- Jordan Margolis | February 28, 2011 5:24 PM | Cook County, IL
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Medical Malpractice
Medical malpractice tort reform is a familiar yet controversial topic that has been making its way back into the spotlight due to November's mid-term elections and the recent federal health care...
- Jordan Margolis | April 27, 2011 1:09 PM | Cook County, IL
Category:
Medical Malpractice
New York's Governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, has taken revenge on opponents of his mission to enact caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice cases. Gov. Cuomo successfully garnered legislators'...
- Jessica Hoerman | May 24, 2012 8:40 AM | Chicago-Land, IL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
One in 600 babies born will be born with a cleft lip or palate. During normal fetal development between the 6th and 11th week of pregnancy, the clefts in the lip and palate fuse together. In...
- John M. Restaino | April 24, 2012 4:36 PM | Chicago-Land, IL
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Federal drug regulators approved Topamax (and its generic equivalent, Topiramate) as an anti-epileptic drug and for prevention of migraines. On March 4, 2011, The FDA announced that Topamax would...
- Jessica Hoerman | February 24, 2012 11:02 AM | Chicago-Land, IL
Category:
FDA & Prescription Drugs
On Wednesday, an FDA Advisory Committee overwhelmingly voted in favor of recommending the approval of a diet pill, Qnexa. This recommendation reverses years of caution with regards to diet pill...
- Nick Avgerinos | July 29, 2008 10:22 AM | Rockford & Moline, IL
Category:
Medical Malpractice
Early this July, the CEO of large hospital in Boston posted a blog entitled: “The message you hope never to send.” Talk about a jarring headline for anyone with loved ones at the hospital. What...