Posts Tagged 'transvaginal mesh'

Tests evaluate urinary incontinence

Urinary incontinence can have a number of causes, according to the Mayo Clinic. They run the gamut from temporary causes, such as medication or overhydration; to relatively minor conditions such as urinary tract infection; to relatively serious causes such as bladder cancer.

A number of tests are available to determine the underlying cause, the Mayo Clinic says.

Though it’s a frequently troublesome condition, it’s usually treatable. But some treatments can create problems ...

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Mesh implant patient launches protest

CTV Network out of Canada reports on a Manitoba woman who is staging a protest about the vaginal mesh device she had implanted during a hysterectomy in January, 2012.

The report shows Christine of Winnipeg getting around with the assistance of a wheelchair and cane, and describes her as “a woman who says her life has been destroyed by the surgery and wants to stop it from happening to anyone else.”

Mesh ...

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Investors cautioned about J&J stock

In a piece for investing blog Seeking Alpha, contributor Sarah Maller discusses her reasons for giving up on health care giant Johnson & Johnson as a viable investment.

“Manufacturing problems and recalls are not just embarrassing,” she writes, “but they are a worrisome sign that management has taken its eye off the ball in many key respects.”

Maller specifically mentions a recall that Johnson & Johnson initiated for its LPS Diaphyseal Sleeve, ...

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Bonuses cut for executives at troubled J&J

According to a story on the Huffington Post, Johnson & Johnson has lowered its planned bonuses for the company’s top executives by 10 percent.

A statement from the company acknowledges “disappointments” from 2012, and resultant damage to the company’s public reputation.

Johnson & Johnson’s annual proxy statement says, in part: “We worked to address several reputational challenges and continue to strive toward regaining the reputational standings that we expect of ourselves and ...

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Buffett sours on Johnson & Johnson

Health care giant Johnson & Johnson’s legal troubles are apparently giving investor Warren Buffett pause, according to a blog item for the Philadelphia Inquirer.

Buffett recently released his annual letter to shareholders of Berkshire Hathaway, and it shows that Berkshire had dropped its holdings of Johnson & Johnson stock to below $1 billion for the first time since the end of 2005.

The blog item notes that Johnson & Johnson has gone ...

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Problematic mesh implants were marketed as safer

A blog entry for the Philadelphia Inquirer notes that vaginal mesh implants, like the kind that recently served as the basis of an $11.1 million jury award in New Jersey, were initially marketed as a safer alternative for women suffering from pelvic organ prolapse.

Instead, thousands of patients who received the implants complained of complications including severe pain, infections and bleeding.

Pelvic organ prolapse occurs when a pelvic ...

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