Category: Health News
Meet Your Goals in 2017: How to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick
From losing weight to spending more time with family, each year at the end of December people vow to stick to their New Year’s resolutions. Only problem is that very few actually succeed in accomplishing this feat. Here are five...
Stryker Expands Rejuvenate and ABG II Hip Implant Lawsuit Settlement
Stryker Orthopedics has agreed to pay at least $300,000 to people who needed revision surgery for a bad hip replacement with the recalled Rejuvenate or ABG II before December 19, 2016.
New Mexico Woman Files Option ELITE® IVC Filter Lawsuit
A lawsuit has been filed by a woman who needed multiple surgeries to remove a blood clot-catching filter that tilted and became embedded in her body.
Janssen Faces Over 15,000 Xarelto Bleeding Lawsuits
Over 15,000 lawsuits have been filed by people who had severe, uncontrollable bleeding after taking the blood-thinning drug Xarelto.
5 Tips to Help Overcome Holiday Depression
The holidays are supposed to be the happiest time of the year, but for many, they trigger deep feelings of sadness and anxiety. Here are five things you can do to help beat the holiday blues:
$2 Million Awarded to Man Exposed to Toxic Teflon Chemical C8
A jury ordered DuPont to pay $2 million to a man from the Mid-Ohio Valley with testicular cancer who drank tap-water contaminated with the toxic chemical C8, a byproduct of Teflon manufacturing.
IKEA Pays $50M Settlement in Dresser Death Lawsuits
The settlement ends wrongful death lawsuits filed by the families of three boys who died when the now-recalled IKEA dressers tipped over.
Testosterone Ups Blood Clot Risk by 63% In First 6 Months
Men who start testosterone therapy are 63% more likely to have a Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) in the first 6 months of treatment, with the risk peaking at 3 months. Over 6,300 lawsuits have been filed by men who were injured...
Experts Caution Against Using Zofran for Morning Sickness
Pregnancy experts have published updated guidelines for treating nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. They say the last resort should be Zofran, an anti-nausea drug that might cause birth defects like a "hole in the heart" or cleft palate.