The Rochester Business Journal out of New York says an area woman’s lawsuit is one of two bellwether cases that will affect the outcome of thousands of claims concerning DePuy Orthopaedics hip implants.
Local businesswoman Ann McCracken, 57, had an all-metal hip joint implanted in 2009. According to the story, it was “marketed as particularly appropriate for younger, more active candidates.”
DePuy, a division of Johnson & Johnson, recalled the implants in ...
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A public health watchdog group in France is calling for doctors to severely cut back on the amounts of newer birth control pills they prescribe, citing the risk of blood clots.
An account in South African newspaper The Times quotes National Drugs Safety Agency Director General Dominique Maraninchi as saying that older types of birth control pills should be the standard.
Maraninchi says doctors should prescribe the newer pills only “in very ...
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The U.K. newspaper Hastings Observer reports on a settlement of 4.2 million pounds, the equivalent of $6.8 million, for a woman left severely disabled after doctors botched her birth.
The settlement will take the form of annual payments and a lump sum for a specially-adapted home.
The story says that Susanne Turner, 45, suffered severe learning disabilities and needed a lifetime of care after doctors delayed a Caesarian section during her mother’s ...
continue reading...If you’ve suffered a bout of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, a condition that can cause the top layer of skin to shed and die, the Mayo Clinic recommends that you take steps to make sure it doesn’t recur.
Stevens-Johnson syndrome is usually an allergic reaction in response to medication, infection and illness, which can be extremely painful and cause long-term, debilitating effects.
But even more worrying, according to the Mayo Clinic, is that a recurrence is usually more severe than the first episode and ...
continue reading...A report in Health Magazine says the type 2 diabetes drug Byetta could put patients at risk for kidney problems, including kidney failure.
According to the report, Byetta is a relatively new drug that’s proven popular because it can promote weight loss and it’s easier to inject than insulin.
But within two years of its approval in 2005, it was linked to a higher risk of acute pancreatitis, which is a potentially life-threatening inflammation of the pancreas that can lead to pancreatic ...
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According to Reuters, a recent study from Israel “adds evidence” to the claim that birth control pills containing the compound drospirenone carry a higher risk of blood clots than other types of oral contraceptives on the market.
Drospirenone, a synthetic hormone, is a component of relatively new birth control pills including Yasmin, read more.... --> continue reading...
