- Staff Writer | September 29, 2006 7:17 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeThe FDA issued a warning to Medtronic, Inc. on Friday, September 29, 2006 regarding the delayed filing of a post market surveillance interim report on the AneuRx Stent Graft System. According to Medtronic, Inc. the letter is not related to the quality, design or manufacture of the product. However, the purpose of the Postmarket study is to make sure the device is appropriately labeled for use...
- Staff Writer | September 29, 2006 7:11 PM |
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MiscellaneousJust eight months after losing the bid for medical-device maker Guidant, Johnson & Johnson is suing Boston Scientific and Abbott Laboratories saying that the two companies intentionally interfered and induced Guidant to breach the deal by leaking confidential information to Abbott to arrange a prepackaged divestiture of Guidant businesses to Abbot.J&J wanted to purchase Guidant which was one of...
- Staff Writer | September 27, 2006 7:51 PM |
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MiscellaneousAs everyone knows, an out-break of e-coli contamination has caused spinach to be taken off menus around the country. Grocery stores removed all spinach-containing products from their shelves. Restaurants were compelled to find alternatives for their customers. At least 183 people in 26 states have become ill during the outbreak. One woman in Wisconsin died and officials are looking at two...
- Staff Writer | September 23, 2006 12:14 PM |
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MiscellaneousEveryone in the U.S. between the ages of 13 and 64 years should undergo routine screening for HIV infection, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced today as part of an update on their guidelines for HIV testing. All health-care providers should also incorporate routine, voluntary HIV screening into their daily practice, the CDC officials reported.About 25% of HIV-positive...
- Staff Writer | September 21, 2006 9:06 AM |
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Miscellaneous"Given the deficiencies of charting and coding in busy medical practices, diabetes in women may not be detected." This statement, published in the September 21st edition of the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine, raises a serious issue. And it does so in a way that may shock lay persons. This statement, contained in a letter addressing the possible side effects of drugs administered...
- Staff Writer | September 20, 2006 5:49 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted humanitarian device exemption for an implantable replacement heart in patients with end-stage biventricular heart failure who are not eligible for other treatment options; approval for an artificial intervertebral disc in the treatment of low back pain in patients who have no more than grade 1 spondylolisthesis and who have failed at least 6...
- Staff Writer | September 19, 2006 4:16 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe FDA is warning people not to buy prescription drugs from certain Canadian web sites that have reportedly sold counterfeit prescription drugs to U.S. consumers. The FDA recommends that people who have bought drugs from the disclosed web sites not use them because they may be unsafe. The FDA reports that lab tests have found counterfeits of the following prescription drugs: Lipitor -- for...
- Staff Writer | September 16, 2006 11:16 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe FDA reports that, to date, 102 cases of illness due to E. coli infection have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), including 16 cases of Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) and one death. Illnesses continue to be reported to CDC. There are 19 confirmed states (versus 20 reported yesterday). The case originally attributed to Tennessee was, in fact, in Kentucky....
- Staff Writer | September 16, 2006 1:48 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration now reports that one person has died, 14 suffered kidney failure and at least 94 in 20 states were ill after eating suspected contaminated pre-packaged spinach, at least some of it packed by California-based Natural Selection Foods LLC/Earthbound Farm.Additional cases have been reported expanding the number of states to include California, Indiana, Idaho,...
- Staff Writer | September 16, 2006 1:19 AM |
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MiscellaneousOn September 14 2006, an alert was issued by the Food and Drug Administration because of an outbreak of E. coli in several states. The source of the outbreak is believed to be bagged fresh spinach and consumers are being warned to not eat bagged fresh spinach at this time. Symptoms of illness may include diarrhea with bloody stools; a form of kidney failure called Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome...
- Staff Writer | September 11, 2006 7:27 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsThere is new case law in Colorado regarding the stacking of underinsured motorist insurance (UIM). Per the Supreme Court case holding (No. 05SA369, In Re State Farm Mutual Auto. Ins. Co. v. Progressive Mutual Ins. Co. - Automobile Insurance - Underinsured Motorist - Uninsured Motorist Stacking - Limits of Liability), insureds who are insured persons under multiple UIM policies can stack those...
- Staff Writer | September 07, 2006 11:44 PM |
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MiscellaneousCSU football players and alumni are charged with bank fraud; 7 people, 5 of which are current or former CSU football players, were charged with bank fraud on September 6, 2006. According to the Larimer County District Attorney's spokeswoman Linda Jensen, "This has been an ongoing criminal investigation since November. "It went to a grand jury in February, and it is still an ongoing...
- Staff Writer | September 07, 2006 11:10 PM |
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Medical MalpracticeAbout 85,000 Taxus stents are being recalled voluntarily by Boston Scientific because of possible defects. Of the 42 complaints received, 30 systems showed actual performance flaws generally thought to be the result of excess heat being applied during the laser welding stage during the manufacture of the product; 200 Taxus stents were recalled earlier this month. In a meeting with the FDA in...