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Groundbreaking Nebraska Rx Legislation Would Reform Unfair Insurer Practices

LINCOLN, Neb., Feb. 16 Dozens of patients and state and national advocacy and healthcare groups, including Nebraska Medical Association and Nebraska Nurses Association, today urged passage of two precedent-setting consumer protection ...


Medical Malpractice Survivors Urge President Obama to Keep 'Tort Reform' out of Health Insurance Bill

NEW YORK , Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by Center for Justice and Democracy: A group of medical malpractice survivors, many with family members who have died or were severely injured as a result of ...

MindUp (HIRU) Patents in the World Patent Database

BELGRADE, Serbia, Feb. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Hiru Corporation (HIRU; www.hirucorporation.com) and its European subsidiary MindUp BioResearch (www.mindupbioresearch.com) want to share publicly available information about the MindUp and Sabera ...

Silence Therapeutics Receives Notice of Allowance for RNA Interference (RNAi) Patent Covering Novel Cancer Target

LONDON and PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 8 Silence Therapeutics plc (AIM: SLN) today announced that the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued the company a notice of allowance on a patent application directed to methods of ...

Volcano Corporation Announces Litigation Status

SAN DIEGO , Feb. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Volcano Corporation (Nasdaq: VOLC) today announced that the jury in the litigation filed by Lightlab Imaging, Inc. on January 7, 2009 in the Superior Court of Massachusetts , Suffolk County ...

Striking Down Medical Liability Reforms Another Blow to Illinois' Poor Lawsuit Climate

WASHINGTON , Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Lisa A. Rickard , president of the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform (ILR), made the following statement on today's ruling by the Illinois Supreme Court which struck down the state's ...

Chesley Files Lawsuits on Behalf of Ohio Residents Who Lost Sense of Smell After Taking Zicam

CINCINNATI , Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Stanley M. Chesley from the Cincinnati, Ohio -based law firm of Waite, Schneider, Bayless & Chesley Co., L.P.A. today filed a lawsuit on behalf of two Cincinnati women who have experienced loss of ...

Americans United for Life Defends Arizona's Informed Consent Law

AUL Files Brief in 9th Circuit Affirming State's Interest in Protecting Women WASHINGTON , Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Attorneys with Americans United for Life filed a brief in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals arguing that ...

Justice Department to Respond Monday to 'Obamacare' Court Challenge: Doctors Seek Injunction Against White House 'Coercion' of Congress

GREENBELT, Md. , Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Monday, February 8 , the U.S. Department of Justice must respond in Federal District Court to a request by physicians opposed to President Barack Obama 's healthcare bill for an ...

Statement From IHA President Maryjane A. Wurth on Illinois Supreme Court Medical Liability Ruling

NAPERVILLE, Ill. , Feb. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Illinois Hospital Association is disappointed that the Illinois Supreme Court has struck down critically needed medical liability reforms that were improving health care access ...

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Power of Assistive Tech in Paralympic Sports

Power of Assistive Tech in Paralympic Sports

The World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will collaborate to emphasize the transformative impact of assistive technology in sports during the 2024 Paralympic Games ( ). According to WHO ...

To Treat or Not to Treat? Can Doctors Refuse Care

To Treat or Not to Treat? Can Doctors Refuse Care

The patient-doctor relationship is revered as sacrosanct, governed by principles of trust, empathy, and mutual respect. However, recent events have reignited a longstanding debate: do doctors possess the right to refuse care? The case of a ...

Woman Dies in Bihar Clinic During Surgery Done by a Compounder

Woman Dies in Bihar Clinic During Surgery Done by a Compounder

In a tragic incident that highlights the dire consequences of medical negligence , a 28-year-old woman lost her life during a sterilization surgery conducted by a compounder at a private clinic in Bihar's Samastipur district. This appalling incident ...

Ana Estrada's Fight for Dignity: A Landmark Case in Euthanasia Advocacy

Ana Estrada's Fight for Dignity: A Landmark Case in Euthanasia Advocacy

Euthanasia , often referred to as "mercy killing" or "assisted dying," is a highly debated ethical and legal issue concerning the deliberate ending of a person's life to relieve suffering. The term originates from the Greek ...

Supreme Court Rejects Patanjali's Apologies: Justice Prevails

Supreme Court Rejects Patanjali's Apologies: Justice Prevails

The Supreme Court of India has rejected the apologies given by Patanjali's founders, Baba Ramdev and Balkrishna, for their misleading advertisements. The apex court minced no words, declaring, "we are not blind" and asserting that it "does not want ...

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