By Angela Leone
June 15th is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day and Messa & Associates is happy to bring awareness to this unfortunately pervasive issue. History of World Elder Abuse Awareness Day World Elder Abuse Awareness Day, or WEAAD, was launched on June 15, 2006 by the International Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and the World […]
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According to Action News, the Philadelphia Department of Public Health announced the closure of three Philadelphia dental offices yesterday for deficient sterilization procedures and lapses in injection safety practices. Three Trieu Family Dental Clinics have closed at the following locations; 437 West chew Ave 5427 North 5th Street 6536 Woodland Avenue Thought the health department […]
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Twenty-five thousand lawsuits were settled this week between Bayer and Janssen pharmaceutical companies, and patients alleging that they were not adequately warned about the risks of life-altering complications regarding blood thinner medication, Xarelto. Lawsuits dating back to 2014, which were consolidated in federal court in New Orleans, involved claims that patients were not adequately informed […]
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If you live, work, or leisure in Philadelphia, it’s no surprise to you that bicyclists are a major part of the city’s culture. In fact, a 2016 study by Red Fin Real Estate Firm ranked Philadelphia as the most bikeable city in the United States! As personal injury attorneys in the city of Philadelphia, we […]
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The United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has announced that Home Depot U.S.A., Inc. will pay a $5.7 million civil penalty for selling recalled products. This agreement settles claims that that the home improvement giant knowingly sold and distributed nearly 3,000 recalled items involved in 33 separate voluntary recalls between August 2012 and November […]
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Personal Injury attorneys report on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) updated warnings about power morcellators and their effects on women. Recently, information has come to light suggesting that “the use of laparoscopic power morcellators may contribute to the spread and upstaging of unsuspected uterine cancer in women undergoing hysterectomy and myomectomy for fibroids.” The FDA […]
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Duodenoscopes manufactured by Olympus Corporation (dubbed “superbug scopes”) have recently been blamed for the spread of an antibiotic resistant “superbug” called Carbapenem-resistant enterobacteriaceae (CRE) that killed two patients at the UCLA medical center in California. The scopes are used in exploratory endoscopic procedures and investigations have revealed that the scopes’ design, full of grooves and […]
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Philadelphia personal injury attorneys report that a four-story property on Market Street collapsed yesterday killing six people. More than a dozen people were rescued and taken to area hospitals. The building collapsed onto a two-story property where the Salvation Army Thrift Store is located. The four-story building was being demolished by a local construction company. […]
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