Increase your possibility for blood clots – take Yaz birth control. That would be bare truth in advertising were Bayer AG willing to be honest about its block buster contraceptive medication that generated over $1.5.8 billion in sales last year. Another truth in advertising for the Yaz drug maker? We […]
Yearly Archives: 2011
As I have written many times before, I believe in the jury system, but it requires a well-informed jury, given all the facts and evidence, to arrive at a just decision. Based upon my own research and the below discussion, I must conclude that, more likely than not, the jurors […]
Just how much are consumers of eye care products supposed to take before they have had enough? On the heels of two major disasters in the eye care industry yet another has emerged. Cooper Vision a major manufacturer of eye care products including soft contact lenses has announced the recall […]
Over the past four years, El Sol, Jupiter’s Neighborhood Resource Center has been a part of the community through Artfest. The money raised from this event benefits the Hispanic Community of The Sun and with those proceeds, the Sun can continue their community work they have been successfully doing for […]
We were allowed to go to a local elementary school, Hope Centennial Elementary here in West Palm Beach, and read a book to the children. I think the kids enjoyed themselves. I, and my colleagues, had a wonderful time! Our law firm sees injured people daily and we try to […]
You can not drink alcohol and drive a motor vehicle safely. Period. We are fast approaching “tis the season” with Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years nearly upon us and it is a good time to remind ourselves of important aspects of being safe while making jolly. Think about it. You […]
New data suggests that SUV’s (short for “sport utility vehicle”) have become safer for other drivers to have them on the road. The study was conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a research arm of the insurance industry. The study found that in 2000-2001, there were 44 deaths […]
Do you know that we have Benjamin Franklin to thank for “Daylight Saving Time”? Do you know the correct spelling for the time change is: “Daylight Saving Time” and not “Daylight Savings Time”? Do you know that the main purpose of “Daylight Saving Time is “to make better use of […]
CardioGen-82 (Bracco Diagnostic, Inc) is literally the combination of a machine that manufactures a low half-life radioactive tracer, Rubidium-82 (half-life of 76 seconds) from its parent Strontium-82 (half-life of about four weeks) and the Rubidium-82 itself. The FDA terms the machine and the Rubidium-82 combination a “drug” labeled as CardioGen-82. […]
The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (often called “Obamacare,” by those who oppose the Act) is leading to a fundamental restructuring of how we Americans pay for our health care. The law itself is long and complex. Here’s a 907 page legal summary, if you’re ready […]