What must drug makers tell patients about medication risks? I’m tempted to say “everything,” but I don’t really think that would serve anyone well. What patients do need to know — and what only drug makers are in a position to disclose — is what potentially deadly and disabling risks come from using medications. Even…
Yaz and Yasmin, the two most popular birth control pills in the United States, are not perfect prescription drugs. In fact, the side effects they inflict on young women can be horrendous, even life threatening. It seems that the numerous warnings and side efffect list is getting longer and longer. Women who take Yaz and…
When my colleague Emily Mapp Brannon heard about the accident involving the team bus of the King’s Fork field hockey team, she decided to check into how many crashes involve school buses and injuries to children. The answer found: too many. After briefly describing several school bus accidents that occurred early this week, Emily concludes…
A report that commercial jet maker Airbus did not act to fix a sensor design problem that may have led to June’s deadly crash of Air France Flight 447 seem too bad to be true. If this is true, the evidence would show that Airbus first learned in 2002 that the airspeed sensors it installed…
It sounds like Metrolink officials in Los Angeles have been hiding important information from the public. Official records indicate incidences of death and accidents to be much lower than in reality, according to a recent article in the LA Times. The article reveals some shocking information. For example, at least 117 Metrolink system pedestrian deaths…