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...
by Linda Cheek, MD | Sep, Tue, 2018 | Office staff charged |
Cindy Louise Hyche Dunn, 53, owner of Cindy Dunn & Dr. Buckingham Weight Loss Clinic and Pain Management (CDPM) in Moody, AL, her husband Thomas Mason Dunn, 56, and the 85 y/o family practice doctor working for them, were indicted last week on 20 counts for...