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• Budget Office Misquoted on MalPractice Reform

  Robert Blanchard | October 14, 2009 12:54 PM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL

  If you start seeing headlines that medical malpractice reforms could result in substantial savings to the health care system, don't beleive it. The Congreesional Budgret Office released a repot that...

• Digitek Recall shows FDA Inept

  Robert Blanchard | May 19, 2008 9:52 PM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL

  The FDA appears late to the party again. This time widely prescribed piolls were made too large and so they had, you guessed it, too much of the medication in each dose. Digitek pills...

• Judge Decries Preemption

  Robert Blanchard | April 21, 2008 11:04 AM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL

  Finally a beautiful and succinctstatement from a Federal Judge on the real nature of the move to preempt state courts from having pharmaceutical liability lawsuits The two pageOrder is making the...

• Nail Salon Infections - Hidden Dangers

  Robert Blanchard | May 03, 2007 10:46 AM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL

  Inside sources at GoLeft TV report that incidences of uncontrollable infection being spread at nail salons is a growing concern. Soon they will separate the myths from the facts, but in the mean time, some consumers are taking their own instruments to the nail salons so that they are not exposed to shared items. Infection in the fingers and toes are reportedly harder to treat in some cases...

• Breast Cancer Mis-Diagnosis and Late Diagnosis

  Robert Blanchard | December 22, 2006 12:22 PM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL

  An international panel updated their standards on the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer, as reported in the October 2006 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS). According to the American Cancer Society, invasive breast cancer will be diagnosed in 211,240 women and will cause more than 40,000 deaths in 2005. The updated statement reflects the conclusions of a panel...

• Knee Injuries Are Common in PI Practice

  Robert Blanchard | December 20, 2006 12:00 PM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL

  Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury (ACLI) usually happen from low-velocity, noncontact, deceleration injuries or from contact injuries with a rotational component. Some sports may also produce injury to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) secondary to twisting, valgus stress, or hyperextension all directly related to contact or collision. We have all seen the signigicance of the ACL in athletes...

• Old Surgeons Not a Problem

  Robert Blanchard | December 04, 2006 10:05 AM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL

  When you need complex cardiovascular or cancer surgery, you have to choose a surgeon and many patients may select an older physician, assuming his experience may be needed. New research says they are right - experience helps. A study designed to address this issue used approximately 461,000 Medicare records to assess the association between age of the listed operator and surgical mortality. For...

• Florida Worker's Compensation Overview

  Staff Writer | November 09, 2005 2:24 PM | 1 CommentPensacola, FL

  In Florida, as in most states there is a separate body of law addressing Worker’s Compensation (formerly Workman’s Compensation). Generally, Worker’s Comp. deals with an employer or the employer’s insurance company obligations regarding wages and medical bills when an employee is injured on the job. In Florida, as in most states there is a separate body of law addressing Worker's...

• Broker Problems

  Robert Blanchard | October 13, 2009 12:26 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  Everyday my firm sees new cases of people having lost too much money in the stock market. While those who were speculating in the market deserve to suffer the ups and downs of the market, many are...

• Asbestos Defendants Attack National Cancer Institute

  Robert Blanchard | August 24, 2009 5:43 PM | 0 CommentsPensacola, FL

  In what amounts to a manufactured controversy, Ford Motor Company and other asbestos defendants are seeking depositions about changes to the NCI website that addressed the dangers of asbestos. See...