Category Archives: Headline of the Day
A good example of a smart but stupid man
January 26, 2010One would think that a book reviewer for the New York Times would have intelligence. It has clearly been clouded by his education and arrogance. www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/books/review/Jauhar-t.htmloks/review/Jauhar-t.html In his first paragraph he
Investigative Journalism-supports what we know to be true
January 25, 2010As Scott Jerome-Parks lay dying, he clung to this wish: that his fatal radiation overdose — which left him deaf, struggling to see, unable to swallow, burned, with his teeth falling out, with ulcers in his mouth and throat, nauseated, in severe pain and finally unable to breathe — be studied and talked about publicly so that others might not have to live his nightmare.
Sensing death was near, Mr. Jerome-Parks summoned his family for a final Christmas. His friends sent two buckets of sand from the beach where they had played as children so he could touch it, feel it and remember better days.
Mr. Jerome-Parks died several weeks later in 2007. He was 43.
A New York City hospital treating him for tongue cancer had failed to detect a computer error that directed a linear accelerator to blast his brain stem and neck with errant beams of radiation. Not once, but on three consecutive days.
Despite Years of Effort, "mishaps still happen"
January 20, 2010Mishaps? I do believe that is quite the understatement for the person who dies each day from a medication error. Laura Landro in the Wall Street Journal continues to expose
They simply cannot help themselves
January 19, 2010Johnson and Johson is accused of paying kickbacks to the nation’s largest nursing home pharmacy to increase the number of patients taking the antipsychotic Risperdal and several other medications. The
FDA More Pro-Industry Than Any Time in 35 Years
January 16, 2010These are frightening findings. After so many years of attack on government – starting with the Reagan years, the integrity of so many of our regulators must be closely scrutinized.
Children Put in Danger's Way – criminal pediatrician who kept his practice
January 14, 2010Concerns about doc’s alleged molestation went unheeded Parents are livid that several red flags raised about their pediatrician’s alleged child sexual abuse went ignored until his medical license was suspended
State Approves Double-Digit Insurance Rate Hikes
January 12, 2010What is going on here? The Office of Legislative Research found that the state regulators have approved rate increase requests in 22 cases out of 26 since 2006. I guess
Inept nurses free to work in new locations from LA Times
January 4, 2010A very interesting LA Times article “Inept nurses free to work in new locations” that involves a CT nurse and Hartford Hospital. We need immediate reporting to a national data
Should Patient Know their Risks?
January 3, 2010There are two days of hearings this week – two days to consider whether or not chiropractors should inform their patients of the risk of stroke following cervical manipulation. I
Health Lobbying Explodes in 2009
December 23, 2009According to USA Today, as many as 1,000 groups hired lobbyists to represent them on the Hill since the beginning of the year. Last year, during that same period, there