Word: breasted
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...judges should act as gatekeepers, assessing the validity of the experts who take their stand. "Before Daubert, judges were unwilling to prevent testifying," says Joseph Sanders, a University of Houston law professor. "Now they're more willing to exclude experts." The results are dramatic, even pivotal, in cases involving breast implants. Last year Judge Robert Jones of Oregon used the findings of his own panel of scientists to exclude the plaintiffs' evidence in some 70 cases brought against implant makers. Federal Judge Sam Pointer of Alabama is evaluating pretrial evidence in 22,000 cases. To this end he has carefully...
...Louisiana trial plaintiffs intend to note that one of their claimants was rushed into emergency surgery after what her doctors said was silicone began leaking through her skin from a ruptured implant. Marcia Angell, executive editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, decries the "pseudo science" that links breast implants to illness: "It comes down to which side has the most personal experts and puts on the best show...
...BONE For decades women who breast-fed their infants were urged to supplement their diet with calcium to protect against bone loss. A new study says they don't need...
MIDLAND, Michigan: Less than a week after a Louisiana jury ruled that Dow Chemical had misled women about the negative consequences of its silicone breast implants, a subsidiary of the corporation, Dow Corning Corp., today offered to settle out of court for $2.4 billion. 200,000 women worldwide each stand to gain between $1,000 and $200,000, but lawyers for the women say the offer short-changes their clients and ignores thousands of additional plaintiffs...
...effort to guarantee approval, the company said it would up the overall payout if more than two thirds of the women approve the plan. But while Dow offered to cough up the green, it refused to admit its breast-enhancing product causes disease. "We still believe very strongly that the scientific evidence shows there's no connection between breast implants and medical conditions," said Dow Corning CEO Richard Hazleton. A trial, slated to begin later this month, will attempt to determine if the implants are linked to any illnesses...