The FDA announced today that four drugs used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses will now have stronger black box warnings due to the increased risk of fatal fungal infections. A black box warning is the strongest warning the FDA gives before pulling the product from commercial use. The four drugs – Cimzia, […]
9/11’s Legacy: Honor the Dead, Cheat the Living
All across the country, government officials, especially elected officials and those who hope soon to be elected, are trying to curry favor with the public by calling our attention to the thousands of Americans who were killed seven years ago today. It’s very convenient to trot out the honored dead every once in a while […]
Don’t Take “No” for an Answer in Denied Insurance Claims
If you made a claim for a medically necessary procedure which your insurance company denied, there are two things you should not do: take no for an answer and rush out to get a lawyer. If your insurance carrier is routinely denying a claim that should be covered, you may be able to file a […]
C-Section Rates and Medical Malpractice Insurance
I don’t often get to say “I told you so,” but here’s a good opportunity. On another blog, I recently wrote about the correlation between rising c-section rates and rising medical malpractice insurance rates. Well, it turns out that a University of Connecticut researcher had been working on the same problem and came up with […]
Lawsuit Results from C. difficile Infections that Killed 16
A recent outbreak of Clostridium difficile at a Quebec hospital, Honore-Mercier, that killed 16 is the source of a medical malpractice lawsuit that has been filed. The outbreak occurred in 2006, when the so-called superbug, a bacteria resistant to antibiotics, and festered for several months before being brought under control. These bacteria are difficult to […]
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