Zimmer Biomet Shoulder Recalled Due to High Fracture Rate
Zimmer Biomet recalled over 3,600 Comprehensive® Reverse Shoulder Replacements due to a high risk of fracture, revision surgery, and devastating complications like infections, disability, or death.
Sargento Expands Cheese Recall, Dumps Supplier
Sargento Foods Inc. is expanding a recall for cheese that may be contaminated with Listeria, a bacteria that can cause severe food poisoning. No illnesses have been reported yet.
Saputo Recalls Deli Gouda Cheese Due to Listeria Risk
Saputo Inc., the biggest dairy processor in Canada, recalled deli-counter Gouda cheese due to a risk of Listeria, a bacteria that can cause deadly food poisoning and pregnancy complications.
Whole Foods Recalls Butternut Squash Noodles for Listeria Risk
Whole Foods and other stores have pulled "Butternut Spirals" off shelves due to a risk of Listeria food poisoning.
Mississippi Man Files Celect® IVC Filter Lawsuit
Studies show that nearly all patients who are implanted with Cook Medical's Celect IVC filter eventually develop complications. One of the most common and serious problems is the filter's needle-like wire legs penetrating through the vein and into nearby organs.
IVC Filter Lawsuit Filed by New York Woman
The lawsuit was filed by Barbara P., a woman who was implanted with the C.R. Bard Eclipse® Vena Cava Filter on September 20, 2011 at a hospital in New York. Eclipse is a 4th-generation inferior vena cava (IVC) filter. It...
Illinois Woman Files IVC Filter Lawsuit
Dozens of deaths and hundreds of injuries have been linked retrievable inferior vena cava filters. Over 2,500 lawsuits have been centralized in Arizona against C.R. Bard and in Illinois against Cook Medical.
Ohio Woman Files IVC Filter Lawsuit
C.R. Bard advertises IVC filters as life-saving devices, but nearly 1,500 lawsuits have been filed by people who say the filters pose unreasonable safety risks, especially when they are not removed.
Pennsylvania Woman Files Intravenous Filter Lawsuit
Recovery is a "retrievable" vena cava filter that studies have associated with a 38% 5.5-year risk of fracturing. Over 300 injuries and at least 27 deaths have been reported. After less than 3 years on the market, Recovery was removed...
Study: IVC Filters Do Not Help Trauma Patients Survive
The assumption that IVC filters help save lives is directly contradicted by a study finding no difference in survival rates for trauma patients. Hospitals also routinely implant "temporary" blood clot filters in trauma patients, but rarely remove them.