A Seattle mesothelioma treatment center is now using the Surgery for Mesothelioma After Radiation Therapy (SMART) methodology developed by doctors at the Princess Margaret Cancer Center in Toronto. In Canada, where the SMART protocol has been studied previously, the percentage of mesothelioma patients with a three-year survival rate has more than doubled, from 32 percent to 72 percent. For...
A Los Angeles jury has awarded $9.20 million to a 59-year-old California man injured by a defective metal-on-metal hip implant manufactured by Zimmer, Inc. Zimmer’s Durom Cup forced Gary Kline to undergo two grueling hip replacement surgeries in just 15 months and has left him living with chronic pain. “This victory is particularly gratifying because we are the first to prevail against...
A group of women injured by Covidien transvaginal mesh products have settled their lawsuits against the medical device maker. The settlement comes in just a portion of the 11,000 vaginal mesh cases filed against Covidien.
Dollar Amount of Recent Vaginal Mesh Settlement is ConfidentialThe vaginal sling settlement is confidential, according to a filing made recently in the federal court...
Aspirin may slow growth of mesothelioma, according to researchers at the University of Hawaii Cancer Center. Aspirin apparently prevents the harmful effects of High-Mobility Group Box 1 (HMGB1), an inflammatory molecule that aids mesothelioma in its growth and progression.
Hawaii Researchers Learn That Aspirin Has Anti-Tumor Properties that Block Key Molecule in Cancer...Around the country, many women have been injured by power morcellators. These are medical devices that can spread undetected uterine cancers throughout the body during surgical procedures such as hysterectomies and myomectomies, in which fibroid uterine tumors are removed. Many lawsuits have already been filed, some in state court and others in federal court. A motion has been filed to...
Arkansas orthopedic surgeon, Dr. Win Moore III, was shocked when he received a one-page letter from Stryker Corp. in 2012 announcing a problem with its metal-on-metal hip replacement systems. With more than 20 years of experience, the surgeon at Baxter Regional Bone and Joint Clinic, has performed hundreds of surgeries.
Nearly One-Fourth of Surgeon’s Patients Receiving Stryker...Mesothelioma is a continuing problem around the world just as it is in the United States. Asbestos was completely banned in the United Kingdom more than 15 years ago (something that still has not happened in America). Even so, the UK saw 2,535 new mesothelioma cases in 2012, an annual number that is expected to rise until 2022. As a result, in 2013 the government there instituted a program...
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