April 19, 2013 – 3:43 PM By Michael W. Chapman (Warning: Some of the material presented in this story is graphic.) (CNSNews.com) – A witness testified in the Gosnell abortion-murder trial that she saw one baby expelled alive into a toilet where it “was like swimming” and “trying to get out.” According to the grand jury report in […]
Medscape.com Robert Lowes April 18, 2013 Two executives of a hospital in Chicago, Illinois, along with 3 physicians and a podiatrist were arrested by federal agents April 16 for allegedly conspiring to give and receive illegal kickbacks for referring Medicare and Medicaid patients in a case built with “wired” colleagues who had flipped for law […]
Overdoses of Prescription Opioid Pain Relievers and Other Drugs Among Women United States, 1999-2010 Karin A. Mack, PhD, Christopher M. Jones, PharmD, Leonard J. Paulozzi, MD Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2013;62(26):537-542. Abstract Background: Overdose deaths have increased steadily over the past decade. This report describes drug-related deaths and emergency department (ED) visits among women. […]
Fran Lowry May 13, 2013 Major medical procedures such as induction of labor, use of drugs to speed labor, and cesarean delivery are overused in women giving birth in the United States, according to a national survey of new mothers. Moreover, many pregnant women feel pressure to undergo such risky procedures, the survey, called Listening to […]
Medscape.com Michael O’Riordan April 11, 2013 PATERSON, NJ — A New York area–based cardiologist has confessed to ordering unnecessary tests and procedures on patients to the tune of $19 million[1]. Dr Jose Katz, the owner and chief executive officer of Cardio-Med Services and Comprehensive Healthcare and Medical Services, admitted to ordering diagnostic tests regardless of patient […]
HEALTH By Michael Booth The Denver Post POSTED: 04/10/2013 05:36:05 PM MDT The Colorado medical board has charged Dr. Warren Kortz with 14 counts of unprofessional conduct after a series of failed procedures with Porter Adventist Hospital’s robotic surgery arm, as federal officials launch a wider review of the highly touted procedures. The state alleges […]
Published: Apr 5, 2013 By David Pittman , Washington Correspondent, MedPage Today Full Story Utah’s largest health system will pay more more than $25 million to settle claims that it violated Stark laws that prohibit paying doctors in ways that influence referrals, the Justice Department has announced. Intermountain Healthcare in Salt Lake City self-disclosed to […]
Robert Lowes April 30, 2013 A spike in the number of adverse event reports (AERs) associated with the da Vinci Surgical System (Intuitive Surgical) last year has prompted the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to survey surgeons about their experience with this technology for robot-assisted surgery. Some of the AERs on file with the FDA pertain […]
Nonbenzodiazepines for Sleep Linked to Hip Fractures Pauline Anderson Mar 06, 2013 Nursing home residents who use nonbenzodiazepine hypnotic sleep agents are at 66% increased risk for a hip fracture, with the risk apparently greatest within the first 15 days of medication use, according to a new study. Particularly vulnerable are residents who need some […]
Physicians often don’t communicate the risks of CT studies to patients undergoing the scans and usually leave patients out of the decision-making process, researchers found.
If you think that medical errors are a thing of the past, you are mistaken.
Incretins Again Linked to Pancreatitis Published: Feb 25, 2013 By Kristina Fiore , Staff Writer, MedPage Today Diabetes drugs that work via the glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) pathway may raise the risk of acute pancreatitis, researchers found. In a case-control study, patients who had used either sitagliptin (Januvia) or exenatide (Byetta) were about twice as likely […]
June 20, 2013 Questionable and potentially harmful prescriptions, costing the US government some $352 million, were prescribed for elderly and disabled patients by 736 general care physicians under the national insurance program Medicare, a new report revealed. The 28-page report by the inspector general of the Department of Health and Human Services, titled‘Prescribers with Questionable […]
Al-Shoha A, et al. Spine (Phila Pa 1976). 2012. Show full citation Abstract STUDY DESIGN: A prospective, observational study. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effect of epidural steroid injection (ESI) on bone mineral density (BMD) in postmenopausal women. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: ESIs are used to treat the pain associated with radiculopathy. Although it is known that exogenous steroid […]
J Health Care Finance. 2012 Fall;39(1):39-50. The economics of health care quality and medical errors. Andel C, Davidow SL, Hollander M, Moreno DA. Abstract Hospitals have been looking for ways to improve quality and operational efficiency and cut costs for nearly three decades, using a variety of quality improvement strategies. However, based on recent reports, […]
BMJ Case Reports 2012; doi:10.1136/bcr-2012-006879 Findings that shed new light on the possible pathogenesis of a disease or an adverse effect Deirdre Therese Little Summary Premature ovarian failure in a well adolescent is a rare event. Its occurrence raises important questions about causation, which may signal other systemic concerns. This patient presented with amenorrhoea after […]
Cardiopulmonary Arrest Following Cervical Epidural Injection Case Report Bradley Stauber, BS, Lin Ma, MD, and Reza Nazari, MD Pain Physician March/April 2012 – Vol 15 Issue 2 Epidural steroid injection is a common treatment for the management of pain in a wide variety of patients. It is generally well tolerated and perceived to have few […]
Margaret Warner, Ph.D.; Li Hui Chen, Ph.D.; Diane M. Makuc, Dr.P.H., Robert N. Anderson, Ph.D.; and Arialdi M. Miniño, M.P.H. Key findings Data from the National Vital Statistics System Mortality File In 2008, poisoning became the leading cause of injury death in the United States and nearly 9 out of 10 poisoning deaths are caused […]
Published: Nov 1, 2011 By Joyce Frieden , News Editor, MedPage Today Action Points Note that this study was published as an abstract and presented at a conference. These data and conclusions should be considered to be preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal. Explain that women who use nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for 15 or […]