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September 2000 – Want to track your Social Security benefits? Need to apply for a federal student loan? Having trouble surfing the Internet to find the nearest veterans hospital? Want to reserve a campsite at a national park? Now, Americans can do all these things by logging on to a single U.S. government Web site: http://firstgov.gov. […]

At least 200 North Americans have contacted lawyers in California and elsewhere about joining class actions that allege Mirapex caused them among other things to gamble, shop, paint and eat compulsively. More lawsuits seem likely against the drug companies Pfizer Inc. of New York and Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals Inc. based in Ingelheim, Germany. Some news […]

Mad cow disease is Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or BSE, is linked to a similar form of the incurable and fatal brain-wasting disease in humans, called variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, or vCJD. There have been a small number of cases of vCJD reported worldwide, primarily in the United Kingdom, in people who ate […]

The Supreme Court has held that state bans on physician-assisted suicide did not violate either the Equal Protection Clause or the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The simple, practical implication is that the decision to either ban or legalize physician-assisted suicide is left up to the states. There are several mechanisms by which […]

Often the victim of medical malpractice has been plunged into a financial abyss, and is unable to undertake the cost of the investigation and prosecution of the case. The matter will move much more expeditiously if an attorney is in a position to advance the necessary expense of investigation and litigation. These advances usually do […]

To evaluate a managed care plan, get a complete written explanation of its coverage, costs and procedures. These are usually contained in a printed brochure called a Summary of Benefits. Also, get a chart showing premiums and copayments. Compare that written information with each important category discussed in this article. If you do not understand […]