When we visit a doctor because we are ill, are feeling pain or because of an injury that requires immediate treatment, we operate under the assumption that the doctor has the education and the qualifications to give us the help that we need. Did you realize that your doctor also makes assumptions about you from [...]
Britax has issued a recall of more than 71,000 infant safety seats in the U.S., 3,900 in Canada and more than 900 in Mexico due to defective handles that can crack and break, which can cause the seat to fall to the ground. The National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the Consumer Products Safety [...]
When you open up the container of Parmesan cheese to sprinkle on your lasagna, pizza or spaghetti and meatballs, you should be safe to assume that what you are eating is in fact Parmesan cheese. Turns out, that’s not always the case. In November of 2012, the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) paid a [...]
Researchers who have conducted autopsies made the discovery that suggests that Alzheimer's disease may be transmitted during certain medical treatments. A story in the journal, Nature, reports on a series of autopsies performed in January 2016, on individuals who died of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD), a disease with similar symptoms to Alzheimer's but causes death in [...]
Imagine how horrifying it would be if you were battling cancer, and then saw details about it in the tabloids. What if you were looking up the results of a paternity test, and upon signing in to the website discovered that you had unfettered access to more than 6,000 other people's test results? What if [...]
If you have ever tried to obtain your own medical records, then you know firsthand what a nightmare it can be. A new set of guidelines under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, or HIPAA, is about to change all of that for consumers. The New York Times reports that the Obama Administration has [...]
It seems like every other commercial on network television, online, in glossy magazines and even on public transportation is touting the benefits of some prescription drug. The American Medical Association (AMA) recently agreed on advocating a ban on direct-to-consumer advertising for prescription drugs because the marketing encourages patients to request specific drugs, medical devices and [...]
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in two cases that the deadline for filing lawsuits against the federal government can be extended in cases where the plaintiff did their best to comply with the rules. Justice Elena Kagen wrote: "The time limits in the FTCA are just time limits, nothing more." This ruling gives judges the [...]
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