The Center for Auto Safety, an advocacy group, is calling for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to recall up to 2.2 million Jeep Grand
Startling new evidence has emerged in the Schedin v. Johnson & Johnson, et al. trial, a multidistrict litigation involving the pharmaceutical drug Levaquin, which has
Recently, a Cook County jury awarded $625,000 to the estate of a 63 year old Chicago area man, Steven Johansen, who was administered Baxter blood
According to an alarming new study published in the Archives of Otolaryngology, a majority of the advertisements appearing in leading medical journals aimed at ear,
Pharmaceutical companies are notorious for only disclosing the information they feel will help sell products. With the help of judges and labeling such as trade
With the proliferation of prescription drug use in America, pharmaceutical companies are constantly trying to find new uses for medicines already in the marketplace. To
Recently, a panel of federal judges decided to consolidate all DePuy Pinnacle hip implant lawsuits to a multi-district litigation and transferred it to the federal
The FDA announced Tuesday that it is in the process of reviewing and finalizing the results of a study on the health risks associated with
Before pacemakers, stents and other medical devices for the heart are approved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the devises must be put through
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently released its evaluation on how the FDA has responded to the GAO’s 2009 findings on the shortcomings of the FDA’s premarket
A recent trend in the settlement of claims arising out of disasters has been to set up a fund directly from a responsible party, seeking
When DePuy Orthopedics issued recalls for the ASR XL Acetabular Hip Replacement System and the ASR Hip Resurfacing System last August, the company said data
Hospital patients are connected to a myriad of machines intended to monitor a variety of body systems to keep those patients safe. These devices sound
The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has set up a website for metal-on-metal hip implants, which among other things, details the potential risks posed
After being sent an inspection letter by the FDA back in the fall, Scientific Protein Laboratories has been sent a warning letter by the FDA
A new report published recently in the archives of Neurology determined that in patients who have had certain kinds of strokes, statins such as Lipitor
A new study led by Dr. Sana M. Al-Khatib, an associate professor of medicine at Duke University, shows that 22.5% of patients implanted with internal cardiac
The Drug Safety Enhancement Act, recently introduced by congressional Democrats would give increased funding and regulatory authority to the FDA in order to promote drug
External defibrillators are medical devices for use on people who collapse because of sudden cardiac arrest. In an emergency, the external defibrillator should restore heart rhythm with
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has chosen to consolidate the DePuy ASR litigation into the the Northern District of Ohio under Judge Katz. This will allow
With revenues in excess of $314 billion, the complexity of the United States pharmaceutical market has exploded. With specialty products, generics and developing therapies, consumers
Medical professionals have known about sepsis for years, even if they didn’t always agree on what to call it. Sometimes called blood poisoning, physicians did
The FDA updated the Warnings and Precautions section of biphosphonates (Fosamax, Fosamax Plus D, Actonel, Actonel with Calcium, Boniva, Atelvia, and Reclast along with their
When assessing the results of medical studies, it’s always important to consider the source of the funding for the research. According to a recent analysis
A warning letter issued by the FDA on August 19, 2010 to DePuy Orthopaedics cites numerous cases where DePuy marketed two hip replacement systems without
The House Committee on Government Oversight and Reform is holding another hearing September 30th to question Johnson & Johnson executives about the massive recall of
A task force convened by the American Society of Bone and Mineral Research has concluded that there is a connection between atypical femur fractures and
Less than half of surgeons who recieved $1 million or more in payments from medical device manufacturers disclosed their relationships when publishing scientific articles according to a
The practice of phamaceutical companies ghostwriting articles about their drugs has been questioned by doctors and patients for many years. A recent article published yesterday
There has been much media attention paid to doctors’ reluctance to admit their mistakes and apologize. While there may be many reasons for such reluctance,
In what may be a long and far-reaching investigation, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has deepened its probe of over-radiation occurring during CT scans
Officials at New York City’s public hospital system recently admitted that some of the heart test results seen only by technicians — instead of doctors
The FDA sent out an advisory to doctors and patients about a medical device that is used to prevent blood clots from traveling to the lungs. These
All people make mistakes and doctors are no exception to this rule. While most doctors get it right, a startling number of errors that providers
ABC reports an old saying among some doctors: do not let your friends and family schedule surgery in July. New residents, fresh out of medical
GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to pay $460 Million dollar to settle roughly 12 thousand lawsuits that have been filed over Avandia, a diabetes pill. The worst
