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A cancer risk surrounding a technologically advanced and minimally invasive surgery for removing the uterus has prompted the Food and Drug Administration to issue a warning discouraging the medical procedure. The procedure, laparoscopic power morcellation, can spread malignant tissue – if any is present in the patient – beyond the […]
In the past year, General Motors has recalled more than 2.6 million cars built with defective ignition switches. These defective ignition switches have been linked to the death of a recorded 13 people. This case has received a good deal of attention following the death of a young girl named Brooke […]
The judicial panel on multidistrict litigation (JPML) has created an MDL to hear product liability lawsuits filed against the makers of prescription low testosterone products. Lawsuits involving testosterone replacement therapy (TRT) will be consolidated in the Northern District of Illinois with Judge Matthew F. Kennelly presiding over pretrial proceedings in […]
It’s known as the little blue pill. According to a new study, the erectile dysfunction drug Viagra may have a side effect no one predicted – a link to an increased risk of melanoma. Viagra, also known as sildenafil citrate may allow the increase of invasive melanoma cells. Not only […]
When one big industry sues another we learn a lot about how business as usual is conducted. In this case Humana, a giant health insurer, has sued the medical device company Medtronic, maker of the Infuse bone graft. In its lawsuit filed in federal court in Tennessee’s Western District, Humana […]