by Linda Cheek, MD | Sep, Fri, 2018 | Under fire by Medical Board |
Finally, the truth comes out that state medical boards are not independent entities for the protection of the public and guardians of good medicine, but an arm of the government’s Department of Justice. As reported in the media: “In a rare public rebuke of one of...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Sep, Tue, 2018 | Medicine |
Hawre Jalal et al. analyzed nearly 600,000 unintentional drug overdoses over a 38-year period from 1979 to 2016 and published their results in Science Magazine. The overall mortality rate closely followed an exponential growth curve, doubling every 9 years. Of...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Sep, Tue, 2018 | Doctor charged |
Lawrence T. Choy, MD, 66, an internist and nephrologist for 37 years, was indicted and arrested on homicide charges from the death of 2 patients, and criminal sale of prescriptions for controlled substances to legitimate patients (which isn’t criminal). But the...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Sep, Thu, 2018 | Under fire by Medical Board |
Why? Because the next one attacked could be YOU!! Any doctor in California treating pain could be the recipient of a letter from the Medical Board of California. In the letter, the medical board states that a “complaint was filed against you” regarding a...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Sep, Sun, 2018 | In Memoriam |
Doc Myers’ personal fight ended September 7, 2018 as he left this earth and joined his heavenly Father in heaven. This is a brief tribute to his efforts in support of Chronic Pain Patients across the country. The New York Times says, “There aren’t many...