Medical Device/Equipment Executives
FDA Announces Improved Policies Regarding Transparency, Public Disclosure for Advisory Committees
The improvements include stricter limits on financial conflicts of interest for committee members, ...
Date:
08/05/2008
, Publication:
FDA News
, Author:
FDA
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01871.html
Weighing the Costs of a CT Scan's Look Inside the Heart
Driven by financial incentives, many doctors are adopting CT scans, but there is scant evidence that they benefit most patients.
Date:
06/29/2008
, Publication:
NY TIMES
, Author:
ALEX BERENSON and REED ABELSON
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/business/29scan.html?ref=health
Members of Congress urge one-year delay in Medicare bidding program for home medical equipment
Two letters signeed by 132 members of Congress urge a delay in the Medicare bidding program for home medical equipment.
Date:
06/05/2008
, Publication:
Drug Topics Daily News
, Author:
Sandra Levy
http://drugtopics.modernmedicine.com/drugtopics/Drug+Topics+Daily+News/Members-
FDA Advises Patients to Switch to HFA-Propelled Albuterol Inhalers Now
CFC-propelled inhalers no longer available as of Dec. 31, 2008
Date:
05/30/2008
, Publication:
FDA News
, Author:
FDA
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01842.html
Mixed Outcomes in Laparoscopy for Prostates
But the surgery increases the chance for longer term problems that require further therapy, the research says.
Date:
05/27/2008
, Publication:
NY TIMES
, Author:
NICHOLAS BAKALAR
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/27/health/research/27pros.html?ref=health
Lasers May Treat Cancers of the Larynx
But a team of Harvard doctors is reporting that a new outpatient laser procedure promises to eliminate the need for radiation, preserve speech...
Date:
05/06/2008
, Publication:
NY TIMES
, Author:
LAWRENCE K. ALTMAN, M.D.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/health/06canc.html?ref=health
States Limit Costly Sites for Cancer Radiation
Seeking to rein in medical costs, a commission in Michigan on Wednesday moved to prevent hospitals in the state from each spending $100 million or more...
Date:
05/01/2008
, Publication:
NY TIMES
, Author:
ANDREW POLLACK
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/01/technology/01proton.html?ref=health
Group Urges Ban on Medical Giveaways
Drug and medical device companies should be banned from offering free food, gifts, travel and ghost-writing services to doctors,...
Date:
04/28/2008
, Publication:
NY TIMES
, Author:
GARDINER HARRIS
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/28/us/28doctors.html?ref=health
Laser Hair Surgery Gives Woman Second-Degree Burns, Blisters
Instead of smooth, hairless skin, an English woman walked away from laser hair surgery with second-degree burns and blisters, the Daily Mail reported.
Date:
04/23/2008
, Publication:
Fox News
, Author:
Fox News
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,352268,00.html
Citing Ethics, Some Doctors Are Rejecting Industry Pay
...a decision that was until recently all but unheard of. They decided to stop accepting payments from food, drug and medical device companies
Date:
04/15/2008
, Publication:
NY TIMES
, Author:
GINA KOLATA
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/health/15conf.html?ref=health
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