Florida Teacher Sexual Abuse Receives Only 3 Year Sentence
A former Florida middle school teacher received only three years in jail as community service for having sex with her 14-year-old student. However, the boy will face a lifetime of pain and suffering from her teacher sexual abuse. About Sexual Abuse Sexual abuse is devastating. This is especially true when abusers take the form of a
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SEC Program Yields Highest Whistleblower Rewards
The Securities and Exchange Commission this fiscal year received the largest number of tips from whistleblowers and also paid the largest rewards in recent history. The organization established the program in 2011 as part of the 2010 Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. This year it has awarded more than $168 million to
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Another Blood Pressure Medication Recall
Another blood pressure medication recall has happened after the company detected trace amounts of a cancer-causing chemical, N-nitrosodiethylamine (NDEA). The Food and Drug Administration announced Aurobindo Pharma USA, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 80 lots of Amlodipine Valsartan Tablets, Valsartan HCTZ Tablets, and Valsartan Tablets. About NDEA NDEA can exist naturally in certain foods and drinking
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Germans Pinpoint Gadolinium Brain Connection
German researchers have discovered how gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) enter the brain via the glymphatic pathway. In past studies, researchers often overlook and misinterpret the pathway. They emphasize this discovery has important clinical implications. About Gadolinium Gadolinium is a chemical element carrying the atomic number 64 and the atomic symbol Gd. Belonging to a group of
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