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• Clinical Trials Influenced by Drug Companies

  Jeremy Thurman | May 17, 2006 10:31 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Yahoo News features an article discussing a study that will be in the May 17 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. It brings to light information that plaintiff attorneys have been saying for years about so called unbiased studies by the drug companies. This article is referencing a Harvard study about the bias of for-profit funding in medical research.Among its findings,...

• FDA Warns of Cancer Risk with Elidel and Protopic

  Staff Writer | January 23, 2006 8:53 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Last week, the FDA approved two new warnings on the labeling for two skin care drugs, Elidel and Protopic. Although a causal link between these two topical drugs and certain cancers has not yet been established, patients receiving these drugs have reported a higher incidence of cancers, namely skin cancer and lymphoma. Patients taking these drugs are encouraged to consult with their doctor to...

• Doctors the third leading cause of death in the US?

  Jeremy Thurman | January 04, 2006 2:15 PM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Do you know what the term iatrogenic means? is defined as "induced in a patient by a physician's activity, manner, or therapy. Used especially to pertain to a complication of treatment." In the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), a Dr. Starfield has documented an estimation of how many iatrogenic caused deaths occur each year. His report shows that 106,000 deaths are the...

• U.S. Health Care Most Expensive & Most Error Prone

  Jeremy Thurman | December 30, 2005 10:44 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Not only do Americans pay much more for medical treatment than anyone else in the world, they also bear the brunt of the most medical errors, according to a survey covering the USA, Australia, Canada, Germany, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. Almost 7,000 patients were consulted.The survey supported by The Commonwealth Fund finds that one-third of U.S. patients with health problems reported...

• McDonalds Coffee case - The Truth

  Jeremy Thurman | December 23, 2005 11:07 AM | 1 CommentNew York City, NY

  Once again, the great debate about tort reform is heating up throughout this Country. Proponents love to cite the most well-known supposed "frivolous lawsuit" is the story of Stella Liebeck - the woman who was burned by hot coffee from McDonalds. Thought I would give some brief facts about the case to show you how corporations ahve managed to get Americans to turn on themselves.1: Stella...

• Long Island Father of Two Dies in Hit and Run Motorcycle Crash

  Paul Napoli | December 01, 2009 8:35 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  December 1, 2009 Nassau police continue to search for a hit and run driver that killed a motorcyclist in Franklin Square on Sunday morning. John Deike, 46, was driving his Honda motorcycle...

• Study Finds Uninsured Trauma Patients 80% More Likely to Die

  Paul Napoli | December 01, 2009 8:32 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  November 30, 2009 In a new study published in the November issue of Archives of Surgery, Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston researchers found trauma patients without...

• EPA Issues Rules to Reduce Water Pollution from Construction Sites

  Paul Napoli | November 30, 2009 2:36 AM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  November 29, 2009 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule aimed at reducing water pollution from construction and development industries. The final rule, which...

• Driver Held on $1 Million Bail as Three Boys Remain Hospitalized in Philly

  Paul Napoli | November 28, 2009 11:51 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  November 28, 2009 Dawn Denise Snell, 42, of the Philadelphia suburb of Lansdowne, is being held in the Delaware County Jail on $1 million cash bail after driving her car into three boys walking...

• New Law Increases Fines for Employers who Retaliate Against Employees

  Paul Napoli | November 28, 2009 11:49 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  November 27, 2009 A new law that protects employees who report labor violations to the New York State Department of Labor from retaliation by employers went in to effect this week. When...