Some medical devices are touted as being better alternatives to traditional measures used to treat various medical conditions. However, are such claims too good to be true? According to a new documentary, "The Bleeding Edge," people in Texas and throughout the United States should be skeptical of the medical device industry.
Absent FDA oversight, what options remain?
Here are a few numbers to ponder; 401(k), 501c(3), 1099. And let's not forget Social Security Numbers, driver's license numbers, and credit card and personal identification numbers. As much as we would like to think that our individuality has not been reduced to digits, there seems to be a lot of evidence to the contrary. Here's another number worth knowing. It's 510(k).
Texas sues Purdue Pharma over opioid misrepresentations
Our nation is caught in the grip of an opioid epidemic, and the state of Texas is no exception. In 2017, a health care consulting company, Castlight Health, ranked the leading 25 cities in the United States in opioid abuse. Two of these cities were in Texas -- Longview and Texarkana.
