17 Mar 2021

On March 15, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that all Scandinavian Total Ankle Replacement (STAR) devices might fail prematurely, no matter when they were made or distributed. This warning updates previous warnings that only included devices made before 2014. The STAR Ankle is one of the most implanted ankle devices in the United States. However, the FDA warns th...

22 Feb 2021

Manufacturer Toro Company issued a nationwide recall for snowblowers due to a risk for amputation. This recall includes Canada as well as the United States and is bad timing in the midst of a winter where some areas have been hard hit with snow. Details of the Recalled Product The company, based in Bloomington, Minnesota, has had no injuries reported, but did get five reports of defectiv...

29 Apr 2014

Silver Chevrolet car parked
Houston weather, traffic, news | FOX 26 | MyFoxHouston Back in October of 2005, Adam Powledge drove off the road and plowed into a pole, killing himself and his 4 children generic doxycycline. In court, Dori (Adam’s wife and the mother of their children) claimed it was caused by a loss of power steering. GM experts, however, testified that there were no known defects with the vehicle and...

17 Mar 2014

Steering wheel of a car
Just as General Motors (GM) announced a recall of more than 1.6 million vehicles, a class action lawsuit was filed against the giant automaker on behalf of customers who claimed their vehicles lost value due to a faulty ignition switch, which is the basis of the recall.  The suit accuses GM of knowing about the ignition problem since 2004 but failing to fix it. As a result, the plaintiff...

07 Feb 2013

Doctor reading an x-ray result
Records Reveal Company New of 40% Failure Rate Internal memos and company records reveal that pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson knew well ahead of time that approximately forty percent of their DePuy Hip Replacement Systems would fail within five years of implantation in patients who received the units. The study was conducted in 2011, after the recall was announced. In addi...

07 Jan 2013

Vaginal mesh being prepared
We’d like to share a few personal stories from women who have suffered severe ill effects from vaginal mesh complications. Contrary to published reports by the manufacturers of these devices, there are far more than just a “small percentage of mesh complications” that has been previously stated by the FDA, doctors and those involved in the sale of the product. Below are excerpts from ...