Guidant pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors over defibrillator defects it did not report accurately to the FDA, including a 2002 circuitry failure. The Justice Department ordered $296 million in fines, the largest assessed a medical device company; one patient died a week after being sent home.
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Hospitals, screening guidelines and healthcare policy.
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Overview of Health Reform
A summary of the health reform law as the Administration frames it: more affordable insurance, a new competitive market, rules to hold premiums down, an end to pre-existing condition discrimination, coverage for 32 million more people and $100 billion in deficit reduction.
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U.S. Hospitals Fail to Improve Patient Safety and Injure and Kill Thousands Every Day
Nearly a million patient-safety incidents struck Medicare patients from 2006 to 2008, costing $8.9 billion, and one in ten of those patients died as a result. Had every hospital matched the top 5%, the report says 218,000 incidents and 22,000 deaths could have been avoided.
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What can you benefit from the health care reform bill? - part 1
A White House-sourced list of health law provisions taking effect early: small business tax credits up to 35 percent, no denying children with pre-existing conditions, a temporary high-risk pool, a ban on dropping sick policyholders, a $250 Medicare rebate and coverage to age 26.
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Questions and Answers about Health Care Reform Bill from HealthReform.gov
A government question-and-answer sheet on the health care reform law, explaining the small business tax credit worth up to 35 percent of premiums (rising to 50 percent in 2014), who qualifies, and stating that the law carries no employer mandate.
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The Dark Side of the Routine Newborn Vitamin K Shot
Mercola questions the routine newborn vitamin K injection, standard in the US since 1944, calling it an assault on a newborn's overloaded senses. Citing vitamin K researcher Cees Vermeer, he argues the vitamin is necessary but the shot is not, and that safer routes exist.
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What does the health care bill means for me? Directly from White House
White House answers for people insured through work: premiums are projected to fall, existing plans can be kept, lifetime coverage limits end, plan language must be written plainly, and adult children up to age 26 can stay on a family policy.
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Bishops and nuns debate abortion restrictions in Senate healthcare bill
The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops says the abortion restrictions fall short because government would indirectly help pay premiums on separate abortion policies, while 60 leaders representing 59,000 nuns call the bill a good start for pregnant women and new mothers.
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Screen for Life: National Colorectal Cancer Action Campaign
Terrence Howard speaks about his mother's death from colon cancer in CDC public service announcements urging Americans aged 50 and older to get screened. In 2006 the disease was diagnosed in 70,270 men and 68,857 women, and screening can catch polyps before they turn cancerous.
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Vaginal birth okay for women who have had Cesarean section
A panel of medical experts recommended that most women who have had a caesarean be allowed to give birth vaginally. Such births have fallen from 28.3 percent in 1996 to under 10 percent, driven by fears of uterine rupture and of malpractice suits.
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Why are 48,000 Hospital-Stays per Year in the US Ending in Death?
A study of 69 million hospital discharge records from 40 states found sepsis and pneumonia caused by hospital-acquired infections killed 48,000 Americans and added $8.1 billion in costs in 2006. Mercola argues better infection control could likely have prevented nearly all of them.
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Why Doctors Believe the “New” CCR Will Save Many More Lives than CPR…
Cardiocerebral resuscitation drops early rescue breaths for continuous chest compressions, on the argument that airway work steals time from compressions and raises intrathoracic pressure, cutting cardiac output. One study found CCR improved both survival and good neurological outcomes over CPR.
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Sebelius Emphasizes Transparency of Costs to Health Insurance Providers
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius summoned insurance executives over “jaw-dropping rate increases” and asked them to file rate requests online with loss-trend data and open up administrative and marketing costs. She said the top five insurers earned $12.2 billion.
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Individual Health Insurance Consumers Left With Few Options
Insurers are raising rates and cutting benefits for the 17 million Americans holding individual policies, with Anthem Blue Cross in California announcing increases of 39 to 60 percent. Officials planned hearings, and Senator Feinstein said she would propose federal review of premiums.
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Overlooked Contaminant Found in Donated Blood…
The CDC reported that in March 2009 several people received blood products containing yellow fever vaccine, and documented evidence that the vaccine virus was transmitted through them. It reissued its blood donation guidelines after the preventable error.
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Government Healthcare Spending to Set All Time High
Federal actuaries at CMS expect government programs to cover more than half of US health spending next year, as the weak economy pushes people onto Medicaid. National health spending is projected to reach $4.5 trillion over the next decade, up from $2.34 trillion in 2008.
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Vegetative state doesn't mean brain death
Researchers in England and Belgium used fMRI to ask 54 severely brain-injured patients to imagine playing tennis or navigating a familiar place. Four of 23 patients diagnosed as vegetative responded, and answered yes-or-no questions correctly.
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New parity law offers more help for mental health care
Federal rules issued January 29 bar health plans from limiting benefits or charging higher out-of-pocket costs for mental health and substance use treatment than for physical illness. They take effect for plan years starting July 1, 2010, at employers with 50 or more workers.
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