Subject: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

• 2007 MTV VMAs Wrap-Up: Stream-of-Conscious about Britney, Timberlake and more

  September 10, 2007

• The Morning Brew: Friday, 3.27

  A new report from the Department of Health and Human Services finds a lack of proper record-keeping on safety issues throughout the food chain. (Reuters)NBC has canceled superstar chef Marco Pierre White's first U.S. cooking show, Chopping Block, after only three episodes. (Eater)A dairy surplus at the USDA is donated to school lunches and food banks. (Reuters)

  March 27, 2009

• Homeless Holy Wars

  The defiant Reverend Larry Rice infuriates big developers and city leaders over a proposed shelter in a downtown federal building

  February 25, 2004

• Get Poked, Get Paid

  Clinical drug trials offer good money, comfy dorms -- and sometimes even a free buzz. But beware: They're gonna suck your blood like Dracula.

  May 12, 2004

• These You've Got to See

  Five educational films that'll alter your mind

  October 1, 2003

• Left Behind

  Bellefontaine Neighbors residents have lived -- and died -- with asbestos for years. The problem's an open secret, but little has been done.

  January 8, 2003

• Standard of Care

  When a childbirth went terribly wrong, the blame game began. Dodging responsibility was everybody's first order of business.

  December 18, 2002

• Hard to Heal

  January 30, 2002

• Heavy-Metal Racket

  December 26, 2001

• Daycare Nightmares

  August 9, 2000

• Letters to the Editor

  May 24, 2000

• Throwing in the Towel

  May 10, 2000

• SHORTCHANGED

  January 12, 2000

• LOSING WAIT

  December 22, 1999

• Seeing Red

  August 11, 1999

• Podiatrist Charged With Bilking Medicaid; Billed Amputees with No Feet

  flickr.com/photos/noprawnsDr. Pham, I presume?At first glance a press release today from the U.S. Attorney's office looks like dozens of dull media alerts the prosecutor routinely sends out alleging Medicaid fraud. Then I noticed this outrageous line in the release regarding podiatrist David Quang Pham of St. Louis and charges that the foot doctor filed bogus medical claims. In some instances, Dr. Pham submitted reimbursement claims for treating the feet of patients, whose feet had been amputate

  June 12, 2009

• Podiatry and Crime: Who Knew?

  focusedfootcare.comUntil this past week, we here at Daily RFT had no idea about the clear connection between foot medicine and crime. But certainly such a connection exists. Consider the case of David Quang Pham. He's the St. Louis podiatrist indicted last week for fraudulently billing Medicaid and Medicare for work he claimed to perform on his patient's feet. But according to the U.S. Attorney's office some of Pham's "patients" didn't even have feet! They were amputees whose feet were removed p

  June 18, 2009

• Dr. Feelbad: When a west-county physician went haywire, no one intervened to shut him down

  August 19, 2009