On Jan. 1, a new law came into effect that requires hospitals in the United States to post the prices of all of their offered services and procedures online.
While most drivers make occasional mistakes on the road, it goes without saying that roads should be designed and maintained in a way that minimizes car crash potential. Unfortunately, this may not be the case for many intersections. On the morning of Christmas…
While no one wants to dwell on the possibility of losing a loved one in a car accident, the harsh reality is that innocent people are often forced to pay the fatal consequences of another party’s wrongdoing. When these tragedies do happen, loved ones or…
Listen is as Dr. Andrew Whitman, Clinical Pharmacist in Oncology/Palliative Care at the University of Virginia Health System appears on the “Beyond Driving with Dignity” show and explains the dilemma posed by polypharmacy and the effects it may have on older drivers.
After the United States Supreme Court decided Birchfield, which concluded States could not punish the refusal to comply with a request for a warrantless blood test, the landscape of laws relating to driving under the influence in North Dakota and Minnesota have changed significantly. First,…
Following the overwhelming evidence that iron deficiency anemia medication Injectafer is unsafe, Pogust Millrood recently submitted the nation’s first lawsuit against the big pharma companies responsible for Injectafer.
In 2017, 303 traffic fatalities occurred on Nevada roads, which was the first time since 2013 that fatalities were fewer than the previous year. Sadly, this trend ended over just as quickly as it began: as of Dec. 10, 306 fatalities were reported on Nevada…
Birth mortality rates have long been a staple indicator of public health for countries around the world, which is why it is so alarming that childbirth-related deaths are rising in the United States. In fact, the U.S. is the most dangerous country in the developed…
Today, medical/hospital error is the third leading cause of death in the United States. While some sources differ, high estimates indicate that up to 440,000 deaths are caused each year by preventable medical errors. In addition to this, a staggering 86 percent of mistakes made…
This time last year, I wrote about America’s speeding problem and called for an end to this dangerous behavior. Sadly, 2018 has proven itself to be one of the deadliest years for traffic fatalities in Nevada. Many of these fatalities were caused by speeding,…
A recent report from the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has provided the most exhaustive and in-depth look at the failures of governments worldwide to ensure the safety of medical devices. It presents the case that, “health authorities across the globe have failed to protect…
Los Angeles police have uncovered a large collection of homemade pornography inside the storage unit of disgraced ex-USC gynecologist George Tyndall, who has bee accused of molesting hundreds of students. The Los Angeles Times reports that within the “trove of pornography,” are pictures of nude wom
