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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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Jehovah's Witnesses Under Investigation for Sexual Abuse in Pennsylvania

Jehovah's Witnesses Under Investigation for Sexual Abuse in Pennsylvania

The office of Pennsylvania’s Attorney General is reportedly investigating the Jehovah's Witnesses consistent refusal to report child sexual assaults accusations to appropriate authorities in what is considered the first wide-scale analysis by a U.S law enforcing agency.

Fund Will Compensate New Jersey Victims of Clergy Abuse

Fund Will Compensate New Jersey Victims of Clergy Abuse

Victims of clergy abuse in New Jersey can look forward to the prospect of compensation for their suffering at the hands of Roman Catholic clergy thanks to the imminent opening of the state’s victims’ compensation fund.

New Jersey Jesuits Release List of Alleged Sexual Abuse Offenders

New Jersey Jesuits Release List of Alleged Sexual Abuse Offenders

While Pennsylvania is still reeling from the findings of the grand jury report into priest sexual abuse throughout the state, Catholic dioceses in other states, including most recently New Jersey, have been conducting their own internal investigations. The latest story involves a list of ten priests who spent their careers in Jesuit schools of New Jersey who have been “credibly” accused of sexual abuse. The list was compiled and released by the USA Northeast Province Jesuits, an organization that represents the Roman Catholic order of priests in north Jersey and several other states.

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.

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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