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| Most GP Complaints Resolved Locally, UK | According to an analysis of complaints in the latest edition of inpractice, the Medical Defense Union's journal that appears twice a year and is aimed at GP practice manager members covering topics like complaints, RCN indemnity changes and dealing with estranged parents, over 90% of 2,410 complaints made by GP members in the year April 2009/2010 seem to have been resolved locally... |
| Paper Clips For Root Canals Lands Dentist In Jail | When dentists do a root canal they are supposed to use steel posts, and definitely not paper clips. A dentist from Massachusetts has just received a 1-year prison sentence at the Bristol County House of Correction, for using paper clips for just such procedures - he had faced charges of assault and battery, as well as defrauding Medicaid to the tune of $130,000, and intimidating a witness. Dr... |
| Breast Implant Boss Arrested | The scandal of the faulty, badly made breast implants from French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) continues with the arrest of Jean-Claude Mas, 72, who according to police has been held at his home in Six-Fours-les-Plages in the South of France... |
| Research Misconduct Revealed in UK | A BMJ survey revealed that over one in ten (13%) UK based scientists or doctors have witnessed that colleagues intentionally changed or fabricated data during their research in order to get published, whilst 6% of respondents reported they are aware of possible research misconduct at their institution, that has not been accurately investigated... |
| Researcher Who Studied Benefits Of Red Wine Falsified Data Says University | An extensive misconduct investigation that took three years to complete and produced a 60,000-page report, concludes that a researcher who has come to prominence in recent years for his investigations into the beneficial properties of resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, "is guilty of 145 counts of fabrication and falsification of data"... |
| Point-Of-Care Testing, Avoiding Medical Errors | Given that many medical tests are nowadays rapidly performed at the patient's bedside compared with tests that required sending samples to a laboratory and waiting for results, last month's special issue of Point of Care: The Journal of Near-Patient Testing & Technology reveals that as more of these point-of-care testing (POCT) technologies are integrated into patient care, car... |
| Special Issue Of Point Of Care Highlights Patient Safety And Avoiding Medical Errors | Many medical tests that once required sending samples to a laboratory and waiting for results can now be rapidly performed at the patient's bedside... |
| Special Issue Of Point Of Care Highlights Patient Safety And Avoiding Medical Errors | Many medical tests that once required sending samples to a laboratory and waiting for results can now be rapidly performed at the patient's bedside... |
| Royal Society Cautions Against Premature Legal Applications Of Neuroscience | A report of the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science, warns that using neuroscientific findings as evidence in a court of law at the present moment of time should be approached with great caution, even though scientists growing knowledge of the brain certainly will impact the law in the future... |
| HCG Diet Products Illegal, FDA Warns Seven Companies | It is illegal to sell unapproved diet products that make unsupported claims, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has warned seven companies which are selling "homeopathic HCG weight-loss drugs. The marketers of these products tell users to follow an extremely restricted and potentially dangerous diet... |
| Have A Healthy Merry Christmas | As we enter the festive season of celebration, partying, eating and drinking, for many of us, mixed in with that Yuletide spirit is an uneasy sense that all this overdoing it can be damaging to health, which is tempting to dismiss with the excuse that it only happens once a year, so where's the harm? But perhaps, there are some things we should consider, such as how... |
| Anthrax Attack, US Government Agrees $2.5 Million Payout, But Does Not Admit Fault | The family of Florida photo editor, Robert Stevens, who died following an anthrax attack, is to receive a payout of $2.5 million from the US government. According to court filings, Maureen Stevens will no longer pursue other claims. The lawsuit, which was filed in 2003, claimed government negligence because it did not stop somebody at U.S... |
| FDA Takes Legal Action Against Dietary Supplement Maker In Pennsylvania | The FDA has for the first time taken legal action against a dietary supplement manufacturer and owner, which has substituted ingredients and products and failed to note the changes on the final product labels. The U.S... |
| Illegal Human Study Left Three Patients Dead - Four Defendants Get Prison Sentences | Four former executives of Synthes Inc. have been sentenced to prison for carrying out human medical trials illegally in which three participants lost their lives. US prosecutors had been seeking 1-year prison sentences for "human experimentation"... |
| Patient Has Buttocks Injected With Flat-tire Sealant, Cement And Mineral Oil By Fake Doctor | In a "cosmetic surgery" procedure, a woman's buttocks were filled with flat-tire sealant, mineral oil and cement, and then sealed with super-glue by an apparently transgender woman, Oneal Ron Morris, claiming to be a doctor - Morris had never studied medicine. The victim had sought a curvier body and a larger bottom in her quest to find employment at a nightclub... |
| Malpractice Suits Cause Psychological Distress And Career Burnout Among US Surgeons | According to the results of a new study published in the November 2011 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, malpractice lawsuits against U.S. surgeons occur often and can take a profound personal toll on the surgeon, resulting in emotional exhaustion, stress, and professional dissatisfaction... |
| Haitians Sue UN For Cholera Epidemic, Blame Peacekeepers | Lawyers representing over 5,000 Haitian cholera victims are suing the United Nations and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for bringing the disease into their country. The cholera epidemic resulted in more than 475,000 registered cases of sickness and over 6,000 deaths. They say MINUSTAH brought cholera into Haiti in October 2010... |
| Fraudulent Or Unregistered Nurses Work At Hundreds Of UK GP Practices | There could be nearly two hundred unregistered or fraudulent nurses working in GP (general practitioner) practices throughout the United Kingdom, according to a new report issued by the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council). The Council is preparing a letter to be sent to primary care trusts urging practices to properly check nurses' registrations... |
| Communication Failures Put Diagnostic Physicians At Increased Risk For Medical Malpractice Claims | Because clinical evaluation often depends on diagnostic tests, diagnostic physicians have a responsibility to notify referring clinicians when test results reveal urgent or unexpected findings... |
| Guilty Plea In Organ Theft Case A Legal First | In what is believed to be the first legally proved case of organ trafficking, Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, 60 admitted to helping secure organs for US customers and pleaded guilt to the charges against him. He said he had been helping to secure organs from people in Israel in exchange for payments upwards of $120,000... |
| Syrian Hospital Patients Subjected To Torture And Ill-Treatment | Amnesty International reports that the Syrian Government has been using hospitals as part of its repression and coercion campaign, subjecting patients to torture and ill-treatment. The Amnesty report is far from being idle conjecture... |
| Tracking The Number Of Doctors Disciplined And Why | A total of 606 Canadian physicians were disciplined by their provincial medical licensing authorities between 2000 and 2009, researchers at St. Michael's Hospital found. The majority of disciplined physicians were men (92 per cent) who had been practicing medicine for a long time (an average of 28.9 years) and were independent practitioners (99 per cent), according to Dr. Chaim Bell... |
| CooperVision "Avaira" Contact Lens Recall Problems Continue | In August this year Cooper Vision issued a voluntary recall for a limited lot of contact lenses under its brand name Avaira Toric. According to their website announcement : "...a small number of unexpected wearer reports of hazy vision and discomfort. The wearer symptoms were temporary in many cases... |
| Merck Australia Scores Win In Vioxx Lawsuit | In 2010 an Australian law court found in favor a man who blamed the recalled drug for a heart attack he suffered. That ruling now seems to have been overturned in appeal; a win for Merck and its problem Vioxx product... |
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