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Building the “better mouse trap” sometimes means producing a product that simply does not work the way it is designed to work. It is a process, sometimes, of trial and error. If someone (other than the mouse) is seriously injured by that product, it is called negligence. Building the “better […]

Women who are trying to make decisions about a safe and effective form of birth control are having a hard time these days. On the heels of reports that Yaz, Bayer’s number one selling oral birth control pill was linked to abnormally high incidence of blood clotting disorders, it is […]

Bisphosphonates are widely prescribed medications for the treatment and/or prevention of osteoporosis.  The first bisphosphonate (Fosamax, also known as alendronate) for the prevention and/or treatment of osteoporosis was approved for the U.S. market in 1995.  Since that time, four bisphosphonate molecular entities (alendronate sodium, risedronate sodium, ibandronate sodium, and zoledronic […]

Stress imaging tests cost approximately $1,000 each, and are used to measure blood flow to the heart and help determine how well the heart is working at rest and during exercise.  The American College of Cardiology recommends that patients have the test administered two years after having a stent inserted, […]

Over the past year, lawyers who represent thousands of women injured by defective transvaginal mesh have faced difficult choices with regard to the proper venue for filing individual lawsuits. These medical devices have been widely used (and perhaps overused) to treat women with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) or pelvic organ […]

If you are a patient at a hospital, don’t you think you should have the right to know whether anything bad happened to you while you were there? For years, health care providers in Florida were able to withhold records from a patient that were created as a direct result […]

Physician: Before I agree to treat you, I need you to sign an arbitration agreement and a limitation of liability agreement. Patient: What are those and why do I need to sign them? Physician: Oh, they are nothing really for you to worry about. They only apply to you if […]

Do you know what “force placed insurance” means? With any luck you will never have to know what it means, but typically it translates to: No control Inflated premiums Very limited coverage Increased mortgage payments Force placed insurance on your home can happen under a number of different circumstances. For […]

Riding a bicycle. Feeling the wind blow across your face and being able to take in the sights, smells and sounds around you has always been a fun adventure. Riding a bicycle is also dangerous and should be taken seriously. When you are riding a bike on the roadways, you […]

Do you believe that before you pay for a service or a product that it is acceptable to ask for what exactly you are being charged? I would never have thought to ask that question yesterday. The answer seems reasonable and straight forward, right? Of course, if you are buying […]