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After several reports of abuse, HI long-term care facilities goes unsanctioned

“In a state where nursing homes are rarely sanctioned, federal regulators did not penalize one of Hawaii’s premium institutions for its failure to protect defenseless elderly women from a sexually […]
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FDA’s failure to respond causes millions to be exposed to deadly bacterium.

The story of tainted medical wipes and other disposable medical supplies in our hospitals first caught the media’s attention when a child from Houston, TX apparently died from the bacterium […]
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Hospital negligence responsible for another death.

Tim Darragh, of The Morning Call reports that in January of this year, a patient at Lehigh Valley Hospital was have thought to have extremely high blood sugar, when it […]
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Inspections show Idaho nursing facilities filled with flaws

In this report by the Times-News of Twin Falls, Idaho, journalist Ben Botkin reveals alarming statistics when it comes to the care provided by nursing facilities. In "2010, more than […]
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Texas tap water turning plumbing radioactive

KHOU-TV’s Mark Greenblatt finds so much radiation in the water of Central Texas cities, that even the pipes that carry it set off Geiger counters, and citizens are afraid to […]
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Surgeon with nine malpractice suits continues operating

In this investigation by the Duluth News Tribune, reporters Brandon Stahl and Mark Stodghill revealed that one of the "highest-paid physicians at St. Luke's," neurosurgeon Stefan Konasiewicz, had a lengthy […]
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More ties to researchers omitting findings in lieu of royalties.

"Since 2002, Medtronic and a group of doctors with financial ties to the medical device company were aware that a new biological agent used in back surgery was linked to […]
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Lion meat, found in some US butcher shops, is unregulated. Are you eating illegally?

After PRI's Ike Sriskandarajah found lion meat on the shelf at his neighborhood butcher and followed the trail to a dark corner of the exotic meat trade. Follow his investigation […]
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Kids held in detention centers receive heavy doses of antipsychotic drugs

A Palm Beach Post investigation finds that kids who have been placed in state juvenile facilities have been receiving heavy doses of antipsychotic drugs, which are meant to have a […]
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University of Wisconsin closely tied to prescription painkiller market.

After a large wave of deaths in 2006 due to overdosing on prescription pain medicine, the CDC authored a critical study linking deaths from those drugs to an increase of […]
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