Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/medical_malpractice/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241588.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241588.phpA significant minority of practicing doctors do not agree that patients should always be told the whole truth, even though The Charter on Medical Professionalism insists on openness and honesty, researchers from Harvard Medical School and other institutions in Massachusetts reported in the journal Health Affairs...Public Health Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241431.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241431.phpA significant minority of physicians responding to a national survey disagreed with or admitted not upholding accepted standards of professionalism for open and honest communication with patients...Primary Care / General Practice Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241158.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241158.phpAccording to an analysis of complaints in the latest edition of inpractice, the Medical Defense Union's journal that appears twice a year and is aimed at GP practice manager members covering topics like complaints, RCN indemnity changes and dealing with estranged parents, over 90% of 2,410 complaints made by GP members in the year April 2009/2010 seem to have been resolved locally...Primary Care / General Practice Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240991.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240991.phpWhen dentists do a root canal they are supposed to use steel posts, and definitely not paper clips. A dentist from Massachusetts has just received a 1-year prison sentence at the Bristol County House of Correction, for using paper clips for just such procedures - he had faced charges of assault and battery, as well as defrauding Medicaid to the tune of $130,000, and intimidating a witness. Dr...Litigation / Medical Malpractice Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240822.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240822.php The scandal of the faulty, badly made breast implants from French company Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) continues with the arrest of Jean-Claude Mas, 72, who according to police has been held at his home in Six-Fours-les-Plages in the South of France...Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240355.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240355.phpA BMJ survey revealed that over one in ten (13%) UK based scientists or doctors have witnessed that colleagues intentionally changed or fabricated data during their research in order to get published, whilst 6% of respondents reported they are aware of possible research misconduct at their institution, that has not been accurately investigated...Clinical Trials / Drug Trials Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240222.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240222.php An extensive misconduct investigation that took three years to complete and produced a 60,000-page report, concludes that a researcher who has come to prominence in recent years for his investigations into the beneficial properties of resveratrol, a compound found in red wine, "is guilty of 145 counts of fabrication and falsification of data"...Litigation / Medical Malpractice Thu, 05 Jan 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239960.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239960.phpGiven that many medical tests are nowadays rapidly performed at the patient's bedside compared with tests that required sending samples to a laboratory and waiting for results, last month's special issue of Point of Care: The Journal of Near-Patient Testing & Technology reveals that as more of these point-of-care testing (POCT) technologies are integrated into patient care, car...Litigation / Medical Malpractice Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239774.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239774.phpMany medical tests that once required sending samples to a laboratory and waiting for results can now be rapidly performed at the patient's bedside...Litigation / Medical Malpractice Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239731.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/239731.phpMany medical tests that once required sending samples to a laboratory and waiting for results can now be rapidly performed at the patient's bedside...Litigation / Medical Malpractice Fri, 16 Dec 2011 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239365.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239365.phpA report of the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science, warns that using neuroscientific findings as evidence in a court of law at the present moment of time should be approached with great caution, even though scientists growing knowledge of the brain certainly will impact the law in the future...Neurology / Neuroscience Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238891.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238891.phpIt is illegal to sell unapproved diet products that make unsupported claims, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) has warned seven companies which are selling "homeopathic HCG weight-loss drugs. The marketers of these products tell users to follow an extremely restricted and potentially dangerous diet...Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238769.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238769.phpAs we enter the festive season of celebration, partying, eating and drinking, for many of us, mixed in with that Yuletide spirit is an uneasy sense that all this overdoing it can be damaging to health, which is tempting to dismiss with the excuse that it only happens once a year, so where's the harm? But perhaps, there are some things we should consider, such as how...Nutrition / Diet Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238397.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238397.phpThe family of Florida photo editor, Robert Stevens, who died following an anthrax attack, is to receive a payout of $2.5 million from the US government. According to court filings, Maureen Stevens will no longer pursue other claims. The lawsuit, which was filed in 2003, claimed government negligence because it did not stop somebody at U.S...Bio-terrorism / Terrorism Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238295.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238295.phpThe FDA has for the first time taken legal action against a dietary supplement manufacturer and owner, which has substituted ingredients and products and failed to note the changes on the final product labels. The U.S...Regulatory Affairs / Drug Approvals Tue, 22 Nov 2011 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238094.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238094.phpFour former executives of Synthes Inc. have been sentenced to prison for carrying out human medical trials illegally in which three participants lost their lives. US prosecutors had been seeking 1-year prison sentences for "human experimentation"...Medical Devices / Diagnostics Mon, 21 Nov 2011 06:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238011.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/238011.phpIn a "cosmetic surgery" procedure, a woman's buttocks were filled with flat-tire sealant, mineral oil and cement, and then sealed with super-glue by an apparently transgender woman, Oneal Ron Morris, claiming to be a doctor - Morris had never studied medicine. The victim had sought a curvier body and a larger bottom in her quest to find employment at a nightclub...Cosmetic Medicine / Plastic Surgery Wed, 16 Nov 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237705.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/237705.phpAccording to the results of a new study published in the November 2011 Journal of the American College of Surgeons, malpractice lawsuits against U.S. surgeons occur often and can take a profound personal toll on the surgeon, resulting in emotional exhaustion, stress, and professional dissatisfaction...Litigation / Medical Malpractice Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/237393.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/237393.phpLawyers representing over 5,000 Haitian cholera victims are suing the United Nations and the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for bringing the disease into their country. The cholera epidemic resulted in more than 475,000 registered cases of sickness and over 6,000 deaths. They say MINUSTAH brought cholera into Haiti in October 2010...Litigation / Medical Malpractice Wed, 09 Nov 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/237310.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/237310.phpThere could be nearly two hundred unregistered or fraudulent nurses working in GP (general practitioner) practices throughout the United Kingdom, according to a new report issued by the NMC (Nursing and Midwifery Council). The Council is preparing a letter to be sent to primary care trusts urging practices to properly check nurses' registrations...Primary Care / General Practice Thu, 03 Nov 2011 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236996.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236996.phpBecause clinical evaluation often depends on diagnostic tests, diagnostic physicians have a responsibility to notify referring clinicians when test results reveal urgent or unexpected findings...Litigation / Medical Malpractice Fri, 28 Oct 2011 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/236778.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/236778.phpIn what is believed to be the first legally proved case of organ trafficking, Levy Izhak Rosenbaum, 60 admitted to helping secure organs for US customers and pleaded guilt to the charges against him. He said he had been helping to secure organs from people in Israel in exchange for payments upwards of $120,000...Transplants / Organ Donations Tue, 25 Oct 2011 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/236559.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/236559.phpAmnesty International reports that the Syrian Government has been using hospitals as part of its repression and coercion campaign, subjecting patients to torture and ill-treatment. The Amnesty report is far from being idle conjecture...Public Health Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/235860.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/235860.phpA total of 606 Canadian physicians were disciplined by their provincial medical licensing authorities between 2000 and 2009, researchers at St. Michael's Hospital found. The majority of disciplined physicians were men (92 per cent) who had been practicing medicine for a long time (an average of 28.9 years) and were independent practitioners (99 per cent), according to Dr. Chaim Bell...Litigation / Medical Malpractice Wed, 12 Oct 2011 09:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/235879.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/235879.php In August this year Cooper Vision issued a voluntary recall for a limited lot of contact lenses under its brand name Avaira Toric. According to their website announcement : "...a small number of unexpected wearer reports of hazy vision and discomfort. The wearer symptoms were temporary in many cases...Eye Health / Blindness