Lawyers say Bard's PowerPort devices, which pump intravenous chemotherapy and other fluids injected into the bloodstream, could generate up to 10,000 lawsuits. In 2019, the U.S. Food and Drug ...

I'm glad I got it. I had to decide at the start whether I wanted my 2-3 hour infusions to be by an IV in the hand/wrist region, or whether to get a "port-catheter" surgically insplanted in my chest.

At baseline, there was no difference in Perceived Stress Scale scores between groups (P =.743). However, postprocedure scores were significantly lower in the stress ball group compared with controls ...