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Posted on: Wednesday, 21 May 2008, 09:01 CDT One of every 100 hospital patients suffers negligent treatment, and as many as 98,000 die each year as a result, reported the New York Times last Sunday in an article on medical malpractice. Weitz & Luxenberg (www.weitzlux.com) finds this overt...
on Monday opened public access to Google Health, an online personal health record service, after about 18 months of development, the New York Times reports (Lohr, New York Times, 5/20). The move comes after Google in February announced a pilot program to test the system that involved about 10,000...
ClearCount Medical Solutions has launched what could be one of the first RFID systems to debut in an operating room setting to automate the process of tracking surgical sponges. The startup's Smart Sponge system aims to eliminate the problem of sponges left inside a patient, a mistake that occurs...
Statistics from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) show that almost 2.8 million Botox procedures were performed last year. Botox has been the most popular cosmetic procedure since 2000, and the number of procedures performed has increased 82% in the past five years. But...
A controversial new "right to die" card is being offered to the public that allows anyone to refuse treatment in a medical emergency. Available in pubs, banks, libraries, GP surgeries, even some churches, the Advanced Decision to Refuse Treatment (ADRT) card sits snugly in a wallet or purse and...
FDA Puts Medical Test Subjects in Danger Sonia Shah: As Big Pharma increasingly turns to the Third World to test its products, this lush film will spark outrage, but glosses over the constant vigilance necessary to police drug trials. Unlike for domestic trials, the FDA does not require advance...
The Pennsylvania Coalition for Mercury-Free Dentistry and Consumers for Dental Choice will host a press conference to promote Blondell Reynolds Brown's "Informed Consent" mercury dental law, Tuesday, May 13, 12:30 p.m. Mayor's Reception Room 202, City Hall. There will be a CONSUMER PROTEST, 10:30...
Now that the national Centers for Disease Control report has been released and truths regarding the medical malpractice allegations and the hepatitis C outbreak in Southern Nevada are being addressed, we have to agree that the nation's public health notification system works to keep us safe.
ST. LOUIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Covidien (NYSE: COV, BSX: COV) today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Covidien Imaging Solutions contrast delivery system with radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology. The components integrate novel RFID technology to...
In recent years, doctors have discovered that a simple apology can have a great effect in preventing malpractice lawsuits. According to the New York Times, Dr. Das Gupta, the chairman of surgical... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
