Medtronic Under Fire for Using Corrupt Research to Promote INFUSE
Consumer Reports pushes for change in FDA process of approving medical devices
Reuters - March 12, 2012
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Metal Hip Implant Patients Need Life-Long Checks
BBC Nightly News - February 28, 2012
Hip Devices May Be Bigger Concern than Breast Implants, BMJ Says
Bloomberg - February 28, 2012
MHRA Declares Metal Hip Patients Need Life-Long Monitoring
BBC News Report - February 28, 2012
MHRA Press Release on Metal Hip Patients
February 28, 2012
Medical Device Alert on Metal Hips
February 28, 2012
The high cost of failing artificial hips
New York Times - December 27, 2011
Will flawed all-metal hip replacements cost J&J and Zimmer $5-billion?
Forbes - December 27, 2011
Medtronic to Pay $23.5 Million in False Claims Act Case
December 15, 2011
Hip-Device Makers Cut Doctor Consulting Pay After Settlement
Bloomberg Businessweek - October 24, 2011
AVAIRA® Toric Soft Contact Lens Recall
Torn corneas, vision problems follow 'stealth recall' of contact lenses
MSNBC Vitals - October 11, 2011
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What is Happening with Hip Replacement?
Medical Journal of Australia - May 26, 2011
Metal-on-Metal Hip Device Makers Told to Study Data on Hip Patients for Metal Wear Debris Issues
New York Times - May 11, 2011
FDA Tells Metal Hip Device Manufacturers to Produce Data on Patients' Blood Metal Levels
Mass Device - May 11, 2011
Medical Groups Shy About Detailing Industry Financial Support
Pro-Publica - May 5, 2011
Heart Society's Tip Sheets Fail to Mention Risks of Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators
Pro-Publica - May 5, 2011
Large Diaphragm Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants show 49% Failure Rate
British Orthopaedic Association - March 9, 2011
FDA Website for Metal-on Metal Hip Implants
FDA.gov - February 10, 2011
Johnson & Johnson Company, DePuy Orthopedics, recalls 2 hip implant devices: ASR™ XL Acetabular System and ASR™ Hip Resurfacing System
New York Times - August 26, 2010
Senator Seeks Data on Artificial Hips and Knees
New York Times - July 30, 2010
Surgeon vs. Knee Maker: Who's Rejecting Whom?
New York Times - June 19, 2010
Heparin Taint Tied to Deaths
The Chicago Tribune — July 30, 2008
FDA Probes Devices Containing Heparin
Wall Street Journal — June 6, 2008
Medtronic Recalls Select Heparin-Coated Devices and Products Used During Heart Surgeries
FDA Web site — May 7, 2008
Heparin Contamination May Have Been Deliberate, FDA Says
81 deaths linked to contaminated blood thinner
New York Times — April 30, 2008
FDA Warns Public of Contaminated Heparin IV Syringes
FDA Web site — January 25, 2008
Medtronic Heart (Defibrillator Leads) Wires May Pose More Risk for the Young
Wall Street Journal — October 19, 2007
Medtronic Heart Device Injuries up in 2007
Reuters — October 16, 2007
Heart Devices Linked to 5 Deaths Pulled
CBS News — October 15, 2007
Guidant Pacemakers and Defibrillator Models Linked to Malfunction Risk
Medscape.com — June 27, 2006