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“Our heartfelt condolences go out to Larry’s family. He was a great man who brought the Mesothelioma Community together around the country year in and year out in order to raise awareness of asbestos health dangers. We will honor Larry’s memory and tremendous community efforts by remaining committed to supporting the cause for which he was so passionate about.”
Jim Sokolove, Founder
“Sokolove Law is fortunate to have known Larry and we thank his daughter Courtney and the rest of the Davis family for sharing his story and impacting countless other lives around the country. He will be sorely missed.”
Ricky LeBlanc, Managing Attorney, Asbestos, Sokolove Law
For more than 30 years, Sokolove Law has helped children of families who have been impacted by cerebral palsy, Erb’s palsy (also known as Brachial Plexus injury), and other birth-related injuries. The firm has helped people in all 50 states get the legal support they need to move personal injury claims successfully through the court system. ChildBirthInjuries.com is great new resource for parents and their families.”
Jim Sokolove, founder
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Study Finds Incorrect Safety Labeling on Generic Drugs

A recent study found that most generic medications do not carry warnings identical to those on their brand-name equivalents despite a requirement that they do so from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The study conducted by the Regenstrief Institute , which is affiliated with Indiana University, reveals that more than two-thirds of generic drugs have safety-warning labels that are not similar to the ones on the brand-name product. The researchers reviewed more than 9,000 labels of over 1,500 drugs available on

Dietary Supplements with DMAA Still Available Online

A research study reveals that dietary supplements containing the unapproved ingredient 1, 3-dimethylamine (DMAA ) are freely available online despite a warning letter from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to the manufacturers about the safety of the products. Medpage Today  reports that 16 DMAA-containing products manufactured by 10 companies were up for sale through online retailers and the companies' websites months after the FDA warning 

Report Says Grand Jury Probing NECC

The New England Compounding Center – the Massachusetts specialty pharmacy at the center of the nation’s deadly meningitis outbreak  – is reportedly under investigation by a federal grand jury. Citing sources familiar with the matter, The Boston Globe reports that a grand jury investigating the New England Compounding Center (NECC) issued subpoenas to some of those who worked for the pharmacy or for Medical Sales Management, a related company. Grand

New Autism App Offers Guidance for Parents

Worrying about your child’s development is part of parenting. There’s a such wide range in the timing of when children attain developmental milestones, it’s difficult to know whether your child truly has a problem. A new iPhone app released in November is designed to help parents who worry that their child might be on the autism spectrum. The Questioning Autism? app was created by Michael McWatters, a parent of an autistic child who writes of his own family’s struggles to understand autism on his blog: ASD Dad . The educational app, which draws on this father’s

Concerns Over Effectiveness of Tamiflu Persist

As the flu season looms, questions are being raised over the usefulness of Tamiflu after a prominent research group suggested that there is lack of proof on the effectiveness of the flu medication. WebMD Medical News reports  that the Cochrane Collaboration, which does an evidence-based analysis of medications, claims there is not enough evidence that Tamiflu works. Cochrane researchers and a top medical journal are asking that drug maker Roche release all the data from its clinical trials of Tamiflu –

Report: Dietary Supplements Pose Hidden Health Risks

Approximately half of the adult population of America use vitamins, herbs, and other nutritional supplements  – and a new report suggests that they are at risk of adverse effects from the hidden hazards of some of these products. A Consumers Union analysis of adverse event reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), published research, and interviews with specialists outlines a number of dangers associated with the use of dietary supplements, according

Old Injections Given to Many in Meningitis Outbreak

In yet another shocking revelation involving the meningitis outbreak , it has been disclosed that around 150 patients from Tennessee were given potentially tainted steroid injections that were more than seven weeks old, despite industry guidelines stating that the maximum shelf life of the compounded drug is 24 hours at room temperature. Fungus-contaminated methylprednisolone acetate from the New England Compounding Center (NECC) has been held

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