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February 20, 2008 – Breaking news out of Tampa Florida Authorities: Caretaker stole nearly $500K from blind woman, 93LUTZ — A former caretaker has been arrested after stealing nearly $500,000 from a 93-year-old blind woman, authorities said. Barbara J. Mulert, 61, worked as a caretaker for Lutz resident Kathryn Dahman, 93, from 2001 to 2007.…

FDA Says It Approved The Wrong Drug Plant – Heparin Probe Sends Inspectors to China(www.washingtonpost.com) By Marc Kaufman “The Chinese facility that supplies the active ingredient of the widely used blood thinner heparin was never inspected by the Food and Drug Administration because the agency confused its name with another just like it, agency officials…

Four recent deaths at Our Island Home nursing home in Nantucket, Massachusetts are being blamed on a respiratory virus typically found at day care centers. The patients ranged in age from 71 to 96 and all died over the span of one week. Officials at the nursing home say the virus is the most common…

It never ceases to amaze me! The FDA just does a lousy job protecting Americans from the pharmaceutical industry…also known as “Big Pharma.”The FDA has proposed a rule to get around a law passed by Congress that helps hold negligent drug companies accountable for injuries to consumers caused by prescription drugs. Congress passed the Food…

Yes, we are all vain…we all want to look young and vigorous! Medical professionals perform all kinds of procedures and surgeries to make us look younger…including face lifts, tummy tucks, body contouring, liposuction, collagen, and on and on. Botox injections are popular as well. These injections are marketed as a simple, non-surgical, physician-administered treatment which…

We see this all the time… Jury says facility is negligent, and the Department of Health says the facility did nothing wrong. No really, the self-policing arm of Virginia’s long term care system is often asked to review records, perform inspections, and report to the public as to care provided in facilities. Sometimes they get…

Breaking news – After initially resisting their disclosure, the Bush administration on Tuesday published the names of 131 nursing homes with poor inspection records and said some were already showing signs of improvement. Want to see the full list? http://www.cms.hhs.gov/CertificationandComplianc/Downloads/SFFList.pdf Sadly – people know these facilies provide sub-standard care, but residents remain – payments are…

Heparin can be scary stuff…. Today’s Wall Street Journal reports that the maker of Heparin, Baxter International Inc., has temporarily stopped productions. This is the company’s response to 350 possible reactions to the drug which has caused death, kindey failure etc.. (or so they say). Heparin is most often used in cardiac and orthopedic sugeries,…

I am hoping our office will get power back – and the phones and email will be back online today… but our local power company is not as hopeful. If you are trying to reach our office, please try again this afternoon or tomorrow – sadly, we do not have access to email or phone…

The Roanoke Times ran an excellent editorial on Sunday, February 10. The editorial entitled, “Pull the Plug on TV Drug Ads,” was a rational and detailed analysis as to why the American Pharmaceutical Industry should not be allowed to market their drugs on television without strict oversight. The editorial focused on the cholesterol lowering drug,…