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Study Finds Delay In Treating Ischemic Stroke Causes Loss Of 2.2 Hours Of Healthy Life For Every One Second Of Delay

May 15, 2021

A study published in JAMA Neurology on May 3, 2021 entitled, “Healthy Life-Year Costs of Treatment Speed From Arrival to Endovascular Thrombectomy in Patients With Ischemic Stroke A Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data From 7 Randomized Clinical Trials” concluded: “In this stud[...]

What Happens If The COVID-19 Vaccine Injures Me?

December 24, 2020

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 many people throughout the United States will receive the COV[...]

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

December 21, 2020

In its unpublished opinion dated December 1, 2020, the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland (“Maryland Appellate Court”) acknowledged scientific and medical literature published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 to support granti[...]

Physicians’ Attitudes Toward Medical Ethics, 2020

November 16, 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 25, 2020 to September 10, 2020 about se[...]

Study Finds Medical Device Manufacturers’ Payments To Physicians Influenced Their Device Selection

November 12, 2020

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 who[...]

Harvard University Agrees To Pay Over $1.3 Million To Resolve Overcharging NIH Grants Allegations

June 20, 2020

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 the National I[...]

FDA Warns Companies That Process And Distribute Unapproved Products Derived From Umbilical Cord Blood

December 27, 2019

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 current good tissue[...]

Contaminated Fecal Transplant May Have Resulted In Cancer Patient’s Death

November 17, 2019

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 a plausible alternative explanat[...]

Are Filshie Clips Causing Allergic Reactions?

October 29, 2019

We continue to receive many inquiries from women who have had Filshie clips implanted as a form of sterilization who complain that they suffered various allergic reactions to the materials contained in Filshie clips, including but not limited to fatigue, pain, and what has been deemed as post implan[...]

The Underbelly Of The Stem Cell Industry Exposed

August 28, 2019

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 offer[...]

FDA Issues Safety Alert Regarding Fecal Transplantation

August 7, 2019

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 use of fecal microbiota for transplantation (FMT). The a[...]

U.S. Obtains Injunction Against Stem Cell Products Manufacturer

July 31, 2019

In early June 2019, the Southern District of Florida granted the U.S. government’s motion for summary judgment against US Stem Cell Clinic LLC of Weston, Florida, US Stem Cell Inc. of Sunrise, Florida, and their Chief Scientific Officer Kristin Comella, Ph.D., holding that the defendants had adult[...]

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