An update on the original topic of this post:

Sacramento (CA) - Local Sacramento radio station KDND has fired the hosts of its morning talk show, along with seven other employees, after an on-air contest to win a Nintendo Wii ended up killing one of the participants.

The show, "Morning Rave", has also been pulled while the station investigates the death of 28-year-old Jennifer Lea Strange. During Tuesday's show, a group of people had a chance to win an elusive Nintendo Wii by competing in a contest to see who could drink the most water without going to the restroom.

Strange, who finished second place in the contest, skipped work because of a headache and went home. She was later found dead. According to a preliminary autopsy, Strange died of water intoxication, reports the Associated Press. She had reportedly drunk nearly two gallons of water before she quit.

KDND has launched an internal investigation, but the county sheriff's office said it was not investigating. Strange signed a waiver, relieving the station of any legal guilt or responsibility for her death.

(From TGDaily.com)
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You know that last paragraph makes me wonder, do you think you could LEGALLY get away with murder if you had someone sign a waiver before you killed them?

Yeah, but what if I had someone sign a medical waiver, stating that I am free and clear of all side effects (including death) that the person I am testing may receive, and then just go to town seeing what happens if I mix chemical X with chemical Y, and injecting them with it?

I am on a drug study currently, (Adalimumab) I had to sign a concent form, which keeps getting updated every few months. One of the "side effects" listed is Death. Which, I think is more of an EFFECT, then just a side effect.

But, the doctor told me that they have to put that on there, even if someone died while taking the drug, even if the death was non-drug related, as they were ON the drug at the time of death. (Even fatal accidents fall under this)

Tishwitch wrote:

Knyte wrote: I am on a drug study currently, (Adalimumab) I had to sign a concent form, which keeps getting updated every few months. One of the "side effects" listed is Death. Which, I think is more of an EFFECT, then just a side effect. But, the doctor told me that they have to put that on there, even if someone died while taking the drug, even if the death was non-drug related, as they were ON the drug at the time of death. (Even fatal accidents fall under this) But at the least the drug is FDA approved! Meaning it has gone through stringent testing and no one has died as a direct result of it! Sucks that you have [HERPES] though!

WHAT!?!

The drug is FDA approved under the Presciption name : Humira, and is used for treating rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and ankylosing spondylitis!!! I am testing it for Psoriatic Arthritis and Plaque Psoriasis!

Herpes!?!

How would a tumor necrosis factor alpha antagonist treat against Herpes? TNFα promotes the inflammatory response. Adalimumab reduces the production of TNFα.

The Herpesviridae (Herpes) are a family of DNA viruses that cause diseases in humans and animals. To treat such you would use an anti-viral treatment or vaccine. You would have to chemically interfere with viral replication, effectively slowing the replication rate of the virus, and hope that the bodies natural immune response would then take over, eliminating the viral strands. Or, you would have to create a artifical virus that was programmed to attack and destroy herpesviridae.

...duh.