Our Bodies Ourselves Blog, March 4, 2016. The Supreme Court is trying to decide if regulating most abortion clinics out of existence places an undue burden on women’s access to safe and legal medical care. If legislators really want to protect women’s health, I want them to know that they can protect many more women, including many of their friends and loved ones, from far more dangerous medical procedures.
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Olympus Settles Largest Kickback Lawsuit for a Medical Device Company in U.S. History
Plastics Today, March 2, 2016. Companies that put profit before consumer safety must be reprimanded, including Olympus Corp. for their infection spreading duodenoscopes.
Read More »Did the FDA’s Actions and the Essure Contraceptive Go Far Enough?
Forbes, March 1, 2016. Diana Zuckerman of The National Center for Health Research reports that “women and their doctors have been terribly misinformed about the complications [of Essure contraceptive], and that misinformation has greatly added to women’s suffering.”
Read More »Federal Health Regulators Plan to Warn Consumers More Strongly About Essure
U.S. News and World Report, February 29, 2016. With FDA’s plan to warn consumers about the birth contraceptive implant Essure, Diana Zuckerman at The National Center for Health Research shares: “We strongly support a black box warning, but it needs to be a very strong one.”
Read More »Birth Control Device Slapped with Warnings About Dangerous Side Effects
Buzzfeed, February 29. 2016. After months of debate, the FDA is acknowledging the serious risks that come with the Essure sterilization device. But many women are angry it hasn’t been pulled from the market.
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