About healthcare quality and safety
Outcomes Before and After the Recall of a Heart Failure Pacemaker: “This case series study of patients implanted with a defective pacemaker found that the pacemaker recall was delayed and that subsequent communications did not include all critical information needed for safe and effective patient care. These findings should prompt reforms in how the medical device industry and the FDA manage future medical device recalls.”
Dietary Supplement Use During Chemotherapy and Survival Outcomes of Patients With Breast Cancer Enrolled in a Cooperative Group Clinical Trial (SWOG S0221): Patients do not always ask their physicians about use of dietary supplements; and physicians do not always bring up the subject. This research shows a very significant increase in recurrence for breast cancer patients who took certain supplements both before and during chemotherapy. On the list is any antioxidant supplement (vitamins A, C, and E; carotenoids; coenzyme Q10), B12 and iron.