When you hear commercials on television for prescription drugs, you might ignore the part describing the side effects associated with a medication. Indeed, while most medications have some side...
Last Friday, television megastar Oprah Winfrey hosted a moving special featuring some 200 male survivors of sex abuse. The episode was the first in a two-part series addressing this painful topic...
East Lansing High School is a great high school in so many ways, both academically and athletically, and is also known for its arts and diversity...but what happened here? Last Thursday, an ELHS...
While you might have the option to decline a body scan at the airport, you will most definitely pay the price--at least that's according to one NYT reporter. While at O' Hare International Airport,...
During these bad economic times, it's not uncommon for desperate people to take desperate meaures. While scam artists are nothing new, you definitely want to watch out for those too-good-to-be true...
According to a recent study authored by several Harvard scientists and published in the journal Health Affairs, the medical liability system--an important system to holding the medical community...
A few weeks ago I wrote about the nursing union at Sparrow Hospital and the difficulties they faced in convincing the hospital administrators to increase the staffing to improve patient safety. In...
Have you ever heard of Purple Glove Syndrome? Well, neither had Jeff Garvin from Fort Meyers, Florida--until his wife woke up one night with extremely swollen, purple hands. Jeff's wife was admitted...
If your eye doctor recently recommended Lucentis for your macular degeneration, you might want to read this blog. According to a NYT report, Genentech, the maker of Lucentis, has started offering a...
Allen Walker, a car crash victim from North Fort Myers, Florida, was awarded $1.275 Million Dollars by a jury after a four day trial in Lee County, Florida. Mr. Walker, who is a bee farmer and owns...