The Costs Of Prescription Drug Abuse
February 26, 2012
Prescription painkillers such as methodone, oxycodone (brand name: OxyContin), and hydrocodone (brand name: Vicodin) are the most abused prescription drugs in the United States. The sale of prescription painkillers in the United States has more than tripled since 1999. Over 36,000 people died from [...]
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Is My Cancer Drug Avastin A Fake?
February 21, 2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety alert on February 20, 2012 regarding a counterfeit (fake) cancer medication that may have entered the U.S. from overseas that does not contain the required active ingredient. The only FDA-approved version of the cancer drug Avastin is mark[...]
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Kentucky Medical Malpractice Verdict For Surgeon’s Broken Legs
February 19, 2012
A retired surgeon who was in his mid-80s was being cared for by a nursing assistant who was supposed to use a lifting device to transfer the man from a chair to his bed but failed to do so. As a result of the nursing assistant’s failure to use the proper procedure for the man’s transfer[...]
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Did Medical Malpractice Kill Whitney Houston?
February 15, 2012
While speculation continues to swirl with regard to what caused Whitney Houston’s recent death, with little accurate information being disclosed by the authorities and official statements warning that it will take weeks before the official cause of death is known (after toxicology results [...]
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