Thousands of obese Americans are on the warpath. They've filed lawsuits claiming they have been injured by taking either Pondimin, Redux or Fen-Phen, all slimming drugs. ...
Action by diabetics to sue the manufacturers of so called human insulin for damages seems set to collapse. ...
Re the EU legislation on vitamin/mineral supplementation (VMS), it seems to me that this encroaches on human rights and, as such, could be sued for in the European Court of Human Rights.
A claim that radiation from a mobile phone caused a fatal brain tumour is to be heard by an American court within 12 months. ...
The increasing industrial use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) may not have such a detrimental effect on the environment as the ozone depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), but the new gas does ...
A man severely brain damaged after being given whooping cough vaccine as a baby has been awarded £2.75m by an Irish court against Wellcome, the drug's manufacturer. ...
A compensation claim by 275 British women over alleged side effects of the contraceptive implant Norplant has collapsed after legal aid funding was withdrawn.
The mumps portion of the measles, mumps, rubella vaccine could bring on mumps, which could be transmitted to other children. ...
A High Court decision has made the rights of parents to choose non emergency treatments for their children a little clearer. ...
Two support groups have been set up by women who claim to have been dreadfully damaged by medical procedures. ...