Articles Written by:    BARNABY J. FEDER     

Drop in Lasik eye surgery appears to be a barometer for recession

Call it the Lasik indicator. With the weak economy prompting U.S. consumers to cut back on discretionary spending, laser vision-correction surgeries have been falling, as they did during the last recession. More than 800,000 Americans underwent Lasik ...

From BARNABY J. FEDER, International Herald Tribune,  24 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.,  Food and Drug Administration

As Economy Slows, So Do Laser Eye Surgeries

Call it the Lasik indicator. As the economic downturn forces consumers to cut back on discretionary spending, laser vision-correction surgeries have been falling as they did during the last recession. Although more than 800,000 Americans got Lasik ...

From BARNABY J. FEDER, The New York Times,  23 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Food and Drug Administration,  Advanced Medical Optics, Inc.

William D. Eberle, Trade Representative for Nixon, Is Dead at 84

William D. Eberle, who pushed Europe and Japan to lower trade barriers as President Richard M. Nixon’s chief trade negotiator in the 1970s, died Thursday at his home in Concord, Mass. He was 84. The cause was kidney failure, said his son Jeffrey. Mr. ...

From BARNABY J. FEDER, The New York Times,  8 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Richard Nixon,  Stanford University,  Harvard University,  U.S. Republican Party

Study Finds No Increase in Survival Rates With Home Defibrillators

Consumers are unlikely to benefit from buying household versions of emergency equipment meant to revive victims of sudden heart seizures, according to long-awaited results from a clinical trial announced Tuesday. The equipment automated external ...

From BARNABY J. FEDER, The New York Times,  1 Apr 2008
Related Topics: Medtronic, Inc.

U.S. regulators approve copper alloys as a germ killer

The market for antimicrobial doorknobs, hospital fixtures and other products that kill germs on contact may be about to take on a coppery sheen. The Copper Development Association, a trade group for copper companies, said Tuesday that U.S. regulators ...

From BARNABY J. FEDER, International Herald Tribune,  26 Mar 2008

Regulators Stamp Copper as a Germ Killer

The market for antimicrobial doorknobs, hospital fixtures and other products that kill germs on contact may be about to take on a coppery sheen. The Copper Development Association, a trade group for copper companies, said Tuesday that federal ...

From BARNABY J. FEDER, The New York Times,  25 Mar 2008

The Showhouse That Sustainability Built

ERIC DOUB knows the difference between talking about building a green home and living in one: more than 2,600 energy-conscious visitors have traipsed through his model home in the last two and a half years. Four years ago, Mr. Doub, the owner of ...

From BARNABY J. FEDER, The New York Times,  25 Mar 2008
Related Topics: XCEL ENERGY INC,  Energy Partners, Ltd.

U.S. government examining doctor kickbacks for medical devices

Edward Lipes of the orthopedic device maker Stryker, testified in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times) NEW YORK: The U.S. government is turning the spotlight on doctors in a long-running investigation into suspected kickback payments made by ...

From BARNABY J. FEDER, International Herald Tribune,  24 Mar 2008
Related Topics: U.S. Department of Justice,  Biomet, Inc.,  Zimmer Holdings, Inc.,  Johnson & Johnson

New Focus of Inquiry Into Bribes: Doctors

A long-running federal investigation into the orthopedic device industry’s suspected kickback payments to hip and knee surgeons now has the doctors in the spotlight. These five medical device makers are required, under a federal settlement, to ...

From BARNABY J. FEDER, The New York Times,  21 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Christopher J. Christie

Wireless security flaw is detected in defibrillator-pacemaker

To the long list of objects vulnerable to attack by computer hackers, add the human heart. The threat seems largely theoretical. But a team of computer security researchers planned to report Wednesday that it had been able to gain wireless access to a ...

From BARNABY J. FEDER, International Herald Tribune,  12 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Medtronic, Inc.,  Dick Cheney,  Food and Drug Administration,  Robert Clark

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