Power Morcellators Get Toughest FDA Black Box Warning For Cancer Risk
Posted by Marilyn McGoldrick on Dec 3, 2014 12:29:42 PM The FDA has issued a warning that power morcellators can spread cancer, and now recommends against the tool’s use in most hysterectomies (removal of the uterus)...
$18.5M Awarded Against Boston Scientific; 2nd Mesh Verdict In A Row
Posted by Marilyn McGoldrick on Dec 1, 2014 12:32:05 PM A jury in West Virginia has awarded $18.5 million to four women who suffered painful complications after receiving Boston Scientific’s Obtryx vaginal mesh slings. The verdict included an award of $4 million...
From U.S.S. Constitution To U.S.S. Bainbridge – Boston’s Naval History
Posted by Michael Lesser on Nov 26, 2014 10:20:06 AM Patrick O’Brian’s The Fortune of War finds its heroes, Captain Jack Aubrey and naval surgeon Stephen Maturin, aboard the H.M.S. Java as passengers, thrust into a ferocious, bloody, and ultimately decisive...
Consumer Class Actions Filed Against Airbag Maker Takata Corporation
By Michael A. Lesser, Esq. Posted on Nov 21, 2014 The first class actions have been filed against airbag maker Takata Corporation after consumers learned that the propellants used in Takata airbags caused the airbags to explode and spew shrapnel inside cars rather...