A few weeks ago we wrote about the fact that stroke and death have both been linked to the use of antipsychotics in treating the elderly. Alarmingly, researchers are finding that atypical...
Rule Number One: Read the local rules.Every county is different and you can take nothing for granted. They could also change with every year. You can find the local rules for counties on most of...
As the population ages, more and more people are entering nursing homes and long term care facilities. Before we place a loved one into one of these facilities, however, we want to make sure it is...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved eighteen generic drugs manufactured by Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd. even as the United States was investigating whether or not the company...
Topamax, an epilepsy and migraine drug, may increase the risk of birth defects in children. A small study appears to point to an association between birth defects and Topamax, when the drug was used...
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, a billionaire pharmaceutical executive from American Pharmaceutical Partners (APP), is calling for the pharmaceutical industry to reform how it polices its products. He...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an “Early Communication”
about a possible link between the blockbuster cholesterol medication Vytorin
and an increased risk of cancer. The...
Upon further inquiry into the hullabaloo surrounding the Mississippi Supreme Court's majority decision to attempt to stifle the dissenting opinion of Justice Oliver Diaz in a wrongful death case, I...
Federal officials have been paying particularly close attention to bus companies after the Sherman bus crash earlier this month. The Houston Chronicle reports that around 300 bus companies are...
Today, the New York Times continues what must be at least a two year series of reports on one of the hidden tragedies of the Iraq war- the growing tide of combat veterans who come home with...