COVID-related Nursing Home Injuries

COVID-19, aka the Coronavirus, is a highly infectious virus that can be fatal for individuals 65 years or older. Nursing homes and long-term care facilities are particularly at risk for outbreaks due to the compromised immune symptoms of residents and the constant coming and goings of staff and visitors.

Families in Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Kentucky are certainly worried about their loved ones and whether they will be exposed to this dangerous virus. While it is still early to say how the courts will respond to COVID-19 lawsuits against nursing homes, there is a basis for personal injury claims and wrongful death suits based on negligence.

Guidelines for Nursing Homes During an Outbreak

Nursing homes are required to abide by state and federal laws regarding the treatment of residents, which includes creating a safe, healthy environment. When they fail to do so, they create dangerous conditions for viruses to spread and harm residents. As such, the CDC has outlined instructions for long-term care facilities and COVID-19 to help limit the spread of the disease and prevent against the tragic loss of life. These protocols and measures include the following:

Reinforcing hygiene policies for respiratory illnesses and hand hygiene
Reminding staff of sick leave policies and to avoid coming into work if they have a fever or feel ill
Expanding access to protective gear, including masks and gloves, and the disposal of said gear
Adding hand-sanitizer solution in every resident’s room and educating residents on hygiene policies with regards to COVID-19
Restrict all visitation except for end of life matters, which are judged on a case by case basis
Restrict all volunteers
Limit or cancel community events and dinners
Regularly screen and test residents for respiratory illnesses
Regularly screen staff at the beginning and end of shifts for respiratory illnesses
If a resident tests positive for COVID-19, they should be placed in a private room with a bathroom or be transferred to a hospital or facility that can handle the infection
Communicate all restrictions, developments, and changes to procedures to residents’ families

The CDC also notes that these guidelines will be updated as more information and best policies come to light. Many of these policies overlap with the procedures nursing homes should follow for the seasonal flu, including sanitizing and cleaning the facility and enforcing sick leave and quarantine procedures to limit its spread.

Nursing homes must also have sufficient staff to care for patients and keep facilities clean.

Liability in Cases of Neglect and Infection

During the initial outbreak of COVID-19, a nursing home in Seattle was described as “ground zero” because of management’s failure to implement proper sanitary policies, social distancing rules, and screenings, as reported by the CDC. As a result, 23 individuals died. The report went on to detail many of the policies and guidelines listed above as effective measures against future outbreaks and losses. Over $600,000 in fines have been levied against that nursing home – and the federal government has given the nursing home until September 2020 to fix the problems or lose their funding.

Nursing homes have a duty to provide a standard of care for residents and protect them against future illnesses. When they fail to do this, they can be cited as being neglectful to residents. Neglect can take many forms in a nursing home, from the failure to provide adequate treatment to unsanitary conditions. If the nursing home management or staff failed to implement proper procedures, either by performing screenings, refusing visitation, implementing social distancing and quarantine, and enacting strict cleaning policies, they can be held liable for any injuries suffered by the residents, including death.

In addition, nursing homes are required to abide by physicians’ orders. If they fail to provide proper treatment for COVID-19, either through proper sanitation, hygiene, or medication, they can also be liable for not following proper procedures.

Filing a Claim Against a Nursing Home

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May 9, 2020May 9, 2020

My Loved One Was Exposed to COVID in a Nursing Home.

During a pandemic, proper planning can be the difference between life and death, especially for vulnerable populations who live in close quarters, such as nursing homes. To keep your loved one safe, caregivers must follow the latest state and federal guidelines governing their type of facility. Guidelines, which may change by the day, can typically be found by reviewing the CMS and CDC websites, among other official sources.

Read the CMS guidelines for long-term care facilities dated April 2, 2020.

Nursing homes must have proper plans and protocols in place to prevent harm to patients:

Details on their quarantine policy
Steps they’re taking to reduce infection
Screening policies for staff and visitors
The staff’s use of appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE)
The ease of transfer to local hospitals
The facility’s use of separate staffing to avoid cross-exposure between neighboring facilities

If you suspect your loved one is in danger or that their facility isn’t following best practices, try talking with the Administrator or Director of Nursing about your concerns. If they fail to resolve the issue, consider reporting your concerns to the agency that oversees nursing homes in your state or to the CMS.

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May 9, 2020May 9, 2020

COVID Injuries in a Nursing Home

COVID-19 has changed the way we care for our loved ones living in nursing home and assisted living facilities. If you’re in this situation, then there’s probably no end to your list of questions or the depth of your worry and concern. Will my loved one be safe? When will I get to see my family member again? Do the employees caring for my family have what they need to keep them well? While there is little within our control, there are steps that you can take and questions that you can ask to help ease your fears and provide you further insight on your loved one’s care and needs during this troubling time.

Monitor news in their area

If you live far away from your loved one, news reports will most likely be the quickest and easiest way to gather information about the pandemic’s toll in their area, nursing home visitor restrictions, shelter-in-place orders and other issues that may affect your ability to care for your family member.

For example, it wasn’t long ago that Washington State was identified as one of the earliest COVID-19 clusters in the country. As the situation unfolded, news reportsquickly zeroed in on heartbreaking events at one nursing home in particular, Life Care Center in the city of Kirkland, north of Seattle. Poignant images of families reduced to gazing at their loved ones from the other side of a windowpane spoke volumes at a time when the pandemic’s true severity was still hypothetical for much of the country. By March 18, a CDC report linked 129 cases to the facility, including 81 residents, 34 workers and 14 visitors. Sadly, the total cases recorded at the time included at least 37 deaths.

While Life Care Center of Kirkland was the first nursing home thrust under the national spotlight during this pandemic, it is far from the only one providing skilled nursing care for the very demographic that authorities have deemed most susceptible to COVID-19. The situation did, however, serve as a case study on the devastating effects when shortcomings occur at long-term care facilities.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued more than $600,000 in finesafter an inspection at Life Care Center of Kirkland found, “serious deficiencies to be widespread and constituting in Immediate Jeopardy to resident health or safety.” Points of concern included the lack of an infection control surveillance program at the facility and the failure to report to the State Department of Health in a timely manner. The facility has until September to address the agency’s concerns or risk losing federal funding, according to news reports.

Other facilities may be the same. If you fear your loved one has been injured because of COVID as a result of a defective facility, then call us today for help.

Visit Medicare.gov for more information on how to compare nursing homes, including the quality of care and staff at your loved one’s facility.

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May 9, 2020May 9, 2020

Bayer Stops Sale of Essure by December 31, 2019

Bayer voluntarily stopped selling Essure in the U.S. at the end of December 2018, and health care professionals are required to implant the devices within one year from the date of purchase. As a result, the window on new implantations is expected to close in the U.S., by the end of 2019. All devices that have not been implanted should be returned to Bayer by the end of the year, the FDA said in its latest update on Essure on November 4.

Additionally, according to the FDA 1,002 patients are enrolled in its postmarket surveillance (522) study on Essure as of September 1. The agency previously instructed Bayer to extend the study from three years to five to better understand long-term patient complications associated with the device.

Mirena Lawsuits Mounts, Attorneys Flooded With Claims

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It is already 3,000, but no stoppage for the filing of Mirena lawsuits. Every Mirena attorney is flooded with claims and busy evaluating and filing the most appropriate ones keeping in view the statute of limitations in each individual case. With over 70,000 adverse injuries reported to the FDA officially and thousands gone unreported, the state and federal pools are likely to expand immensely in the coming days.

Mirena Lawsuit Alleges Pelvic Injury

A recently filed Mirena injury lawsuit has sought compensatory and punitive damages from Bayer claiming that its IUD contraceptive perforated and injured plaintiff’s pelvic organs. Filed in a Massachusetts district court, the litigant claims that design defect let the device migrate from its place and “perforated the anterior region of her pelvis, requiring surgical removal.”

The plaintiff experienced severe abdominal pain and infection two year after the IUD was inserted. Diagnosis revealed that the Mirena birth control was embedded with her pelvic structure. She underwent surgery to remove it. Her Mirena lawyer holds the manufacturer responsible for the injury because of its “failure to warn, fraudulent misrepresentation of safety information, and introduction of defective birth control IUD.” She had “injuries to her pelvic organs and formation of adhesions” in the migrated area.

Federal Court Seeks Second Disposition Pool

The New York federal court looking after the Mirena MDL has sought preparation of second disposition pool. The bellwether trial of the first group of Mirena lawsuits is expected to be in March 2016 following discovery and pretrial rulings by Judge Cathy Seibel. The outcome is to impact the verdict in 1,500 liability claims part of the MDL until now.

Issued on April 20, the latest order calls for selection of 15 Mirena lawsuits to be the part of the second pool by July 2. Mirena attorneys representing plaintiffs and the defendants are to select five each while another five claims are to be chosen randomly. Four of these lawsuits are expected to be tried first at the end of 2016 or early 2017.

Meanwhile, the New Jersey state MDL has completed the creation of the second disposition pool. The first group of over 1,800 Mirena lawsuits is slated for early 2016 trial while the second pool will undergo trail in the second half of that year.

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May 24, 2015

Xarelto Attorney Comments About Blood Thinner And Bleeding Side Effects in Kentucky

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Our team of Xarelto attorneys in Kentucky is reviewing blood thinner side effect claims for filing personal injury litigations without any upfront legal fee and on contingency basis. Contact a Xarelto attorney today for a free case evaluation.

With thousands hospitalized, hundreds of deaths, and over 600 lawsuits, Xarelto is certainly the drug to be rightly placed by the Institute for Safe Medication Practices among the infamous 10 most reported drugs with side effects. In the first half of 2013, MedWatch received reports of at least 200 deaths and hospitalization exceeding 700 patients. Experts fear that this is only the tip of the iceberg, as actual numbers might be in thousands and 90% of these went unreported.

What Are Xarelto Side Effects?

The following major side effects of the drug have been found to be the cause of concern by a Kentucky Xarelto attorney evaluating blood thinner adverse event claims.

Death following fatal internal bleeding
Heightened risk of irreversible bleeding
Gastrointestinal bleeding
Cerebral hemorrhage
Stomach and intestine hemorrhage
Uncontrolled adrenal bleeding
Hemorrhagic stroke
Intracranial hematoma in brain

How Dangerous Is Xarelto Anticoagulant?

Manufacturers in our opinion have been consistently misleading consumers about Xarelto side effect risks until complaints and lawsuits began to be filed. In 2011, the year the drug was introduced, researchers found the blood thinner carried two-fold greater risk of hemorrhage during MAGELLAN Phase 3 trial. However, the information was not made public for a long time. Two years later, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology made similar claims with a warning of potential cerebral, stomach, and intestine bleeding events.

According to the American Heart Association, patients should avoid taking Xarelto anticoagulant, as it increases the risk of internal bleeding by four times. Those without the disorder may still face three-fold enhanced risk. The Journal of Cardiology came out with a study finding that negated the claim that blood monitoring is not required for those on the blood thinner. Researchers found that prolonged thinning effect caused by Xarelto may cause a fatal hemorrhage.

When Reuters interviewed top American cardiologists in 2012 on the efficacy of new generation blood thinners, most of them questioned safety aspects of Xarelto and Pradaxa. There were at least 150 deaths and over 2,000 hospitalizations reported to the FDA in 2012 as Xarelto bleeding side effects. Over 200 died and 700 hospitalized in just first five months of 2013.

New Study Claims Xarelto Unsafe

On April 24, the British Medical Journal reported a study on increased threat of gastrointestinal bleeding due to Xarelto blood thinner. Conducted by researchers from Johns Hopkins, the study analyzed records of 46,000 patients treated with warfarin and the “so-called” new generation anticoagulants. Patients treated with Pradaxa or Xarelto were seen twice more prone to gastrointestinal bleeding than those with warfarin.

Another recent study in JAMA Internal Medicine based on the findings of researchers from California warned against the practice of prescribing blood thinners to low-risk heart rhythm patients unnecessarily. These powerful anticoagulants put them at the greater risk of health hazards due to potential bleeding side effects.

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December 12, 2014

Memphis Medical Misdiagnosis: Do I Have A Lawsuit?

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About a third of potential claims a Memphis medical malpractice attorney represents every year involves Memphis medical misdiagnosis. A major cause of clinical negligence, diagnostic errors manifest in “delayed treatment or wrong treatment or no treatment,” which in any form contribute to worsening condition of patients. According to the National Patient Safety Foundation, one in every six US residents has been victim of medical diagnostic error at some point of their lives.

A study funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality indicates that 10 to 30 percent of all hospital errors are of medical misdiagnosis category. The American Medical Association maintains that proper diagnosis may save at least four percent of patients dying in hospitals.

Memphis Medical Misdiagnosis: Types

The most common forms of misdiagnosis highlighted in TN medical malpractice lawsuits include

Improper diagnosis
Failure to identify a disease on time
Wrong diagnosis of health problem
Wrong medication
Delayed diagnosis
Failure to identify an existing disorder
Failure to foresee a side effect
Failure to refer to proper tests
Delay in emergency care
Wrongful birth injury
Failure to read test reports properly
Failure to check progression of a disease
Mistaking symptoms of one disorder for another

Memphis Medical Misdiagnosis: The Cause

Failure to adopt standard care procedure and human error contribute to 90 percent of medical misdiagnosis lawsuits in Tennessee. Lack of training to handle complex or urgent care, improper documentation, inadequate staff, and inattention are among other major causes of diagnosis errors. Though patient’s action can be a factor in misjudgment, doctors’ error is responsible for 80 percent of adverse medical events.

Human error, poorly designed processes, incompetent staff, and faulty processes result in misdiagnosis of diseases. The profit-seeking business model forces doctors to use prolonged hospital stay and practices not required for many patients. Their negligent behavior, due to time pressures and an overall insensitive environment at hospitals, results in unsatisfactory interaction with patients and prescription of medicines outrightly without a patient hearing or reading of test reports.

Medical Misdiagnosis: Proving Your Claim

Medical misdiagnosis is not the sole result of incompetence, but also from the negligence of doctors and unreasonable care. A medical malpractice attorney fighting for a misdiagnosis lawsuit in Memphis must provide the court with evidence to prove that “a doctor in a similar specialty, under similar circumstances, would not have misdiagnosed the patient’s illness or condition.”

Thus, a claim is based on either of two propositions. First, failure to include reasonably accepted and competent diagnosis methods that any skillful health practitioner is expected to adopt. Second, the inability to prescribe or perform appropriate tests to explore the viability of a disorder. A lab is also liable to be sued for medical malpractice misdiagnosis when human or technical error results in inaccurate test findings, a reason for many doctors to make mistakes.

All you claim should be backed by the testimony of a medical expert with qualification equivalent to the defendant.

Memphis Medical Misdiagnosis: Compensation and Damages

The degree and extent of the preventable injury is a deciding factor in claiming compensation. A Tennessee medical malpractice lawsuit claiming misdiagnosis can seek a variety of damages for both tangible and non-tangible injuries, such as financial losses, medical expenditure, wage loss, physical suffering, emotional trauma, etc, apart from punitive compensation.

The state law limits non-economic damages and punitive compensation to $750,000 and $500,000 respectively for all instances except major injuries and wrongful death.

TN Medical Misdiagnosis Lawsuits

In 2009, a Tennessee woman won $24 million in damages following a malpractice claim against a cancer specialist. The failure of the doctor to refer her for more tests resulted in life-threatening conditions. The tumor in her breast was mistaken for a cyst and did not suggest any further test, highlight documents submitted by her Memphis medical malpractice attorney in a city court.

A Memphis jury awarded $33 million to a couple, who claims delayed C-section during child birth for brain damage of their son. The doctors failed to read the condition of the mother requiring immediate surgery and the boy was born with partial brain damage attributed to fetal distress caused by the delay, claimed the medical misdiagnosis lawsuit filed by the parents.

Thirty-three year old Kristen had sued a Hamilton County hospital for wrong medication that led her to suffer from stroke and damage to brain. According to her Tennessee medical misdiagnosis attorney, the gastroenterologist at the hospital prescribed her anti-nausea medications after she complained of pain and vomiting. Contradictions caused by her existing illness resulted in a brain stroke the very next day. She was awarded over $6 million in damages.

Another Tennessee medical misdiagnosis lawsuit fetched $300,000 in damages to a patient, who underwent a gallbladder removal surgery following a wrong diagnosis. Doctors mistook gallstones as tumors and advised him for the surgery.

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December 12, 2014

Xarelto Lawsuit Filed Over Brain Hemorrhage

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Patients using Xarelto blood thinner are at the enhanced risk of brain hemorrhage and the danger assumes grievous propotions in the absence of any effective agent to reverse the drug effects. A Xarelto lawsuit filed in a Louisiana eastern district federal court claims that the plaintiff suffered from serious and life-threatening brain hemorrhage after he was treated with the drug. Manufactured by Bayer and marketed by Janssen, the blood thinner has been cited for causing serious internal bleeding complications.

According to the lawsuit, James J. Brien was prescribed Xarelto in April 2013 following diagnosis of non-valvular atrial fibrillation, a cardiac complication. He was hospitalized following brain hemorrhage in September 2014 and endured a paralysis attack. Though he was discharged after months of recovery and rehab process, the patient suffered from walking disability. The plaintiff took the blood thinner as directed to avert heart strokes, but he ended up in damage to his brain unaware of side effect hazards, his Xarelto attorney claims.

It is unsuspecting for the plaintiff to predict adverse events, such as internal bleeding, while he started taking the drug, as there was no such information by the manufacturer. He came to know about it only after research reports hinted at serious bleeding events and filed a Xarelto lawsuit seeking product liability and recovery of damages.

Xarelto Blood Thinner Hemorrhage Risks

In June 2014, a Xarelto lawsuit filed in a Florida court linked the blood thinner to fatal subdural hemorrhage condition. William Packard died of uncontrollable brain hemorrhage within six months of taking the drug to treat atrial fibrillation. His family has sought $10 million in economic and non-economic damages from the blood thinner manufacturers. It followed many similar claims blaming the medication for cerebral hemorrhage, intracranial bleeding, and gastrointestinal bleeding.

Stroke or rupture in blood vessels spills out the blood into the skull, tissues, and membranes. Patients experience intracranial pressure, irritation, inflammation, swelling, and development of hematoma. As a result the blood-oxygen supply to the brain was prevented and brain cells can die. Such type of cerebral hemorrhage has the potential to cause permanent brain damage and cognitive complications, such as vision loss, seizures, confusion, and coma.

Xarelto attorneys claim that the medication has the ability to “interrupt the intrinsic and extrinsic pathways of the blood coagulation cascade” for 24 hours and it has the potential to worsen patient conditions with excessive, life-threatening bleeding, as there is no medication at present to counter its anticougaltion properties. Due to the drug’s ability to “bind to plasma proteins tightly,” even dialysis proves to be futile to cleanse the body of the medication. In Germany, at least 72 people and 890 had died hemorrhage in 2013 linked to Xarelto internal bleeding.

In 2013, the American Heart Association warned of three-fold greater internal bleeding risk in patients using the blood thinner. The hazard goes up for patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome. Following reports of high-bleeding cost vis-à-vis the drug efficacy, the FDA refused to allow Xarelto as a mode of treatment for those suffering from Acute Coronary Syndrome.

In December 2013, the Journal of the American College of Cardiology cited research findings highlighting that 74% of Xarelto internal bleeding events are intracerebral hemorrhage type.

Possible Xarelto Brain Hemorrhage Injuries

Wrongful death
Damage to brain
Swelling and inflammation of brain
Intracranial hematoma in brain
Seizures
Coma
Loss of vision
Intracranial pressure

Xarelto Lawsuit

The FDA approved Xarelto blood thinner in 2011 to treat potential risk of blood clotting that can cause heart attack, pulmonary embolism, thrombolic events, and stroke in patients. However, research studies have found that the drug does not offer any significant advantage over other and existing anticoagulants. Additionally, it poses higher risk of frequent brain, stomach, and intestine bleeding that can be life threatening. Xarelto attorneys claim that overpromotion of the drug as superior and suppression of side effects by manufacturers misled their clients to use the blood thinner and suffer from fatal complications.

About 30 Xarelto lawsuits have been filed in 14 states citing “negligence, concealing of information, misrepresentation, and false advertisement” by the manufacturer. If you have a potential claim related to the blood thinner side effects, please contact us or call on 1-800-632-1404 for a free consultation with an Xarelto attorney.

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February 6, 2014

Testosterone Therapy Increases Odds of Stroke by Thirty Percent (30%)

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Wrong Low T Therapy Treatment Widespread, Users at 30 Percent Higher Risk of Heart Attack

Two recent studies have highlighted that the use of inappropriate testosterone therapy among U.S. men puts them at a greater risk of cardiovascular diseases, including heart attack. According to the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, while the number of testosterone therapy users has registered a five-fold rise in the United States, only a small percentage of them adhere to appropriate testing and user guidelines. Published in January 2014, the report highlights that a vast majority of them are receiving the Low T supplements without any test or even after have been tested with normal testosterone levels.

Researchers hold that aggressive and direct-to-consumer marketing by manufacturers of testosterone supplements, such as AndroGel, Androderm, Testim, and others, was responsible for large-scale inappropriate use by men. Advertisements focus on encouraging men to go for Low T medications to increase their muscles, sexual ability, and energy level. Hypogonadism or testosterone deficiency, for which the supplements are available, is no more a condition for the treatment.

The study found that the abuse was more prevalent in the United States despite a severe risk of testosterone therapy cardiovascular side effects. The enthusiasm to increase libido and strength pushes them to “initiate the testosterone therapy at normal levels and many even initiate it without recent testing,” researchers claim.

30 Percent Increase in Fatal Heart Attack Risk

Testosterone therapy may cause serious and fatal cardiovascular side effects. The testosterone therapy heart attack risk leading to stroke and death is as high as 30 percent when compared to those not using Low T supplements, the Journal of the American Medical Association reported in November 2013. Based on a study of ex-servicemen registered with the Eastern Colorado Health Care System, it found nearly 30 percent greater risk of serious and fatal heart problems linked to testosterone therapy. We expect that scientists will continue to link Low T therapy with cardiovascular injuries.

According to the JAMA report, Low T supplements play a role in increasing cardiovascular disorders risk of heart attack, stroke, and death. Of 8,700 men with low level of testosterone and coronary angiography studied, 1,223 received supplements to boost their testosterone production. Doctors discovered that 26 percent of those treated with the Low T supplements had suffered a stroke or heart attack, with a few deaths, within three years. The rate of same events among the non-testosterone group was less than 20 percent. It was found that those treated with testosterone therapy faced a higher risk of cardiovascular disorder despite being younger and with very few health disorders.

FDA Advises Against “Age-Related” Testosterone Therapy Solution

According to the FDA guidelines, men should not use testosterone therapy to prevent normal reduction in hormone production with age. Low T solutions are only for those suffering from hypogonadism, a medical conditions that results in testosterone deficiency. The Endocrine Society has also advised against use of testosterone supplements without proper clinical diagnosis and abnormal reduction in testosterone levels. The fatal side effects of Low T supplements play a crucial role in the publication of such suggestions. We recommend you, of course, consult with your doctor about whether to undergo a Low T program.

However, contrary to all these warnings, manufacturers continue to promote the Low T supplements through direct-to-consumer ads, a key factor in men using testosterone therapy on their own and facing fatal side effects.

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January 29, 2014

CBS Reports Testosterone Therapy Can Cause Heart Attack, Stroke and Death

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Dr. Jon Lapook of CBS News reviewed the recent JAMA article showing a 29% increased risk for men over 60 undergoing testosterone replacement therapy and suffering from a blood clot, stroke or other similar attack. The video likewise contains the comments of Dr. Steve Missen of the Cleveland Clinic and Dr. Elizabeth Kavalere, a urologist.

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