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Lowe’s Companies Inc. has increased its offer to settle toxic drywall lawsuits, say reports, with the home improvement store chain offering as much as $100,000 to customers who claim their homes and health suffered as a result of toxic drywall they may have purchased at Lowe’s Home Improvement Centers. The original settlement proposed that Lowe’s drywall claimants would have received gift cards or cash from between $50 to $2,500. But claimants said the amount was too small since replacing the…

Reports say a cell phone sudy suggests a link between children exposed to cell phones in the womb and behavioral problems. The study, which was evidently based on a previous cell phone study, said children seemed to have more behavioral issues by the time they turned seven, reports say. Altogether, between the two studies, more than 40,000 children were studied, with the possible conclusion that there is a connection between the electromagnetic fields sent out by cell phones and the behavior…

Reports say a recent article in the American Journal of Gastroenterology found a link between the use of Isotretinoin – which is the generic term for Accutane — and Ulcerative Colitis, a disease that causes ulcers in the colon and/or large intestines. Accutane, an acne drug, is also alleged to cause Inflammatory Bowel Disease. The forms of IBD include Crohn’s Disease, Collageneous Colitis, Lymphocytic Colitis, Ischaemic Colitis, Diversion Colitis, Indeterminate Colitis and Behcet’s Syndrome. Medical patients enough problems without adding…

Stretching for a foul ball a Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, Texas, a man fell from the second deck into the field level seats. The man fell during the fifth inning of a game between the Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers last summer. The incident occurred when Texas right fielder Nelson Cruz fouled a ball into the first row of seats along the first-base line. He simply leaned too far off the club level seat and toppled onto the seats below,…

Public groups have been critical of a delay by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that stalled a  recall of the drugs Darvon and Darvocet, reports say. Darvon and Darvocet, which are made with the key ingredient propoxyphene, may be linked to heart problems. Critics say the number of patients injured by the delay by the FDA could number in the thousands, reports say. Propoxyphene is a painkiller. The FDA announced in November of last year that Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals Inc. had…