Dennis Quaid

• From Actor to Activist, Dennis Quaid Speaks Candidly About This New Job: Saving Lives

Only in AARP The Magazine WASHINGTON, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Nearly three years after the near deaths of his newborn twins, actor and activist Dennis Quaid opens up in the September/October issue of AARP The Magazine about the worst day of his life. During what should have been a routine treatment for staph infections, his twins were accidentally overdosed with the blood thinner heparin at Cedars- Sinai hospital in Los Angeles. An international news frenzy followed, and Dennis Quaid and his wife were left outraged and in shock. "They were bleeding out of every place where they'd been poked and prodded," Quaid tells AARP The Magazine. The incident has since spurred Quaid to take action in the hopes of preventing medical accidents from happening to others. Says Quaid, "We didn...

• U.S. Newswire
• July 22, 2010

• in the Matter of Melvin R. Luster, Debtor. in the Matter of Harold E. Friedman, Debtor. Appeal of Dennis E. Quaid, Trustee. (Two Cases), 981 F.2d 277 (7th Cir. 1992)

Michael J. Keaton (argued), Dennis E. Quaid, Maynard B. Russell, Fagel & Haber, Chicago, IL, for Dennis E. Quaid in No. 92-1973. Gary R. Allen, Gary ...

• Federal Circuits

• Dennis Quaid to Endorse Blueprint for Patient Safety

Actor Champions Campaign to Prevent Medical Mistakes at National Press Club April 12 WASHINGTON, April 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Dennis Quaid, actor, patient safety advocate, and co-founder of The Quaid Foundation, will address a National Press Club Speakers Series luncheon Mon., April 12. In a speech entitled "Real Health Care Reform: Chasing Zero Harm," Mr. Quaid will issue a call to action for policy makers, hospitals, and the public to link funding and accountability with safe patient practices and technology to prevent avoidable medical errors.

• U.S. Newswire
• April 10, 2010

• Once-Swaggering Dennis Quaid Now Strolls, and Even Staggers

There is a scene in Paul Weitz's "In Good Company" that's as startling as any in movies this year. Dennis Quaid - portraying middle-aged ad exec Dan Foreman - joins a bunch of his younger co- workers for a game of basketball. Instead of sinking the killer shot, he nearly keels over on the court. He exits the game in the most humiliating way possible - injured, sweating, gasping-for- breath. Dennis Quaid, who brought a macho swagger to movies like "The Right Stuff" (1983), "The Big Easy" (1987) and "Everybody's All- American" (1988), faces the realities of aging in "In Good Company." The film opens in limited release Wednesday and goes wider Jan. 14.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• December 27, 2004

• Hijos Del Actor Dennis Quaid Graves Por Error Médico

Los mellizos recién nacidos del actor Dennis Quaid se encontraban en estado grave pero estables en un hospital de Los Angeles, luego de recibir por er...

• El Comercio; Manassas, Va.
• August 21, 2009

• Dennis Quaid Says 'Express' Is All About Grace

Dennis Quaid is no stranger to sports on-screen: Check out "The Rookie," "Any Given Sunday," "Everybody's All-American" and even "Breaking Away," which put him on the map. He adds to his sporting resume with "The Express," in which he plays real-life football coach Ben Schwartzwalder. However, it's not the coach's story. The focus is on Ernie Davis, who, in 1961, became the first African-American player to win the Heisman Trophy.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• October 10, 2008

• Dennis Quaid Again Sues Drug Maker Over Twins' Overdoses

LOS ANGELES Actor Dennis Quaid has sued the pharmaceutical company that makes the blood thinner heparin, citing the overdoses that threatened the lives of his newborn twins three years ago.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• May 26, 2010

• Dennis Quaid Part of Aviation Hall of Fame Ceremony

Actor to serve as master of ceremonies Dennis Quaid's career first took flight with his swaggering performance as Mercury astronaut `Gordo' Cooper in the 1983 film The Right Stuff, which chronicled the birth of America's space program. That Oscar-winning film also earned the actor his wings.

• Dayton Daily News
• July 14, 2004

• Dennis Quaid, Wife Sue Over Drug Mishap On Twins

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dennis Quaid and his wife sued the makers of heparin Tuesday after their newborn twins were inadvertently given massive doses of the blood thinner at a hospital. The product liability lawsuit, filed in Chicago, seeks more than $50,000 in damages. It claims that Baxter Healthcare Corp., based in Deerfield, Ill., was negligent in packaging different doses of the product in similar vials with blue backgrounds. The lawsuit also says the company should have recalled the large-dosage vials after overdoses killed three last year.

• Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
• December 05, 2007

• 'Soul Surfer' Keeps the Faith

SOUL SURFER -- 3 stars -- AnnaSofia Robb, Dennis Quaid, Helen Hunt, Carrie Underwood PG (for an intense accident sequence and some thematic material) general release April 8 Since 2003, Bethany Hamilton has made headlines as the one-armed surfer girl who survived a shark attack.

• Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
• April 08, 2011