At Rheingold, Valet, Rheingold, McCartney & Giuffra LLP we have always known that one of our primary missions is to inform the public of health information which affects their daily lives. Our long and continuing history of courtroom battles with drug and medical device companies has exposed us to information vital to the general public yet is not covered by the mainstream media from the consumer’s perspective. The articles on this page are intended to expose how dangerous drugs and medical products go from the initial development process to being mass marketed to the public. These articles explore how our society repeatedly fails to safeguard the consumer from dangerous drugs and defective medical devices. Aggressive litigation firms such as ours are sometimes the only protection consumers have when manufacturers and governmental agencies fail to honor their legal and moral responsibility to people.
These articles also address the healthcare system, and how current regulations repeatedly fail to protect patients. Unfortunately, hospitals and medical societies are self-regulating and many deserve a failing grade. Like gaps in protections from dangerous drugs and medical devices, there are patterns of failure with healthcare providers where litigation attorneys are the only recourse for patients injured by medical negligence.
- Study Finds No Advantage to Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants
- Allegations of False Reporting Put Yasmin in the Spotlight
- Leading Accrediting Agency Releases Best Hospitals List
- Public Database of Doctor Malpractice and Discipline Info Shut Down
- Pharmaceutical Company Payments to Doctors Raise Ethical Concerns
- Stillbirth Malpractice Cases Make Headway in New York
- Mistakes During Outpatient Care on the Rise, Study Finds
- FDA Evaluating Increased VTE Risk Associated with Yasmin, Yaz Birth Control Pills
- Nationwide Data on HAIs and Other Medical Errors Released
- Proton Pump Inhibitors and Fosamax Use May Increase Risk of Fractures
- Medical Device Recalls and the FDA Approval Process
- Medical Device Approval Changes Outlined by FDA for 2011
- Problems with Dialysis Procedures
- CPSC Consumer Complaint Database
- Pill Pushing Pharmaceutical Ads Often Mislead Consumers
- The American Medical Association Backs Patient-Centered Model of Care to Help Reduce Diagnostic Errors
- Relying on a Rating to Pick Your Doc?
- U.S. to Provide Grants to Reduce Medical Malpractice Suits
- Doctor Discipline Rate Drops, Complaints Rise
- Proposed Medical Malpractice Reform in NY
- Closing St. Vincent’s: Who Will Feel the Effects?
- Bill to Expand Definition of "Serious Injury" in New York
- Modifying "Pain and Suffering" Awards: When and Why
- Prescription Drug Poisonings on the Rise
- Hospital-Acquired Infections Show No Sign of Slowing
- Hospital-Acquired Illness: Who Should Pay?
- Problems With the Prius Persist
- Dangerous Prescription Drug Errors, Patients Keep Yourselves Safe
