Monthly Archives: April 2012

Jon

Doctors Agree that Malpractice Concerns are “Unimportant Element” of Rising Health Care Costs

At the Avoiding Avoidable Care Conference in Boston, doctors agreed that malpractice concerns were not a significant driver of the rising cost of health care.  The Boston Globe reports,  Malpractice is “such an unimportant element of what is going on,” … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment
matthew

Boehringer Lowers Pradaxa Costs

Boehringer-Ingelheim (“B-I”) and its subsidiaries have recently been named in numerous pharmaceutical lawsuits throughout the United States for their marketing and distribution of their anticoagulant drug, Pradaxa. Despite the availability of Warfarin in the pharmaceutical market, B-I introduced Pradaxa, in … Continue reading

Posted in Dangerous Chemicals, Mass Tort, Pradaxa, Uncategorized, drug use | Leave a comment
Jon

Report: Dental X-Rays Linked to Brain Cancer

The American Cancer Society has published a study which links dental x-rays to brain cancer.  As reported in the Washington Post, the study found that “that people with meningioma were more than twice as likely as people without the brain … Continue reading

Posted in Uncategorized | Leave a comment