FDA Safety Regs Under Scrutiny
The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) strategy for managing drug risks-Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS)- has garnered national attention for its lack of success in executing policies for drug […]
Deadly Infections Behind Closed Hospital Doors
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 infections, only 82 reported zero […]
Study Shows Outpatient Surgical Centers Pose Health Risk
A study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed that 68% of 68 ambulatory surgical centers studied exhibited at least one lapse in infection control practices. The […]
Prescription Drug Poisonings on the Rise
Deaths and hospitalizations caused by prescription drug misuse have reached “epidemic proportions,” according to new research. In fact, drug poisoning is now the leading cause of unintentional injury death among […]
Doctor Discipline Rate Drops, Complaints Rise
As complaints rise against doctors in New York, the number of sanctions levied against them has dropped. The Office of Professional Medical Conduct says it sanctioned 292 doctors in 2009, […]
Hospital-Acquired Illness: Who Should Pay?
Patients go to the hospital hoping for a diagnosis, a cure, a way to feel better. According to an article in the February 22, 2010 issue of the Archives of […]
Study finds birth injuries are the most common cause of autism
Birth injuries are a terrifying experience. You go through this incredible experience only to have it marred by a medical error. In fact, many birth injuries may not manifest for […]
Taxotere May Be Reason Behind Permanent Alopecia
Taxotere, a drug manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis, is used to combat various types of cancer such as breast cancer, non-small cell lung cancer, advanced stomach cancer, head and neck cancer, and […]
Agreement on Largest Drug Safety Settlement Ever
Generic drug manufacturer, Ranbaxy USA, knowingly produced fake drugs at two plants in India and distributed them to the United States. Company officials knew that the fake drugs did not […]
Social media abuse of nursing home residents
There are many types of abuse, and not all of them involve neglect or outright physical harm. And now there are reports of nursing home residents being the victims of abuse […]