Johnson and Johnson have been ordered to pay a New Jersey woman $20 million for a vaginal-mesh insert that left her in constant pain for nearly a decade. A jury in Philadelphia came to the conclusion in late April that the company, who designed and distributed the TVT-Secur mesh, was responsible for the pain and …
Several states across the U.S. have seen an increasing spike in opioid drug use over the past decade and now at least one local government has decided to take legal action against the manufacturers of opioids associated with increased use in their community. Orange County in New York has filed a lawsuit against both Purdue …
People have known for centuries that it’s important to eat well for good health. Even so, Americans die every day from preventable diseases such as diabetes and heart disease. Poor diet is at least partially to blame for thousands of deaths each year in the United States. On top of premature death, poor diet leads …
As medical research makes advances in more and more areas, one of the most innovative involves implantable medical devices such as pacemakers and other devices. Battery-powered, these devices have a limited lifespan and ultimately need to be replaced every few years. However, based on research from UCLA and the University of Connecticut, it may be …
The recent “WannaCry” malware cyber-attack on computer networks utilizing the Windows Server operating system is yet another reminder of the fact that, despite the billions of dollars spent annually on computer security, many of the world’s computer networks remain vulnerable to attack from external sources. As an example of how a single “package” of malicious …