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• Real Medical Malpractice Reform in New York—It’s About Patient Safety, Stupid.

  William Eadie | March 07, 2011 8:31 AM | 13 CommentsCleveland, OH

  You’ve no doubt been hearing a lot about “Tort Reform,” or what I like to call “malpractice entitlements.” The idea is simple: someone hurts you through their own...

• Why Do Medical Helicopters Keep Crashing?

  Brett Emison | December 19, 2010 7:21 PM | 13 CommentsKansas City, MO

  Another medical helicopter has crashed -- this time in a small Missouri town. An Associated Press report suggests the helicopter lost an engine on take off and crashed at the landing zone in central...

• Before You Vaccinate with Gardasil, Know the Serious Risks

  Mike Ferrara | September 26, 2009 12:57 PM | 13 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  If you are considering vaccinating your daughter with the increasingly popular Merck vaccine Gardasil, designed to protect against cervical cancer by preventing the sexually...

• The Duty of a Father

  Noble McIntyre | July 27, 2009 12:00 PM | 13 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  I just finished reading the graphic and horrifying story of the young eight year old Phoenix girl lured to a small shed by four boys aged 14, 13, 10 and 9 and then brutally raped by all four who...

• Senate passes Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act giving FDA regulatory control of tobacco industry.

  Wayne Parsons | June 12, 2009 1:42 PM | 13 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  I can hear Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Hannity and Chaney moaning and whining already about the American people getting control of the runaway train that their FDA has turned loose on the public for the...

• NY Legislature Considering Sex Abuse Bill to Help Victims

  Joe Saunders | March 13, 2009 10:20 AM | 13 CommentsPinellas, FL

  It's not the first time the New York State Legislature has considered measures that would open up the statute of limitations for sexual abuse victims. However, this year, the Child Victims Act, has...

• How Deadly is Your Dry Cleaning?

  Camryn Hansen | January 03, 2009 11:39 PM | 13 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Don’t let the “clean” in dry cleaning mislead you. Eighty five percent of dry cleaners across the country use a dangerous solvent called perchloroethylene, or “perc”...

• U.S. Supreme Court Justices to Meet to Discuss Obama Eligibility

  Brian W. Smith | November 30, 2008 9:35 PM | 13 CommentsTallahassee, FL

  According to the docket sheet of the United States Supreme Court, all 9 justices of the Court are scheduled to have a full conference on Friday, December 5, 2008, to discuss the two cases currently...

• Malpractice Damage Caps: Adding Insult to Injury

  David Mittleman | August 18, 2008 10:14 AM | 13 CommentsLansing, MI

  No matter how much education or training a doctor has, he or she is still a human being. As all of us know, humans make mistakes. Although some degree of error is essentially inevitable in any...

• Tulsa Infant Killed by a Puppy

  Jeremy Thurman | August 02, 2008 11:07 PM | 13 CommentsOklahoma City, OK

  One of the most tragic dog bite accidents I have every heard of recently happened in Tulsa Oklahoma. Newsok.com is reporting that 2-month-old infant was attacked and killed after being mauled by a...