Consumer Reports: Most medical implants have never been tested for safety

You may think, if a doctor prescribes a medical treatment, it's been thoroughly tested.  For one type of treatment, however, you would be dead wrong.  A Consumer Reports' investigation found medical devices -- like defibrillators, joint replacements, and even surgical mesh used to treat hundreds of thousands of women -- may not be clinically tested at all.

from Consumer Reports

March 29, 2012