beans."". The last three or four months, mung bean price nearly doubled.

Aunt Liu, who bought mung beans, told reporters that she had been dancing with the older sisters and heard about the treatment of green beans. After watching TV, they soon became "fans of Zhang Zhen"". "Just pay for your health."." Aunt Liu bit her teeth and shot a hundred dollar bill.

30 thousand yuan a month, the rehabilitation camps have to wait in line

21 afternoon, located in the southwest of the National Olympic Center, this door is deserted, and the entrance of the glass door is stuck with "no photos" tips. Walking into the hall of enlightenment, there was no scene of crowds. Five or six consultants were at the front desk, and a sea newspaper with a new book was published in the lobby of the hall.

"There are so many people booked now that you can't register any more. Why don't you come back in two months?. Treatment of hypertension can follow the teacher's method, go home to eat raw eggplant, drink mung bean soup, first conditioning." The front desk staff told reporters, Wu Tang Zhang only a Zuozhen experts, 300 yuan, 1800 yuan in 2012 to row, row into next year.

When reporters were ready to leave, the staff told reporters: "registration is not possible, but you can enter the rehabilitation camp for rehabilitation training.". This training can be carried out face-to-face with Mr. Zhang, from him to develop diet therapy, you can also take a photo with Miss Zhang?. However, I would like to sign up for the rehabilitation camp for about half a month, with a fee of 10 days and 9800 yuan. There is also a month of rehabilitation training, each for 30 thousand yuan each, accompanied by 10 thousand yuan per person per person."

A middle-aged couple go out from the camp for rehabilitation, rehabilitation training of nearly 10000 yuan somewhat difficult to accept, "we go in, there are people in training, his hands clasped together, like Qigong like. The door opened open and we were not allowed in. The door was closed before I could see how many people were inside."

Often go to the Olympic Sports walk Dong Junkui said: "may be the media exposure, and this is not a few days ago lively, some time ago the doorway of a lot of people, the door parked a lot of cars."."

"Everyone has a prescription for calcium supplements"

As a faithful audience of Hunan TV station, Miss Yang was immediately attracted after she saw encyclopedia. "At first, I just thought Zhang Jie was a fun guy. When I saw the program, it was also a entertainment program."." Later, when she heard the common diseases of high blood pressure and fatty liver, she began to take it seriously.

Miss Yang hang Zhang Wu of the trustee, and the husband together Xunyiwenyao, came to see the church after see the door with a sign, suggesting that it is not here to medical institutions, not only provides a therapeutic method of pulse.

Miss Yang said, Zhang Wu of the doctor as he began to speak on television, often asking a few physical situation, falls on "it's not for you, eat mung bean, eat raw eggplant, then open the other prescription. In the observation with the registered person, Miss Yang said, she found the prescription basically everyone has written to calcium, and the door can immediately see a sell calcium counter, a lot of elderly people to buy into the box.

Zhang Wuben responded by questioning

In May 26, 2010, Zhang Ying held a press conference in Beijing to respond to some media queries. At the meeting, he presented the Chinese Academy of traditional Chinese medicine science and Technology Cooperation Center for the efficacy of a sampling survey and analysis reports.

The report is the center for science and technology cooperation in traditional Chinese medicine of Chinese Academy of Sciences. In accordance with international statistical general SPSS analysis, 668 samples were randomly selected and 584 qualified samples. Among them, the "cure" of 87 copies, accounting for 14.9%; the "effect" of 156 copies, accounting for 26.7%; the "good" in 171, accounting for 29.2%; "invalid" in 154, accounting for 26.3%; the "deterioration" of 16 copies, accounting for 2.7%. Synthesis is effective (recovery, effective, effective) 414, accounting for 70.9%. For a long bean, eggplant, Zhang responded: "I never said that this point of view. It's just that I often use these ingredients to make this kind of misunderstanding." Zhang Wuben explained that the modern people live in a way that great anger, high blood lipids, liver detoxification ability has become a common phenomenon. Mung bean soup liver toxicity to the liver, the eggplant lowering blood fat, liver, pepper, improve liver detoxification capacity, will naturally use high frequency. Zhang Wuben said, mung bean eggplant can not cure, but they are in the auxiliary treatment of disease plays an important role. "The vast majority of consultants, especially those with high blood pressure, fatty liver, and high blood lipids, have had a marked change in their symptoms after taking mung beans and eggplant." Beijing Wu Tang Health Technology Company deputy general manager Wu Wei said, "at present a lot of media focus on Zhang Wuben several commonly used food, such as green beans, eggplant and white radish, but this is only a few angle Zhang Wuben diet ingredients commonly used in iceberg." In response to the media questioned the degree of education, Zhang Ben has given the following resume. From 1981 to 1991, third in 1981 at the knitting factory, University of Beijing Medical University, 2000 graduated from the Beijing Normal University of traditional Chinese medicine. During the period, he has been studying Chinese diet therapy. Then went to the sea, but did not stop learning Chinese medicine from his father. Since 2000, Zhang Zhen focused on the study of diet and health. Zhang Wuben, the father of Mr. Zhang Baoyang also had third knitting factory work, but the last century in 80s in Beijing City Health Bureau registered private medicine clinics, and holds a qualification certificate of Chinese proficiency in a particular line staff in Beijing city. His father has been in charge of the disease for two national leaders, Zhang Wuben said, because of confidentiality reasons, the name of the leader is not open. In addition, nearly thirty by Zhang Wu of the diet, the cure on behalf of their own experiences, one behind the effectiveness of the diet. Zhang Wuben is a visiting researcher of Chinese medicine science and Technology Cooperation Center China Academy of traditional Chinese medicine, known as "the first person" Chinese diet, he see the church in Beijing to personally zuozhen. Recently, some media questioned the efficacy and educational background of his diet therapy.

Zhang Ying's career experience

Mr. Zhang Wuben was born in a Chinese family, father of Comrade Zhang Baoyang is the leader of the party and the country health care medicine, 6 year old father to study medicine, clinical therapeutic experience of more than 20. (Wucongkaozheng) June 2007, Chinese medicine science and technology cooperation center of Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese officially began the promotion of "health Olympics in Beijing, to build a harmonious community and build a harmonious society and build a harmonious old cadres, build a harmonious enterprise" and other activities, as the expert speaker, Mr. Zhang Wuben has been preaching hundreds, by widely praised the leadership and the masses.

A number of media interviews with Mr. Zhang Wuben, such as "China population daily", "Chinese women's newspaper", "health world", "Kang Shou times", "LOHAS LOHAS" magazine and so on. Beijing television in 2008 and 2009 two interviews Mr. Zhang enlightenment, the relevant content of the interview was made into 8 episodes of feature films in Beijing TV "city" column broadcast.

Mr. Zhang Wuben is an advocate of the five lines of health culture. For 10 years, he has traveled all over the country to carry out the Chinese medicine diet, regulating diseases and health science popularization, and has received a warm welcome from all parts of the audience wherever he goes.

Over the years, Mr. Zhang Wuben has with Japan, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States, Canada, Australia, Russia and other international agencies exchanges and cooperation, the incidence of these developed countries with very high rates of cancer, diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, cardiovascular disease, rheumatoid bone and joint disease, obesity and other diseases. Provide relevant therapeutic consulting services, to discuss how to introduce therapeutic projects in these countries, to provide health services to all patients diet.

A brief introduction to Zhang Wuben's works

"Eat out" eat the disease back 30 sets of feature films, known as "the first person" by contemporary Chinese diet is the diet articles delivered by Mr. Zhang Wuben, CCTV production team carefully created "big medical" TV ". The film has a sharp and interesting language, and the whole explanation is full of wit and humor, presenting the abstruse medical theories and practice in a very vivid and easy way to the audience. For a large number of common health concept, Zhang points clear criticism of numerous health misunderstanding, dialectical analysis of common chronic diseases were simple, combined with a typical case gives the dietotherapy scheme strong interoperability.

The best doctor is himself; the best hospital is the kitchen;

The best medicine is diet; the best curative effect is persistence!

"Big medicine" televisionprograms collects national well-known health experts, the fusion of ancient and modern knowledge of health care, are combined with scientific concept of health, help the audience to establish a scientific concept of health, health access method is simple and practical, so that you can see, listen to understand, learn, one with the spirit. Let the audience friends to the hospital, less medical expenses. The book of the same name "eat out of the illness to eat back" has been listed.

TCM is documented from the spring and Autumn period, as early as two thousand or three thousand years ago, the "book of changes", "emperor", "Lao Tzu" and other works have a complete health principle, made a great contribution to the health and reproduction of all the children of the Yellow Emperor Kangtai. The medical principle of TCM [syndrome differentiation and treatment], the whole concept of "meridian theory", the leading thought of prevention, the simple and convenient prevention and cure methods, make it more close to the public, and more in line with people's needs.

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Class action Lawsuits The New Medical malpractice

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Underneath is a listing of the present class action lawsuits.  This listing is presented to the public in an easy to go through structured way.

Povigil and Modafinil Made by Cephalon, Provigil is utilized to address rest problems, such as narcolepsy. Sad to say, some medical professionals recommended Provigil for off-label makes use of, putting extra sufferers at possibility for major side outcomes.

Actonel Ladies having Actonel might be at possibility for developing lifeless jaw, which occurs when bone tissue in the jaw does not recover after slight trauma.

Accutane Approved to hundreds of thousands with pimples, Accutane brings about major side outcomes, which includes Crohn's sickness and ulcerative colitis.

Adderall Utilised to address little ones with ADHD, Adderall has been linked to daily life-threatening side outcomes which includes coronary heart assault and sudden death.

Advair and Serevent Advair and Serevent are recommended to minimize the incidence of asthma attacks in sufferers. Whilst these prescription drugs decrease the range of attacks, sufferers having Advair or Serevent might practical experience a critical asthma assault that can direct to death or hospitalization.

Boniva Side Results Utilised to address osteoporosis, Boniva has been linked to osteonecrosis or lifeless jaw in buyers.

Chantix About 6 million Americans have tried to stop smoking by having the prescription drug Chantix. Sad to say, Chantix has reportedly been linked to suicide and temper improvements in buyers.

Digitek Remember Digitek was recommended for congestive coronary heart failure or cardiac arrest triggered by tachycardia. Even so, in April 2008, Digitek was recalled from the market due to a manufacturing defect that might have exposed sufferers to a double dose of Digitek.

Fentora Fentora, a well-liked painkiller utilized in cancer sufferers, might have been utilized for off-label use. This might have placed sufferers at a higher possibility for major side outcomes, which includes death.

Fosamax Fosamax is utilized to address osteoporosis in postmenopausal women. Sad to say, Fosamax has been linked to femur fractures, as effectively as lifeless jaw, which can direct to infections, rotting and fractures.

Heparin Remember A speedy blood thinner, Heparin is utilized in dialysis and medical procedures to avert blood clots. Sad to say, in Jan. 2008, a tainted batch of Heparin triggered major allergic reactions in sufferers. 

Levaquin and Cipro Utilised to address bacterial infections, Levaquin and Cipro have been linked to major tendon accidents, which includes Achilles tendon ruptures.

Paxil Paxil is an anti-depressant utilized in sufferers with melancholy and stress problems. Sad to say, some young sufferers having Paxil have made suicidal tendencies, even though mothers on the anti-depressant have sent infants with delivery defects.     

Renu Moisture Loc ReNu Moisture Loc speak to lens alternative has been pinned as the cause of an outbreak of eye fungus regarded as fungal keratitis. Fungal keratitis is a critical infection of the cornea.

Seroquel Seroquel is a drug utilized to address schizophrenic and bipolar sufferers. Even so, health care proof has shown that several sufferers having Seroquel have made diabetic issues.

Trasylol Trasylol, a drug administered during bypass medical procedures to avert abnormal blood loss, has been linked to several daily life threatening side outcomes. Scientific studies have shown that possibility of death was significantly better in sufferers injected with Trasylol.

Transvaginal Mesh also termed the Vaginal Sling, Vaginal Mesh,Vaginal mesh Patch,Avaulta Vaginal Mesh is a surgical implant built of artificial fibers. The mesh is utilized for Uterine prolapse and incontinence. The mesh is causing servere complications in women

Countrywide Vaccine Damage Payment Software The Vaccine Damage Payment Software (VICP) offers compensation to people today who have suffered an acute adverse reaction to a vaccine ensuing in long lasting injuries.

Zelnorm Zelnorm, a drug utilized to address sufferers with constipation from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), has been linked to coronary heart assault, stroke, and other major side outcomes.

Zicam Zicam Chilly Remedy goods have been recalled by the company after the Fda acquired 130 stories of anosmia, or loss of feeling of odor, from Zicam buyers.

Yaz/Yasmin Yaz and Yasmin are delivery control capsules that consist of a new kind of hormone, drospirenone. This hormone can raise users' potassium amounts and place them at possibility for coronary heart attacks and other major side outcomes.

Bextra Bextra is a agony-relieving drug that is manufactured by Pfizer. Scientific studies have shown that Bextra puts buyers at possibility Stevens Johnson Syndrome and other major pores and skin disorders, as effectively as coronary heart attacks and strokes.

Zyprexa Zyprexa is utilized to address a range of psychiatric disorders and became company Eli Lilly's best advertising drug. Sad to say, it has been linked to several unsafe side outcomes, which includes diabetic issues.

Vioxx Vioxx (Rofecoxib) is a prescription medicine that was utilized primarily to address osteoarthritis, menstrual cramps, and rheumatoid arthritis. This drug was recalled in 2004 after a examine uncovered that it triggered buyers to suffer a better rate of coronary heart attacks and strokes.

Avandia Avandia (Rosiglitazone) is recommended to Style 2 Diabetes sufferers and functions by decreasing blood sugar. Professional medical research have shown that major side outcomes can have an effect on diabetic issues sufferers who just take Avandia, which includes coronary heart assault, stroke, and liver harm.

Byetta Utilised to address Style 2 diabetic issues, Byetta will receive a black box warning to highlight the dangers of kidney challenges.

Reglan Reglan (generic: metoclopramide) acquired a black box warning from the Fda to warn individuals of the possibility of tardive dyskinesia, a neurological condition that brings about involuntary movements.

Zocor People having the cholesterol-decreasing drug Zocor (80mg) might be at possibility for rhabdomyolysis, a daily life-threatening variety of muscle mass harm.

Meridia A Meridia recall has been issued, after a examine confirmed a 16% raise in the possibility of coronary heart assault, stroke, resuscitated cardiac arrest and death amid sufferers having the prescription bodyweight loss drug.

Darvon and Darvocet Prescription agony medications Darvon, Darvocet, and propoxyphene have been taken off the market due to the possibility of perhaps deadly coronary heart rhythm abnormalities.

Metanx Substitutes Reportedly, pharmacies have been substituting Metanx with Folast, Neurpath-B or Duleek-Achieved, which might not be suitable substitutions, and sufferers who have been dispensed these goods as a Metanx substitute might be entitled to compensation.

Topamax Ladies having Topamax or the generic topiramate during being pregnant have an amplified possibility of delivering a boy or girl with a cleft palate, cleft lip or other oral delivery defect.

Professional medical Food items Generics Allegedly, pharmacies have been dispensing nonequivalent health care foodstuff generics for prescription goods, such as Deplin, Neevo Metanx and Cerefolin. Environmental Hazards

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Lots of around-the-counter prescription drugs, which includes Advil Liquid-Gels and Children's Motrin Chewable tablets, have been linked to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS). This major health care situation has an effect on the pores and skin and mucous membranes and can direct to extended-expression injuries or death.

Food items Poisoning Whilst most healthful persons can get well from foodstuff poisoning in a number of days, little ones, elders and individuals with compromised immune devices can develop major extended-expression complications which includes Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

Asbestos-Associated Diseases During the 1900s, several asbestos corporations knew the dangers of the mineral, but neglected to tell their workforce or the public. Many years later on, former asbestos firm employees are developing deadly diseases, such as mesothelioma.

Floor H2o Contamination When gasoline, chemicals or oil enter the groundwater, people today drinking or bathing in the h2o are at-possibility for major side outcomes. Contaminated groundwater can direct to a range of health and fitness challenges which includes liver disorders, coronary heart challenges, cancer and discovering disabilities.

Benzene Exposure Benzene is a person of the most greatly utilized chemicals in the United States, uncovered in everything from plastics to detergents. Whilst most persons have small publicity to benzene, chemical plant and oil refinery employees with extended-expression publicity to the chemical have a better possibility of developing leukemia, anemia and abnormal bleeding.     Direct Poisoning Much more than one million little ones under the age of 6 have direct amounts of ten micrograms per deciliter. This elevated direct amount can direct to mind harm, discovering disabilities and habits challenges in little ones.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Lawsuits As a final result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, firms together the U.S. Gulf Coastline are predicted to suffer a loss of gains. People suffering economic losses as a final result of the oil spill might be ready to find compensation under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Solution Liability

Yamaha Rhino ATV The Yamaha Rhino All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) is a well-liked car for off-road riding and racing. Even so, its unsafe style and design, which involves a higher centre of gravity, small tires and an really slim keep track of width, make the car susceptible to rollover mishaps.

Apple Apple iphone 3G Users of the Apple iphone 3G, a multimedia smartphone manufactured by Apple, have complained of many defects with the item. These problems consist of hairline cracks transpiring during typical use and operating challenges with the 3G community.

Chinese Drywall Hundreds of residences through the country ended up developed with faulty Chinese drywall among 2004 and 2007. Indicators of Chinese drywall consist of rotten egg odors, corrosion of copper wiring, and failure of air conditioning units.

Denture Product Users of well-liked denture cream models, which includes Poligrip, Super Poligrip and Fixodent, might be at possibility for zinc poisoning, copper deficiency, and a neurological situation regarded as neuropathy.

LASIK LASIK has helped hundreds of thousands of Americans are living without contacts or glasses. Sad to say, sufferers are now reporting major complications which includes blindness.

Toyota Remember Several major mishaps have been attributed to challenges with the flooring mats and gas pedals in Toyota automobiles. Toyota has recalled hundreds of thousands of motor vehicles in order to deal with problems of the gas pedal acquiring caught on the flooring mat or sticking in a frustrated place, causing unintended acceleration.

CertainTeed Fiber Cement Siding CertainTeed fiber cement siding has been linked to a range of challenges, which includes shrinking and cracking of the siding boards, and the firm has allegedly failed to honor its item warranties.

Uponor Pex Plumbing Fittings Uponor Inc. has allegedly sold faulty plumbing fittings which can fall short prematurely, causing substantial h2o harm.

GM SUV and Truck Remember Common Motors has expanded its Dec. 2010 recall to consist of extra than 26,500 Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC trucks and SUVs due to a difficulty which could cause the cars' rear axles to lock.

Consumer Fraud

Additional time Shell out Most workforce are eligible for time beyond regulation spend. If an eligible staff does not receive time-and-a-half spend for several hours labored around forty, they might qualify for a lawsuit to get well unpaid wages.

Employee Misclassification Some companies deliberately misclassify employees to keep away from paying time beyond regulation. When an staff is wrongfully placed into an exempt class, they grow to be ineligible for time beyond regulation. Deliberately misclassifying workforce is unlawful and unethical.

Age Discrimination The Federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act prohibits employees around forty from discrimination dependent on age. People discriminated mainly because of age in firing, hiring, spend or promotion might be eligible for compensation by way of an age discrimination lawsuit.

Warn Act The Warn Act calls for companies to give a 60-working day advance recognize of plant layoffs or closings to secure employees and their family members.

Unfair Overdraft Safety Expenses Lots of of the country's most significant banks, which includes Lender of The usa, Citibank, and Wachovia are allegedly subjecting their consumers to unfair and misleading overdraft protection rates.

Webpage Furthermore Cellular Unrestricted Talk and Text Plan Webpage Furthermore Cellular, a prepaid mobile cell phone provider, features an unlimited communicate and text system for $39.95 per month. Even so, consumers have described that their plans have been unfairly terminated for alleged abuse of the company.

Unlawful Nevada Car or truck Rental Expenses Leading rental vehicle suppliers Avis, Spending budget Group, Alamo and Countrywide allegedly charged illegal service fees to consumers at the Reno and Las Vegas airports in Nevada.

Escrow Officers and Closers Unpaid Additional time Statements Most escrow closers and escrow officers are entitled to time beyond regulation spend when operating extra than forty several hours in a single 7 days. Even so, some companies in the title insurance plan business have allegedly adopted a exercise of misclassifying these workforce as "exempt" to keep away from paying time beyond regulation to these employees.

Money owed of Deceased Relatives A new trend in the personal debt assortment business, personal debt collectors are speaking to surviving loved ones customers to obtain deceased relative's money owed. Even so, surviving relatives are frequently not obligated to spend the money owed of loved ones customers who have handed absent.

California Use It Or Reduce It Trip Coverage California labor law prohibits companies from having absent gained but unused getaway days, as a result generating use-it-or-get rid of-it getaway insurance policies unlawful. Personal debt Validation Period of time Personal debt collectors can not make payment calls for after the receipt of a personal debt validation letter and ahead of the mailing of the requested data.

High IOS Telecom Telephone Contact Rates Individuals who ended up overcharged for domestic, international, or obtain calls built from spend phones and hotel area phones might be ready to obtain compensation for these higher cell phone simply call service fees.     Ability Balance Bracelets Ability Balance has admitted that its wristbands, which declare to improve stability and agility, are not backed by scientific proof.

Phiten Necklaces and Bracelets A Phiten class action lawsuit has been filed, accusing the firm of employing bogus and misleading promotion in the promotion of its bracelets and necklaces, which are promoted as owning the capacity to counteract exhaustion and relieve discomfort.

Lights of The usa LED Lamps Statements with regards to the Lights of The usa LED lamps allegedly exaggerate the product's daily life expectancy and gentle output, and individuals who purchased the LED gentle bulbs dependent on these claims might be entitled to economic compensation.

Your Newborn Can Examine A class action lawsuit claims that the Your Newborn Can Examine Early Language Enhancement Systems are ineffective and have been falsely misrepresented in advertisements. As a final result, individuals might be ready to just take legal action to get well the charge of the technique, which market for approximately $200.

TaxMasters A TaxMasters class action lawsuit claims that the tax reduction firm engaged in unfair enterprise techniques and misleading promotion.

Bankrupt Firms and Retirement Options When a enterprise which features firm stock as an expenditure option for 401(k) and retirement plans information for bankruptcy, they have sure obligations under ERISA to secure their employees' plans.

Harmful Professional medical Equipment Shoulder Agony Pump Shoulder agony pumps enable sufferers handle article-medical procedures agony without the enable of narcotics. Sad to say, shoulder agony pumps can cause major extended-expression shoulder harm.

Medtronic Dash Fidelis Direct The Dash Fidelis direct wire in Medtronic defibrillators has been recalled after exploration confirmed that the wire can crack and cause a harmful shock to the user.

Composix Kugel Hernia Mesh Patch Utilised to repair service incisional hernias, the Composix Kugel Hernia Mesh Patch was recalled due to a defect in its memory recoil ring. Sad to say, several sufferers had currently practical experience bowel obstructions, sepsis and other major side outcomes ahead of the patch was deemed faulty.

Duragesic Patch Remember Duragesic patches, also regarded as fentanyl patches, are utilized to address long-term agony, most normally in cancer sufferers. Even so, Duragesic patches have acquired a warning by the Fda mainly because of doable leaks from the patches, which can direct to death.

Gadolinium Injection Hazard Gadolinium-containing distinction brokers allow for medical professionals to location abnormalities during MRIs and MRAs. Even so, gadolinium distinction brokers have been linked to a perhaps daily life-threatening situation regarded as nephrogenic systemic fibrosis in kidney sufferers.

NuvaRing NuvaRing is a contraceptive ring that is placed in the vicinity of the cervix and releases hormones to avert being pregnant. Critical health and fitness pitfalls connected with NuvaRing consist of coronary heart attacks, strokes, and pulmonary embolism, amid other unsafe side outcomes.

Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Socket Implant People implanted with the Durom Cup Hip Socket practical experience critical agony after medical procedures, frequently leaving them extra immobile than ahead of the treatment. Transvaginal Mesh The transvaginal mesh can help address women with urinary strain incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. Even so, around 3 several years, 9 producers of the surgical mesh acquired extra than a thousand stories of complications which includes infection and bowel perforation.

Ortho Evra Beginning Regulate Patch The Ortho Evra contraceptive patch was introduced as an substitute to oral contraceptives. Even so, the better sum of hormones unveiled by the patch puts women at a greater possibility for major side outcomes, such as coronary heart assault, stroke, and pulmonary embolism.

Ti Synex II Vertebral Overall body Alternative Remember All tons of the Ti Synex II Vertebral Overall body Alternative have been recalled after sufferers complained of amplified agony, spinal compression fracture and neural injuries.

DePuy ASR Hip Implant Two DePuy hip substitute goods, the ASR Hip Resurfacing System and the ASR XL Acetabular System, ended up recalled after new facts confirmed that a person in eight sufferers essential corrective medical procedures.

Avaulta Transvaginal Mesh Made to address pelvic organ prolapse, the Avaulta transvaginal mesh has been linked to a range of surgical mesh complications, which includes pelvic agony, vaginal scarring, irritation and infection.

Zimmer STRYKER Knee Alternative The Zimmer NexGen CR-Flex Knee Alternative has been linked to an early failure rate. As a final result, surgeons have requested a Zimmer knee implant recall.

DePuy Pinnacle Acetabular Cup System( DEPUY ASR AND PINNACLE HIP REPLACEMENTS) Although a DePuy Pinnacle hip recall has not been issued, sufferers have described a range of DePuy Pinnacle challenges, which includes hip agony and hip implant failure.

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7 Things That Will Happen If 14 Million More People Are Uninsured Next Year

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Next year, about 14 million more Americans could be uninsured if the House-passed version of health care becomes law, according to the Congressional Budget Office analysis, a more pressing issue than the estimated 23 million expected to be affected by 2026. 

In addition to the individual burdens of accessing health care without insurance, injecting millions of uninsured people into the health care system would have a sweeping effect on both the system and on public health outcomes, doctors and health experts say.

The revenue cuts “are like cutting off some of the body’s oxygen supply — partial strangulation,” Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy and management at the Boston University School of Public Health, told HuffPost. “They don’t make health care more efficient; rather, they mean that many people get less care.”

Should the law go into effect, lack of coverage will mean fewer people will have the resources to prevent conditions, effectively treat diseases or manage chronic illnesses before a crisis develops. Here are just a few ways that experts see reduced coverage affecting patients next year:

Patients delay care and develop progressive diseases  

When patients don’t have health insurance, they tend to delay care or testing until diseases are more advanced, which could lead to complications, necessitate more serious treatments and result in worse health outcomes.  

“More uninsured people would lead to people using emergency room care more since they may not seek out primary care. This means that people would only get care when they are really sick, which would mean their health could be permanently affected by something that could have been caught earlier. In my case, that means I’ll be doing a lot less pap smears and diagnosing more cancer.”

―Dr. Kristyn Brandi, obstetrician and gynecologist at Boston Medical Center

“Increasing the number of uninsured Americans could affect physicians’ ability to provide quality preventive care to patients.”

―Dr. Catherine Hough-Telford, Pediatric Health Care Alliance

“Diabetes may go unnoticed in its early stages but can lead to a host of problems that people don’t think about, including blindness and neuropathy. When more people are uninsured, they are less able to obtain access to both primary and specialty care, meaning that when we finally do see them in the ER, some complications that could have been preventable are unfortunately now permanent. All things being equal, the patients we see in the ER will be sicker from not having had insurance than if they had.” 

―Dr. Renee Hsia, professor of emergency medicine and health policy at the University of California, San Francisco

Life will be harder for people with chronic diseases

About half of all American adults, or about 117 million people, had at least one chronic health condition as of 2012, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And for many of those people, such as individuals with diabetes, going without medication is not an option, regardless of insurance coverage.

People with chronic diseases will likely to pay more for insurance and are under pressure not to let that coverage lapse, lest they risk being charged by insurers based on their health. And should those chronically ill people lose coverage altogether, the burden of that loss means more people getting sicker before they pay to get medical care. In the case of an uninsured individual with diabetes, for example, lack of health insurance could lead to an amputation rather than a managed disease.

“I am deeply concerned for people with chronic diseases, especially for those with liver diseases and catastrophic conditions requiring organ transplants that might lose the coverage they need.”

―Bill Remak, chairman of the California Hepatitis C Task Force

Hospitals and doctors will be under increasing financial strain

About one-third of rural hospitals operate at a loss, according to Stat, and although rural and urban hospitals have been closing at a similar rate, with about 100 hospitals closing since 2010, those closures take a bigger toll on rural areas. One aspect of the Affordable Care Act that has helped rural hospitals stay afloat is payments through the expansion of Medicaid, something that would slowly diminish under the Republican health care plan. And hospitals in states that have not expanded Medicaid have fought for those lifesaving federal funds.

When a hospital in a rural area closes, residents often have to travel much farther to the next available hospital. And given the link between increased hospital travel time and mortality, closing a rural hospital could at times mean the difference between life and death.

“Hospitals and doctors serving people who are older, sicker, and poorer—and rural and urban places where those people live—will be even more stressed financially. Some will close up shop and others will relocate.  Travel time for care will grow. This will mean less care for fewer people at greater cost.”

―Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy and management at the Boston University School of Public Health   

Unplanned pregnancy will rise 

Although nearly half of pregnancies are unintended, according to the Guttmacher Institute, the United States has made massive gains in reducing teenage pregnancy in recent years, hitting a record low of 22 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19 in 2015, according to the CDC. 

Although public health experts can’t completely explain the decline, evidence suggests teens abstaining from sexual activity and using birth control when they do have sex have driven down the teen birth rate. Without reliable access to affordable or even free birth control, many women will no longer be able to effectively prevent pregnancy.

The House bill would allow states to roll back the Obamacare provision for free birth control. It would also prevent Medicaid funds from being used at Planned Parenthood clinics, even for contraceptive services.  

“More women may come to me with an unplanned pregnancy because they can no longer afford their birth control without insurance.”

―Dr. Kristyn Brandi, OB/GYN at Boston Medical Center

The opioid epidemic will worsen

Of the 14 million Americans poised to lose insurance, about 420,000 will have diagnosable problems with opioid use. Losing health insurance would mean not being able to afford medication-assisted treatments for opioid addiction, such as buprenorphine, Dr. Peter Friedmann, associate dean for research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and chief research officer at the nonprofit Baystate Health, noted in an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine in March.

Unaffordable opioid treatments would hit rural areas the hardest, since, as Friedmann points out, the 15 counties with the highest opioid overdose mortality in 2015 were predominantly rural areas in Kentucky and West Virginia.

And since both states opted to expand Medicaid, reversing that insurance expansion could strip tens of thousands of rural Americans of medication-assisted treatment coverage.

“This loss of coverage for addiction treatment, an essential health benefit (EHB) under the ACA, as well as reductions in addiction treatment coverage in states that receive EHB waivers, will have devastating consequences for people, families and communities ravaged by the opioid epidemic.”

―Dr. Peter Friedmann, chief research officer at Baystate Health

We’ll lose the progress we’ve made against sepsis 

Sepsis, a severe reaction to infection that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death, kills about 258,000 Americans per year, making it the ninth leading cause of disease-related death, according to the CDC.

This will mean less care for fewer people at greater cost. Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy and management, Boston University School of Public Health

It’s also a disease that disproportionately affects adults older than 65 and the uninsured, who have a higher rate of sepsis-related mortality than insured Americans, according to a 2011 study published in the journal Critical Care.  

Timely treatment is critical when it comes to saving lives and reducing injury from sepsis, so having access to insurance and, therefore, health care resources, can be the difference between life and death. We’d unfortunately expect to see an increase in sepsis injuries, such as amputation, and death if more people were without health insurance or had no access to health care resources. This would be tragic, as sepsis is a treatable condition when caught early and people receive appropriate treatment.

―Thomas Heymann, executive director of Sepsis Alliance

The rise of unpredictable pre-existing conditions 

When new epidemics break out, such as the rise of the Zika virus, it can suddenly change the public health care picture in ways that couldn’t be predicted.

Since the Zika virus wasn’t an issue when the Affordable Care Act was signed in 2010, mothers of children with Zika-related health problems, such as microcephaly, could end up paying more for their kids’ health insurance or even be priced out of coverage altogether under the new plan, Mother Jones reports. 

The CDC estimates that having a child with microcephaly (a Zika-related birth defect that can cause babies to have neurological damage and smaller-than-average heads) could translate to up to $10 million in medical care over the course of a child’s lifetime.

Those expensive medical bills could incentivize insurance companies to charge the parents of children with mircrocephaly more for premiums and to penalize them financially should their insurance coverage lapse. For now, the number of families affected by Zika in the U.S. is small. According to the CDC, there were 64 babies born with Zika-related birth defects in the United States as of May 9. 

“You’d have to be very careful as the parent of a child to never have a break in coverage.”

―Karen Pollitz, a senior fellow at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told Mother Jones 

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Next year, about 14 million more Americans could be uninsured if the House-passed version of health care becomes law, according to the Congressional Budget Office analysis, a more pressing issue than the estimated 23 million expected to be affected by 2026. 

In addition to the individual burdens of accessing health care without insurance, injecting millions of uninsured people into the health care system would have a sweeping effect on both the system and on public health outcomes, doctors and health experts say.

The revenue cuts “are like cutting off some of the body’s oxygen supply — partial strangulation,” Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy and management at the Boston University School of Public Health, told HuffPost. “They don’t make health care more efficient; rather, they mean that many people get less care.”

Should the law go into effect, lack of coverage will mean fewer people will have the resources to prevent conditions, effectively treat diseases or manage chronic illnesses before a crisis develops. Here are just a few ways that experts see reduced coverage affecting patients next year:

Patients delay care and develop progressive diseases  

When patients don’t have health insurance, they tend to delay care or testing until diseases are more advanced, which could lead to complications, necessitate more serious treatments and result in worse health outcomes.  

“More uninsured people would lead to people using emergency room care more since they may not seek out primary care. This means that people would only get care when they are really sick, which would mean their health could be permanently affected by something that could have been caught earlier. In my case, that means I’ll be doing a lot less pap smears and diagnosing more cancer.”

―Dr. Kristyn Brandi, obstetrician and gynecologist at Boston Medical Center

“Increasing the number of uninsured Americans could affect physicians’ ability to provide quality preventive care to patients.”

―Dr. Catherine Hough-Telford, Pediatric Health Care Alliance

“Diabetes may go unnoticed in its early stages but can lead to a host of problems that people don’t think about, including blindness and neuropathy. When more people are uninsured, they are less able to obtain access to both primary and specialty care, meaning that when we finally do see them in the ER, some complications that could have been preventable are unfortunately now permanent. All things being equal, the patients we see in the ER will be sicker from not having had insurance than if they had.” 

―Dr. Renee Hsia, professor of emergency medicine and health policy at the University of California, San Francisco

Life will be harder for people with chronic diseases

About half of all American adults, or about 117 million people, had at least one chronic health condition as of 2012, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And for many of those people, such as individuals with diabetes, going without medication is not an option, regardless of insurance coverage.

People with chronic diseases will likely to pay more for insurance and are under pressure not to let that coverage lapse, lest they risk being charged by insurers based on their health. And should those chronically ill people lose coverage altogether, the burden of that loss means more people getting sicker before they pay to get medical care. In the case of an uninsured individual with diabetes, for example, lack of health insurance could lead to an amputation rather than a managed disease.

“I am deeply concerned for people with chronic diseases, especially for those with liver diseases and catastrophic conditions requiring organ transplants that might lose the coverage they need.”

―Bill Remak, chairman of the California Hepatitis C Task Force

Hospitals and doctors will be under increasing financial strain

About one-third of rural hospitals operate at a loss, according to Stat, and although rural and urban hospitals have been closing at a similar rate, with about 100 hospitals closing since 2010, those closures take a bigger toll on rural areas. One aspect of the Affordable Care Act that has helped rural hospitals stay afloat is payments through the expansion of Medicaid, something that would slowly diminish under the Republican health care plan. And hospitals in states that have not expanded Medicaid have fought for those lifesaving federal funds.

When a hospital in a rural area closes, residents often have to travel much farther to the next available hospital. And given the link between increased hospital travel time and mortality, closing a rural hospital could at times mean the difference between life and death.

“Hospitals and doctors serving people who are older, sicker, and poorer—and rural and urban places where those people live—will be even more stressed financially. Some will close up shop and others will relocate.  Travel time for care will grow. This will mean less care for fewer people at greater cost.”

―Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy and management at the Boston University School of Public Health   

Unplanned pregnancy will rise 

Although nearly half of pregnancies are unintended, according to the Guttmacher Institute, the United States has made massive gains in reducing teenage pregnancy in recent years, hitting a record low of 22 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19 in 2015, according to the CDC. 

Although public health experts can’t completely explain the decline, evidence suggests teens abstaining from sexual activity and using birth control when they do have sex have driven down the teen birth rate. Without reliable access to affordable or even free birth control, many women will no longer be able to effectively prevent pregnancy.

The House bill would allow states to roll back the Obamacare provision for free birth control. It would also prevent Medicaid funds from being used at Planned Parenthood clinics, even for contraceptive services.  

“More women may come to me with an unplanned pregnancy because they can no longer afford their birth control without insurance.”

―Dr. Kristyn Brandi, OB/GYN at Boston Medical Center

The opioid epidemic will worsen

Of the 14 million Americans poised to lose insurance, about 420,000 will have diagnosable problems with opioid use. Losing health insurance would mean not being able to afford medication-assisted treatments for opioid addiction, such as buprenorphine, Dr. Peter Friedmann, associate dean for research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and chief research officer at the nonprofit Baystate Health, noted in an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine in March.

Unaffordable opioid treatments would hit rural areas the hardest, since, as Friedmann points out, the 15 counties with the highest opioid overdose mortality in 2015 were predominantly rural areas in Kentucky and West Virginia.

And since both states opted to expand Medicaid, reversing that insurance expansion could strip tens of thousands of rural Americans of medication-assisted treatment coverage.

“This loss of coverage for addiction treatment, an essential health benefit (EHB) under the ACA, as well as reductions in addiction treatment coverage in states that receive EHB waivers, will have devastating consequences for people, families and communities ravaged by the opioid epidemic.”

―Dr. Peter Friedmann, chief research officer at Baystate Health

We’ll lose the progress we’ve made against sepsis 

Sepsis, a severe reaction to infection that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death, kills about 258,000 Americans per year, making it the ninth leading cause of disease-related death, according to the CDC.

This will mean less care for fewer people at greater cost. Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy and management, Boston University School of Public Health

It’s also a disease that disproportionately affects adults older than 65 and the uninsured, who have a higher rate of sepsis-related mortality than insured Americans, according to a 2011 study published in the journal Critical Care.  

Timely treatment is critical when it comes to saving lives and reducing injury from sepsis, so having access to insurance and, therefore, health care resources, can be the difference between life and death. We’d unfortunately expect to see an increase in sepsis injuries, such as amputation, and death if more people were without health insurance or had no access to health care resources. This would be tragic, as sepsis is a treatable condition when caught early and people receive appropriate treatment.

―Thomas Heymann, executive director of Sepsis Alliance

The rise of unpredictable pre-existing conditions 

When new epidemics break out, such as the rise of the Zika virus, it can suddenly change the public health care picture in ways that couldn’t be predicted.

Since the Zika virus wasn’t an issue when the Affordable Care Act was signed in 2010, mothers of children with Zika-related health problems, such as microcephaly, could end up paying more for their kids’ health insurance or even be priced out of coverage altogether under the new plan, Mother Jones reports. 

The CDC estimates that having a child with microcephaly (a Zika-related birth defect that can cause babies to have neurological damage and smaller-than-average heads) could translate to up to $10 million in medical care over the course of a child’s lifetime.

Those expensive medical bills could incentivize insurance companies to charge the parents of children with mircrocephaly more for premiums and to penalize them financially should their insurance coverage lapse. For now, the number of families affected by Zika in the U.S. is small. According to the CDC, there were 64 babies born with Zika-related birth defects in the United States as of May 9. 

“You’d have to be very careful as the parent of a child to never have a break in coverage.”

―Karen Pollitz, a senior fellow at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told Mother Jones 

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7 Things That Will Happen If 14 Million More People Are Uninsured Next Year

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Next year, about 14 million more Americans could be uninsured if the House-passed version of health care becomes law, according to the Congressional Budget Office analysis, a more pressing issue than the estimated 23 million expected to be affected by 2026. 

In addition to the individual burdens of accessing health care without insurance, injecting millions of uninsured people into the health care system would have a sweeping effect on both the system and on public health outcomes, doctors and health experts say.

The revenue cuts “are like cutting off some of the body’s oxygen supply — partial strangulation,” Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy and management at the Boston University School of Public Health, told HuffPost. “They don’t make health care more efficient; rather, they mean that many people get less care.”

Should the law go into effect, lack of coverage will mean fewer people will have the resources to prevent conditions, effectively treat diseases or manage chronic illnesses before a crisis develops. Here are just a few ways that experts see reduced coverage affecting patients next year:

Patients delay care and develop progressive diseases  

When patients don’t have health insurance, they tend to delay care or testing until diseases are more advanced, which could lead to complications, necessitate more serious treatments and result in worse health outcomes.  

“More uninsured people would lead to people using emergency room care more since they may not seek out primary care. This means that people would only get care when they are really sick, which would mean their health could be permanently affected by something that could have been caught earlier. In my case, that means I’ll be doing a lot less pap smears and diagnosing more cancer.”

―Dr. Kristyn Brandi, obstetrician and gynecologist at Boston Medical Center

“Increasing the number of uninsured Americans could affect physicians’ ability to provide quality preventive care to patients.”

―Dr. Catherine Hough-Telford, Pediatric Health Care Alliance

“Diabetes may go unnoticed in its early stages but can lead to a host of problems that people don’t think about, including blindness and neuropathy. When more people are uninsured, they are less able to obtain access to both primary and specialty care, meaning that when we finally do see them in the ER, some complications that could have been preventable are unfortunately now permanent. All things being equal, the patients we see in the ER will be sicker from not having had insurance than if they had.” 

―Dr. Renee Hsia, professor of emergency medicine and health policy at the University of California, San Francisco

Life will be harder for people with chronic diseases

About half of all American adults, or about 117 million people, had at least one chronic health condition as of 2012, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And for many of those people, such as individuals with diabetes, going without medication is not an option, regardless of insurance coverage.

People with chronic diseases will likely to pay more for insurance and are under pressure not to let that coverage lapse, lest they risk being charged by insurers based on their health. And should those chronically ill people lose coverage altogether, the burden of that loss means more people getting sicker before they pay to get medical care. In the case of an uninsured individual with diabetes, for example, lack of health insurance could lead to an amputation rather than a managed disease.

“I am deeply concerned for people with chronic diseases, especially for those with liver diseases and catastrophic conditions requiring organ transplants that might lose the coverage they need.”

―Bill Remak, chairman of the California Hepatitis C Task Force

Hospitals and doctors will be under increasing financial strain

About one-third of rural hospitals operate at a loss, according to Stat, and although rural and urban hospitals have been closing at a similar rate, with about 100 hospitals closing since 2010, those closures take a bigger toll on rural areas. One aspect of the Affordable Care Act that has helped rural hospitals stay afloat is payments through the expansion of Medicaid, something that would slowly diminish under the Republican health care plan. And hospitals in states that have not expanded Medicaid have fought for those lifesaving federal funds.

When a hospital in a rural area closes, residents often have to travel much farther to the next available hospital. And given the link between increased hospital travel time and mortality, closing a rural hospital could at times mean the difference between life and death.

“Hospitals and doctors serving people who are older, sicker, and poorer—and rural and urban places where those people live—will be even more stressed financially. Some will close up shop and others will relocate.  Travel time for care will grow. This will mean less care for fewer people at greater cost.”

―Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy and management at the Boston University School of Public Health   

Unplanned pregnancy will rise 

Although nearly half of pregnancies are unintended, according to the Guttmacher Institute, the United States has made massive gains in reducing teenage pregnancy in recent years, hitting a record low of 22 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19 in 2015, according to the CDC. 

Although public health experts can’t completely explain the decline, evidence suggests teens abstaining from sexual activity and using birth control when they do have sex have driven down the teen birth rate. Without reliable access to affordable or even free birth control, many women will no longer be able to effectively prevent pregnancy.

The House bill would allow states to roll back the Obamacare provision for free birth control. It would also prevent Medicaid funds from being used at Planned Parenthood clinics, even for contraceptive services.  

“More women may come to me with an unplanned pregnancy because they can no longer afford their birth control without insurance.”

―Dr. Kristyn Brandi, OB/GYN at Boston Medical Center

The opioid epidemic will worsen

Of the 14 million Americans poised to lose insurance, about 420,000 will have diagnosable problems with opioid use. Losing health insurance would mean not being able to afford medication-assisted treatments for opioid addiction, such as buprenorphine, Dr. Peter Friedmann, associate dean for research at the University of Massachusetts Medical School and chief research officer at the nonprofit Baystate Health, noted in an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine in March.

Unaffordable opioid treatments would hit rural areas the hardest, since, as Friedmann points out, the 15 counties with the highest opioid overdose mortality in 2015 were predominantly rural areas in Kentucky and West Virginia.

And since both states opted to expand Medicaid, reversing that insurance expansion could strip tens of thousands of rural Americans of medication-assisted treatment coverage.

“This loss of coverage for addiction treatment, an essential health benefit (EHB) under the ACA, as well as reductions in addiction treatment coverage in states that receive EHB waivers, will have devastating consequences for people, families and communities ravaged by the opioid epidemic.”

―Dr. Peter Friedmann, chief research officer at Baystate Health

We’ll lose the progress we’ve made against sepsis 

Sepsis, a severe reaction to infection that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure and death, kills about 258,000 Americans per year, making it the ninth leading cause of disease-related death, according to the CDC.

This will mean less care for fewer people at greater cost. Alan Sager, professor of health law, policy and management, Boston University School of Public Health

It’s also a disease that disproportionately affects adults older than 65 and the uninsured, who have a higher rate of sepsis-related mortality than insured Americans, according to a 2011 study published in the journal Critical Care.  

Timely treatment is critical when it comes to saving lives and reducing injury from sepsis, so having access to insurance and, therefore, health care resources, can be the difference between life and death. We’d unfortunately expect to see an increase in sepsis injuries, such as amputation, and death if more people were without health insurance or had no access to health care resources. This would be tragic, as sepsis is a treatable condition when caught early and people receive appropriate treatment.

―Thomas Heymann, executive director of Sepsis Alliance

The rise of unpredictable pre-existing conditions 

When new epidemics break out, such as the rise of the Zika virus, it can suddenly change the public health care picture in ways that couldn’t be predicted.

Since the Zika virus wasn’t an issue when the Affordable Care Act was signed in 2010, mothers of children with Zika-related health problems, such as microcephaly, could end up paying more for their kids’ health insurance or even be priced out of coverage altogether under the new plan, Mother Jones reports. 

The CDC estimates that having a child with microcephaly (a Zika-related birth defect that can cause babies to have neurological damage and smaller-than-average heads) could translate to up to $10 million in medical care over the course of a child’s lifetime.

Those expensive medical bills could incentivize insurance companies to charge the parents of children with mircrocephaly more for premiums and to penalize them financially should their insurance coverage lapse. For now, the number of families affected by Zika in the U.S. is small. According to the CDC, there were 64 babies born with Zika-related birth defects in the United States as of May 9. 

“You’d have to be very careful as the parent of a child to never have a break in coverage.”

―Karen Pollitz, a senior fellow at the Kaiser Family Foundation, told Mother Jones 

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Obtaining and Filling Psychiatrists’ Medication Prescriptions Constitute Obstacles to Treatment of Bipolar Disorder (1) and (2).

Obtaining and Filling Psychiatrists’ Medication Prescriptions Constitute Obstacles to Treatment of Bipolar Disorder (1) and (2). This post is to cooperate with my sister, Kim Holland, MD, in publicizing Mental Health Awareness Month. Many people who are diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder often need to maintain a measurable level of lithium and/or other substances in their blood in order to treat and avoid recurrence of bipolar symptoms. Consequences of failing to maintain blood serum levels of prescribed medications can include sleeplessness, emotional lability (instability), mood swings, depression and even psychosis (in those with Bipolar Type 1). In most countries many or all of the medications that treat Bipolar 1 and Bipolar 2 are available by prescription only.   In my case (Bipolar 2) case, my prescribed Quetiapine/Seroquel and Escitalopram/Lexapro are available in the Dominican Republic without prescription.   Xanax (crucial for sleep), however, is legally sold here and in most countries by prescription only.  (In the USA, all of my prescribed medications are sold by prescription only.) Even when bipolarity medications are available without prescription, they can cost hundreds of dollars per month, which will not be reimbursed by insurance companies unless prescribed by an authorized physician. I have no medical insurance.  I self-pay my medications in the Dominican Republic at an approximate cost of $100 USD per month (but the same medications might cost $500/month in the USA). Where medications are available by physician prescription only, the patient must have sufficient money and/or insurance to see a physician authorized to prescribe psychoactive medication.   Exceptions include socialized medicine countries such as Brazil, where government-proviided psychiatric visits are free but must be scheduled days or weeks in advance. In Brazil and in the Dominican Republic, only psychiatrists have the forms necessary to prescribe some or all psychoactive medicines, e.g. the Xanax that I take. Psychiatrists in the USA often have months-long waiting lists.  Patients are often required to see a social worker and/or primary care physician before seeing a psychiatrist. As a result, managing to schedule and pay for psychiatric visits in order to obtain medication can be as challenging as any other aspect of managing Bipolar Disorder. Money can be a significant obstacle to treatment.  In the USA, one visit to a psychiatrist can cost $200.00 USD (US Dollars).  That is how much a person with $660.00 USD of monthly income would be expected to be able to pay monthly for rent, or half the advisable rent of an individual living at the poverty level. In the Dominican Republic, a visit to a typical private-practice psychiatrist costs $60.00 USD, which is about half of the Dominican Republic’s minimum wage.  $60.00 USD is also about one-third of my monthly rent payment or a quarter of my monthly food budget. Bipolar Disorder, like diabetes, must be managed regularly by a physician because the medications used to treat it often cause obesity and diabetes, which can lead to liver damage and other irreversible illness if undiagnosed and  unmanaged.  Lithium, a common Bipolar medication (that I do not use) must be  blood tested at least monthly to avoid liver damage. Nonetheless, Bipolar Disorder patients in the USA regularly report being unable to schedule regular psychiatry visits, even when paying in cash.  Some rural and remote US communities with tens of thousands in population have no psychiatrists at all. Fortunately for me, I can schedule a visit with a private practice psychiatrist in the Dominican Republic within a three days, as long as I can self-pay. The obstacles I face in obtaining prescriptions and medication compliance are: Traveling five hours each way to my psychiatrist’s office and back. Scheduling the psychiatrist visits so that I can travel to the capital, visit the psychiatrist and return home in one 24-hour period. Paying $40.00 USD for transportation, not including the costs of owning and operating a motorcycle. Paying the psychiatrist’s $60.00 USD fee. Paying $100.00 USD for the medication.. Finding each of three medications in the capital during the one-day trip at the least cost. Coordinating with a friend to accompany and drive me to pharmacies in the capital. Preparing financially and scheduling a month in advance to visit the capital before medications run out. I am told there is a doctor an hour from me who will write a prescription in exchange for $10.00 USD, so long as I already know precisely what I need. I am also told that one psychiatrist in the public hospital an hour from me might write a prescription for free, if I know precisely what I need.  In Brazil, this service was so much in demand that emergency room doctors frequently refused to do this at all. Although it is not strictly lawful, it is reported that, in some cases and places, it may possible to find someone willing to sell a limited amount of a restricted medication without a prescription, but only if a legitimate emergency is demonstrated to the professional’s satisfaction on a one-time basis. Considering that the lack of medication may compromise a Bipolar person’s problem-solving skills, the financial and practical obstacles to simply obtaining prescriptions can easily prevent a Bipolar person from maintaining medication compliance, with serious consequences.

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Alcoholism is a serious problem in the UK. It results in thousands of unnecessary deaths each year and untold misery for alcoholics and their families. On average, it is estimated that the lives of five other people will be harmed when one individual becomes addicted to alcohol. This would indicate that most people living in the UK will be affected in some way by alcohol abuse. People are now consuming more alcohol than they ever did in past. This suggests that alcohol problems will affect even more people in the future.

Alcohol abuse is a significant problem in the UK. Around 38 percent of men and 29 percent of women in England regularly drink above the recommended safe limits of consumption. In 2008 alone, there were 6,769 deaths in England as a result of alcohol abuse. The consumption of alcohol in the UK has more than doubled since the 1950s. A higher proportion of people now drink at home than ever before. According to an article in the USA Today, the UK National Health Service (NHS) is currently spending 2.7 billion pounds (US$4.4 billion) on treating alcohol-related problems. This puts a strain on the health service, because it uses up so much of the available resources.

The Daily Mail estimates that one out of every four people in the UK fall under the term binge drinker. These are people of all ages who consume a large amount of alcohol within a short period of time. The usual motive for engaging in this type of high-risk behavior is that people want to enjoy the effects of inebriation. Binge drinking is considered the most dangerous form of alcohol consumption because:

* There is higher risk that people who binge drink will develop alcoholism. This is because such individuals are not drinking to be sociable. They just like the way that alcohol makes them feel. This can lead to the faulty thinking of, if this much makes me feel good, then drinking more will make me feel even better.

Alcohol and Health

Alcohol is a causal factor in more than 60 medical conditions, including: mouth, throat, stomach, liver and breast cancers; high blood pressure, cirrhosis of the liver; and depression

In the UK in 2012-13, there were 1,008,850 hospital admissions related to alcohol consumption where an alcohol-related disease, injury or condition was the primary reason for hospital admission or a secondary diagnosis

However, if you include deaths where alcohol was a contributing factor (such as various cancers, falls and hypertensive diseases), the figure increases to 21,512: 13,971 for males and 7,541 for females

Males accounted for approximately 65% of all alcohol-related deaths in the UK in 2014

Alcohol now costs the NHS £3.5bn per year; equal to £120 for every tax payer

The alcohol-related mortality rate of men in the most disadvantaged socio-economic class is 3.5 times higher than for men in the least disadvantaged class, while for women the figure is 5.7 times higher

In England and Wales, 63% of all alcohol-related deaths in 2012 were caused by alcoholic liver disease

Liver disease is one of the few major causes of premature mortality that is increasing

Deaths from liver disease have reached record levels, rising by 20% in a decade

The number of older people between the ages of 60 and 74 admitted to hospitals in England with mental and behavioural disorders associated with alcohol use has risen by over 150% in the past ten years, while the figure for 15-59 years old has increased by 94%

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Class action Lawsuits The New Medical malpractice

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Under is a list of the latest course action lawsuits.  This list is presented to the public in an quick to go through organized method.

Povigil and Modafinil Made by Cephalon, Provigil is made use of to deal with slumber diseases, such as narcolepsy. Regretably, some medical professionals approved Provigil for off-label takes advantage of, putting a lot more clients at hazard for serious side results.

Actonel Ladies using Actonel may perhaps be at hazard for creating lifeless jaw, which occurs when bone tissue in the jaw does not heal after small trauma.

Accutane Prescribed to thousands and thousands with pimples, Accutane triggers serious side results, including Crohn's illness and ulcerative colitis.

Adderall Made use of to deal with small children with ADHD, Adderall has been connected to everyday living-threatening side results including heart attack and unexpected demise.

Advair and Serevent Advair and Serevent are approved to reduce the incidence of bronchial asthma attacks in clients. When these medicine reduce the selection of attacks, clients using Advair or Serevent may perhaps experience a significant bronchial asthma attack that can guide to demise or hospitalization.

Boniva Side Outcomes Made use of to deal with osteoporosis, Boniva has been connected to osteonecrosis or lifeless jaw in people.

Chantix Around six million Us citizens have experimented with to give up using tobacco by using the prescription drug Chantix. Regretably, Chantix has reportedly been connected to suicide and mood modifications in people.

Digitek Recall Digitek was approved for congestive heart failure or cardiac arrest caused by tachycardia. Even so, in April 2008, Digitek was recalled from the marketplace due to a manufacturing defect that may perhaps have exposed clients to a double dose of Digitek.

Fentora Fentora, a popular painkiller made use of in most cancers clients, may perhaps have been made use of for off-label use. This may perhaps have placed clients at a substantial hazard for serious side results, including demise.

Fosamax Fosamax is made use of to deal with osteoporosis in postmenopausal females. Regretably, Fosamax has been connected to femur fractures, as very well as lifeless jaw, which can guide to infections, rotting and fractures.

Heparin Recall A swift blood thinner, Heparin is made use of in dialysis and surgical treatment to reduce blood clots. Regretably, in Jan. 2008, a tainted batch of Heparin caused serious allergic reactions in clients. 

Levaquin and Cipro Made use of to deal with bacterial infections, Levaquin and Cipro have been connected to serious tendon accidents, including Achilles tendon ruptures.

Paxil Paxil is an anti-depressant made use of in clients with depression and stress diseases. Regretably, some younger clients using Paxil have produced suicidal tendencies, even though moms on the anti-depressant have delivered infants with birth problems.     

Renu Dampness Loc ReNu Dampness Loc get in touch with lens option has been pinned as the induce of an outbreak of eye fungus acknowledged as fungal keratitis. Fungal keratitis is a significant infection of the cornea.

Seroquel Seroquel is a drug made use of to deal with schizophrenic and bipolar clients. Even so, healthcare evidence has shown that quite a few clients using Seroquel have produced diabetes.

Trasylol Trasylol, a drug administered all through bypass surgical treatment to reduce too much blood loss, has been connected to quite a few everyday living threatening side results. Reports have shown that hazard of demise was considerably increased in clients injected with Trasylol.

Transvaginal Mesh also named the Vaginal Sling, Vaginal Mesh,Vaginal mesh Patch,Avaulta Vaginal Mesh is a surgical implant designed of artificial fibers. The mesh is made use of for Uterine prolapse and incontinence. The mesh is leading to servere troubles in females

Countrywide Vaccine Personal injury Payment Program The Vaccine Personal injury Payment Program (VICP) delivers payment to persons who have experienced an acute adverse reaction to a vaccine ensuing in long lasting personal injury.

Zelnorm Zelnorm, a drug made use of to deal with clients with constipation from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), has been connected to heart attack, stroke, and other serious side results.

Zicam Zicam Cold Treatment items have been recalled by the company after the Fda gained one hundred thirty reviews of anosmia, or loss of feeling of smell, from Zicam people.

Yaz/Yasmin Yaz and Yasmin are birth command pills that incorporate a new form of hormone, drospirenone. This hormone can increase users' potassium amounts and put them at hazard for heart attacks and other serious side results.

Bextra Bextra is a ache-relieving drug that is manufactured by Pfizer. Reports have shown that Bextra puts people at hazard Stevens Johnson Syndrome and other serious pores and skin problems, as very well as heart attacks and strokes.

Zyprexa Zyprexa is made use of to deal with a wide range of psychiatric problems and turned company Eli Lilly's greatest marketing drug. Regretably, it has been connected to various perilous side results, including diabetes.

Vioxx Vioxx (Rofecoxib) is a prescription medicine that was made use of mostly to deal with osteoarthritis, menstrual cramps, and rheumatoid arthritis. This drug was recalled in 2004 after a research discovered that it caused people to undergo a increased rate of heart attacks and strokes.

Avandia Avandia (Rosiglitazone) is approved to Form 2 Diabetic issues clients and functions by decreasing blood sugar. Health-related scientific tests have shown that serious side results can have an affect on diabetes clients who choose Avandia, including heart attack, stroke, and liver harm.

Byetta Made use of to deal with Form 2 diabetes, Byetta will receive a black box warning to spotlight the dangers of kidney difficulties.

Reglan Reglan (generic: metoclopramide) gained a black box warning from the Fda to alert consumers of the hazard of tardive dyskinesia, a neurological problem that triggers involuntary actions.

Zocor Patients using the cholesterol-decreasing drug Zocor (80mg) may perhaps be at hazard for rhabdomyolysis, a everyday living-threatening kind of muscle harm.

Meridia A Meridia recall has been issued, after a research confirmed a 16% increase in the hazard of heart attack, stroke, resuscitated cardiac arrest and demise between clients using the prescription excess weight loss drug.

Darvon and Darvocet Prescription ache medicines Darvon, Darvocet, and propoxyphene have been taken off the marketplace due to the hazard of potentially fatal heart rhythm abnormalities.

Metanx Substitutes Reportedly, pharmacies have been substituting Metanx with Folast, Neurpath-B or Duleek-Met, which may perhaps not be ample substitutions, and clients who have been dispensed these items as a Metanx substitute may perhaps be entitled to payment.

Topamax Ladies using Topamax or the generic topiramate all through pregnancy have an improved hazard of offering a boy or girl with a cleft palate, cleft lip or other oral birth defect.

Health-related Foods Generics Allegedly, pharmacies have been dispensing nonequivalent healthcare food generics for prescription items, such as Deplin, Neevo Metanx and Cerefolin. Environmental Dangers

Stevens-Johnson Syndrome Lots of above-the-counter medicine, including Advil Liquid-Gels and Children's Motrin Chewable tablets, have been connected to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome (SJS). This serious healthcare condition affects the pores and skin and mucous membranes and can guide to lengthy-term personal injury or demise.

Foods Poisoning When most healthful people can get well from food poisoning in a couple times, small children, elders and individuals with compromised immune programs can create serious lengthy-term troubles including Guillain-Barre Syndrome.

Asbestos-Related Diseases Throughout the 1900s, quite a few asbestos companies understood the dangers of the mineral, but neglected to inform their personnel or the public. A long time later on, previous asbestos firm workers are creating fatal illnesses, such as mesothelioma.

Floor Water Contamination When gasoline, chemical substances or oil enter the groundwater, persons consuming or bathing in the h2o are at-hazard for serious side results. Contaminated groundwater can guide to a wide range of overall health difficulties including liver problems, heart difficulties, most cancers and understanding disabilities.

Benzene Exposure Benzene is a single of the most greatly made use of chemical substances in the United States, discovered in anything from plastics to detergents. When most people have little exposure to benzene, chemical plant and oil refinery workers with lengthy-term exposure to the chemical have a increased hazard of creating leukemia, anemia and too much bleeding.     Lead Poisoning A lot more than 1 million small children less than the age of six have guide amounts of ten micrograms for every deciliter. This elevated guide amount can guide to brain harm, understanding disabilities and habits difficulties in small children.

Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Lawsuits As a result of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, firms alongside the U.S. Gulf Coast are expected to undergo a loss of income. Individuals suffering economic losses as a result of the oil spill may perhaps be equipped to search for payment less than the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. Solution Liability

Yamaha Rhino ATV The Yamaha Rhino All Terrain Motor vehicle (ATV) is a popular automobile for off-street using and racing. Even so, its unsafe style, which includes a substantial middle of gravity, modest tires and an incredibly narrow track width, make the automobile susceptible to rollover incidents.

Apple Apple iphone 3G People of the Apple iphone 3G, a multimedia smartphone manufactured by Apple, have complained of a number of problems with the item. These issues incorporate hairline cracks occurring all through standard use and running difficulties with the 3G network.

Chinese Drywall Thousands of residences through the region had been crafted with faulty Chinese drywall involving 2004 and 2007. Indicators of Chinese drywall incorporate rotten egg odors, corrosion of copper wiring, and failure of air conditioning units.

Denture Cream People of popular denture product models, including Poligrip, Tremendous Poligrip and Fixodent, may perhaps be at hazard for zinc poisoning, copper deficiency, and a neurological condition acknowledged as neuropathy.

LASIK LASIK has aided thousands and thousands of Us citizens stay devoid of contacts or glasses. Regretably, clients are now reporting serious troubles including blindness.

Toyota Recall Quite a few serious incidents have been attributed to difficulties with the ground mats and fuel pedals in Toyota autos. Toyota has recalled thousands and thousands of autos in get to address issues of the fuel pedal receiving caught on the ground mat or sticking in a depressed posture, leading to unintentional acceleration.

CertainTeed Fiber Cement Siding CertainTeed fiber cement siding has been connected to a selection of difficulties, including shrinking and cracking of the siding boards, and the firm has allegedly unsuccessful to honor its item warranties.

Uponor Pex Plumbing Fittings Uponor Inc. has allegedly sold faulty plumbing fittings which can are unsuccessful prematurely, leading to comprehensive h2o harm.

GM SUV and Truck Recall General Motors has expanded its Dec. 2010 recall to incorporate a lot more than 26,five hundred Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC vehicles and SUVs due to a trouble which could induce the cars' rear axles to lock.

Shopper Fraud

Time beyond regulation Spend Most personnel are qualified for time beyond regulation fork out. If an qualified staff does not receive time-and-a-half fork out for several hours worked above forty, they may perhaps qualify for a lawsuit to get well unpaid wages.

Worker Misclassification Some businesses deliberately misclassify workers to avoid spending time beyond regulation. When an staff is wrongfully placed into an exempt classification, they develop into ineligible for time beyond regulation. Deliberately misclassifying personnel is illegal and unethical.

Age Discrimination The Federal Age Discrimination in Work Act prohibits workers above forty from discrimination centered on age. Individuals discriminated mainly because of age in firing, employing, fork out or advertising may perhaps be qualified for payment through an age discrimination lawsuit.

Warn Act The Warn Act needs businesses to give a sixty-working day advance discover of plant layoffs or closings to shield workers and their people.

Unfair Overdraft Safety Costs Lots of of the country's major banking companies, including Lender of America, Citibank, and Wachovia are allegedly subjecting their prospects to unfair and misleading overdraft protection costs.

Web page Additionally Mobile Endless Converse and Textual content System Web page Additionally Mobile, a prepaid mobile telephone provider, presents an unrestricted speak and textual content strategy for $39.ninety five for every thirty day period. Even so, prospects have claimed that their programs have been unfairly terminated for alleged abuse of the support.

Illegal Nevada Car Rental Costs Main rental vehicle suppliers Avis, Finances Team, Alamo and Countrywide allegedly billed unlawful fees to prospects at the Reno and Las Vegas airports in Nevada.

Escrow Officers and Closers Unpaid Time beyond regulation Promises Most escrow closers and escrow officers are entitled to time beyond regulation fork out when doing the job a lot more than forty several hours in a single 7 days. Even so, some businesses in the title coverage business have allegedly adopted a practice of misclassifying these personnel as "exempt" to avoid spending time beyond regulation to these workers.

Money owed of Deceased Relations A new craze in the personal debt selection business, personal debt collectors are getting in contact with surviving relatives associates to accumulate deceased relative's debts. Even so, surviving family are frequently not obligated to fork out the debts of relatives associates who have passed away.

California Use It Or Lose It Family vacation Policy California labor law prohibits businesses from using away acquired but unused holiday vacation times, consequently earning use-it-or-eliminate-it holiday vacation procedures illegal. Financial debt Validation Period Financial debt collectors are not able to make payment requires after the receipt of a personal debt validation letter and prior to the mailing of the asked for data.

Large IOS Telecom Cell phone Connect with Fees Consumers who had been overcharged for domestic, worldwide, or accumulate calls designed from fork out telephones and lodge place telephones may perhaps be equipped to accumulate payment for these substantial telephone phone fees.     Electrical power Balance Bracelets Electrical power Balance has admitted that its wristbands, which assert to boost stability and agility, are not backed by scientific evidence.

Phiten Necklaces and Bracelets A Phiten course action lawsuit has been filed, accusing the firm of utilizing false and deceptive advertising and marketing in the advertising of its bracelets and necklaces, which are marketed as possessing the skill to counteract fatigue and alleviate pain.

Lights of America LED Lamps Statements about the Lights of America LED lamps allegedly exaggerate the product's everyday living expectancy and light output, and consumers who purchased the LED light bulbs centered on these claims may perhaps be entitled to economic payment.

Your Infant Can Go through A course action lawsuit claims that the Your Infant Can Go through Early Language Progress Techniques are ineffective and have been falsely misrepresented in ads. As a result, consumers may perhaps be equipped to choose lawful action to get well the price of the procedure, which market for just about $200.

TaxMasters A TaxMasters course action lawsuit claims that the tax relief firm engaged in unfair organization methods and misleading advertising and marketing.

Bankrupt Firms and Retirement Programs When a organization which presents firm inventory as an financial commitment choice for 401(k) and retirement programs files for individual bankruptcy, they have selected obligations less than ERISA to shield their employees' programs.

Dangerous Health-related Equipment Shoulder Pain Pump Shoulder ache pumps enable clients manage put up-surgical treatment ache devoid of the enable of narcotics. Regretably, shoulder ache pumps can induce serious lengthy-term shoulder harm.

Medtronic Sprint Fidelis Lead The Sprint Fidelis guide wire in Medtronic defibrillators has been recalled after study confirmed that the wire can crack and induce a unsafe shock to the consumer.

Composix Kugel Hernia Mesh Patch Made use of to repair service incisional hernias, the Composix Kugel Hernia Mesh Patch was recalled due to a defect in its memory recoil ring. Regretably, quite a few clients had presently experience bowel obstructions, sepsis and other serious side results prior to the patch was deemed faulty.

Duragesic Patch Recall Duragesic patches, also acknowledged as fentanyl patches, are made use of to deal with long-term ache, most generally in most cancers clients. Even so, Duragesic patches have gained a warning by the Fda mainly because of feasible leaks from the patches, which can guide to demise.

Gadolinium Injection Threat Gadolinium-that contains distinction brokers allow for health professionals to spot abnormalities all through MRIs and MRAs. Even so, gadolinium distinction brokers have been connected to a potentially everyday living-threatening condition acknowledged as nephrogenic systemic fibrosis in kidney clients.

NuvaRing NuvaRing is a contraceptive ring that is placed in the vicinity of the cervix and releases hormones to reduce pregnancy. Serious overall health hazards related with NuvaRing incorporate heart attacks, strokes, and pulmonary embolism, between other perilous side results.

Zimmer Durom Cup Hip Socket Implant Patients implanted with the Durom Cup Hip Socket experience significant ache after surgical treatment, normally leaving them a lot more motionless than prior to the technique. Transvaginal Mesh The transvaginal mesh assists deal with females with urinary worry incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. Even so, above a few a long time, nine brands of the surgical mesh gained a lot more than 1000 reviews of troubles including infection and bowel perforation.

Ortho Evra Beginning Management Patch The Ortho Evra contraceptive patch was released as an alternative to oral contraceptives. Even so, the increased total of hormones released by the patch puts females at a greater hazard for serious side results, such as heart attack, stroke, and pulmonary embolism.

Ti Synex II Vertebral Body Replacement Recall All plenty of the Ti Synex II Vertebral Body Replacement have been recalled after clients complained of improved ache, spinal compression fracture and neural personal injury.

DePuy ASR Hip Implant Two DePuy hip replacement items, the ASR Hip Resurfacing Program and the ASR XL Acetabular Program, had been recalled after new data confirmed that a single in eight clients desired corrective surgical treatment.

Avaulta Transvaginal Mesh Intended to deal with pelvic organ prolapse, the Avaulta transvaginal mesh has been connected to a selection of surgical mesh troubles, including pelvic ache, vaginal scarring, inflammation and infection.

Zimmer STRYKER Knee Replacement The Zimmer NexGen CR-Flex Knee Replacement has been connected to an early failure rate. As a result, surgeons have asked for a Zimmer knee implant recall.

DePuy Pinnacle Acetabular Cup Program( DEPUY ASR AND PINNACLE HIP REPLACEMENTS) Despite the fact that a DePuy Pinnacle hip recall has not been issued, clients have claimed a selection of DePuy Pinnacle difficulties, including hip ache and hip implant failure.

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