GlaxoSmithKline Defends Its Products
...he company had initiated the investigations as the allegations made against the medicines were of a serious nature. The company has not however questioned the motives of the people who are forwarding the messages, stating that they may have done so with the best of intentions, even though based on false infor...Illicit body parts from cadavers used for transplant
... half-dozen funeral homes and Biomedical Tissue on allegations that they conspired to sell stolen body parts. Authorities believe hundreds of corpses, including that of "Masterpiece Theater" host Alistair Cooke, were cut up without permission in funeral parlors citywide to remove bone, skin and tendons, which w...Stem Cell Pioneer Is A Fraud, Claims Colleague
...director of the stem cell institute. These fresh allegations are now being denied by him. He is claiming that the research is true, but was subject to 'human errors.' He said at a news briefing that he was sorry to have caused such a huge problem for everyone concerned. 'The fact remains that our research team...British Doctor cleared of murder
...Weldon were exhumed. All the charges centered on allegations that Dr Martin, who now lives in Penmaenmawr, north Wales, deliberately gave his patients overdoses of morphine. Cancer sufferer Gittins died on March 21st 2003. Weldon, who was in a nursing home suffering from dementia, died on March 18th in the ...One-year sentence for HIV-positive woman
...on' cannot be discounted, said Fuerst. When the allegations first surfaced last March, The incident prompted the Department of National Defence to warn all Forces personnel to seek medical advice if they had sex with Murphy. Murphy, who has no previous criminal record, was herself infected with HIV by a bo...Jumping The Queue Has Left Hospital Suspending Transplantation
...lifornia has suspended its liver program following allegations a Saudi national improperly received an organ ahead of dozens of other needy American patients.// The Los Angeles Times reported that officials at St. Vincent Medical Center also discovered that, following the transplant, some hospital staff allege...Health Minister fires another salvo at MCI
...sk. Previously also Mr. Ramadoss has made similar allegations against the apex health body, however no charges have been framed to date. This is most severe language used by the honorable minister against the members of MCI. The doctors in India look up to MCI for guidelines and this statement if true is a caus......us quarters, there is some media outcry and if the allegations seem somewhat serious a few smalltime brokers are rounded up and life carries on till another such episode come to light and the same act is repeated. Since the act was passed everyone - doctors, hospitals, authorization committee have been accused ...