Category: Health News
Catheter Injury Lawsuits Increase After Slew of Recalls
Millions of catheters were recalled this year due to life-threatening safety risks. Lawsuits have been filed by people who were injured when the tip of the catheter broke off in their body.
Gastric Bypass Surgery Linked to Long-Lasting Digestive Problems
Most people who had a common weight-loss surgery experienced long-term digestive problems and could not eat certain foods, according to a recent study.
Hospitals Issue Infection Warning From Heart-Surgery Machine
Indiana hospitals are warning over 8,000 open-heart surgery patients they may be infected with a slow-growing bacteria from a contaminated machine that heats or cools the blood during surgery.
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.