Author Archives: Finkelstein & Partners

Family Files Lawsuit After Vestal Teen’s Death

The family of a Vestal teen who was strangled and died at the hands of -->

April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month: Tips for Moms Driving Safely This Month

1 in 10 new moms have been in a crash with their baby, according to -->

How bad is the VA backlog?

Veterans Affairs Backlog Files Stacked So High, They Posed Safety Risk to Staff By: P.J. -->

The Doctor’s New Prescription: A Lawyer

According to an article from The New York Times, many elders have never filled out -->

Hip Implant Failure More Likely in Women

While the risk of total hip implant failure is low, it is slightly higher in -->

A New Approach to Hip Surgery

An article in The New York Times highlights a new approach to hip surgery known -->

America’s Combat Veterans: The Waiting Wounded

The Economist IN WAR, it is said, there are no unwounded soldiers. Bombs that shatter -->

Benefits for Agent Orange Exposed Veterans

Concerns about the health effects from the millions of gallons of Agent Orange sprayed during -->

Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds NOVA Position to Preserve Veterans’ Due Process Rights

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ruled in favor of NOVA against -->

A Pattern of Problems at a Hospital for Veterans – By JAMES DAO

The New York Times WASHINGTON — In an unusually strong letter sent to the White -->

Azithromycin (Zithromax or Zmax): Drug Safety Communication – Risk of Potentially Fatal Heart Rhythms

On March 12, 2013 the FDA posted a warning to the public that azithromycin (Zithromax -->

Impaired Driving: Get The Facts

According to an article by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, every day 30 -->

Tri-union Seafoods Expands Recall To Include Chunk Light Tuna In Oil Products

According to the FDA on March 8, 2013, Tri-Union Seafoods LLC, which previously announced a -->

Bumble Bee Foods Issues Voluntary Recall On Specific Codes Of 5-Ounce Chunk White Albacore And Chunk Light Tuna Products Due To Loose Seals

According to the FDA on March 6, 2013, Bumble Bee Foods, LLC, has issued a -->

Drowsy Driving: 1 in 25 Fall Asleep at the Wheel According to CDC Report

An article from End Distracted Driving (www.enddd.org) states that according to the Center for Disease -->

Teen Driving – The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration

According to this article from The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, young drivers, ages 15-20 -->

Did VA withhold Health Studies on Soldiers’ Toxic Exposures?

Stephen Coughlin, former employee at the VA Office of Public Health, has alleged that the -->

Eliminate Distracted Driving

What is Distracted Driving? Distracted driving is any non-driving activity a person engages in that -->

Affymax and Takeda Announce a Nationwide Voluntary Recall of All Lots of OMONTYS® (peginesatide) Injection

The FDA issued a safety alert on February 23, 2013 alerting health care professionals and -->

Questions About Robotic Hysterectomy

The New York Times has published this article about robotic hysterectomies and how surgeons promise -->

Medical Device Class I Recall: Lumenis Limited, Lumenis VersaCut Tissue Morcellator

According to the FDA on February 25, 2013, Lumenis Limited is recalling certain models of -->