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• Maine Breast Cancer Patients: Important Information

  Anne Fennessey | May 18, 2008 11:44 AM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  A study released by Canadian researchers on May 15, 2008 sheds new light on the possible link between vitamin D and breast cancer survival rates. Dr. Pamela Goodwin, a breast cancer researcher at...

• Parents continue insisting on link between vaccinations and autism

  Alison McKellar | May 13, 2008 8:07 PM | 1 CommentBangor & Augusta, ME

  This week, the United States Court of Federal Claims began the second hearing in a series of three to determine whether thimerosal, a vaccine additive containing mercury, led to autism in...

• Maine Car Crash Leads To Second Accident

  Anne Fennessey | March 28, 2008 9:46 AM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  It happens alot. There's an accident on the highway. Rescue vehicles rush to the scene with sirens blaring and lights flashing. Other drivers on the road move out of the way and let the rescue vehicles make their way to the crash. That's the way it should be, but on Wednesday, March 26, 2008, things didn't exactly work out the way they should have following an accident on I-95 North in...

• Shain's of Maine Ice Cream is Recalling Kahlua Brownie and Double Fudge Brownie Ice Cream

  Jenny Albano | October 20, 2007 2:55 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Shain's of Maine Ice Cream, in conjunction with the FDA, is recalling all quarts and 3 gallon tubs of Kahlua Brownie Ice Cream and 3 gallon tubs of Double Fudge Brownie Ice Cream because these products may contain egg which is not listed on the label. People who are allergic or have a sensitivity to egg could have severe allergic reactions or could face death if they consume this product.The...

• Youth suicide prompts the FDA to investigate asthma drug Singulair and possible link to severe mood changes

  Don Briggs | March 27, 2008 11:28 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Cody Miller was fifteen years old when he unexpectedly ended his own life on August 4th of 2007, just two weeks after starting on the popular allergy drug, Singulair, for his allergies. MSNBC reported today that Merck, the company that sells Singulair, has changed the drug's labeling four times in the past year to include information on a range of side effects such as tremors, anxiousness,...

• Drunk Doctors a Concern for Maine Patients?

  Don Briggs | February 18, 2008 6:06 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Hopefully this situation will never arise in Maine but it has in New Jersey. A New Jersey pediaitrician had his license to practice medicine revoked for allegedly being drunk on the job, administering expired vaccines to young patients and pointing a loaded gun at two assistants. As many as 1,100 children may not have been properly immunized and, as a result, may not be protected according to...

• Medication Errors in Maine Hospitals

  Alison Mynick, RN, Esq. | February 18, 2008 3:01 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  One in 10 patients in Massachusetts hospitals suffers serious and avoidable medication mistakes. Can what is happening to Maine patients in Maine hospitals be very different? Probably not.The study by a Boston doctor, reported in the Boston Globe shows that the culprit is a doctor's handwritten order for medicine in a patient chart. When a hospital switiches to a computerized ordering system...

• Transplant Doctor Accused of Speeding Up Death for Organs

  Jenny Albano | July 31, 2007 11:55 AM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Dr. Hootan Roozrokh of San Francisco has been accused of prescribing excessive drugs to a disabled patient to speed up his death and harvest his organs. The man, 26 year-old Ruben Navarro, died in 2006.The defendant's lawyer stated that the charges were "unfounded and ill-advised" and that is client has been subjected to an "18-month witch hunt".Roozrokh was charged with felony counts of...

• Weekend Medical Malpractice: Delay Places Stroke Victims At Risk

  Alison Mynick, RN, Esq. | March 19, 2007 11:14 AM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Each year 700,000 American suffer the devastation of a stroke. About one third die, and many survivors suffer irreversible effects that limit speech and mobility.You are fourteen times more likely to die of a stroke if you're brought to the ER on the weekend. A recent Canadian study outlines the startling figures, but the reasons why a weekend stroke patient is more likely to die than his or...

• Don Briggs, Attorney at Law

  Staff Writer | January 01, 2007 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsBangor & Augusta, ME

  Mr. Briggs received his undergraduate degree from Holy Cross College and his law degree from Suffolk University Law School, with honors, where he was the managing editor of the Suffolk Transnational Law Review. In addition to the state and federal courts in Maine, Don is admitted to practice in the state and federal courts in Massachusetts, including the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First...