July 2014
The Dangers of Off-Label BOTOX® Use
The ever-increasing popularity of BOTOX® treatments has not come without a serious price for drug manufacturer Allergan, Inc., as hundreds of millions of dollars in lawsuit settlements and penalties have ensued since the prescription's FDA approval in 1989.
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Apple Helping Spies?
Over 600 million Apple products were installed with a vulnerability that allow for unidentified third parties to monitor a user's photos, GPS locations, and their internet browsing habits. The mechanisms that allow for un-permitted access to consumers' phones ...
California’s Undrinkable Water
The state of California is in the midst of a drought and sure could use some water right now. Too bad at least 100 of the state's aquifers may have been contaminated by energy companies.
What's the story?
Fracking is a controversial technique used to extract...
The Drugged Soldier
Veterans Kicking Off-Label Doctor Approved Prescriptions
For many men and women who have served in the military, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a daily part of their life. Oftentimes their doctors will prescre them appropriate medications to manage ...
Gone Fishing?
Over-fishing of our oceans could spell doom for the future of seafood.If you fancy a good fish dinner or rely on our gilled-friends as a main dietary staple, you may have to rethink your protein sources in the very near future. According to the Census of ...
Chicago’s Drivers Were Scammed
A city contract gained through bribery? A hundred million dollars earned unethically? Just another day as corruption continues in Chicago.Since 2007, thousands of innocent drivers in Chicago were bogusly issued $100 red light camera tickets. The cameras we...
What You Should Know Before Going Under
An Illinois woman named Brandi Chabalowski is seeing red after a laparoscopic surgery left her with second- and third-degree burns.Also known as keyhole surgery, laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive technique wherein doctors do not have to make a ...
Drones Investigating Factory Farms
Will Potter is an activist and investigative journalist who has taken on the investigation of factory farms and slaughterhouses with the use of drones. As a critic of the “ag-gag” laws, Potter exposed the dichotomy of protecting the factory farms violently abu...
Overdosed America: The United States’ Problem With Prescription Drugs
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has declared in a recent press release that nationally there is a wide variation in the levels of prescription of addictive opioids. The majority of deaths due to narcotic overdose are now because of the misu...
Die-alysis
When a person's kidneys fail to work often times their only choice is to rely on a machine to clean their blood for them. In order to receive this treatment most dialysis patients have their less dominant arm "revamped" in order to accommodate the "life-saving...