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: Law in the NewsMedical Marijuana Patients Being Denied Organ Transplants
Full post as published by Law in the News on May 19, 2008 (boomark / email).
National Practitioner Data Bank Fact
NPDB identifies unprofessional healthcare practitioners
Military Veterans Benefits
How to obtain full range of benefits for veterans and dependnets
Military Veterans Benefits, Part 2
Training, Healthcare, and Death Benefits
Uninsured Patients
Scripps Health agrees to refund 35% of overpriced medical treatments in class action settlement.
Cipro
The FDA is seeking to add black box warnings of the risk of tendon rupture associated with Cipro and Levaquin.
The ruptures can involve Achilles tendon, shoulder, hand, bicep or thumb tendons, and is especially increased in patients older than 60, or people who have received kidney, heart or lung transplants, as well as people on steroid therapy...
Aetna Life Insurance
Houston Woman Denied $426,000
Medical Technology
Ventana Medical Systems Inc. pays CytoLogix Corp. $49 million patent infringement settlement.
Intentional Contamination
Northwestern Medical Center pays former orthopedic surgery $4 million medical malpractice settlement.
Department of Homeland Security, FBI, and Social Security Administration
allegedly denied social security insurance to disabled and elderly immigrants.

Organ Transplant Waiting List Problems
Access to Life-Saving Organs May Be Limited in Rural Areas
Marijuana and Organ Transplants
32 liver transplant patients died after being misled by hospital
Medical Marijuana Patient Dies After Being Refused Liver Transplant
Expanding Usable Organ Criteria Has Led to Decreased Mortality







