FDA Takes Unprecedented Step to Hire Experts in Metal-on-Metal Poisoning Crisis
In what could be called “too little, too late” for the impotent and corporately-influenced FDA, the orthopedic division has asked to impanel a medical-science committee to determine the implications of […]
Brooklyn Hospital Faces Excessive Number Of Malpractice Claims
Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center of Brooklyn, New York, finds itself defending hundreds of lawsuits for medical malpractice. New York State politicians have even made statements publically about the many […]
Medical Devices Implanted in Patients Create Risk, Escape Testing
For patients who allow their doctors to implant medical devices in their bodies, it is a reasonable expectation that those devices have been thoroughly tested for safety and effectiveness. Unfortunately, […]
Continuing Attacks on the Yaz/Yasmin FDA Advisory Panel
As our Yaz/Yasmin clients know, we have reported that the recent FDA panel which determined that Yaz was unsafe without strengthened warnings. Yet, as we suggested, perhaps the warnings should […]
The Disgusting Truth About Dangerous Surgical Instruments
When John Harrison, a 63-year-old sales manager had rotator cuff surgery to repair his right shoulder, he thought that he was simply going to undergo a routine procedure. However, little […]
Experts say All-Metal Hip Replacements Should Not Be Used; May Lead to Cancer
Experts in the United Kingdom are so alarmed with the failure rate of metal-on-metal hip implants that they have stated that the devices should no longer be used. The British […]
Manufacturing Defects in Titanium Bicycles
We have represented several clients in cases in which a titanium bicycle was manufactured defectively. A manufacturing defect can occur in carbon fiber bicycles or in titanium bicycles. One disadvantage […]
Another Article Reveals Risks Associated With MoM Implants
This blog was posted on behalf of Marcia Marshall. According to yet another in a slew of recent articles revealing the many risks associated with metal-on-metal medical devices, high levels […]
Rheingold Giuffra Ruffo Plotkin & Hellman LLP Files Suit In DePuy Pinnacle Litigation
In January we started a federal court suit on behalf of a Virginia woman who was injured through the use of the DePuy Pinnacle Ultamet artificial hip implant. She had […]
Ex-NFL Players Blame League for Brain Injuries
As time passes, medical and scientific advances have greatly advanced our knowledge of brain injuries, particularly with regard to prevention and safety. A brain damaged person may “seem normal” on […]