By John Fauber and Matt Wynn, USA TODAY NETWORK. Some peddled opioids and others sold snake oil treatments. Some had sex with vulnerable patients. Still others botched surgeries or were implicated in patients’ deaths. A… Read More
By Roni Caryn Rabin, The New York Times, Aug. 29, 2019. Companies that make reusable, snakelike cameras to examine patients internally should begin making disposable versions, because the current models cannot be properly sterilized and… Read More
By Amy Norton, U.S. News. Medicare patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) saw their medication costs soar by more than sevenfold over a decade, a new study finds. It’s no secret that the costs of MS… Read More
Have you or an immediate family member been rejected for medical treatment, experienced physical or financial harm due to medical treatment or a failure to be treated? Are you a medical worker with a story… Read More
For 30 years, Paul Shuen was one of the city’s most respected obstetricians. Then his nurses noticed something unusual about the way he delivered babies. A story of greed, betrayal and medical misconduct. The labor… Read More
“We have to withdraw cases because we don’t have enough physician members.” By Christine Jordan Sexton. Floridapolitics.com Gov. Ron DeSantis made several appointments this week, but he still hasn’t made appointments to the state medical licensing board, and… Read More
By Jackie Fortier, Brian Mann. NPR. An Oklahoma judge has ruled that drugmaker Johnson & Johnson helped ignite the state’s opioid crisis by deceptively marketing painkillers and must pay $572 million to the state. Oklahoma… Read More
Alex James knew how to exhaust himself. It started on his childhood swim team when his coach, a whistle-blowing, red-faced caricature, demanded he swim to the end of the Olympic-sized pool and back again—without taking… Read More
Doctors, nurses, and pharmacists hold your life in their hands. Here, their shocking stories of what can go wrong—and what has to improve to keep us safe. “It was more than 20 years ago, but… Read More
By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press. Millions of people who take aspirin to prevent a heart attack may need to rethink the pill-popping, Harvard researchers reported Monday. A daily low-dose aspirin is recommended for people who have… Read More