taking conventional medication and exercise may help some patients more than the devices.

The Obama administration has also discovered reading chicken bones and burning incense is less expensive and just as effective for all but high party officials.

After watching the movie about Byrzynski, and what the FDA did to him, I don't trust a word they say about anything.

After reading about all these stent failures and problems, I'm almost glad that my cardiologist couldn't place one inside one of my coronary arteries a couple of years ago. He tried his best but there was just too much blockage. I can live with the dietary changes, getting out of breath with mild exertion, and the handful of horse pills I take every morning a whole lot better than I can live with a heart attack or stroke.

I am not backing the big stent companies but just how many years did we have to research these things? The bottom line is that they have probably saved more lives, even with their defects than who are being effected by their defects. If we waited for the absolute decision in the safety of medical implants of this type...what is the outcome...20 years? Even 10 years of study? Most of these patients would already be dead without their intervention. Take a family history of heart attack deaths in their 50s.....a person gets a stent and is in their 60s...maybe 70s. Is this a "failure" because of the device if they experience cardiac problems at a later date? The way I see it is that even with a "defective" device...they have lived 10 to 20 years beyond their biological programming. It's just another way to make healthcare too expensive thru worthless lawsuits. No one is grateful for any added length of time given thru any means anymore. And money always makes things more tolerable doesn't it...thru lawsuits?