Canadian researchers have found that the defective drug Vioxx, recalled by the FDA, can cause a heart attack as soon as two weeks after a patient has begun to take the medication. More than a fourth of 239 elderly patients studied who had taken Vioxx suffered a heart attack within six to thirteen days after […]
Hospital Infection Data in Philadelphia: Too Good To Be True?
The data in Pennsylvania for infections aquired through non-related hospital procedures is dramatically skewed to the Southwest, with a reported 2,054 infections in Southwest Pennsylvania and 149 infections reported in the Southeast, near the Philadelphia area. Despite the sunny side of this report, it may also indicate that the real problem in Pennsylvania lies in […]
FDA Lacks Effective Process in Monitoring Post-Market Drug Studies
According to a Government and Accountability Office report released in April, the FDA does not maintain a “clear and effective process” for monitoring the safety of previously approved drugs. The report was requested in 2004 by Senator Chuck Grassley and Representative Joe Barton. In the study, researchers examined the agency’s handling of four controversial drugs: […]
Florida Government: The Wind Under Insurance Companies’ Wings
Florida Governer Jeb Bush signed a property insurance bill Tuesday that allowed insurance companies a much less regulated reign on wind damage compensation in order to promote the survival of insurance companies in the state after the Katrina damages. While this may all be well and good for the companies, those victims left over from […]
Carl: Story of a Working Man
Carl was an honest, hard-working man, living and striving to maintain a happy family. Sacrificing a college experience to work two jobs in support of a family, he proved trustworthy to friends and invaluable to family. Besides his job as at a camera shop, he worked at a metal fabricating plant. Carl knew well the […]
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