French health regulators intend to ask the European Union to restrict newer varieties of birth control pills, over concerns they may cause blood clots.
A Reuters story says all birth control pills are associated with a risk of blood clots, but a number of studies show that newer types carry a higher risk.
For examples, studies have suggested pills with the compound drospirenone – ...
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Doctors usually perform an initial physical exam on patients they suspect may have the relatively rare form of cancer known as mesothelioma. It affects the mesothelium, the protective lining that covers many of the body’s internal organs, and is usually caused by exposure to asbestos.
If symptoms or the results of the exam suggest a patient has mesothelioma, further tests will be necessary to make sure. According to the American Cancer ...
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During a trial over vaginal mesh implants, a Johnson & Johnson official testified that the company was well aware the medical devices were dangerous before putting them on the market in 2005.
In the first of 1,800 such lawsuits to go to trial, a 47-year-old South Dakota woman named Linda Gross is suing over allegations that the health care giant failed to adequately test the devices or warn patients of their ...
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A story in U.K. newspaper The Mirror concerns the higher risk of “third-generation” contraceptive pills, compared to ones that have been on the market for longer.
It concerns two different studies by the Boston University School of Medicine into two different types of birth control. The results were published in the British Medical Journal.
The studies concluded that “the difference in threat was dramatic” between older oral contraceptives containing levonorgestrel and relatively ...
continue reading...Opening arguments took place in the court case involving a woman who needed 18 operations to repair damage from a transvaginal mesh implant.
Her lawyer alleged that manufacturer Johnson & Johnson sold the device, which is supposed to shore up weakened pelvic muscles, after testing it inadequately and failing to warn of all the risks.
A Bloomberg story quotes him as saying: “They knew every single catastrophe before ...
continue reading...Switzerland’s largest health insurer announced that it’s supporting a young woman who has filed suit against pharmaceutical giant Bayer, claiming the company’s Yasmin birth control pill caused a pulmonary embolism that left her severely disabled.
The insurer, CSS, will be a joint plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking reimbursement for medical expenses. According to a Reuters article, the young woman’s medical treatment has amounted to about $648,600.
She reportedly suffered a pulmonary embolism ...
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