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		<title>Know the Risks Before Agreeing to Mirena IUD</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:03:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Women contemplating the benefits of intrauterine device (IUD) Mirena, need to know the product has been associated with serious complications such as uterine perforation. Recently, Canadian health  regulators issued a similar warning to its healthcare providers.
Other health maladies associated with Mirena are: ovarian cysts, increased risk of pelvic inflammatory disease, irregular bleeding and amenorrhea. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Warns of IVC Filter Injuries</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:12:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Troubling complications regarding Inferior Vena  Cava (IVC) filters has prompted the US Food &#38; Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a long-term use advisory. Since 2005, the agency has received 921 device adverse event reports involving IVC  filters, which might be related to a retrievable filter  remaining in the body for a long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>CT Brain Scan Radiation Overdoses More Frequent Than Thought</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Aug 2010 14:40:28 +0000</pubDate>
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The blame is escalating regarding increased reports of radiation overdoses across the country. CT brain  scan blunders are more prevalent than previously imagined, according to a New York Times probe.
Patients have  reported conditions more troubling than losing hair and skin reddening. Those who received the worst overdoses have complained of headaches, confusion and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Defibrillator Trouble for Boston Scientific</title>
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		<comments>http://www.americas-watchdog.com/more-defibrillator-trouble-for-boston-scientific/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:52:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the third time in less than a year, Boston Scientific is having more problems with implantable  defibrillators. This time, the firm has  advised doctors that brands Contak Renewal 3, Contak  Renewal 4 and Vitality HE ICDs might be defective, said The Wall Street Journal.


The affected devices were all made in 2006 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Constellation Vision System Recalled by Alcon</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ksager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alcon Research LTD, doing business as (DBA) Alcon Laboratories, Inc. at 15800 Alton Parkway, Irvine, California, has issued a Class I  recall of its Constellation  Vision System, said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).  Class 1 recalls, the most serious type, mean there is a reasonable probability that use of these [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Issues Baxter Mandate for Infusion Pump Recall</title>
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		<comments>http://www.americas-watchdog.com/fda-issues-baxter-mandate-for-infusion-pump-recall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:27:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ksager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration directed Baxter Healthcare Corp. how to specifically carry out the April 2010 recall of all Colleague Volumetric Infusion Pumps (CVIP). They must also give customers a refund,  replacement pump, or lease termination.
Baxter is responsible for recalling as many as 200,000 CVIP currently used  in the United [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dentist Complaint Says Certain Implant Causes Bone Loss, Other Problems</title>
		<link>http://www.americas-watchdog.com/dentist-complaint-says-certain-implants-cause-bone-loss-other-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americas-watchdog.com/dentist-complaint-says-certain-implants-cause-bone-loss-other-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dentist Jason  M. Yamada has filed a class action complaint against Nobel Biocare  Holding AG, alleging one of its dental implants causes gum problems, bone loss  and other injuries. And dentists are stuck paying for patient damage and repairs.
The California dentist filed the motion Wednesday in the U.S. District Court for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Device Kickback Charges Settled by St. Jude</title>
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		<comments>http://www.americas-watchdog.com/medical-device-kickback-charges-settled-by-st-jude/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kickbacks are costly as Minnesota based St. Jude Medical Inc. discovered. The once highly regarded firm has agreed to pay $3.7 million in an agreement with the  U.S. Justice Department to settle allegations it paid Ohio and Kentucky hospitals to procure sales of heart  devices. The charges resulted from a former sales manager&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medtronic Affiliation Lucrative for Doctors</title>
		<link>http://www.americas-watchdog.com/medtronic-affiliation-lucrative-for-doctors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.americas-watchdog.com/medtronic-affiliation-lucrative-for-doctors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:40:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ksager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minneapolis medical device maker Medtronic  Inc. has admitted shelling out over $15.7 million in  royalties and consulting fees to U. S. doctors in the first  quarter of this year, said the Wall Street Journal. The revelation came prior to a new federal law that will  mandate such disclosure details by 2013. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FDA Transparency Task Force Vows to Better Inform Public</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 19:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ksager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Transparency Task Force today  released 21 draft proposals on public disclosure policies  aimed at helping consumers, stakeholders, and others understand how the agency  operates and makes decisions. The Transparency Task Force will review the  comments and decide which proposals to recommend for implementation.
The FDA [...]]]></description>
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