Read the investigation

To read the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Bad Medicine investigation, visit journalsentinel.com/badmedicine.

John Fauber is a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. Matt Wynn is a reporter for the USA TODAY NETWORK. He began his reporting for this story while at MedPage Today.

This story was reported as a joint project of the Journal Sentinel and MedPage Today, which provides a clinical perspective for physicians on breaking medical news at medpagetoday.com.