The National Health Service Corps (NHSC) awarded $9.1 million in funding to medical students in 30 States and the District of Columbia who will serve as primary care doctors and help strengthen the health care workforce, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius ...

The legal community has responded with class action lawsuits and governmental sanctions. It seems to me that it is time for the aesthetic medical community to step up. Surely, we all can agree that dousing people’s heads in formaldehyde should be done with cause and after some degree of tr...

The jury verdict of 178 million dollars was so large as to attract the attention of the Wall Street Journal. Reports indicate that HCA plans to appeal the judgment. Despite the fact that this case has been pending for some years, the litigation will continue. The ending to this sad story remains unc...

Some of you may be reminded of the movie Groundhog Day. You have that feeling that those of us here in the United States have been through a silicone implant public health scare before. The better cultural reference is Chapter 66 out of Moby Dick. Remember? After much effort a dead Sperm Whale is...