Marijuana, as the kids say, isn’t as dope as users would like it to be.
Instead, a new study finds that marijuana can do greater damage to humans’ respiratory system than cigarette smoking — a nasty habit that research also
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
The DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog, published by Patrick Malone & Associates, focuses on legal issues related to medical malpractice and patient safety. It covers topics such as negligence by healthcare providers including doctors, nurses, hospitals, and nursing homes. The blog also addresses related areas like dangerous drugs, defective products, and injuries to babies and children. Additionally, it discusses consumer rights, legal and accounting malpractice, brain and spinal cord injuries, and sexual abuse cases involving children and youth. The blog provides insights into patient advocacy, healthcare law changes, and legal strategies for those harmed by medical or institutional negligence in the Washington DC area.
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Giving many thanks on yet another holiday fraught with health concerns
Millions of us will have much to give thanks for during the annual holiday, which, like several of its recent versions, again will be a time of health wariness and uncertainty, too.
The seasonal feast — which brings so…
Nursing homes reckon with big suits and prospect of tough staffing rules
The Biden Administration is encountering stiff industry opposition but is forging ahead with plans to announce in coming months major regulatory reforms that advocates hope finally will force nursing homes to meet minimum staffing guidelines to care for some of…
Walmart, with $3.1 billion plan, joins big pharmacies in settling opioid suits
Walmart has offered to pay $3.1 billion to settle thousands of lawsuits filed against the deep-pocketed retailing giant, accusing it of complicity through its nationwide pharmacy operations in the lethal opioid abuse and overdose crisis.
The Bentonville, Ark., -based company…
A busy holidays reminder: It’s use-it-or-lose-it time with health savings accounts
Big Tobacco may talk of transitions. Its pursuit of profits speaks louder.
Hospitals assailed for Emergency Department crush, causing long, risky waits for patients
Almost three dozen leading groups representing a range of doctors, specialists, and other health workers have called on the Biden Administration to deal urgently with the long-running but increasing and dangerous practice of hospitals allowing their emergency care facilities to…
Voters got their say on major health concerns in 2022 midterms
For beleaguered consumers, key health information is deceptive or scant
Already sick, injured, and debilitated by age and other circumstance, U.S. patient-consumers get battered with misleading information from shady firms about insurance coverage under the Medicare program and with too little word from hospitals about too spare charitable care that…
FDA knew of, but didn’t act on little devices’ deadly racial problems
Until the coronavirus pandemic struck, few regular folks knew about pulse oximeters, much less had one on hand for urgent use. The devices, which fit over a finger, are supposed to give fast readings on the levels of oxygen…
