A former top executive of Insys Therapeutics Inc., an Arizona-based pharmaceutical company, pleaded guilty in a Boston courthouse in late November to bribing doctors to prescribe the company’s strongest opioid medication. The former executive, Alec Burlakoff, was Insys’ vice president of sales and i
According to the American Trucking Association (ATA), there are currently 51,000 vacant truck driver positions open in the U.S. This can be attributed to a number of factors, including the large number of older truckers retiring, millennials’ general lack of interest in trucking, and the…
In the beginning of November, Leapfrog released its semiannual Hospital Safety Grades for each state in the United States. Tennessee ranked in the middle of the pack, ranking 20th amongst the 50 states for the number of hospitals that received “A” grades. On an alarming…
This past Wednesday, local Houston law enforcement officials did something that was unprecedented. They obtained a search warrant and raided the headquarters of the Diocese of Galveston-Houston looking specifically for the secret archives. The police action in Texas was taken by the Montgomery Coun
NBC News investigative reporters sat down with Andrew Chappell a few weeks ago at his Missouri home to talk about his Biomet M2a hip replacement nightmare. The reporters wanted to know why seven nations, including Australia, Germany, and Great Britain, knew about serious problems with the…
Distracted drivers caused 54,302 crashes, injuries, and wrongful deaths in North Carolina in 2016. If you travel on the streets or highways, you are at risk for being injured or killed by someone who is more interested in their phone than their driving. On the…
Recently, researchers at the University of California confirmed that head injuries can lead to serious brain disorders in the future. This study was the first to examine individual cell types’ reactions to brain trauma, which was done through the observation of 6,000 individual cells in…
Just two days before Thanksgiving, Massachusetts became the fifth state to open store doors — two, in fact — for the sale of legalized recreational marijuana. The stores, which are located in Leicester and Northampton, each feature a wide selection of marijuana products available for…
On Monday the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a plan that will overhaul the way medical devices are tested and approved. The changes are supposed to force companies to base their newest device designs on more recent technology. The FDA’s sudden announcement came just…
The broadband Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS), a new medical device developed by the University College London (UCL), is helping medical professionals detect brain damage earlier. This has monumental implications for neonatal care, especially because brain injuries in already susceptible newborns
The secret of hernia repair is that it carries a high risk of chronic pain after surgery. Upwards of 30% of patients have restricted movement and pain that can last a lifetime. With more than a million hernia surgeries a year performed in the U.S.…
Once again, Governor Jerry Brown has failed survivors of sexual abuse in California. As he did in 2013, Brown vetoed a bill that would have provided opportunities for sex abuse survivors in California to seek justice in the courts. The bill, written by Assemblywoman…
