Medical Devices & Implants

• What are vaginal meshes?

  Michael Monheit | October 06, 2011 8:58 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Vaginal meshes are considered a medical device because they are implanted in your body under an anesthetic. Vaginal meshes are made from a synthetic material and considered permanent. The same mesh...

• Breast Cancer Survivor Undergoes Humiliating Patdown of Breasts at Airport

  David Mittleman | October 04, 2011 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  Lori Dorn, a breast cancer survivor, was outraged after TSA officials at a New York airport publicly humiliated her by patting her breasts down after she set off the security system. Dorn tried to...

• DePuy Hip Recall: NYT Confirms High Metal-On-Metal Artificial Hip Failure Rate

  Brett Emison | October 04, 2011 11:46 AM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO

  The New York Times report is gruesome: As surgeons here sliced through tissue surrounding a failed artificial hip in a 53-year-old man, they discovered what looked like a biological dead zone....

• How pelvic mesh causes severe discomfort and pain during sexual intercourse?

  Michael Monheit | October 03, 2011 9:23 AM | 0 CommentsCentral Pennsylvania, PA

  Pelvic Organ Prolapse, also known as POP, occurs when the pelvic organs – such as bladder, bowel and uterus – fall out of place. While the condition is not life-threatening in some...

• Children Who Receive Multiple Rounds of Anesthesia at Greater Risk of Learning Disabilities

  David Mittleman | October 03, 2011 8:47 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI

  You've probably watched a movie set in a time period from long ago and watched as a doctor told their patient to guzzle some liquor before an operation. Needless to say, doctors don't anesthetize...

• DePuy Metal on Metal Hip and Metallosis

  Shezad Malik MD JD | October 01, 2011 9:38 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  As readers to my blog will note, I am a licensed Texas medical doctor as well as a product liability attorney. We are currently fielding many phone calls from concerned hip replacement patients...

• Metal Hip Implants Cause Chemical Chain Reaction

  Joe Saunders | October 01, 2011 10:10 AM | 5 CommentsPinellas, FL

  It has been widely reported that metal on metal hip implants such as the DePuy ASR are failing at an alarmingly high rate. An article in today's New York Times newspaper provides a scientific...

• FDA "Quickie" Approval Process -- What is it and does it work?

  Brenda Fulmer | September 29, 2011 3:39 PM | 0 CommentsWest Palm Beach, FL

  The Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) is the agency that regulates medical devices that are introduced into the United States marketplace. The FDA regulates these devices by...

• Doctors Paid Millions To Promote Drugs and Medical Devices

  Brett Emison | September 29, 2011 11:25 AM | 2 CommentsKansas City, MO

  The Chicago Tribune reported that drug companies paid more than $25 million to Illinois doctors to promote and use drugs from the pharmaceutical companies. Nearly 40 physicians got payments and...

• DePuy Metal on Metal Hip Failure Rate

  Shezad Malik MD JD | September 22, 2011 9:48 PM | 0 CommentsFort Worth, TX

  I am providing this update and commentary on a recent British database study. According to a British database, the National Joint Registry for England and Wales, which tracks hip replacement...