Whether it's a family physician or a specialist of some kind, we’ve all been in the waiting room of our doctor’s office when a pharmaceutical sales rep has walked in,...

In the last few years, there has been much controversy surrounding the FDA and its approval process of medical devices.  Until several products began causing serious problems in patients, the...

The Maryland General Assembly has failed to overturn a court decision from 2012 that declared all pit bulls to be inherently dangerous. In April of 2012, the Maryland Court of...

Outside of Savannah, Georgia, a 2-year-old girl was mauled to death by her family’s seven dogs while her mother, grandmother, and the rest of her family was inside the house. ...

Doxil, an injection approved by the FDA to treat ovarian cancer, AIDS-related Kaposi’s sarcoma, and multiple myeloma, has been in short supply since November 2011.  A year and several months...

A new study published in the medical journal JAMA Internal Medicine finds that users of the diabetes treatments Januvia and Byetta have double the risk of developing pancreatitis.  After analyzing...

For anyone who was on the blood thinner warfarin, the development of a new class of drugs such as Xarelto and Pradaxa that was supposedly just as effective with fewer side effects...

The commonly prescribed antibiotic azithromycin, also called Zithromax or Z-pak, can cause potentially fatal changes in heartbeat.  The FDA issued a safety announcement warning patients of the potential risk, and...

Over 2,700 lawsuits have been filed against pharmaceutical giant Pfizer over its smoking cessation drug Chantix.  The lawsuits allege that Chantix causes a variety of mental and physical injuries, including...

The first massive snowstorm of 2013 has already caused many car accidents in Michigan, including a bus crash, even before it has officially hit.  On Thursday, February 7, a school...

For the first time in 15 years, doctors and scientists are making changes to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, or the DSM.  This encyclopedic manual is a...

Recent evidence has called into question the rampant use of statin medication to cardiovascular disease in women.  Two studies, both published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, are worth looking...

If you have suffered from atrial fibrillation, then you know that until recently there was basically only one medication available to you: warfarin.  This anticoagulant helps to prevent and treat...

The mere mention of the word cancer can strike fear into most people’s hearts, but a new report from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reported that women who...

If you suffer from heart disease, you might like to think that if you are on medication, you are doing all you can to protect yourself.  A new study proves...