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Some transvaginal mesh injuries are destroying relationships
Transvaginal mesh implants are designed to correct prolapse and urinary incontinence by creating a sling under the pelvic organs and bladder to keep them in place. But instead of improved health and quality of life, 10 percent of transvaginal mesh
Transvaginal mesh complications leave some women facing lifetime of injury
One in 10 women implanted with transvaginal mesh to correct pelvic organ prolapse (POP) or stress urinary incontinence (SUI) will develop complications, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). For women who have had a successful implant, life
Is lack of corporate safety amounting to a ‘terror’ all its own?
If lawmaking proponents of deregulation have their way, Americans won’t have to worry about being harmed by random foreign terrorists so much as they will by the danger and catastrophe presented by many of our own factories, oil rigs, mines,
17-state salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers
An outbreak of salmonella illnesses in 18 states has been traced to cucumbers from two suppliers in Mexico, federal health authorities say. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that there are 73 confirmed illnesses linked to eating
Easter pileup kills three, injures dozens on Virginia highway
Three people were killed and at least 25 others were injured in a traffic pileup involving nearly 100 vehicles in southwestern Virginia near the North Carolina border Easter Sunday.
Another compounding pharmacy recalls all products after contaminant found in several drug compounds
Once again, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is ordering the recall of all sterile products manufactured by a compounding pharmacy, this time because visible particles were seen floating in several different compounds. The FDA says the potential health risks
Jury awards $7.76 million punitive damages to plaintiff in first transvaginal mesh trial
ATLANTIC CIY, NJ–The first transvaginal mesh lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and its Ethicon unit to go to trial ended Thursday with a jury award of $7.76 million in punitive damages to the plaintiff.
Whistleblower film raises fundamental questions about American rights and freedom
U.S. filmmaker Jim Spione, whose Academy Award nominated documentary Incident in New Baghdad portrayed the transformation of one infantryman after witnessing the July 2007 slayings of two Reuters journalists and a number of Iraqi civilians by U.S. combat helicopters, is
Jury sides with plaintiff in first transvaginal mesh case against Johnson & Johnson
ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey–A New Jersey Superior Court jury passed a verdict Monday in favor of a South Dakota woman who sought damages from Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary company Ethicon for serious injuries she allegedly received from a
