Settlement Over Devices Similar to Zimmer Knee Implants Led to Doctor-Consulting Pay Cuts
Dec 06, 2011
Washington, DC By Charles Benson: The largest manufacturers of products similar to Zimmer knee implants scaled back payments to orthopedic surgeons after settling a 2007 US lawsuit that charged these c...
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Are Diabetic Native Americans at Greater Risk for Actos Side Effects, too?
Nov 17, 2011
Tempe, AZ: November is National Diabetes Month and according to the American Diabetes Association (ADA, www.diabetes.org), there are roughly 26 million Americans living with diabetesand another 79 mill...
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Public Citizen Takes Aim at Actos Side Effects
Nov 10, 2011
Baltimore, MDByHeidi Turner:Public Citizen, the public affairs watchdog, is warning the public about the risk ofActos side effects. The organization is reportedly concerned about the link between Actos...
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Stroke Victim Filing Yasmin/Yaz Lawsuit
Nov 10, 2011
Banff, ABByJane Mundy:When Sabine learned thatYasminwas likely the cause of her stroke, she was somewhat relieved, thinking it won't happen again. But she is also determined to file a Yasmin/Yaz lawsui...
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Dry Cough Highlighted As One of the Side Effects of Lisinopril
Nov 08, 2011
Washington, DC By Brafton: An interesting finding associated with the use of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors shows that the development of a dry cough could be one of the side effects of...
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Transvaginal Mesh Lawsuits Mounting...
Nov 08, 2011
By Jane Mundy: Attorney Paul Miller of Will Davidson law firm in Toronto says that the first transvaginal mesh lawsuits have been filed in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice. "When I first got invol...
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There is No Fine Line
Oct 25, 2011
Medicine is an exact science, but in practice, often times human judgment and emergency situations can create a situation where there is no exact action stipulated by medical standards. It is assumed t...
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How Does a Doctor Know the Accepted Medical Standard?
Oct 25, 2011
Over the course of hundreds of years, medical professional have treated hundreds of thousands of patients for every different illness and injury imaginable. In all these cases, treatment, and it's effe...
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Accepted Medical Standard of Care
Oct 25, 2011
The accepted medical standard of care can be thought of as the sum of medical knowledge that has been accumulated over hundreds of years of medical and scientific study and discovery, and how that know...
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Death Toll Rises in Reno Plane Crash
Oct 25, 2011
Reno, NVByHeidi Turner:The death toll in a Renoplane crashhas reportedly risen to nine, with more than 50 people injured, some of them seriously. Initial reports said that three people died in the plan...
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