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You know better than your doctor does. No, maybe not about how the liver metabolizes certain substances and other complicated medical issues, but you know better about your own body, and what...

This week a consumer advocacy group petitioned Washington to take birth control patch off the market. Why? Studies show that users have an increased chance of blood clots. a 60% higher chance....

The reports are begining to be circulated that another member of "Big Pharma", Pfizer, Inc., has settled a group of cases with plaintiffs who allege the painkillers, Celebrex and Bextra, caused...

Insulin pumps are used by thousands and thousand of American teenagers with Type I diabetes. Type I diabetes occurs when the body's own immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells of the...

I could not believe the story when I first read it. Hospital administrators failed to report a sexual assault of a patient to the police. You have got to be kidding me! Police were called to...

I have previously written about the evils of arbitration agreements. Mandatory Arbitration is a legal process whereby parties agree to arbitrate a dispute and waive their Constitutional right to a...

I recently received a telephone call from my law firm's banker. He is a good guy and over the years has helped my practice grow. However, the purpose of his call was to solicit my firm's interest in...

Teleradiology, what is it? It is the electronic transmission of radiological patient images, such as x-rays, CT's and MRI's, from one location to another for the purposes of interpretation and/or...

Breaking news in our local paper - Roanoke Times: Purdue Pharma seeks FDA approval for new form of OxyContin "In a document posted today to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Web site, Purdue...

Over the years, nursing homes have been called upon to provide increasingly complex medical care to residents. Much of that complex care requires the use of sophisticated medical devices such as...