Copyright 2009 Medical News Today Latest Litigation / Medical Malpractice News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/medical_malpractice/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171689.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171689.php An international week of action targeting the online sale of counterfeit and illicit medicines has highlighted the dangers of buying such medicines online. Due to an ever-increasing number of websites supplying dangerous and illegal medicines, INTERPOL and the World Health Organisation's (WHO) International Medical Products Anti-Counterfeiting Taskforce (IMPACT) have this week co-ordinated 24 countries to launch Operation Pangea II. Litigation / Medical Malpractice Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171624.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171624.php A New Jersey public high school student last week filed a federal lawsuit alleging that her free-speech and religious-freedom rights were violated when her school's administrators prohibited her from participating in an antiabortion-rights protest last month, the AP/Google News reports. Abortion Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171659.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171659.php The U.S. Department of Justice, on behalf of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, has filed a complaint for permanent injunction against William F. Nickle of North East, Md., for allegedly selling veal calves for human consumption that contained illegal drug residues in edible tissues. The complaint, filed Nov. 13, 2009, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, also alleges that Mr. Litigation / Medical Malpractice Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171474.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171474.php The Senate on Tuesday voted 70-29 to allow debate on federal appeals court nominee David Hamilton, ending a GOP filibuster and setting up a final confirmation vote that could occur this week, Roll Call reports (Brady, Roll Call, 11/17). Hamilton's confirmation has been stalled since June, when the Senate Judiciary Committee gave him a favorable recommendation to the Senate, the Abortion Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171400.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171400.php The artificial lower limbs of double-amputee Olympic hopeful Oscar Pistorius give him a clear and major advantage over his competition, taking 10 seconds or more off what his 400-meter race time would be if his prosthesis behaved like intact limbs. That's the conclusion - released to the public for the first time - of human performance experts Peter Weyand of Southern Methodist University in Dallas and Matthew Bundle of the University of Wyoming. Sports Medicine / Fitness Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171312.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171312.php Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.), ranking member on the Senate Judiciary Committee, will try to block the confirmation vote on Tuesday on Judge David Hamilton's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, Politico reports. Litigation / Medical Malpractice Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171138.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171138.php The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood have filed a legal challenge to a proposed ballot measure that seeks to amend Nevada's Constitution to define people as "everyone possessing a human genome" from the moment of conception, the Abortion Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171151.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/171151.php The Associated Press: "The government paid more than $47 billion in questionable Medicare claims including medical treatment showing little relation to a patient's condition, wasting taxpayer dollars at a rate nearly three times the previous year. Medicare / Medicaid / SCHIP Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170701.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170701.php In an interview with the Associated Press on Monday, Scott Roeder, the man charged in the shooting death of Kansas abortion provider George Tille, said the murder was justified because "preborn children's lives were in imminent danger," the AP/USA Today reports. Abortion Wed, 11 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170632.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170632.php Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Nasdaq: TEVA) announced today that the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware has issued a decision in its litigation over the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) to market its generic version of Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.'s Prevacid® (Lansoprazole) SoluTab. The Court found that Teva's generic lansoprazole orally disintegrating tablets do not infringe U.S. Patent No. 5,464,632. Litigation / Medical Malpractice Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170597.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170597.php DREA LYNNE GIBSON, 43, of Fall City, Washington, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to a year and a day in prison and three years of supervised release for product tampering in violation of federal law. GIBSON pleaded guilty in May 2009, admitting that she tampered with doses of Demerol, a narcotic pain medication, at the surgical center where she worked. At sentencing U.S. District Judge Ricardo Martinez said, "This is an extremely serious offense. Litigation / Medical Malpractice Wed, 11 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170548.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170548.php The Senate on Monday voted 72-16 to confirm U.S. District Judge Andre Davis of Baltimore to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit, giving Democratic-nominated judges a 6-5 majority on a court that has previously taken conservative positions on abortion rights and other contentious issues, the AP/Washington Post reports. Abortion Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170474.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170474.php Figures are impressive and, at the same time, shameful for the civilized world of 21st century: according to data from the United Nations through the UN.GIFT programme managed by UNODC/UNDD (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime), 161 countries are reported to be affected by human trafficking by being a source, transit and/or destination country. The majority of trafficking victims are between 18 and 24 years of age but an estimated of 1.2 million children are trafficked each year. Women's Health / Gynecology Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170451.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170451.php Project Safe Neighborhoods - a community-based policing effort launched in 2001 - has been largely successful in its goal of reducing violent crime, according to an analysis by Michigan State University, the national research and training partner of the federal initiative. And, as an offshoot of the program, the U.S. Department of Justice recently awarded MSU $1 million in stimulus funding to expand a research and training program designed to eliminate illegal drug markets. Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170363.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170363.php The Chicago Tribune on Sunday examined the "long and complicated" history of Illinois' more than 30-year debate over parental notification for minors seeking abortions. Most recently, a Cook County Circuit Court judge blocked enforcement of a 1995 Abortion Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170077.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170077.php Doctors and lawyers are disputing the true costs of defensive medicine, while surgeons oppose provisions being considered by the Senate for health reform. The Seattle Times reports that "defensive medicine" is under scrutiny as part of the congressional consideration of health care reform. Primary Care / General Practice Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170084.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170084.php News outlets focus on alleged fraud in the drug and insurance industries. "A $112 million settlement involving alleged drug kickbacks that the Justice Dept. announced with the nation's largest nursing home pharmacy and a generic drug manufacturer on Nov. 3 is part of a wide-ranging investigation of suspected Medicaid fraud by the pharmaceutical industry," Pharma Industry / Biotech Industry Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170060.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/170060.php Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said Wednesday that he intends to force a confirmation vote by Veterans Day on the nomination of U.S. District Judge David Hamilton to a seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, CQ Today reports (Perine, CQ Today, 11/4). President Obama nominated Hamilton in March (Women's Health Policy Report, 3/18). The Abortion Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169906.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169906.php House Republicans unveiled their health reform proposal Tuesday night. Their alternative health care bill "would reward states for reducing the number of uninsured, limit damages in medical malpractice lawsuits and allow small businesses to band together and buy insurance exempt from most state regulation," The New York Times reports. Health Insurance / Medical Insurance Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169895.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169895.php The Illinois Medical Disciplinary Board on Wednesday is expected to decide when to begin enforcement of a state law requiring doctors to notify the parents of minors seeking abortion procedures, the Abortion Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169900.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169900.php The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit this week struck down a Pittsburgh law that established two kinds of buffer zones around facilities that offer abortion services, ruling that the law improperly restricted protesters' right to free speech, the AP/Boston Globe reports. Abortion Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169934.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169934.php A 41-year-old man, Mr Harish Gami, received an eight month prison sentence suspended for two years at Aylesbury Crown Court today for the illicit sale and supply of controlled drugs as well as counterfeit and unlicensed medicines. The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) discovered more than 86,000 Valium tablets and a further 11,500 medicinal products in an undercover investigation into Gami's illegal online dealing. Litigation / Medical Malpractice Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169783.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169783.php Enforcement of an Illinois law requiring physicians to notify the parents of minors seeking abortion procedures will be delayed at least through Wednesday, the Abortion Tue, 03 Nov 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169594.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169594.php A law requiring Illinois physicians to notify parents of minors seeking abortion procedures is scheduled to take effect Tuesday, the Abortion Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169595.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169595.php Oklahoma District Judge Twyla Mason Gray on Thursday denied a motion by the state to set aside a temporary restraining order she issued on Oct. 21 blocking the enforcement of a state law that would require abortion providers to report personal information on women who obtain the procedure, the Abortion