Netflix has unleashed a blistering indictment of the medical device industry, the FDA and doctors who accept money from medtech in its new documentary, ‘The Bleeding Edge,’ released today. The film depicts people who have suffered injuries and/or illnesses following placement of Bayer’s Essure sterilization device, Johnson & Johnson’s vaginal mesh, various manufacturers’ metal artificial […]
Study: Medical device trials still ignoring gender, age, race
Despite FDA guidelines, very few medical device trials are analyzed to consider how a user’s sex, age or race could affect safety and effectiveness of the device, according to a new study out of Yale and the University of California-San Francisco. Results from the study were published in Jama Internal Medicine. The study aimed to […]
Study: U.S. patients subject to higher radiation during MPI heart test
Americans undergoing myocardial perfusion imaging to diagnose coronary artery disease, a leading killer in the U.S., are receiving higher levels of radiation than their peers around the world, according to a new study. The study was published in JAMA Internal Medicine this month. The MPI test, performed on millions of U.S. patients every year, is […]
Study: Uncommon form of heart attack likely runs in family
(Reuters) — Although oncologists increasingly distinguish breast, lung, and other cancers by their molecular drivers, cardiologists have lagged behind in efforts to do something similar for heart disease.
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