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Heart Valve Rings Slip Through FDA Loophole |
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Thursday, 26 May 2011 |
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FDA's lax approval process for
medical devices has shielded surgeons
and manufacturers who have made a killing from a lucrative business venture. FDA has even awarded the seal of approval years after the rings were
implanted in patients while still in the experimental stage--without their knowledge or
informed consent.
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FDA Panel Recommends ECT Safety Testing |
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Sunday, 30 January 2011 |
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Panel Chairman Thomas G. Brott, a
neurologist at the Mayo Clinic, said he was
amazed that essentially no research had been done on ECT's effects using
functional MRI imaging, repeated brain wave (EEG) studies, or autopsy
examinations of patients.
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FDA ECT Summary Report Blind Spots |
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Friday, 28 January 2011 |
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FDA to Review Safety of Electroshock Devices |
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Monday, 24 January 2011 |
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"Despite ongoing controversy, there has never been a large-scale,
prospective study of the cognitive effects of electroconvulsive therapy
(ECT)." Dr. Harold Sackeim, et al, 2007.
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"Doctors of Deception" Electroshock machines to Undergo safety & efficacy tests |
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Monday, 13 April 2009 |
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It may come as a shock to some of you; but, Electroshock machines have never been tested for safety or efficacy.
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