An 85-year-old former doctor from Arizona has been arrested and charged with manslaughter after allegedly aiding a person to die by suicide in a New York motel in November, officials said. Stephen P. Miller, of Tucson, Arizona, was arraigned Friday where he pled not guilty to charges of second-degree manslaughter, and first and second-degree assault […]
A Dallas doctor accused of writing opioid prescriptions to undercover agents posing as patients has been found guilty in federal court, according to a news release. Leovares Mendez, 58, was found guilty of six counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance and one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. He will be […]
Dr. Charles Puza, a New York-based physician, has recently shocked over a million people on TikTok by revealing the continuous use of anticholinergic medications — such as Benadryl, Tylenol PM, or Advil PM — can be linked to dementia: He stitches his video with a woman who says she uses it as a sleep aid every night because one […]
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A Virginia doctor who prescribed more than 500,000 opioid doses in less than two years had his conviction and 40-year prison sentence thrown out by a federal appeals court on Friday, because the jury instructions misstated the law. The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia also ordered […]
BOSTON (AP) — A Boston doctor was found not guilty Wednesday on a charge of lewd acts near a 14-year-old girl on an airplane after a three-day trial in federal court in Boston. Lawyers for Dr. Sudipta Mohanty, 33, said more than a dozen passengers sitting in seats near Mohanty and flight attendants charged with […]
BOSTON (AP) — A Boston doctor indicted last year on a charge of lewd acts near a 14-year-old girl on an airplane appeared in federal court Monday in Boston for the start of his trial. Dr. Sudipta Mohanty, 33, is getting a bench trial, meaning his fate will be decided by a judge, not a […]
CNN’s Dr. Jonathan Reiner isn’t buying Donald Trump’s repeated claims about acing a cognitive test. The former president has insisted that the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) ― aka the infamous “Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.” test he took in 2020, when he was president ― was “difficult.” Reiner stepped in with a fact-check on Sunday. […]
Family members of Robert Piper, a Blue Springs man who died in November while he tried to help teenagers involved in a highway wreck, have filed a lawsuit against the Kansas City Chiefs doctor who struck him with his pickup truck. The family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the doctor, Michael E. Monaco, in […]
A medical professional is speaking out about the death of three Kansas City Chiefs fans, claiming drugs probably played a part in the tragedy. This comes after the brother of one of the Kansas City Chiefs fans claimed there was “something” more than alcohol in their systems. As you know, David Harrington, Ricky Johnson, and […]
Heath Smith, who was a North Texas school board member and surgeon, was known by many as a public servant for the community of Paradise in Wise County. He regularly volunteered and made donations, as he wanted to support the best interests of the children and the Paradise community, his loved ones say. But he […]
A doctor was killed while backcountry snowboarding in the first fatal avalanche of Colorado’s snow season, officials said. Friends of 67-year-old Dr. Peter Harrelson reported him overdue from his snowboarding trip in the Waterfall Creek area of Ophir just outside Telluride on Monday, Jan. 22, the San Miguel County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook. His […]
A 38-year-old Army doctor stationed at Joint Base Lewis McCord is at the center of a sexual assault court marshal. The doctor, Michael Stockin, specializes in treating pain. He is facing over 50 sexual assault charges, along with a civil case. The first accusations against Stockin surfaced in February. The first official charges were brought against […]