Inferior vena cava filters are linked to a higher death rate among the very people they’re supposed to help, according to a Reuters story.
The story cites a March presentation given at the annual scientific meeting of the Society of Interventional Radiology.
Researchers reviewed medical data on more than eight million people with deep vein thrombosis (a blood clot in one of the deeper veins) and pulmonary embolism (a dislodged blood ...
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According to the Mayo Clinic, many health care providers can treat bladder control problems without referring you to a specialist.
But not all primary care providers have the necessary training or experience. And despite the current improved understanding and treatment of urinary incontinence, some doctors consider it an inevitable consequence of childbearing, menopause or normal aging. That belief may make them unlikely to consider treatment.
Another factor to be wary of is ...
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According to the Website for the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of Illinois, consolidated federal cases related to the Yasmin line of birth control pills now number more than 10,000.
Plaintiffs in the cases are seeking legal redress against pharmaceutical giant Bayer over blood clots from the Yaz/Yasmin contraceptives.
Lawyers suing the company cite FDA reports of at least 50 deaths tied to the pills from 2004 to 2008, claiming ...
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The Express-Times reports the story of a woman who filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Bayer Corp., claiming the company’s Yaz birth control pills caused a blood clot that killed her daughter last year.
The report says Michelle Pfleger, 18, had been taking Yaz to treat her acne. She was attending her freshman year at Elon University in North Carolina, and had been walking to class one day in September when ...
continue reading...A joint report by MedPage Today and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel takes a look at a bone growth agent called Infuse, made by Medtronic, which has caused a number of health problems in patients who received it.
According to the report: “The story of how the product … went from revolutionary advance to public health alert is a cautionary tale that is equal parts the art of medicine and the art of the deal.”
The report describes the Infuse product as ...
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According to a Bloomberg report, energy companies aren’t complying with a self-reporting system for fracking.
Amid calls for government regulations mandating disclosure of fracking operations, oil and gas companies established a Website called FracFocus.org on which they pledged to voluntarily list the wells where fracking would take place. The site received funding from oil and gas trade groups and $1.5 million from the U.S. Department of Energy.
But Bloomberg compiled ...
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