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Medical groups urge limiting use of transvaginal mesh
Posted: November 30, 2011 Pharmaceutical

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

DePuy hip recalls expose flaws in U.S. health care system
Posted: March 24, 2011 Pharmaceutical

The U.S. health care system, often celebrated domestically as the best in the world, is woefully inadequate when it comes to protecting consumers from dangerous and/or defective medical devices. The FDA, for instance, allows many medical devices to be fast-tracked

Warn friends, family about artificial hip recall
Posted: December 22, 2010 Pharmaceutical

An estimated 93 million people worldwide have artificial hips manufactured by DePuy Orthopaedics, and an alarming number of them may not know that their hip implant has been recalled due to defects that have left patients with intense pain and