Dennis Quaid and Family Leaving Hollywood

Karen — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 19:04:00 GMT

No he is not retiring, but the actor says it's a "no-brainer" to join family in Houston Texas.

"We have a lot of family there and we have a really nice plot of land," he says. "We have 30 or 40 friends and family members within two miles of us. Its kind of a no-brainer."

It was apparent when his twins were in medical crisis with a heparin overdose, that the couple are very private.

"They went through a medical catastrophe. Thank God it had a happy ending," Dennis says.

Quaid and his wife have developed a foundation to help prevent such medical errors and was recently in Washington to speak to Congress about it: "We would like to start by bar coding," he says. "With a bar code, [a nurse] can scan the medicine and scan the bracelet of the patient. Scan her own tag and if theres a mistake, it will come up."

Smart. I hope it catches on and works. We at Famecrawler wish the the very best with their upcoming move.

The actor sees the release of three films this year: "The Express," "Smart People" and "The Vantage." Quaid recently received the Galaxy Award.

Mr. Quaid Goes to Washington

Whit Honea — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:22:00 GMT

Actor Dennis Quaid testified in front of congress this week following the accidental overdose of blood thinners administered to his newborn twins in November by the staff at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. He urged Congress to take a stronger federal role in dealing with pharmaceutical companies- something that the FDA has argued against.

Quaid argued that not doing so would turn the public into "uninformed and uncompensated lab rats.

"Like many Americans, I believed that a big problem in our country was frivolous lawsuits," he added. "But now I know that the courts are often the only path to justice."

Good luck, Dennis.

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