In an “unanticipated” series of tragedies, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) confirmed Thursday that a balloon weight loss system designed to treat obesity…
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EPA Suffering Under Trump’s Deliberate Deconstruction of Life-Saving Environmental Protections
Almost 45 years ago, The New England Journal of Medicine published a paper that turned everything doctors knew about lead exposure on its head. The…
Essure Patients Speak Out about Health Concerns in Horrific Washington Post Feature
Seven weeks after her twins were born, a Washington woman decided she was done having children. But her obstetrician-gynecologist advised against the well-known tubal ligation,…
Hidden Costs, Real Consequences: Unexpected Costs of Living with Disability
Disability is a fact of life. Everyone becomes less “able” as they get older, needing more time or help to accomplish formerly routine tasks. Yet…
Daiichi Sankyo Settles Lawsuits for $300M over Blood Pressure Drug Benicar®
Daiichi Sankyo has reached an agreement to pay up to $300 million to settle approximately 2,300 lawsuits alleging the Japanese drug makers of failed to…
World Lung Cancer Day: Helping to Prevent Both the Common and the Rare Forms of Cancer
Several years ago, the World Health Organization (WHO) found lung cancer to be the most common cancer worldwide. Accounting for 1.8 million new cancer cases…
Nursing Home Lobby Conceals Elder Abuse While Arguing for Higher Reimbursement
When it comes to big political lobbying organizations who expect big returns on their investments, we usually think of oil and gas companies who want…
Distracted Doctoring: Are Cell Phones Putting Patient Safety at Risk?
If the U.S. government took only 1 percent of the money funneled into terrorism prevention, instead using it to improve patient safety, the department of…
More Research, More Loopholes in Nursing Home Health and Safety Enforcement
“Special focus,” one of the strictest forms of federal oversight, is designated to some of the most dangerous nursing homes in the country. These homes…
