http://www.semmelweis.org Fri, 20 Aug 2010 22:16:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Independence MO |20 Aug - A former Independence chiropractor has won a $6.3 million judgment in his case against former members of the Missouri State Board of Chiropractic Examiners for suspending his license. By SCOTT CANONKansas City StarThe case stems from accusations that Gary Edwards, who took his chiropractic practice to Alabama ... http://www.semmelweis.org/2010/08/20/chiropractor-wins-63m-against-board/ Most States have laws protecting residents from outrageous hospital billing practices. In California, we have AB 774. Never heard of it? You’re not alone. The hospitals act like they’ve never heard of it, either. Your local District Attorney may not know what it is. I have known about it, but ... http://www.semmelweis.org/2010/07/24/calif-ab-774-saves-patient/ Whistleblowers and federal government workers rejoiced on April 27, 2010, when former head of the Office of Special Counsel (OSC), Scott J. Bloch, pleaded guilty to criminal contempt of Congress.   The justice continues to be delayed, as Scott Bloch’s sentencing has been rescheduled for the second time and is now set ... http://www.semmelweis.org/2010/07/24/office-of-special-counsel-osc-%e2%80%93-the-dark-legacy/ After almost two decades of misguided policies based entirely upon pharmaceutical propaganda, the NIH and CDC have convinced the Obama Administration to ask state officials to drop the criminal prosecution of allegedly HIV+ Americans. This decision comes only nine months after OMSJ began to force prosecutors to prove that HIV ... http://www.semmelweis.org/2010/07/20/omsj-prompts-nat%e2%80%99l-hiv-policy-change-in-nine-months/ One hundred days after the new federal health care law was passed, Americans remain anxious about how it will impact them and their families. In fact, many Americans still want to know what is in the nearly 3,000 pages of legislation that might represent real health reform for them. Unfortunately, when ... http://www.semmelweis.org/2010/07/15/obamacare-bad-medicine/ May 21 Wash DC: Next week, the Government Accountability Project (GAP) will host the 2010 Whistleblower Assembly in Washington DC. According to their latest release, the event is co-sponsored by Semmelweis Society International (SSI) – this despite receiving proof that their alleged connection to SSI is a pharmaceutically-funded fraud. by  Roland ... http://www.semmelweis.org/2010/05/21/corruption-threatens-dc-whistleblowers/ In Lawnwood Medical Center, Inc. v. Samuel H. Sadow, M.D. Case No. 4D08-1968 (Fla. 4th DCA March 24, 2010) the Fourth District certified the following question to the Florida Supreme Court as one of great public importance: Are punitive damages of $5,000,000 arbitrary or excessive under the Federal Constitution where ... http://www.semmelweis.org/2010/05/11/florida-supreme-court-certifies-sham-peer-award/ In December 2007, Merkuri Stanback entered the Park Community Federal Credit Union in Macon, Georgia brandishing a firearm. Stanback and his cohorts restrained employees and ransacked the teller area before making off with almost $200K. When Stanback was arrested, a prosecutor declared that “bank robbers should be put on notice ... http://www.semmelweis.org/2010/04/29/carrots-sticks-useful-idiots/ LONG BEACH - An effort by David Cundiff to have his doctor's license reinstated has suffered a setback, with an administrative judge agreeing there should be no re-examination of the original evidence - even if key portions are reportedly false.  Cundiff maintains his license was revoked after a key witness ... http://www.semmelweis.org/2010/04/21/judge-denies-review-of-ex-doctors-license-revocation/ The word is chutzpa - and it’s hard to imagine a better way to describe UC Berkeley (UCB) Vice Provost Sheldon Zedeck’s assignment of Arthur Reingold to investigate misconduct allegations against Professor Peter Duesberg, PhD. The charges stem from Duesberg’s (et al) report that was published in 2009 by Medical ... http://www.semmelweis.org/2010/04/19/the-berkeley-inquisition-exposed/