FDA OKs wide sales of silicone breast implants, Britain may restrict heart pump use
FDA OKs wide sales of silicone breast implants - Yahoo! News
Silicone breast implants will be widely available in the United States for the first time in 14 years after U.S. health officials approved sales by two companies on Friday.
Britain may restrict heart pump use
“Although we believe that the devices have been developed sufficiently to prolong life for some very sick patients who have rapidly deteriorating heart failure, we don’t feel they’ve been developed quite enough yet for widespread use among the whole heart failure population,” said lead researcher Linda Sharples of Britain’s National Health Service.
Shouldn’t the use or sale of these items be driven by the market, not by government regulations? I can understand people wanting to prevent fraud in this area, as it can be life-threatening, but do we really think that the government can do a better job at this than the private market? I mean, look at the way doctors licenses are handled. A bad doctor can just move from state to state, continuing to practice medicine while the governments records never catch up to them. What recourse do we have against the government not being on top of things? None. We need a private group that is funded by the people using the service (patients in the case of doctors), so that it is in the groups best interest to stay on top of things. The AMA/ADA is a joke, as it is run and funded by the very doctors/dentists that it is supposedly watching. Can you say conflict of interest everyone? I knew you could.