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Testosterone MDL Defendant Can’t Limit Plaintiff’s Expert Witness Report A federal judge in Illinois is overseeing a multi-district litigation action against the maker of testosterone replacement therapy drugs, with plaintiffs alleging the treatment caused them to suffer heart ailments. The litigation has been ongoing for some time and is still not at the trial phase. The MDL represents hundreds of men who say they were harmed by the company’s failure to war...Continue reading

New Medical Shock Absorber as Possible Alternative to Knee Replacement Total knee replacement is now one of the most common elective surgical procedures in the United States, with over 300,000 implants conducted each year. With this rise in popularity comes a lot of advances in the manner in which surgeons perform the operations. Some of these advancements include the use of robots to perform the surgery and the use of computer mapping scanners and software an...Continue reading

Volkswagen Recalls Audi for Vehicle Defects Over the past year, Volkswagen has been forced to issue a number of recalls for serious vehicle defects that pose risk to consumer safety. This is not only involving Volkswagen models, but also Audi vehicles, which the company also manufactures. This latest round of recalls involves nearly 600,000 vehicles and is the result of two distinct defective systems. This is not related to the defective anti-lock brake issue that alre...Continue reading

Dangers of Taking Testosterone Replacement Therapy Drugs A recent news article from the Wisconsin State Journal takes a closer look at the dangers associated with taking testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) drugs. With the amount of advertising produced and purchased by the drug companies that make TRT drugs, many think that taking testosterone can only help and can’t hurt them. This could not be farther from the truth. A doctor featured in this article sa...Continue reading

Professional Wrestling’s Undertaker Needs Total Hip Replacement According to a recent news article from Give Me Sport , Mark Calaway, the 51-year-old professional wrestler better known as, The Undertaker, has already had several medical procedures involving his hip and will soon need a total hip replacement operation. While many are aware that much of what is shown in the WWE is scripted and the outcome is predetermined, there is no question that these wrestlers are ...Continue reading

Prolapse surgery outcomes not improved with transvaginal mesh or biological graft The use of transvaginal mesh and biological graft in prolapse surgery did not improve outcomes of effectiveness, quality of life, or adverse events, and ... https://www.google.com/url

New Study Looks at Normal Range for Male Testosterone Levels There is a good chance that most men who are 40 years of age or older have been told about the benefits of taking testosterone replacement therapy. They did not likely hear this from a doctor, but rather from the many TV commercials during sporting events, Internet pop-ups and magazine advertisements. In fact, you probably did not hear about the benefits of testosterone hormone from your doctor unless...Continue reading

Report: Eliquis Sales Near Xarelto A new report indicates that sales of new blood-thinning medication Eliquis are gaining on those of Xarelto, the long-time leader in the industry. For decades, if you needed a blood thinner because you suffered from a serious medical condition known as atrial fibrillation (Afib), you would take a a drug like warfarin (Coumadin). This was also true for patients who were at increased risk for other related medical conditions that c...Continue reading

Court Upholds $3M Pelvic Mesh Award In this products liability case, the 4th Circuit affirms a district court decision upholding a jury award of $3.07 million for a woman who suffered ... https://www.google.com/url

New Hip Replacement Techniques Improve Patient Outcomes Hip replacement surgery has become one of the most often performed elective surgical procedures in the United States. This involves the total replacement of the patient’s natural, but damaged hip joint, which an artificial hip implant manufactured by a medical device firm. While there are many names for the different firms, these days, they are often subsidiaries of a handful of major pharmaceutical companies and ...Continue reading

Ethicon Physiomesh Hernia Rupture lawsuit Polypropylene is the same material that Ethicon used to make their transvaginal mesh and bladder slings. Ethicon is exposed to thousands of lawsuits ... https://www.google.com/url

Total Knee Operations Increasingly Common, Alternatives Scant The author of a recent editorial from the Boston Globe discussed how he was told that his insurance company would pay for a total knee replacement operation, but it would not pay for osteopathic muscle therapy. His editorial raised questions about the reasoning given for this, and it’s relevant to an increasing number of Americans. It is helpful to first understand that total knee replacement operatio...Continue reading

Volkswagen Recalls Antilock Brakes Volkswagen is no stranger to recalls. Most people are likely familiar with the major scandal that came to light when federal regulators discovered the company was producing cars that would downgrade engine performance on low emission diesel vehicles during emissions checks at a environmental inspection stations. As it turned out, the cars were quipped with software as part of their on-board diagnostics (OBD) package that w...Continue reading