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How to find a personal injury lawyer

Should you hire a particular lawyer? Depending on your circumstances, that can be one of the most important decisions of your life. The website FindLaw provides a list of 10 suggested questions to ask a lawyer before deciding whether to proceed with him or her. While these general questions are helpful in evaluating an attorney or law firm, you should also consider the following four recommendations when evaluating a personal injury attorney:

1. If possible, find a referral from a trusted ...

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Bloomberg: J&J sold mesh implant before FDA approval

According to a Bloomberg report, Johnson & Johnson sold a vaginal mesh implant for three years before the federal Food and Drug Administration approved the device.

The report says Johnson & Johnson introduced the Gynecare Prolift device in March 2005 without appropriate clearance. The FDA learned of the device in 2007 when Johnson & Johnson was trying to get approval for a related device.

The FDA approved both devices in 2008, after Johnson & Johnson took advantage of a loophole that obliges ...

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Risk Factors for Deep Vein Thrombosis and Other Blood Clots

According to the Mayo Clinic, there’s a wide range of severity when it comes to blood clots.

They can actually be beneficial when they occur in response to an injury or a cut, and prevent bleeding. On the opposite extreme are the potentially fatal clots that show up in locations such as the lungs and the brain.

Superficial phlebitis occurs when blood clots form inside small veins near the surface of the skin. True to its name, the condition isn’t generally serious ...

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Columnist: Preemptive implant removal a bad idea

A medical columnist for the British newspaper Daily Mail writes that patients should not get all-metal hip implants removed simply because they’re worried over recent reports about the devices.

Dr. Ellie Cannon acknowledged that patients who received the implants in question are likely to be alarmed about two widely reported problems. The first problem associated with these implants is that studies show the all-metal variety of artificial hip fails at a substantially earlier rate than other types, causing pain and loss ...

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NPR broadcast examines faulty hip implants

National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition” on Monday provided an in-depth look at the problems that recipients of DePuy’s all-metal hip implants are dealing with. The company recalled the implants in 2010 because of a high early failure rate.

The broadcast actually went into the operating room at Boston’s Massachusetts General Hospital, where New Hampshire resident Susy Mansfield was undergoing surgery to remove one of the faulty devices.

The surgeon described for listeners the dead muscle and the staining on Mansfield’s tissue from ...

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Nonprofit says safer alternatives to Beyaz, Yaz available

Are the birth control pills Beyaz and Yaz dangerous? That’s a tricky question, according to the National Research Center for Women and Families.

An article by three staffers at the center, including two PhDs, makes the point that a relatively low number of women taking the oral contraceptives containing the synthetic hormone drospirenone – which include Yaz, Yasmin, Ocella, Beyaz – suffer a potentially fatal blood clot as a result.

The issue, according to the Center, is that less dangerous and less ...

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