Patient Care
Manufacturer of Defective Glucose Monitors Pleads Guilty
LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson company, has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor charges and agreed to pay a fine for selling defective glucose monitoring systems called Surestep, used in some hospitals and by diabetic patients at home. More...30 Nov -0001
Early Release of Research Data May Cause Harm
A study suggests that when medical trial results are released prior to journal publication, doctors may use the data to make changes in their practice--changes that may be harmful to some patients and may not agree with the detailed results later published in a peer-reviewed journal. More...30 Nov -0001
New Guidelines for Xenotransplantation
Although transplants of hearts or lungs from pigs should not be permitted at the present time, clinical trials of such transplants would be justified when researchers achieve acceptable results in animal studies and have determined there is little risk of spreading animal viruses to humans. More...30 Nov -0001
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