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Side Effects
"This series began in 2009 after learning that doctors at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine had been receiving payments from drug and medical device companies. It has grown into a much broader and deeper look at the pervasive influence of money in medicine."
Tags: FDA; Medtronic; medical research
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The Bone Screw Files: He believed in his product. And he won. At a cost of $75 million and counting.
The article chronicles a class action law suit against the manufacturer or bone screws. The manufacturer won, but only after years of court battles and lots of money spent to show how the suit was unfounded.
Tags: pedicle bone screws; class action lawsuit; Sofamor Danek Group Inc; mass litigation; orthopedic surgery; Medtronic Inc
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The strange case of Dr. Schmidt
Westword examines "a string of ugly power plays and costly purges at the [University of Colorado's] Health Science Center over the past decade, a ruthless political contest in which the big losers have been patients and the university's own battered reputation." The story looks at the firing of Dr. Richard Schmidt, an urologist known for his pioneering work using electrical stimulation of nerves. The article describes how the doctor "worked wonders with chronic-pain patients" and how they were left without adequate medical help after his termination.
Tags: patients; FDA; chronic pain; Medtronic InterStim System; voiding dysfunction; urology; research; surgery; politics; professors; University of Colorado; litigation