“I’m Chris Bosh,” says the 7-foot Miami Heat basketball star at the beginning of a recent pharmaceutical TV ad. “When I was sidelined with blood…
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Why Medical Devices Are Bad and Will Probably Never Get Better
So-called “state–of–the–art” medical devices can kill just as swiftly as they heal. Faulty medical devices claim the lives of, at the very least, 3,000 Americans…
Naturally Occurring Asbestos Linked to Higher Probability of Lung Disease
For decades, Americans have worried about the presence of asbestos in old structures and buildings built before the 1980s, back when the Occupational Safety and…
9 Places Inside Your Home Where Deadly Asbestos Could Be Lurking
As renters or homeowners, many of us are used to looking out for the obvious dangers in a building or place of residence, such as…
Read This Before Your Next MRI: A New Study Raises Concerns Over the Safety of MRI-Related Drugs
For years, people have feared getting X-rays, CAT and PET scans, MRIs, and the like – but have such fears ever been proven rational? A…
When Wall Street Takes over Nursing Homes, Grandma Gets Left in the Cold. Literally.
When 85-year-old Eleanor Hallowell fell out of her wheelchair in a Voorhees, New Jersey nursing home, overworked and underpaid caregivers came up with a quick…
Report: Medical Boards Are Protecting Doctors at the Expense of Patient Safety
Should you have the right to know whether your doctor is or has been on probation? More specifically, if you were to discover that your…
Victims of Dangerous Birth Control Device Essure® May Finally Have Their Day in Court
Despite thousands of complaints since 2002 of severe pelvic and abdominal pain, internal bleeding, miscarriages, and even death, the implantable permanent birth control system, Essure®,…
BASF Leaves Trail of Fraud, Corruption, and Asbestos in its Wake
It’s one thing to recklessly produce and distribute asbestos to an unsuspecting public — it’s something else to destroy evidence showing that you’ve done so.…
