For years pharmaceutical companies have courted medical schools, professors, students
doctors at medical schools have made substantial incomes lecturing on behalf of pharmacy companies.
U.S. hospitals have reported a 200 percent increase in the deadly CDAD disease from 2000 to 2005. While there has been a lot of press about the drug-resistent MRSA staph infection virus, you may not...
A study by the Public Citizen, an independent watchdog group, reported a significant drop in State Medical Board Serious Disciplinary Actions against doctor's from 2005 to 2007. It is their opinion...
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials were raked over the coals this week for the administration's lack of inspections of foreign drug manufacturing plants. Both Republicans and Democrats...
Did you know that in Florida, automobile owners are not required to carry bodily injury liability coverage? The only insurance that Florida requires is property damage and, effective January 1,...
Thousands of smokers and the familes of deceased smokers will be splitting $600 million from a fund which was financed by tobacco companies as part of the tobacco settlement. The money will be...
Florida's theme parks are required to report tourist related injuries to the state quarter. Here is a summary of the first quarter reports:
Neck and spine injuries sustained on the Mach V ride at...
A study cited in the University of Florida s latest Neuropsychology Clinical Update shows that recreational club drugs like ecstasy and methamphetamines have the similar effects on the brain as a...
A traffic crash in Oviedo SeminoleCounty involving a school bus and a pick up truck was reported at approximately 6 30 this morning The crash occurred at the intersection of Lake Miils Road and...
A recent article on the NPR website raised several valid concerns about doctor blogs and the impact they have on patient privacy. According to the article, medical blogs can be helpful and...