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Guidant "Dear Doctor" Letter Never Sent

Company records released in June show that Guidant had drafted a detailed document in January of 2005 that would have warned doctors of an electrical flaw in two Guidant models, but elected not to send it. More...

Legal Debate

The notion that many medical-malpractice lawsuits are frivolous and intended to generate undeserved riches for plaintiffs and their lawyers isn't borne out in a new study by the New England Journal of Medicine. More...

Viagra and Blindness

Ophthalmologists at the University of Minnesota say that a condition that causes permanent vision loss has been diagnosed in a small group of men who have taken the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra. More...

Tainted Tissue Transplants

Despite records maintaining otherwise, the firm had inadequately screened donors for risk factors for, or clinical evidence of, relevant communicable disease agents and diseases. More...

Illinois Dept. of Financial Regulation Orders Malpractice Insurer to Reduce Rates

Illinois' largest medical malpractice insurer, ISMIE, was recently ordered to reduce rates charged to Illinois doctors. “Families won’t have access to the medical care they need if doctors can’t afford to work in Illinois. more...

Ortho Evra birth control patch

On November 5, 2005, the FDA warned that use of the patch exposes women to about 60% more estrogen than birth control pills, increasing the risk of blood clots according to the agency. more..

$9 Auto Fuel Tank Safety Improvement Could Have Saved Family From Burns

In 1993, while driving home from church services on Christmas Eve in her 1979 Chevy Malibu, Patricia Anderson and her four children, ages six to 15, were hit from behind. At the time they were approaching a red light and traveling at only 10 mph. The front of the car of the other driver was forced partially underneath the rear bumper and punctured the fuel tank in several places. The leaking fuel ignited and the car burst into flames. More...

Guidant Corp. recommends replacing pacemakers

On January 23, 2006, the Guidant Corporation announced that doctors should consider replacing about 19,300 cardiac pacemakers currently implanted in patients throughout the world. More...

H&R Block Allegedly Defrauded Clients with Express IRA's

Lawsuits have recently been filed against H&R Block alleging that the tax preparer's "Express" IRA's costs more in fees that they generate in interest. The suit further alleges that the H&R Block Company steered hundreds of thousands of its clients into IRAs that were virtually guaranteed to lose money because of a combination of hidden fees and low interest rates. More...