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Dennis Quaid and Wife Settle With Hospital for $750,000
Actor Dennis Quaid and his wife Kimberly reached a settlement with Cedars-Sinai Medical Center for $750,000 over a medication error last year that nearly killed the couple's twin infants, according to papers filed Monday in Los Angeles County Superior...Tags: Health, Los Angeles Times, Dennis Quaid, Death, Hospitals and Clinics
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Quaids recall twins' drug overdose
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBefore actor Dennis Quaid went to bed Nov. 18, he gave one last call to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where his newborn twins were being treated for staph infections. "Oh, they're fine," Quaid recalled a nurse telling him about 9 p.m. "They're just fine."...Tags: Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Los Angeles Times, Children, Crime, Law and Justice
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Possible heparin problems detected
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersTesting has turned up possible irregularities in some samples of a blood thinner linked to several deaths and hundreds of life-threatening reactions, a spokeswoman for Baxter Healthcare Corp. said Thursday. The disclosure comes amid mounting questions...Tags: Health, Bart Stupak, Los Angeles Times, Deerfield, Health Organizations
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Business briefs
LABOR Walgreen settlement wins OK A federal judge has signed off on Walgreen Co.'s plan to pay $24 million to settle a U.S. lawsuit alleging racial bias at the nation's largest drugstore chain. About 10,000 past and present black Walgreen workers will...Tags: Television, Health, Joint Ventures, Merck & Company Incorporated, Heart Attack
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Dennis Quaid files suit over drug mishap
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterActor Dennis Quaid and wife Kimberly sued a leading blood-thinner manufacturer Tuesday, saying the labeling and design of the product led to a massive overdose of their newborn twins last month at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The Quaids' babies, Thomas...Tags: Health, Health and Medical Professionals, Los Angeles Times, Indiana, Deerfield
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Hospital drug errors far from uncommon
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersThe case of actor Dennis Quaid's newborn twins, who were reportedly given 1,000 times the intended dosage of a blood thinner at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, underscores one of the biggest problems facing the healthcare industry: medication errors. At...Tags: Health, Medical Procedures and Tests, Indiana, Children, Infants
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FDA to Open China Offices After Product Scares
BEIJING (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration will open three offices in China this week in an effort to improve the safety of exports headed to America. The new FDA offices are the first outside of the United States. Health and Human Services...Tags: Office Equipment and Supplies, China, Beijing (China)
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Quaids' $750,000 Settlement OK'd by Judge
A judge approved the $750,000 settlement today between Dennis and Kimberly Quaid and Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Under the deal, the Quaids agreed not to sue the hospital over a medication error that nearly killed the couple's twin infants, and Cedars-...Tags: KTLA, Health, Death, Justice System, Hospitals and Clinics
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The changing creed of Hopkins science
Sun StaffSecond of three articles Venture capitalist Steve Gorlin planted himself in a classroom at the Johns Hopkins University's medical school and listened for two days as, one after another, nearly a dozen top researchers pitched ideas and promoted...Tags: Health, Genentech Inc., Heart Attack, Tennessee, New Products
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