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More Generic Zantac Recalls Over Possible ...

Recalls of generic Zantac believed to be contaminated by a carcinogen continue to flood in. Two other firms have declared recalls of ranitidine heartburn meds in 150 mg and 300 mg doses. The news arrived even as the degree of the drug returns increased with Mylan’s impromptu recall of three lots of nizatidine capsules last week because the API in them also held dangerous levels of NDMA.

More Generic Zantac Recalls Over Possible Contamination
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Why Companies Recalled Heartburn Medications

Shortly after the Federal officials announced the voluntary recalls of some pharmacies over NDMA, a drug filled with a potential human carcinogen, many other pharmacies have recalled the common variety of heartburn drug Zantac, called ranitidine, from shelves.

Why Companies Recalled Heartburn Medications
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Zantac Generics Recall Grows Due to Cancer Risk

Additional generic editions of Zantac are being taken down from pharmacy shelves after officials detected low levels of a possible carcinogens in the heartburn medication.

Zantac Generics Recall Grows Due to Cancer Risk
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Stryker Hip Implant Failures

The Stryker Tritanium Acetabular Shell, which restores the human hip socket, is built from a titanium alloy covered with a unique kind of porous foam. The foam enables bone cells to bind with it and grow, thereby increasing joint stability. However, a 2018 report in the journal Arthroplasty Today by doctors at NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospitals described five hip implant failures related to Stryker’s Tritanium cups between 2011 and 2016.

Stryker Hip Implant Failures
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Stryker Recalls Femoral Head Implants

Medical technology giant, Stryker Corporation, has issued an urgent voluntary recall of its femoral head implants due to evidence that they may cause serious medical issues.

Stryker Recalls Femoral Head Implants

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New State AGs to Continue Clergy Abuse Investigation

New State AGs to Continue Clergy Abuse Investigation

The recent changeover in state attorney generals will not interrupt ongoing investigations into clergy abuse in Roman Catholic dioceses around the country. Offices in New York, Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Florida, and Delaware which will be lead by new AGs have also reported some of the highest levels priest abuse. And at least 14 attorney generals around the country have confirmed that they are conducting investigations into clergy abuse in their states in the wake of Pennsylvania’s shocking grand jury report, which made international headlines this summer.

Victims Sue for Church Records in Pennsylvania Sexual Abuse

Victims Sue for Church Records in Pennsylvania Sexual Abuse

The Catholic Church continues to deal with the fallout from this summer’s shocking grand jury investigation into allegations of rampant sexual abuse by clergy members in several dioceses throughout Pennsylvania. In the latest update, two survivors of alleged child sexual abuse have sued the Philadelphia Archdiocese in order to obtain records of misconduct by priests, along with their work histories.

Compensation Fund for Victims of Clergy Abuse Opens in Philadelphia

Compensation Fund for Victims of Clergy Abuse Opens in Philadelphia

The Philadelphia Diocese of the Catholic Church has announced that it has created a compensation fund for victims of clergy sexual abuse. The new reparations plan, announced yesterday, will be called the Independent Reconciliation and Reparations program, and will be run by a team responsible for a similar fund in New York.

Justice Depart Gets Involved in Pennsylvania Clergy Abuse

Justice Depart Gets Involved in Pennsylvania Clergy Abuse

The federal government has announced that it will be launched an investigation into the Roman Catholic dioceses in Pennsylvania involved in this summer’s shocking grand jury report into widespread abuse by clergyman over the past several decades.

How to Report Clergy Sexual Abuse in Pennsylvania

How to Report Clergy Sexual Abuse in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Attorney General handling the clergy sexual abuse scandal in the state has created a hotline for victims, and the phone is ringing off the hook. The office has received more than a thousand calls, following the naming of more than one thousand victims in the infamous August grand jury report describing widespread sexual abuse by Catholic priests throughout Pennsylvania.

Pennsylvania's Bishops Agree on Victim Fund for Sexual Abuse

Pennsylvania's Bishops Agree on Victim Fund for Sexual Abuse

In the aftermath of Pennsylvania’s massive Catholic diocese sexual abuse scandal, the state’s bishops have come together with a plan to compensate victims - but, it seems, potentially at the expense of other victims’ rights to pursue justice for themselves.

After Pennsylvania, Will New Jersey Be Next to Reveal Far-Reaching Sexual Abuse in Catholic Dioceses?

After Pennsylvania, Will New Jersey Be Next to Reveal Far-Reaching Sexual Abuse in Catholic Dioceses?

Many are wondering if a scandal of even greater proportions than in Pennsylvania will emerge in New Jersey, which has one of the largest populations of Catholics in the country. Attorney generals in New York and New Jersey have already set up hotlines for individuals who would like to speak with investigators and report instances of sexual abuse.

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