Greg Land reports: An Atlanta-area plastic surgery clinic has been hit with a lawsuit for allegedly posting nude photographs of a patient on the internet. A woman is suing Celebrity Body Sculpting and Cosmetic Surgery Centerover the photographs, which were allegedly posted on the clinic’s website without her permission. Those photos allegedly featured one or more identifiable tattoos….
Category: Healthcare
Big Brother is watching loo: Fears over ‘smart’ lavatory that can test users for drugs, pregnancy and urine problems
Jonathan Petre reports: Spending a penny could become rather revealing after the invention of an ‘intelligent’ lavatory that could alert parents if their children are taking drugs, or employers if their staff have had a boozy lunch. Scientists at Cambridge University are developing a loo that analyses urine by using revolutionary nano technology to track…
Colorado Judge Unseals Psychiatric Expert Reports in Aurora Theater Shooting Case
Steven D. Zansberg of Ballard Spahr writes: Judge Carlos E. Samour, Jr., on June 29 ordered unsealed the court filings surrounding psychiatric evaluations of James Eagan Holmes, the man convicted of killing 12 people and wounding 70 others in the Aurora, Colorado, theater shooting on July 20, 2012. As a result, the public will be…
NHS data breach affects 150,000 patients in England
BBC reports: The NHS is blaming a coding error for 150,000 patients in England being involved in a data breach. Those affected had requested that their confidential health information only be used to help provide them with care. But it appears that there was a problem with the software used by GPs to record objections…