The Opioid Crisis continues to rage across the United States, affecting millions of Americans, regardless of race or background. Not only has this crisis resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of overdose-related deaths, but it has also created an increase in the types of secondary issues that arise from the use of dirty […]
Between 2013 and 2016, Avanir Pharmaceuticals paid nearly 500 doctors to speak about or endorse its drug Nuedexta, according to data provided by the government. Of those 500 doctors, at least one dozen had been disciplined by their state medicine boards. The doctors in question have either been suspended, put on probation, fined or […]
Support for legalizing marijuana for personal use has been steadily increasing. Only nine percent of Americans currently believe that marijuana is more dangerous than either alcohol, sugar, or tobacco, according to a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll given to 900 adults in the U.S. in January of this year, and 60 percent of all Americans […]
A lawsuit filed by inmates in Missouri has been class-certified by a US District Judge, which opens the door to thousands of potential claimants joining the suit. The lawsuit alleges that the Missouri Department of Corrections (MDC) failed to properly treat the Hepatitis-C-positive prison population. Hepatitis C is a viral infection that attacks the liver […]
A change to the statute of limitations related to missed cancer diagnoses has opened the door for claims that would have previously been barred having an opportunity to move forward. Under New York State’s previous statute, any claim for a missed diagnosis must have been filed no later than two and a half years after […]