In spite of having no background or experience in sales, marketing or pharmaceuticals, Insys Therapeutics Inc. hired a former stripper as a regional sales manager to increase sales and profitability. Alec Burlakoff, onetime vice president of sales at Insys Therapeutics Inc., said he met Sunrise Lee at the strip club where she worked and recruited her because he thought she would have the "ability and the willingness and the desire to talk to physicians and speak with them about the quid pro … [Read more...]

The Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Elijah Cummings made a plea during his closing remarks that you should listen to if you didn't hear it.  Cummings has had his share of health challenges the last few years, but the 68-year-old Baltimore Democrat gave an impassioned closing argument that brought the witness to tears and most of the media writing about it the next day. First of all, he acknowledged Michael Cohen's criminal behavior and told him the day before, "If you lie, I will … [Read more...]

If there wasn't already enough in the world to be concerned about, here's a new one, probably one you hadn't thought about.  At least, I hadn't until I read the article. An Arizona crematorium became polluted with a plume of radiation after operators inadvertently incinerated the remains of a cancer patient who had undergone a radioactive treatment just days before his unexpected death. The Phoenix-based Mayo Clinic doctors who reported the contamination were further alarmed when they … [Read more...]

The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution it reads “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” Yet, the federal Transportation Security Administration opens locked luggage, even if they have to … [Read more...]