AM2PAT, which is now the subject of a criminal investigation, sold tainted syringes of heparin and saline that have been linked to five deaths. Hundreds more people were sickened, often after receiving the medicines during chemotherapy, kidney dialysis and other intravenous procedures.
Two men pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this week for their roles in the scheme, which involved falsifying documents to make it appear that proper sterility Read the rest of this entry »

Two men pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court this week for their roles in the scheme, which involved falsifying documents to make it appear that proper sterility tests had been conducted. The company’s president, Dushyant Patel, faces 10 charges, but he has not been arrested. Authorities believe he fled to his native India.
Conditions at the plant, detailed in court documents and photographs, depict a facility in flagrant violation of proper manufacturing Read the rest of this entry »

VANCOUVER, Canada (AFP) — Magazine stories about breast implants, nose jobs and liposuction too often downplay the psychological risks, including suicide, of invasive cosmetic surgery, reports a Canadian study.
Surgery is portrayed as part of a “normal” beauty regime in best-selling North American women’s magazines, in stories alongside clothing and diet advice, researcher Andrea Polonijo told AFP.
While the physical risks of surgery were Read the rest of this entry »

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.—An operating room nurse testified that she was ignored when she questioned the drugs given a dying patient and the presence of a transplant surgeon accused of trying to hasten his death.
Jennifer Wiley said she was told the transplant team would remain outside the operating room until Ruben Navarro was declared dead. State law prohibits transplant teams from having a hand in the care of the patient from which they intend Read the rest of this entry »