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The Montana medical board has unanimously revoked Dr. Thomas Weiner's license due to violations of professional conduct, including prescribing unnecessary treatments and harming patients, following investigations into his care of seven patients, some of whom died from toxicity related to chemotherapy treatments.
Plastic surgeon Katharine Grawe, also known as Dr. Roxy, has had her medical license permanently revoked by the Ohio Medical Board after livestreaming surgeries on TikTok and neglecting her patients. Grawe's license was initially suspended in November, and the board had previously warned her about patient privacy and ethics violations. Several patients experienced severe complications, including one who suffered a perforated intestine and bacterial infections after Grawe partially livestreamed her surgery.
The FDA has begun investigating the Anterior Growth Guidance Appliance (AGGA), a dental device that has been the subject of multiple lawsuits alleging patient harm. The device has been fitted on more than 10,000 dental patients, according to court records, but has not been registered with the FDA. The agency is now looking into the product after a joint investigation by KHN and CBS News. The Las Vegas Institute, which previously taught dentists to use the AGGA, now trains dentists to use another device it has described as "almost exactly the same appliance."