Doctor Malpractice In The News

Dear Dr. Fox: I have a question concerning our dear 15-year-old dog. She has always had her distemper/hepatitis/parvo five-way and heartworm tests and pills every year. Is it necessary to continue these shots? -- T.

A Henderson physician whose license to prescribe controlled substances was yanked by state authorities has abruptly sold his business, leaving his 1,500 patients in the hands of a new medical group.

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Two journalists from the Nine Network's axed Sunday program have won the gold Walkley, the most prized award in Australian journalism.

THE Sunday Times ' Deputy Editor Bill Rule has won the highest prize in Australian journalism - a Walkley Award.

A Marietta doctor facing 42 years in prison on drug trafficking charges filed a lawsuit Wednesday against local and state law enforcement agents, alleging they improperly took his medical license. The suit, filed by Dr. Pedrito Galupo, seeks more than $3.

The ABC picked up nine Walkley Awards for journalism at a ceremony in Melbourne last night.

Fiction about a long line of quack doctors in pursuit of spontaneous combustion, animal magnetism, lobotomies and more.

Motivated by the mystery of a nightmare clinical scenario, scientists studying how anesthesia affects the brain are now opening a window to the source of human consciousness.

When Dr. Rodolfo Walss placed an advertisement in the phone book, he had no idea he'd end up with a $500 fine and publicity he wish he'd never received.