<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>The Filutowski Law Firm, PLLC &#187; Medical Care</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.filutowskilaw.com/category/medical-care/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com</link>
	<description>Dedicated To Protecting Individuals&#039; Rights</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:02:24 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Hip Implants Injuring Thousands, FDA Reports</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2011/08/hip-implants-injuring-thousands-fda-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2011/08/hip-implants-injuring-thousands-fda-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Products Liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A.S.R.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ASR hip recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depuy hip replacement recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depuy recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Johnson & Johnson hip replacement recall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[or Articular Surface Replacement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.filutowskilaw.com/?p=2171</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A sports related injury, age or poor genes are all reasons why hundreds of thousands of Americans are receiving hip replacements.   The average metal hip replacement should last 15 years without problem.   Yet, since January 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has received over 5,000 complaints of defective metal hip replacements. The number of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2011/08/hip-implants-injuring-thousands-fda-reports/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>FDA Loosely Regulates Medical Devices</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/11/fda-loosely-regulates-stents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/11/fda-loosely-regulates-stents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 15:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Products Liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[defective manufacturing of Aptus Endosystems stent-graft]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA regulate medical devices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stent-graft]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.filutowskilaw.com/?p=1722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  Today the Wall Street Journal  reports on the results of a clinical stent-graft study that highlights a gap in federal regulators&#8217; oversight of medical devices. While the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)  inspects medical device makers&#8217; sites when they apply for marketing approval, the agency does not conduct inspections at the earlier clinical-trial stage. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/11/fda-loosely-regulates-stents/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pfizer Lobbying Cost Shareholders $4 million In 3Q</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/11/pfizer-lobbying-cost-shareholders-4-million-in-3q/</link>
		<comments>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/11/pfizer-lobbying-cost-shareholders-4-million-in-3q/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Nov 2010 13:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Care]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.filutowskilaw.com/?p=1713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The AP (11/19) reports, &#8220;Pfizer, Inc., the world&#8217;s biggest drugmaker, spent just under $4.2 million lobbying Congress and federal agencies in the third quarter, focusing on a range of pharmaceutical and healthcare industry issues, according to a recent filing.&#8221; Notably, &#8220;during the third quarter, it reduced spending by 23 percent from about $5.4 million during [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/11/pfizer-lobbying-cost-shareholders-4-million-in-3q/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Electronic Medical Records Pose Risk of Tampering</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/11/electronic-medical-records-pose-risk-of-tampering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/11/electronic-medical-records-pose-risk-of-tampering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 15:32:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronic medical records]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electronic medical records privacy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.filutowskilaw.com/?p=1698</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday The Baltimore Sun reported on privacy issues with digitalizing patients&#8217; medical records.  The article raises valid concerns about the risks associated with digitizing patients&#8217; medical records.   While paperless increases the efficiencies in transferring, updating and sharing a patient&#8217;s information, it also provides opportunities for insurance companies to alter records to avoid responsibility for coverage [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/11/electronic-medical-records-pose-risk-of-tampering/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Pfizer Liabilities Continue to Grow</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/05/pfizer-liabilities-continue-to-grow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/05/pfizer-liabilities-continue-to-grow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 23:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Legal Blog</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health Care Reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Law Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Products Liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bextra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Class action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geodon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawsuit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lyrica]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PFE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pfizer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmaceuticals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zyvox]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.filutowskilaw.com/?p=1253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Robbins Geller Rudman &#38; Dowd LLP today announced that a class action has been commenced in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of shareholders of Pfizer Inc. Pfizer is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development, manufacture, and marketing of prescription medicines for humans and animals [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2010/05/pfizer-liabilities-continue-to-grow/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Law Protects Employees From Discriminatory Genetic Testing</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/11/new-law-protects-employees-from-discriminatory-genetic-testing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/11/new-law-protects-employees-from-discriminatory-genetic-testing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:42:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Employment Law]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Care]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.filutowskilaw.com/?p=711</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Genetic Information NonDiscrimination Act (GINA) will take effect this weekend.  It shields employees from genetic testing requested by employers and group health insurers.  Historically, employers and their health insurers have used genetic testing as a means of &#8220;weeding out&#8221; those with &#8220;bad genes,&#8221; whether by disputing coverage or cleverly drafting policies to exclude coverage [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/11/new-law-protects-employees-from-discriminatory-genetic-testing/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>74 Lawsuits Allege Serious Injuries From Bayer Drug&#8217;s Yaz &amp; Yasmin Birth Control Pills</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/09/74-lawsuits-allege-serious-injuries-from-bayer-drugs-yaz-yasmin-birth-control-pills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/09/74-lawsuits-allege-serious-injuries-from-bayer-drugs-yaz-yasmin-birth-control-pills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:14:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Products Liability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birth Control Risks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Product Liability Birth Control]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yasmin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yaz]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.filutowskilaw.com/?p=577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bayer, the U.S.&#8217;s leading manufacturer of birth control pills, sold Yaz and Yasmin to millions of women, some of whom have experienced heart attacks, blood clots and strokes.  These women have filed individual lawsuits around the nation, claiming that the pills caused such harm. While blood clots are a known side-effect of oral contraceptives, the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/09/74-lawsuits-allege-serious-injuries-from-bayer-drugs-yaz-yasmin-birth-control-pills/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Menaflex Knee Patch FDA-Approval Second-Guessed</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/09/menaflex-knee-patch-fda-approval-second-guessed/</link>
		<comments>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/09/menaflex-knee-patch-fda-approval-second-guessed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[metaflex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tort meniscus]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.filutowskilaw.com/?p=539</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Food &#38; Drug Administration (FDA) is questioning the approval of Menaflex, a patch for the knee manufactured by ReGen Biologics.   Menaflex is marketed to help repair a torn meniscus.  Unfortunately, there are reports that the patch is ineffective, necessitating a second surgery. The Menaflex patch is surgically installed at the lateral or medial meniscus [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/09/menaflex-knee-patch-fda-approval-second-guessed/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Advances in Treating Fibromyalgia</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/09/advances-in-treating-fibromyalgia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/09/advances-in-treating-fibromyalgia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 08:33:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fibromyalgia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Injury]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pre-existing]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.filutowskilaw.com/?p=532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some clients suffer from fibromyalgia, starting before they retained me to represent them on their personal injury claim (car accident, slip and fall, on-the-job injury, etc).  Fibromyalgia, with its unknown origin, is prevalent among men and women later in life.  Symptoms consist of varying degrees of body and joint pain and tenderness.  Fibromyalgia continues to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/09/advances-in-treating-fibromyalgia/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Food &amp; Drug Administration Seeks Public Opinion &#8211; Online Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/09/food-drug-administration-seeks-public-input-on-regulating-marketing-of-approved-products/</link>
		<comments>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/09/food-drug-administration-seeks-public-input-on-regulating-marketing-of-approved-products/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:44:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consumer Protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medical Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FDA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online marketing regulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmaceuticals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social media regulation]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.filutowskilaw.com/?p=521</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a release today on National Public Radio (NPR), the FDA announces that it seeks public input on how to regulate company&#8217;s marketing and online advertising of FDA approved products. A lack of regulation has led to false, deceptive and misleading ads that pose a potential harm to consumers.  Earlier this year, a host of [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.filutowskilaw.com/2009/09/food-drug-administration-seeks-public-input-on-regulating-marketing-of-approved-products/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

