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Biostatistician Tells Jury Pratt & Whitney Caused Cancers

Posted on July 20, 2022November 9, 2022 Scovern LawPosted in Uncategorized

A biostatistician told Florida jurors Monday that radioactive waste from a former Pratt & Whitney rocket and aerospace testing site had contaminated a nearby Palm Beach County neighborhood and caused a cancer cluster in the area. In a federal court in West Palm Beach, Dr. Francesca Dominici, a biostatistician at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public […]

Blacks, Asians at Higher Risk for Allopurinol-Related Skin Reactions

Posted on March 1, 2021March 1, 2021 Scovern LawPosted in Uncategorized, Zyloprim and Allopurinol

By Deborah Levenson Be careful when prescribing allo¬purinol to black and Asian gout patients, a study newly advises. Black and Asian patients who take this ubiquitous, more-than-40-year-old medication are at much higher risk of certain serious skin reactions than are Caucasians or Hispanics. Compared with Caucasians, blacks who take allopurinol to lower blood urate levels […]