Recent Posts in December, 2016

• CPSC Consumer Complaint Database

  Dec 29, 2016
  Congress' 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act mandates the creation of a searchable product safety database. The public database is being ...
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• First Depuy Lawsuit Underway

  Dec 28, 2016
  A lawsuit is underway in California Superior Court against DePuy, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson for their defective ASR hip implant system. ...
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• Problems with Dialysis Procedures

  Dec 27, 2016
  For those with chronic renal disease, hemodialysis is the most common method used to treat kidney failure. For a half a century, medical professionals ...
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• Hospital Mistakes Are...Profitable?

  Dec 26, 2016
  Who knew mistakes could be profitable, especially in a hospital? The common perception of medical mistakes is that, when a hospital commits ...
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• Problems With the Prius Persist

  Dec 25, 2016
  Not long ago, the Toyota Prius was the star of the Japanese automaker's line-up. With its distinctive appearance and hybrid technology, it was ...
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• FDA Safety Regs Under Scrutiny

  Dec 24, 2016
  The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) strategy for managing drug risks-Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS)- has garnered national ...
  Posted By Charles Lee
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• Deadly Infections Behind Closed Hospital Doors

  Dec 23, 2016
  About one in 20 hospitalized patients will develop an infection. Based on the new Consumer Report of only 544 hospital who have data for surgical-site ...
  Posted By Anna Badalian
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• Study Shows Outpatient Surgical Centers Pose Health Risk

  Dec 23, 2016
  A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed that 68% of 68 ambulatory surgical centers studied exhibited at ...
  Posted By Rheingold, Giuffra, Ruffo & Plotkin LLP
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