I medical Wikipedia is coming!  The Medpedia Project launched a preview of the Medpedia site Wednesday with the support of  medical heavyweights like Harvard Medical School, Standford School of Medicine, University of California Berkeley School of Public Health.
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Recent research and anecdotal reports suggest that patients increasingly distrust their doctors. According to a study conducted by Johns Hopkins researchers, approximately a quarter of patients feel that doctors may expose them to unnecessary risk. The growing doubt around physician care, some contend, is part of a larger, systemic problem that removes doctors from the world patients live in.  Tara Parker-Pope, The New York Times  07/29/2008
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A Nevada court has extended workers compensation benefits to the families of workers who commit suicide following an industrial accident.  The Supreme Court has ruled that benefits may be payable if an on-the-job injury led to the rational impairment that resulted in suicide.  The ruling revives a claim filed by the widow of a man who shot himself after suffering a severe back injury at work. 
 
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Nearly 50,000 plaintiffs will begin receiving checks next month from Merck & Co. as part of a $4.85 billion settlement over the recalled painkiller Vioxx. More than 97 percent of eligible claimants have enrolled in the settlement program, according to the drug maker. At least 250 pending Vioxx-related class-action lawsuits have yet to be resolved. Vioxx was recalled from the market in 2004 after it was linked to severe cardiovascular side effects.  Linda A. Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle  07/17/2008
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