Academic

Living Wills and Powers of Attorney
Laws effecting the elderly

Parody is a Protected Form of Speech
Targets of criticism seek to shut down Internet sites that poke fun

Apartment Appointment
Pine Properties Inc. pays $158,000 housing discrimination settlement.

Amherst Doctor
To Pay $9 Million in Medical Malpractice Suit

Doctor Negligence
VA Medical Center to pay $1.3 million settlement in malpractice lawsuit.

Complications at Birth
Hospital, Doctor to pay undisclosed settlement in malpractice lawsuit.

Doctor Paralyzes Patient
Hospital agrees to $3.7 million settlement in malpractice lawsuit.

Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin. The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...