Mac is corrupting SD card

I have a MacBook Pro running 10.7.2 and iPhoto '11. When I try to import photos from my Canon PowerShot using the card reader, everything appears to be fine--until the import is over. However, once the card has been ejected, it appears to be empty. I am NOT checking the box to delete photos upon import. An application like CardRescue does see all the photos, but the camera itself, Image Capture, iPhoto and other computers do not. Hide Photos Already Imported is NOT checked. This is really disturbing, as I would like to maintain a backup of the photos on the card and allow my husband to also import the photos. It seems to happen no matter whether I use iPhoto to import the photos or use Image Capture to import to the Pictures folder.
Someone in the iPhoto forum suggested resetting the iPhoto library and formatting the card. I did not want to format and hence erase the memory card. It also seemed like if iPhoto was really the problem then importing with ImageCapture would work. However, I just tried connecting the camera via the USB cable instead of putting the card in the card reader, and the problem does not happen in that situation. (It only shows the photos taken since the last time the card was in the card reader, however...so the other photos are only available via CardRescue.)
It looks like the problem is not with iPhoto, but with the card reader itself. Why does this happen and is there a way to fix it? I'm worried that if it happens with photos it will happen with any other data, and thus my card reader is useless.

Make a temporary, backup copy (if you don't already have a backup copy) of the library and try the following:
1 - delete the iPhoto preference file, com.apple.iPhoto.plist, that resides in your
User/Home()/Library/ Preferences folder.
2 - delete iPhoto's cache file, Cache.db, that is located in your
User/Home()/Library/Caches/com.apple.iPhoto folder.
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3 - format the memory card in the camera, take a couple of test photos.
4 - launch iPhoto, connect the camera and try again.
NOTE: If you're moved your library from its default location in your Home/Pictures folder you will have to point iPhoto to its new location when you next open iPhoto by holding down the Option key when launching iPhoto. You'll also have to reset the iPhoto's various preferences.
Or you can use a card reader to upload the photos to a folder on the Desktop and import the folder into iPhoto. This assures that the photos get on the hard drive safely.
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