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FDA Issues Safety Communication Regarding The Stryker Wingspan Stent System

May 15, 2019

The FDA issued a Safety Communcation on April 25, 2019 entitled, “Use of the Stryker Wingspan Stent System Outside of Approved Indications Leads to an Increased Risk of Stroke or Death: FDA Safety Communication” in which the FDA warned: “a very specific group of patients, consisten[...]

USA TODAY Analysis Finds High Childbirth Complication Rates In Some U.S. Hospitals

March 20, 2019

A USA TODAY article entitled “Hospitals blame moms when childbirth goes wrong. Secret data suggest it’s not that simple” stated that “[a] USA TODAY analysis of billing data from 7 million births found about one in eight hospitals have complication rates of at least double the nor[...]

New Study Finds No Link Between MMR Vaccine And Autism

March 16, 2019

A study published on March 5, 2019 in the medical journal Annals of Internal Medicine entitled “Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination and Autism: A Nationwide Cohort Study” was designed to evaluate whether the MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) vaccine increases the risk for autism in children,[...]

Almost Half Of U.S. Adults Have Cardiovascular Disease

February 11, 2019

The American Heart Association (AHA) announced on January 31, 2019 the findings of its Heart and Stroke Statistics — 2019 Update that was published in its journal Circulation. The researchers found that 48 percent of all adults in the United States (121.5 million in 2016) have some type of cardiov[...]

Essure No Longer Sold In U.S. After December 31, 2018, But FDA Oversight Continues

February 8, 2019

In July 2018, Bayer, which manufactures the Essure device that is intended to prevent pregnancy, announced that Essure will no longer be sold or distributed in the United States after December 31, 2018, citing the declining annual number of implantations. Even though Essure is no longer sold, the FD[...]

Maryland Federal Court Allows Guatemalan Nationals Lawsuit Involving Medical Experiments To Proceed Under Alien Tort Statute

January 17, 2019

Plaintiffs Estate of Arturo Giron Alvarez and 773 other Guatemalan nationals filed a civil action against the Johns Hopkins University and four affiliated entities, the Rockefeller Foundation, and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants subjected them or their family[...]

U.S. Cancer Statistics: U.S. Cancer Deaths Dropped By 27% Between 1991 and 2016

January 11, 2019

An article appearing on January 8, 2019 in the medical journal CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians reported that the overall cancer death rate in the United States dropped continuously from 1991 to 2016 by a total of 27%, translating into approximately 2,629,200 fewer cancer deaths than would have b[...]

Uterine Cancer Rates, Deaths Increase In U.S.

January 2, 2019

The CDC reported on December 7, 2018 that “Uterine cancer is one of the few cancers with increasing incidence and mortality in the United States, reflecting, in part, increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity since the 1980s. It is the fourth most common cancer diagnosed and the se[...]

FDA Formally Accepts ClinGen Expert Curated Human Genetic Data

January 1, 2019

On December 4, 2018, the FDA formally recognized a public database that contains information about genes, genetic variants and their relationship to disease known as ClinGen Expert Curated Human Genetic Data. The FDA’s action is intended enhance the efficient development of novel diagnostic te[...]

The Rising Rates Of Autism In U.S. Children

December 10, 2018

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability defined by diagnostic criteria that include deficits in social communication and social interaction, and the presence of restricted, repetitive patterns of behavior, interests, or activities that can persist throughout life. An article app[...]

New Guidelines For Management Of Incidental Pulmonary Nodules Detected On CT Images

November 25, 2018

It is not uncommon for medicalmalpracticelawyers.com to receive inquiries from potential medical malpractice victims who question whether an incidental lung nodule finding on a chest CT that was not subsequently clinically investigated caused a delay in diagnose of a serious treatable medical condit[...]

Stem Cell Product Recalled

November 14, 2018

On October 10, 2018, Liveyon LLC (“Liveyon”), a distributor of stem cell products manufactured by Genetech, Inc. (“Genetech”), a laboratory located in San Diego, California, announced that it voluntarily recalled all ReGen Series® products due to reported possible adverse re[...]

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