House Committee Considers Medical Device Bill
Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health heard testimony on the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009. This legislation was drafted to overturn the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court...
Last week, the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health heard testimony on the Medical Device Safety Act of 2009. This legislation was drafted to overturn the 2008 U.S. Supreme Court...
A former doctor at Walter Reed Army Medical Center has been accused a falsifying a study which extols the virtues of Infuse, a bone graph product manufactured by Medtronic. At the time the study was...
A hospital in Delaware and the Federal Drug Administration are investigating two deaths and other complications that may be related to the use of the anti-coagulant heparin according to a report in...
The Boston Herald reports that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is alerting doctors that there is an increased risk of suicidal tendencies associated with anti-seizure medications. Such drugs...
Natasha Richardson, an accomplished actress died after sustaining a fall at a ski resort. Reportedly, the actress was talkative and refused medical treatment after the fall. She returned to her...
The FDA is issuing a parental warning today. It warns parents to avoid over the counter cold medicine for children under the age of two. They say that these drugs may be harmful and cause serious and potentially life threatening side effects. The concern is that parents may purchase over the counter cold medications for their older children and then give them to their toddlers.Ganley cited...
Merck announced today that they are voluntarily recalling one million vaccines that are normally given to children under age five. Merck is pulling 11 lots of PedvaxHIB and two lots of COMVAX. PedvaxHIB is a vaccine that protects against infection with haemophilus influenzae type B (Hib), the bacteria that causes meningitis, pneumonia, and blood stream infections. The COMVAX vaccine protects...
In May, the pharmaceutical company that makes Prilosec and Nexium, gave the FDA findings from small preliminary trials. During the trials, some cardiac "events" were seen showing a possibility that long-term use of Prilosec and Nexium could increase the risk of heart attack, heart failure and heart-related sudden death, the FDA said at the time.Due to these findings, AstraZeneca, maker of the...
A Rhode Island hospital was fined $50,000 and reprimanded for operating BRAIN SURGERY on the wrong side of a patient's head. This patient had a bleed on the right side of his brain and the surgeon began drilling on the left side. Once the mistake was realized, the surgeon stitched up the patient and began drilling on the correct side.A different doctor at the same hospital performed brain...
Just days after the FDA hit the diabetes drug Avandia with new safety warnings the pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline PLC, makers of Avandia, decided to take out full-page ads to run in 60 newspapers and in several magazines. The main messages is as follows: "If you have type 2 diabetes, Actos has been shown to lower blood sugar without increasing your risk of having a heart attack or...