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Woman Opens Bottle Of Pills From Wal-Mart, Makes Troubling Discovery http://www.opposingviews.com/i/when-woman-opened-bottle-pills-walmart-and-saw-what-was-inside-she-realized-there-had-been?fb=ov An Oklahoma woman was shocked to discover the wrong pills inside a sealed medicine bottle. Amber Johnson made the troubling discovery after purchasing over-the-counter medicine at a Wal-Mart in Mustang, Oklahoma on Jan. 11. When she needed the pills the next morning, she discovered […]

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Actions Against Pain Management Physicians http://www.aapsonline.org/index.php/article/actions_against_pain_management_physicians/ Each one of the physicians that has been thrown out of practice means that there could be THOUSANDS of legit pts from EACH PRACTICE that have been tossed to the street and unable to find another prescriber to care for their health issues. Land of the free and home […]

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UPDATE 01/14/2016 Well … tasked accomplished.. Barb’s C-II Rx was filled.. Me being me… I did not try to “go up the corporate ladder ” to get this resolved…  I tend to go directly to the upper rungs of the corporate ladder… Yesterday (Wed) I reached out to the VP of Pharmacy services for Winn […]

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Family pursuing suit against healthcare company at Forsyth jail http://triad-city-beat.com/family-pursuing-suit-against-healthcare-company-at-forsyth-jail/ A legal team in Winston-Salem is pursuing a lawsuit against Correct Care Solutions in connection with the death of Jennifer McCormack, who died shortly after a stay in the Forsyth County jail. On a separate front, state Sen. Joyce Krawiec is planning to file legislation […]

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Acetaminophen Tops for Accidental Infant Poisoning http://www.webmd.com/children/news/20160113/acetaminophen-tops-list-of-accidental-infan WEDNESDAY, Jan. 13, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Infants are just as susceptible to accidental poisonings as older children are, especially when it comes to medication errors, new research reports. A decade of poison control center calls in the United States showed that acetaminophen (such as Tylenol) was the […]

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Twitter may shed light on patients’ response to medical errors http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/twitter-may-shed-light-patients-response-medical-errors/2016-01-13 Evidence mounts that healthcare can use social media site as predictive tool and for patient engagement January 13, 2016 | By Zack Budryk Amid growing concerns about medical errors, the nation’s third-leading cause of death, Twitter could serve as a tool to collect data […]

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Site of infamous Salem witch hangings is now a Walgreens http://nypost.com/2016/01/13/site-of-infamous-mass-execution-is-now-a-walgreens/ Researchers this week pinpointed the exact spot where 19 witches were hanged in Salem centuries ago: a wooded area now overlooking a Walgreens. Salem Mayor Kimberley Driscoll plans to erect a small memorial at Boston Street between Proctor and Pope streets after seven scholars with […]

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How a respected drug-rehab program spun out of control http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-rehab-phoenixhouse/ Politicians are embracing court-ordered drug rehab to reduce prison crowding. The case of Martin Szczupak, a 21-year-old addict sent to a facility run by Phoenix Houses of New York, shows how good intentions can backfire when care falls short.  NEW YORK – Martin Szczupak had […]

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New Painkiller Rules Postponed: CDC Mystery Or Politics? http://knpr.org/knpr/2016-01/new-painkiller-rules-postponed-cdc-mystery-or-politics Addiction to painkillers, the kind that are prescribed such as oxycontin, or illegal, such as heroin, is on the rise in the United States. While a recent report from Nevada says cases of overdoses are on the decline, that is not the case for heroin. Heroin […]

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Georgia Xarelto Brain Bleeding Lawsuit http://fortworth.legalexaminer.com/fda-prescription-drugs/georgia-xarelto-brain-bleedi Oren Fells from Georgia recently filed a Xarelto uncontrollable intracranial or brain bleeding lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. The lawsuit was filed against Bayer Healthcare, Johnson & Johnson, and its Janssen subsidiary, the manufacturers of Xarelto. Catastrophic Xarelto Brain Bleeding Allegations Fells […]

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