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Raleigh News & Observer: Under a 2008 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the makers of heart pumps, artificial joints, implants and other medical devices cannot be sued if their products injure patients, as long as those products have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Los Angeles Times: Kathy M. Kristoff reports on new overdraft rules for checking accounts that will go into effect in the next few weeks.

Associated Press: “Taken individually, tests that use radiation pose little risk. Over time, though, the dose accumulates.”

Wall Street Journal Health Blog: A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study found at least one lapse in compliance with infection-control guidelines in 68% of the outpatient surgical centers it surveyed.

New York Times: Edolphus Towns said Johnson & Johnson has held up an investigation his committee has undertaken into the company’s recent pediatric drug recalls.

Scientific American: The Environmental Protection Agency will ban the use of endosulfan, which “can pose unacceptable neurological and reproductive risks to farmworkers and wildlife and can persist in the environment.”

(Miami) Daily Business Review: Documents show a Miami distributor of Chinese drywall told the manufacturer it would keep quiet about any health or odor problems resulting from the drywall.