When Linda Gross of South Dakota had a Gynecare Prolift medical device implanted in 2006, it didn’t have FDA clearance. During her trial against manufacturer Johnson & Johnson, Gross’ lawyer testified that the doctor who performed the operation was unaware of that fact.
According to an article in the Asbury Park Press, her lawyer told the jury: “If he had been warned and given that information, he wouldn’t have used it ...
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According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a number of factors can put people at higher risk for a stroke.
While medical conditions can increase that risk, lifestyle factors play a role as well.
For example, use of birth control pills can increase the risk of blood clots that lead to stroke – as can pregnancy itself.
But a number of studies show that pills with the synthetic hormone drospirenone ...
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Researchers in Bolivia have announced that rats injected with stem cells recovered from strokes more quickly, and their findings have potential for treating human stroke victims.
According to a BBC story, current best practice for stroke treatment is to treat many patients with “clot-busting” drugs in the first hour after a stroke has taken place, commonly referred to as the “golden hour.”
The most common types of strokes are caused by a ...
continue reading...While it’s impossible to predict exactly who will suffer a stroke, medical experts have identified a number of risk factors.
Among them are use of alcohol or tobacco, long periods of physical inactivity, pregnancy and use of birth control pills. Although all birth control pills can increase the risk of blood clots that trigger strokes, a number of studies indicate that pills with the compound drospirenone can read more.... --> continue reading...
A physician affiliated with public health watchdog group Public Citizen released a statement on Dec. 6, 2011, regarding his removal from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee meeting to discuss the risk of blood clots from the Yasmin line of birth control pills.
Dr. Sidney Wolfe M.D., is director of Public Citizen’s Health Research Group. He was originally supposed to be ...
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A Pennsylvania woman has filed a federal lawsuit against Bayer over complaints that the German drugmaker failed to provide adequate warning of health risks associated with its contraceptive Mirena, Bloomberg reports.
Mirena is an intrauterine device that prevents pregnancy for as long as five years. According to the lawsuit that Tricia Prendergast filed in Philadelphia, Bayer doesn’t warn that it can become embedded in the body or cause an ectopic pregnancy. Prendergast claims she required surgery to remove ...
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