Back pain is a leading cause of disability worldwide, and the World Health Organization reports that low back pain affects more people than major diseases like diabetes and malaria yet we have not mad...
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By Elena R. Avid Hiker, Gardener & Orthogate Community Member Procedure: Direct Anterior Total Hip Arthroplasty (Left Hip) For nearly three years, I convinced myself that my worsening groin stiffness...
By Mark T. Recreational Tennis Player & Orthogate Community Member Procedure: Arthroscopic Supraspinatus Tendon Repair (Right Shoulder) When my surgeon confirmed I had a full-thickness rotator cuff te...
July 20, 2017 A government alert slowed inferior vena cava implants in 2010 but the U.S. still uses far more of the controversial clot-blocking devices than European countries, a new study found. The...
July 14, 2017 Two former sales representatives for an Arizona-based drug company pled guilty this week to participating in a multimillion-dollar kickback scheme designed to boost sales of a powerful p...
July 6, 2017 A month after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s unprecedented request that a painkiller be taken off the market because of issues with abuse, Endo International has agreed to volunt...
A Philadelphia jury has awarded a $20 million verdict in favor of a New Jersey woman who suffered complications after a June 2007 pelvic-mesh procedure. The award — $17.5 million of which was for puni...
A federal jury in New Orleans recently sided with drugmakers Bayer AG and Johnson & Johnson in the first bellwether trial from plaintiffs alleging they were harmed by the blood-thinning drug Xarelto....
The first Xarelto bellwether trial began on April 24, 2017 in New Orleans, and the plaintiff accused Johnson & Johnson and Bayer of failing to warn that the blood thinner could cause serious or fatal...
