Due largely to drug makers’ aggressive direct-to-consumer advertising campaigns, testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) has become a big business projected to reach profits of $5 billion by 2017. But, huge profits should not come with a huge price to pay for consumers. The FDA said that…
In December 2012, the family of Douglas Wingate sued Insight Imagining alleging that Douglas died of fungal meningitis 12 days after being injected with a contaminated drug. According to the lawsuit, Wingate went to Insight Imaging to relieve pain from a pinched nerve in his…
For more than just the Irish, St. Patrick’s Day has become synonymous with consuming excessive amounts of alcohol. Unfortunately, that means that drunk drivers have made this day more dangerous on our roadways. Nobody likes to be a “Grinch” when it comes to holiday fun,…
Florida has become the seventh state to declare medical malpractice award limits unconstitutional. The decision was spurred by a 2011 medical malpractice lawsuit in which a 20-year-old woman died while being treated by a U.S. Air Force doctor at Fort Walton BeachMedicalCenter. The suit was…
Thousands of Americans are going under the knife every year for surgery that isn’t necessary, according to a USA Today investigation. After reviewing information from government records and medical databases, USA Today concluded that unnecessary surgeries may account for 10 to 20 percent of all operations in…
Lights, Camera, Action! It was the first day of production for “Midnight Rider.” The cameras were rolling for a dream sequence with a hospital bed placed over train tracks. As a train approached the bridge, members of the production team tried to remove the bed…
It’s a parent’s nightmare: a toy or product they bought for their child ends up causing injury or even death. I recently read about KID (Kids in Danger) a nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting children by improving children’s product safety. KID was founded in 1998…