Monthly Archives: February 2012

Tens of thousands of patients around the world, including 37,000 in the United States, have been implanted with problematic metal-on-metal hip implants made by DePuy, which were recalled in August 2010 over safety concerns. However, DePuy’s Pinnacle hip device, another ... Read More

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told a House of Representatives appropriations subcommittee that the Justice Department is ready to go to trial next week against BP over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill that left vast sections of the ... Read More

A joint investigation led by the British Broadcasting Company (BBC) and the British Medical Journal (BMJ) has found that DePuy Orthopaedics and other manufacturers of all-metal hip implants may have known about the serious risks these devices have posed for ... Read More

A machine used by physicians to conduct brain mapping procedures for patients with brain tumors and seizure disorders – including those caused by Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) – is being recalled because of a malfunction and short circuiting issue that ... Read More

Failing metal hip implants may cause problems for more people than the toxin-leaking breast implants circulating in Europe, according to an investigation launched by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) and the British Broadcasting Corp (BBC). ... Read More

Hundreds of thousands of people worldwide with all-metal artificial hips may be at risk for toxic ions seeping into their bloodstream and putting them at risk for serious health concerns, according to an investigation by the British Medical Journal (BMJ) ... Read More

An investigation into the brutal elevator death of a New York City advertising executive “starkly showed safety protocols were ignored,” according to the city’s Department of Investigation Commissioner. ... Read More

The trial to determine liability for the largest oil spill in U.S. history was set to begin Feb. 27, in New Orleans, Louisiana. However, Judge Carl Barbier, under whom the litigation is consolidated in U.S. District Court in New Orleans, ... Read More

An experimental diet pill is one step closer to becoming available for people who are obese or overweight with conditions such as hypertension and type 2 diabetes. A Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel recommended the approval of Qnexa ... Read More

The superintendent in charge of Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch coal mine in West Virginia at the time it exploded, killing 29 workers, was charged Wednesday with conspiracy for his central role in deceiving federal regulators who were trying to ... Read More