Miscellaneous

Is Casey Anthony guilty of killing her child? I simply do not know. I was not privy to the evidence presented to the jury during the several weeks of trial or to the evidence not presented and held back by the prosecution and defense. What I do know is the […]

Jessie was a healthy 17-year-old who loved cheerleading and playing softball.  Two days after receiving her third Gardasil vaccination, Jessie unexpectedly passed away. HPV vaccines, such as Gardasil, which are manufactured by Merck Sharp & Dohme Co., have been aggressively marketed to young girls in their early teens as well […]

Gladys Mensing took metoclopramide, the generic form of Reglan, a nausea medication that was marketed and prescribed off-label for the treatment of reflux disease and other chronic conditions.  Unfortunately, use of metoclopramide or Reglan for more than a few months can cause patients, like Gladys Mensing, to develop severe and […]

I just heard about a really cool idea.  If you join in, you can help the world without really trying and without spending a dime.  Interested?  Keep reading. How many times have you spent the night at a hotel, taken one shower and had your soap thrown away with 90% […]

Pretty much everyone has one these days!  In fact, according to Facebook, there are currently over 500 million active users on Facebook.  Statistics show that 50% of these active users log on every day. So, just as you would in any crowd, you need to make sure you are protecting […]

Prescription drugs are not the solution to all of our health problems.  In fact, they can be the cause of many of them. Many patients who are being prescribed bisphosphonates for the treatment and prevention of osteoporosis, such as Fosamax, Aredia, and Zometa, are unaware of the risk of long […]

Suppose I am a physician and as a part of my practice I want to know whether my patients own guns and whether they properly secure their guns. Suppose I, too, own guns and suppose that as a result of poor gun security someone in my family was tragically shot […]

Homeowners Insurance in the State of Florida is already out of reach financially for many Floridians who own homes and are struggling in this economy to makes ends meet. We have gone several years without hurricanes and when we had a few in 2005 homeowners insurance rates went through the […]

In the ‘80’s and ‘90’s we went through the “managed care” development in health care. HMO’s sprang up from everywhere and the promise of lower health costs with increased quality of health care was predicted by both the private sector as well as public officials. That was a “sales job” […]

On May 20, 2011, a jury ruled that Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Products, the producer of Motrin, must pay damages of $10 million to the family of a 13-year-old who suffered severe injuries resulting from Stevens Johnson Syndrome after taking Children’s Motrin. After taking Children’s Motrin to treat a […]