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US Courts Say No To 'Light' Cigarettes

... part of the defendants, but disappointed that the court did not impose all of the remedies sought by the government,' it said in a statement. The lawsuit had been running for six years, first filed by the Clinton administration in 1999 in an effort to reclaim the billions of dollars expended every year ...

Cola Giants Move To Court Over Their Ban In Kerala

...nds of soft drinks. Admitting the petitions, the court posted the matter for hearing Monday. The New Delhi-based an independent agency, said that its test showed very Following the report, a number of states imposed limited restrictions on the sales of aerated drinks. The Kerala cabinet Aug 9 decided...

Indian Australian Doctor Charged for Performing Illegal Abortion

...he had a thyroid disease. Medical experts told the court both these conditions could induce labour. On her part, Sood had told a Medical Board hearing that she had only given a painkiller to the patient and not an abortion drug. Following the jury's decision, the Supreme Court was to decide later Wedn...

Pensioner wins over a US healthcare giant

Pam Smith wins a court battle against United Health Europe (UHE), the Bri... Appeal Court judge. This ruling reverses a high court decision in June, according to which, there had not been enough of public consultation, but that UHE...

AIIMS Asked to Pay Compensation for Negligence

...edical Sciences (AIIMS) was Friday asked by a city court to pay Rs.200,000 as compensation for the untimely...l hospital responsible for gross negligence. The court asked AIIMS to pay the amount within a month. Family members of Asha Mathur had alleged she was br...

New Guidelines To Rehabilitate Drug Offenders

...unities every day, in the form of prison expenses, court costs, property damage, violent crimes, emergency room and other medical care, child abuse and neglect, lost child support, foster care and welfare costs, reduced workplace productivity, unemployment and the need to provide services to those victimiz...

Indian Doctor in Britain Jailed for Molesting Patients

A British court has awarded a 63-year-old doctor of Indian origin ...rs' Register. Prosecutor Caroline Wigin told the court that several of the women were "vulnerable" due to embarrassment over conditions that were being tre...

Soft Drink Companies Settle Lawsuit

...s Inc, and TalkingRain Beverage// Co were taken to court by parents for using chemicals in their drinks, which increased benzene formation. Presence of vitamin C and potassium or sodium benzoate in soft drinks or fruit juices can cause formation of benzene, which in turn causes cancers like leukemia. Sof...

Court Orders NHS To Reconsider Funding Lung Cancer Drug

...y NHS Primary Care Trust (PCT) has been asked by a court to reconsider giving the cancer treatment drug Tar...ng from lung cancer and her doctors have given the court assurances that the drug would prolong her life by 8 to 10 months. In court she said that she was ...

Caregiver Charged In Autistic Boy's Death

...idence they had in their possession. Elliott has a court hearing on Nov. 8. RAS...

Indian Australian Doctor not to Contest the Allegations

...id so in the "best interests" of her patients. A court hearing for sentencing for the criminal offences is expected this week, where she might get a possible maximum jail term of 10 years. Sood was charged with manslaughter in November 2005 for allegedly failing to follow the procedures that make abor...

Wyeth Embroiled in a Lawsuit over its Hormone Replacement Therapy

...aintiff Linda Reeves, told the jury at the federal court in Little Rock said, "Wyeth was negligent in not testing the drug and not knowing the truth about their drug." However Wyeth's lawyer Jane Bockus told the panel of nine women and three men that the company had been warning doctors as early as 1991 o...

Libyan Lawyers For The HIV-positive Children Seek 15million Dinars As Compensation

...ensation. // The lawyers had made their claim in court on Tuesday, which was retrying six foreign medics ...is one of the lawyers while addressing the Tripoli court said, “I demand compensation of 15 million Libyan dinars (each) for moral and material damages cause...

NJ Courthouse shut due to Legionnaires' Case

... with the Mercer County clerk's office. Once the court officials got to know about the woman’s presumptive diagnosis, the courthouse and an adjacent annex were immediately shut for testing. So far, no evidence of the bacteria causing the disease; Legionella, has been found. Mercer County Executive Bria...

Prison or Mental Health Institution?

...uate training of other personnel involved, such as court and police staff, is also necessary.”...

Swiss Group Appeals Invocation of Euthanasia Option For The Severely Depressed

...elli at the helm, is petitioning the Swiss Supreme court to permit modifications in the law. Minelli said: "The question for politicians in Britain today is why do you force your citizens, people in the most terrible circumstances who are determined to end their suffering in a way of their own choosing, t...

Indian with Rare Disorder Reunited with Family

...e then hired a lawyer for the family and a federal court quashed the second rejection, calling for the citizenship process for Dhaval to proceed. Finally, in May this year, Dhaval received word from CIC that, pending some medical and security checks, he will be allowed to become a Canadian citizen. Acc...

Indian Origin Doctor Faces Trial for Cheating

...has been told.// As part of ongoing hearings, the court was told that Dr Debasmita Mukhopadhyay-Chattopadh...rding to a report in The Journal, Newcastle. The court was told that when police raided her flat in the Darlington Memorial Hospital, they found a number o...

Dengue Death Toll Raises to Six in UP

...ed report on the state of dengue by Oct 22. 'The court has also asked us to issue directives to all district magistrates, municipalities as well as panchayati raj (village council) institutions to ensure all preventive and curative measures are in place across the state,' principal health secretary Arun ...

Ruling for AIDS Funding Challenged

...ush administration sought on Tuesday to overturn a court decision that allows nonprofit AIDS groups to apply for federal funding without signing// an agreement to oppose prostitution and sex trafficking. One of the groups, DKT International Inc., has refused to sign the pledge because it has been helping ...

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