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6/26/2006 3:01:00 AM | Fake products can bypass quality, safety 
=(0) Counterfeit cosmetic surgery products are a health and safety hazard that consumers need to be aware of, say officials. People have been sickened, paralyzed or even killed by injections of fake botox and other injectable substances such as silicon. These products can also be contaminated with bacteria. The safest way to obtain these treat...
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6/24/2006 5:10:00 AM | Judge refuses to overturn verdict clearing breast surgeon of ... =(0) New Jersey Superior Court has upheld the verdict in favor of a plastic surgeon accused of malpractice. A jury had previous cleared Dr. Richard Marfuggi of wrongdoing in the case of a woman who claimed he removed too much tissue while performing her breast reduction. The doctor claimed the result was a consequence of the plaintiff's poor b...
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6/22/2006 1:27:00 AM | Older blood associated with worse outcomes after repeat heart ... =(0) Researchers at Duke University have analyzed medical data and concluded that the age of stored blood for transfusions may be an issue for people having repeat heart surgery. More study is needed, but findings so far suggest that the older the blood, the greater the risk of respiratory and kidney problems, longer recovery time and death. T...
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6/21/2006 3:14:00 AM | NY Judge Denies Disclosure of Surgeon's Records =(0) A doctor, accused of plastic surgery malpractice, does not have to disclose his own medical records as evidence, a judge has ruled. The plaintiff, a woman who claims her face lift was botched, says one of the doctor's office staff told her the doctor had surgery on his arm or hand closely following her operation. However, the judge ruled ...
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6/20/2006 3:20:00 PM | Charles City man sues over tissue used in surgery =(0) An Iowa man is suing Medtronic, Biomedical Tissue Services, and two funeral homes because tissue he received during spinal surgery was not properly screened for disease. This is one of many lawsuits nationwide involving Biomedical Tissue Services of New Jersey, which was recently closed down for using bodies without permission nor screening.&n...
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6/13/2006 9:34:00 PM | Patient Learns His Operation Wasn't Sterile =(0) A San Diego hospital, Scripps Green Hospital, has been notifying 82 patients who are at risk of having contracted infections because of inadequately sterilized surgical equipment. This exposes patients to potential infections such as HIV and hepatitis. The hospital is providing blood tests and follow-up, but the patient interviewed for th...
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6/13/2006 10:43:00 AM | Surgeries Using Cadaver Tissue Pose Risks =(0) The body parts industry has been the focus of a recent scandal where tissue was taken without permission and sold for surgical use; however problems in the industry run much deeper than that according to an investigation by the Associated Press. Inadequate government regulations and careless procedures put patients at risk of receiving infecte...
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6/6/2006 6:03:00 AM | Plaintiff wins malpractice suit =(0) A woman has won a $50,000 award in a malpractice suit over her sister's death in 2002. The patient died several days after an operation to correct an esophageal disorder, of a perforated stomach and espophagus. The jury in the lawsuit ruled that while the doctors were not to blame, other hospital employees were negligent....
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6/2/2006 11:53:00 AM | 20 insurers sue over defective defibrillators =(0) Guidant faces a lawsuit over defective defibrillators - however this one is not from patients, but from twenty Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, which must bear the consequences of increased health costs for those harmed. Patients whose internal defibrillators have been recalled face a sobering dilemma: have the device replaced, or leave it in...
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6/1/2006 10:01:00 AM | Husband warns after surgery death =(0) The husband of a British woman who died following gastric bypass surgery, warns women against the operation. The woman had failed at other attempts at weight loss and suffered from depression. She died from a post-operative infection. Her husband urged women to consider other options except in life-and-death situations....
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6/1/2006 4:00:00 AM | Sentara Obici Hospital sued for surgery malpractice =(0) Sentara Obici Hospital in Virginia is being sued for surgical malpractice following the death of a district judge who had surgery there. The claim is, a sponge was left in the judge's body during abdominal surgery in 2004 due to negligence by surgical assistants. This led to pain, infection, and more surgery, and resulted in his not being a c...
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5/31/2006 11:11:00 AM | UA doctor barred from research on humans =(0) The FDA has barred a University of Arizona cardiologist from conducting research using human subjects. Dr. Paul Fenster was found to have violated rules protecting patient safety after his own University reported him to the FDA. The research involved implanted Guidant heart pacemakers. Breaches of rules included using doctors and pat...
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5/29/2006 10:32:00 PM | 'A Little Sting' Can Become a Debilitating Injury =(0) This relates a personal experience of nerve injury to the arm caused by routine drawing of blood for testing. After more than a year of pain and disability in the arm, the author finally found a doctor who was familiar with the risk and surgery was performed. Some disability remains, and the author cautions that if you suspect a blood dra...
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5/26/2006 7:34:00 AM | Jury finds for surgeon in malpractice case =(0) A jury has found against an Arkansas woman who was suing a surgeon for malpractice regarding the death of her husband. The patient bled to death internally after surgery to remove part of a cancerous lung. Autopsy showed that hemiclips used to tie off blood vessels had come dislodged. At issue was whether the surgeon had been negligent in...
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5/25/2006 4:40:00 PM | Local Woman Talks About Nightmare Under the Surgeon's Knife =(0) A Michigan woman is suing an East Lansing plastic surgeon because of complications after a liposuction and "tummy tuck". The woman suffered problems regarding closure of her wound and severe pain; after several months of unsuccessful treatment by the surgeon she consulted another doctor who prescribed the appropriate antibiotic, but she is lef...
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5/25/2006 4:24:00 AM | Hospital delays blamed for twin’s death =(0) A couple in Manchester, England blames St. Mary's Hospital there for the death of one of their twin babies, and the multiple organ problems of the other. Because of a high risk pregnancy, a C-section was scheduled but later postponed for a day, allegedly because of other emergencies in the hospital. By the time the C-section took place, no hea...
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5/19/2006 2:53:00 AM | Six face remote risk of rare brain disease =(0) Six patients who had neurosurgery at a Colorado hospital are under watch for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a rare, progressive and fatal brain disorder. The instruments used to operate on these six people had been used on a woman who was later found to have the disease. The infectious agent can conceivably survive sterilization although the...
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5/17/2006 10:36:00 AM | Second Family Hires Lawyer In Heart Patient Deaths =(0) A lawsuit is under way against Dr. Constantinos Lovoulos, formerly a cardiac surgeon at Ogden Regional Medical Center in Utah. Four heart surgery patients died there in a four-month period early in 2004, causing the hospital to halt heart surgeries for a year, and the doctor in question to return to Greece. The family of one of the other ...
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4/29/2006 3:20:00 AM | VA biopsies could have infected men =(0) Over 20,000 Veterans who have undergone prostate biopsies with a specific instrument, the "B-K Medical transrectal ultrasound transducer", have been contacted because sterilization of that equipment may have been inadequate, leading to risk of Hepatitis, HIV and other infections. Those affected can be tested for no cost. Only 16 of the V...
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4/25/2006 6:52:00 AM | Woman launches class action suit after eardrum surgery =(0) A Vancouver B.C. woman has started the process for a class-action lawsuit against various defendants including a hospital and an ear bank. The woman had surgery on her eardrums after they were damaged during an airplane flight. The surgery involved donor cadaver tissue from an ear bank that has since been revealed as negligent in record-keepin...
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