Florida Medical Malpractice Complaints
October 14, 2011
The Florida Department of Health’s Division of Medical Quality Assurance (“MQA”) is responsible for licensing and regulating 37 types of facilities/establishments and more than 40 health care professions under Florida law. The most recent available MQA Annual Report is for fisc[...]
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New York Medical Malpractice Claims And Complaints
October 13, 2011
The New York State Board for Professional Medical Conduct (“Board”) was created in 1976 to administer New York’s physician discipline program. The Board’s stated mission is to protect the public from medical negligence, incompetence and other kinds of professional misconduct.[...]
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Texas Medical Malpractice Reform (Unintended) Results
October 11, 2011
Under Governor Rick Perry, Texas has enacted some of the most draconian medical malpractice “reforms” whereby the innocent victims of medical malpractice negligence are highly restricted in the claims they can bring against negligent doctors and other Texas health care providers and in t[...]
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Maryland Hospital Mistakes
October 10, 2011
Hospitals in Maryland are required to report serious adverse events that occur in those hospitals to the Maryland Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ). OHCQ in turn issues a yearly report regarding the reported hospital errors and mistakes that result in serious injuries or death. The most recent re[...]
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Steve Job’s Cancer: Pancreatic Cancer
October 8, 2011
Steve Jobs, the visionary co-founder of Apple, Inc., died earlier this week after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. The pancreas is an elongated, tapered gland that is located behind the stomach and is part of the digestive and endocrine system. The pancreas secretes digestive enzymes that he[...]
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How May Human Stem Cell Research Help People In The Future?
October 6, 2011
By researching human embryonic stem cells, there is increasing hope that one day human embryonic stem cell therapy may help alleviate the pain and suffering caused by many cancers, heart disease, diabetes, and many other human afflictions. Understanding Differentiation One major area of stem cell re[...]
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Can Oral Sex Lead To Throat Cancer?
October 5, 2011
The most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) is genital human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV can infect the genital areas of both men and women and can also infect the mouth and throat. There are more than 40 types of HPV. Most people who become infected with HPV will not even know that they are [...]
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What Are Stem Cells?
October 4, 2011
Stem cells are cells that have the ability to divide for indefinite periods in the laboratory and to give rise to specialized cells. Stem cells are different from other types of cells because they are unspecialized cells that can renew themselves through cell division (sometimes after long periods[...]
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Safely Buying Prescription Medications Over The Internet
October 3, 2011
Acknowledging and responding to many consumers who were purchasing their prescription medications over the internet, the FDA produced a brochure to help consumers safely use the numerous websites, located both in the United States and internationally, offering to sell prescription drugs directly t[...]
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Buying Drugs On The Internet
October 2, 2011
Many people are finding that it is more convenient and less costly to obtain and purchase their prescription and nonprescription medicines and drugs on the internet rather than at their local pharmacy or drug store. Purchases over the internet may take a day or two (or longer) to reach customers, bu[...]
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