According to a Scientific American story, the lead researcher on a study that found no connection between the hydraulic fracturing method of natural gas extraction and groundwater contamination turned out to have significant financial ties to the natural gas industry.
The article says that the study out of the University of Texas last February had drawn criticism for being too easy on the natural gas industry.
Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as ...
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Christine Scott, a woman awarded $5.5 million for injuries from a transvaginal mesh implant, said she hopes the development will help “get the word out to women,” according to a report on KGET out of California.
A California jury ruled this week that C.R. Bard Medical, maker of Avaulta Mesh, is responsible for the damages. It’s the first case involving vaginal mesh implants to go to trial, but over 600 more ...
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Blood clots in the deep leg veins – a condition called deep vein thrombosis — can be deadly if the clots break off and travel to the heart, lungs or brain. But according to a health column in the Herald Times Reporter in Wisconsin, the blood clots can cause lasting health problems even if they remain in the legs.
Dr. Terry L. Gueldner, MD, FACS, RPhS, of the Wisconsin Vein Center ...
continue reading...An account on the Website for the Stevens Johnson Foundation tells the story of Julie, a young woman who suffered a bout of Stevens Johnson Syndrome when she was 10 months old.
According to the account, written by her mother, Julie continues to suffer problems with her eyes as a result of SJS. But her mother is grateful that Julie didn’t lose her eyesight altogether. According to the account, Julie nearly died a number of times as a result of SJS.
Stevens ...
continue reading...In the first case concerning transvaginal mesh implants to go to trial, jurors in California ruled that a manufacturer of the devices and a doctor must pay a total of $5.5 million, Bloomberg reports.
The damages will go to a woman who was left incontinent and in chronic pain because of injuries caused by Bard’s Avaulta Plus vaginal implant. Hundreds more lawsuits are pending, alleging that implants made by Bard, Boston ...
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According to a report in U.S. News and World Report, people who have total hip or knee replacement surgery are about 30 times more likely to have a heart attack in the two weeks after the procedure.
Researchers in the Netherlands published the results of their findings in a study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
The report quotes lead researcher Dr. Arief Lalmohamed of Utrecht University in the Netherlands as ...
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