Every day, we are hearing a lot of bad news about the osteoporosis drug Fosamax. Made by Merck & Co., Fosamax has been a successful bone disease treatment on the market for over a decade. In January 2009, medical studies were released that hit the drug and its manufacturer hard.…
A lawsuit has been filed against Merck, in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The complaint alleges that the drug manufacturer warned European users that the drug Propecia may cause sexual problems in men, but did not provide American users the same warning. According to the…
As a Fort Worth Texas Medical License Defense Attorney I am writing to update the following actions by the Texas Medical Board. The Texas Medical Board met October 28-29, 2010. Since its August 26-27 board meeting, the Texas Medical Board has taken disciplinary action against 77 licensed physicians. The actions…
Houston Physician Services & Professional License Defense Having worked in both academic teaching hospitals and private hospitals through out the United States, Dr. Malik understands, perhaps better than most, the hard work and effort it takes to achieve the medical license and then to maintain it. Dr. Shezad Malik Law…
Texas License and Medical Staff Privileges We provide Medical License Defense for all types of medical practitioners. We represent and counsel health care provider clients in licensure and medical staff privilege matters. We handle matters on behalf of physicians, dentists, pharmacists, podiatrists, chiropractors, nurses and other licensed health care providers…
As a Fort Worth Benzene Lawsuit Attorney, I have been writing over the past month a series of stories on the Environment and Toxicity. According to a new study, mothers who live in Texas neighborhoods with higher levels of benzene, a pollutant from refineries and tailpipes, are more likely to…
Tobacco smoke contamination lingering on furniture, clothes and other surfaces, dubbed thirdhand smoke, may react with indoor air chemicals to form potential cancer-causing substances, a study found. After exposing a piece of paper to smoke, researchers found the sheet had levels of newly formed carcinogens that were 10 times higher…
Two West Texas nurses have been indicted after filing an anonymous complaint about a doctor’s practices with the Texas Medical Board, but the state agency says the women did nothing wrong. The nurses are charged with misuse of official information. Each one-page indictment filed against them alleges they improperly accessed…
A Harris County Texas jury has ruled in favor of a Houston man in a medical malpractice case, awarding him $10 million in damages stemming from a lawsuit against Methodist Hospital and the doctors who treated him there. John German developed gangrene that required the amputation of his left leg…
The following is a summary of the changes effective on June 24, 2009. Click here for the complete board rules. Chapter 162, Supervision of Medical School Students, with amendments to §162.1 Supervision of Medical Students, which clarifies the intent of the amendment previously adopted, which became effective on March 9,…