Monthly Archives: November 2011

Serious injuries in women who have received vaginal mesh implants for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) have spurred two medical groups to issue a joint statement saying that the mesh should only be used vaginally on high-risk women ... Read More

More evidence supports the theory that exposure to a class of antidepressants during the first trimester of pregnancy increases the risk for major congenital anomalies, particularly cardiac defects. A Finnish study conducted by the Teratology Information Service at the Helsinki ... Read More

The debate over whether to raise the weight limits for commercial trucks on federal interstate highways is heating up after Maine and Vermont passed legislation last week allowing trucks exceeding the 40-ton limit on its interstates for the next 20 ... Read More

When a Gaylesville, Ala., man received a hip implant in January 2007, he fully expected to keep his artificial hip for the next 15 years or more. But two years later, his device failed, leaving him in severe pain. ... Read More

The Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board are investigating the crash of a twin-engine Rockwell Aero Commander 690A airplane that killed six people last week in Arizona’s Superstition Mountains. Among the victims were three children ages 6 ... Read More

Insomniacs now have a new prescription sleep aid option. After several rejections based on safety issues, Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has finally approved Intermezzo, a lower dose version of the prescription sleeping pill Ambien, for people who wake in ... Read More

Australian legislators are turning up the heat on DePuy Orthopaedics and the Australian Department of Health and Ageing over apparently faulty metal-on-metal hip implants that threaten the health of more than 5,000 Australians. According to the Sydney Morning Herald, a ... Read More

A recent study by the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences showed that pelvic floor muscle exercises were an effective treatment for stress urinary incontinence, or SUI, with short-term cure rates varying between 35 and 80 percent. The exercises also proved ... Read More

It never takes long for shady consumer predators to find another way to rip unsuspecting people off. While the U.S. is struggling to emerge from a mortgage crisis that tore down the national economy, dozens of mortgage-reduction scammers have been ... Read More

An innovative new medical device designed to help women who suffer from rectocele, a problem associated with pelvic organ prolapse (POP), has been approved for use in Europe. The device offers a safer alternative to medical treatments that may cause ... Read More