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The practice of temporarily "parking" the mentally ill in hospital emergency rooms without treatment violates state and federal law, Pierce County (Wash.) Superior Court Judge Kathryn Nelson ruled in a decision that could affect how mental health patients are treated across the state.
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Jury deliberations are set to begin in the first case to go to trial of at least 26 lawsuits against Intuitive Surgical alleging injuries tied to its da Vinci robotic system.
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The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a patent dispute concerning Medtronic over medical devices it manufactures that give the heart electrical jolts when it fails to pump blood properly.
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Amid looming shortages in healthcare workers, one branch of the federal government is ramping up aggressive efforts to keep some of them far away from patients.
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Georgia's Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the U.S. Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital for $200 million, lost a key legal battle last week when a federal judge imposed what he called an “extraordinary and drastic” restraining order on the...
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Two doctors are set to ask a U.S. judge to block the Human Heartbeat Protection Act, an Arkansas law banning most abortions at the 12th week of pregnancy if a fetal heartbeat can be detected.
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Phoebe Putney Health System, which has gone to the Supreme Court and back in its quest to buy a rival hospital, lost a key legal battle when a judge imposed a restraining order on the union.
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It's been said, “There's no melon like a snitched melon.”Is there something about sneaking into someone else's patch and purloining a plump one that makes it taste sweeter?
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Medical-device maker C.R. Bard Inc. agreed to pay $48.3 million to resolve allegations that the company illegally rewarded physicians and other customers for using its radiation seeds in the treatment of prostate cancer.
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The Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy, which already operates under an unprecedented consent decree banning sales of many of its products in the U.S., agreed to plead guilty in federal court and pay $500 million to resolve allegations of shoddy factory inspections and poor quality control.
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