Power Morcellation Is No Longer The Procedure Of Choice. Power Morcellators Causing Cancer. After numerous studies the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning that grinding up uterine tumors with power morcellation may spread cancer. As a result, doctors actually stopped using power morcellators. Since 1991, doctors and … [Read more...]
Power Morcellators No Longer Favored by Doctors for Hysterectomies
Doctors Families Concerned about Increasing Price of EpiPens
The Price Tag of EpiPens. EpiPens are auto-injectors that could mean the difference between life-and-death during an allergic reaction. They are the most commonly prescribed auto-injector on the market, and used by both adults and children with severe allergies. The increasing price tag, however, has some doctors and families … [Read more...]
Federal Data Shows Medtronic Continues to Pay Doctors in Connection with InFuse Spinal Fusion Device
Data available through the federal Open Payments database show that device maker Medtronic continues to pay millions of dollars to doctors whose research on the InFuse spinal fusion device has been called into question. Medtronic’s spine division, Medtronic Sofamor Danek, paid $60.7 million in royalties to 79 doctors and their … [Read more...]
Open Payments Database Details Payments made between Industry and Doctors for 2014
On Tuesday, the federal Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services published the federal Open Payments database for 2014 detailing payments between medical device companies and doctors and hospitals. According to Star Tribune, this is the second year that such data has been published. The data was released under the Open Payments … [Read more...]
Amarin Pharma Sues FDA Over Right to Discuss Off-Label Use of Drugs
Dublin-based Amarin Pharma has sued the Food and Drug Administration (FDA for the right to talk to doctors about unapproved uses for their products, as long as they are being truthful. Drug companies have been fined billions of dollars for talking to doctors about “off-label” uses of their medications, but they argue that they have … [Read more...]
Impact of Known Bladder Cancer Risk Linked to Actos
Bladder Cancer Risk Linked to Actos. Executives at Takeda Pharmaceuticals secretly surveyed doctors about a decade ago to determine if they would prescribe a drug that was linked to cancer, the most troubling side effect of its top-selling drug, Actos. According to a Bloomberg report, the company asked a dozen doctors back in 2003 … [Read more...]
Confused Doctors On IUD Safety For Contraception
IUD Safety For Contraception. A new study shows that many physicians across the country may not be aware of the risks associated with using interuterine devices (IUDs), like the Mirena, as a form of contraception. This lack of current knowledge regarding the safe and effective use of IUDs turns into misinformation relayed to women … [Read more...]
