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- Man About Town - Bob Madigan - WTOP
- Daily guide - Boston Globe
- FDA Recalls Millions of Huber Needles - MedPage Today
- Democrats will continue push for health care reform, Clyburn says - Greenville News
| Man About Town - Bob Madigan - WTOP Posted: 26 Jan 2010 12:06 PM PST 
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| Posted: 26 Jan 2010 10:54 AM PST Oprah Winfrey at 4 p.m. on Chs. 5, 9, and 10. A segment on "Food, Inc.,'' a documentary critical of the food industry, features author Michael Pollan ("Food Rules''), who appears in it. Also: Chipotle Mexican Grill founder Steve Ells on nutrition; Alicia Silverstone on her cookbook, "The Kind Diet.'' Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| FDA Recalls Millions of Huber Needles - MedPage Today Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:08 AM PST More than two million Huber needles -- used with implanted ports to treat chronic conditions -- have been recalled, the FDA announced. The needles can cut the resealing silicone septum of the ports and possibly send slivers of the material into the body, with the potential to cause embolisms and other damage, according to Mary Brooks, RN, of the FDA's Center for Devices and Radiological Health. The material could also lodge in the needle, restricting the flow of medication to the patient, Brooks told a telephone news conference announcing the Class I recall. In a Class I recall, there is "a reasonable chance" that a product could cause serious health problems or death, according to the agency's Web site. But so far, Brooks said, there are no reports of adverse health events related to the recalled needles. The recall affects needles made between January 2007 and August 2009 by Japan's Nipro Medical Corp. and imported by Exelint International Corp., of Los Angeles. All Huber needles are supposed to be "non-coring" -- unable to cut the silicone of the port -- but the FDA had received reports from hospitals about leaking after ports were used. Its own testing showed that some needles could cause coring and the agency began asking manufacturers to conduct their own tests. Nipro tests showed that between 60% and 72% of needles could cut the silicone, according to Timothy Ulatowski, director of the office of compliance and the agency's Center for Devices and Radiological Health. "That data set revealed the problem," he told reporters. The company agreed to recall the needles voluntarily, he said. Huber needles, first approved in 1983, are used together with implanted ports as part of a system to deliver medications by infusion when the drugs will be needed regularly for long periods. They are used to treat diseases ranging from sickle cell anemia to breast cancer to osteoporosis, Brook said. Until the testing showed a different result, she added, "we though Huber needles were by definition non-coring." The finding was "a little bit surprising," she said. Usually, when healthcare personnel use the ports, they aspirate a small amount of blood and then flush it back into the port reservoir. The FDA is now recommending that healthcare personnel:
The recalled needles are a "significant number" of the six million Huber needles used every year in the U.S., but there is no worry about a shortage because there are 19 other manufacturers, according to Ulatowski. The recalled needles have lot numbers that begin with either 07, 08, or 09, and one of the following product codes or catalog numbers:
The current recall comes just days after Nipro recalled all its GlucoPro Insulin Syringes for fear that the needles can break off the syringe during injection. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
| Democrats will continue push for health care reform, Clyburn says - Greenville News Posted: 26 Jan 2010 11:58 AM PST COLUMBIA — A month ago, U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn of Columbia seemed confident that a huge health care reform bill pushed by his Democratic Party would be adopted, providing added benefits for hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians. In the space of a week, however, the Democrats have lost a key Senate seat needed to fight any GOP filibuster on health care and Republicans have asked Democrats to start over. But Clyburn said Democrats will continue their push for health care reform using a fast-track procedure for budget issues that only requires 50 votes in the Senate instead of 60 normally used to prevent a filibuster. Democrats, he said, would put any budget-related part of health care reform in one bill and use the process to pass it. "I think there are 50 votes in the Senate for a plan as approved by the House," he said. However, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Seneca Republican, said using the procedure would be "a tremendous abuse of the budget reconciliation process" and would backfire on Democrats. "It will blow up in their faces," he warned. "It will add to Democratic woes beyond belief, and it would set a precedent that would be dangerous." Clyburn said he has recommended that other issues related to health care reform — especially dealing with insurance, such as banning denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions — be addressed in separate legislation. "I want to see how many Republicans would want to say to the American people that if you have a child born with juvenile diabetes, we're going to vote for that child never to have health insurance on its own nor be a part of your policy," he said. "I would like to see what congressman is going to stand up and vote to say to a woman with breast cancer, 'We're going to support insurance companies removing you from coverage.' " And every state should be treated the same under whatever legislation passes, Clyburn said. Senate Democrats were heavily criticized for including in the plan a provision to exempt Nebraska from not paying the state portion of Medicaid for new benefits, a move widely viewed as an effort to secure the 60th vote in the Senate belonging to Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
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