U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro says the Food and Drug Administration is favoring corporate interests over those of patients in new changes to its process for approving medical devices according to a column this week in the Connecticut Health I-Team report. DeLauro, who has a hip implant, is ranking member of the subcommittee with jurisdiction...
“What does that mean, ‘spiritual care?’” the man next to me in the ferry line asked with a small sniff of disdain. We were queued up to board the Block Island ferry the day after New Years and I was tired from my polar bear swim and late night dancing. I glanced at the...
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As if the full-body scans weren’t annoying enough, travelers now face higher transaction fees and more aggressive fraud detection systems when they use their credit and debit cards abroad. International transactions are 10 times more likely to be fraudulent than domestic ones, says Bob Shiflet, Bank of America’s global fraud-prevention executive. Most card companies–with...
