As of the present time, reported serious side effects and adverse reactions from the COVID-19 vaccine have been very few and the vaccine is considered safe for most people of the appropriate age. However, because it is anticipated that so… Read More
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Maryland Appellate Court Cites Subsequent Scientific And Medical Literature In Granting Relief To A Man Convicted In 1999 Of The Shaken Baby Syndrome Death Of His Infant Son
In its unpublished opinion dated December 1, 2020, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) acknowledged scientific and medical literature published since a man’s conviction in 1999 of the Shaken Baby Syndrome killing of his infant son… Read More
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Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Medical Ethics, 2020
An article appearing on Medscape on November 13, 2020 entitled “Ethics 2020 Life, Death, and Painful Dilemmas A Decade of Changes in Physicians’ Attitudes” reported on the results of a survey of 5,130 physicians in the United States from July… Read More
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Study Finds Medical Device Manufacturers’ Payments To Physicians Influenced Their Device Selection
A study published on November 3, 2020 in JAMA Network entitled “Association Between Industry Payments to Physicians and Device Selection in ICD Implantation” concluded: “In this cross-sectional study, a large proportion of ICD or CRT-D implantations were performed by physicians… Read More
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Harvard University Agrees To Pay Over $1.3 Million To Resolve Overcharging NIH Grants Allegations
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Massachusetts announced on April 27, 2020 that Harvard University (“Harvard”) has agreed to pay $1,359,791 to resolve allegations that Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health (HSPH) overcharged certain grants funded by… Read More
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FDA Warns Companies That Process And Distribute Unapproved Products Derived From Umbilical Cord Blood
On December 6, 2019, the FDA warned Liveyon Labs Inc. (“Liveyon Labs”) and Liveyon LLC for processing and distributing unapproved products derived from umbilical cord blood (PURE and PURE PRO). The FDA further warned the companies regarding significant deviations from… Read More
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Contaminated Fecal Transplant May Have Resulted In Cancer Patient’s Death
An article appearing in The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) on October 30, 2019 reported that “Gram-negative bacteremia has been reported in four patients after they had undergone FMT [fecal microbiota transplantation]. In three of these cases, there was… Read More
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The Underbelly Of The Stem Cell Industry Exposed
The results of a joint investigation undertaken by The New Yorker and ProPublica that was published on May 7, 2019 entitled “The Birth-Tissue Profiteers” found that “alongside legitimate, scientifically proven treatments, an industry has sprung up in which specialized clinics… Read More
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FDA Issues Safety Alert Regarding Fecal Transplantation
On June 13, 2019, the FDA issued a safety alert in which it stated, in part, “The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is informing health care providers and patients of the potential risk of serious or life-threatening infections with the… Read More
