Bill AB 495 has made it to the Senate but further support is needed! The bill seeks to repair some of the harm caused by the KODIN (Keep Our Doctors in Nevada) legislation. Among other things,...
Three VA patients have tested positive for AIDS after colonscopy equipment was not properly cleaned and sterilized. Another 25 VA patients, 7 in Florida have contracted hepatitis B or C due to...
It was just a matter of time before large pharmaceutical companies began marketing their products on the Internet. With huge marketing budgets, drug companies have turned to the Internet to attract...
Public Citizen, a well-known, well-respected non-profit public interest organization, just released its yearly study of state medical boards for 2008. In this study, Public Citizen tracked the...
On April 8, 2009, The Food and Drug Administration announced it would be ending loophole exploited for years by manufacturers. This loophole allowed all medical devices “manufactured and...
Military contractors are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with many of the same physical and mental issues of the soldiers they work next to. More than 1,400 civilian workers have died and 31,000...
Twenty-one of twenty-six Venezuelan polo horses collapsed shortly after being administered a compound similar to Biodyl–a French-made supplement including vitamins and minerals not approved in...
According to an investigation by the Associated Press, U.S. manufacturers, including drugmakers, have legally released at least 271 million pounds of pharmaceuticals into the waterways that often...
On Sunday March 8, 2009 a 49-year-old Puna man was killed while riding his ATV in Hawaiian Acres subdivision in Puna on the Big Island. Robert Texeira of Kurtistown was riding a Suzuki King Quad...
The law of North Carolina (NC) that governs lawsuits against doctors, hospitals, nurses or other health care providers requires certification before you can go to court--certification that an...