“Fortunately, Santa Barbara Cottage Hospital has used their pricing power from their monopoly in Santa Barbara County to re-invest in the training of registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, and licensed practical nurses to ensure that our community has the bedside staff to keep patients safe,” states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice attorney. Dr. Greg [...]
“Discussion focuses on stair climbing bouts as time-efficient exercise and the potential benefits of a home-based intervention. Stair use at home offers a low-cost intervention for disease risk reduction,” states Elpida Michael, MSc., Sports Physiology. What does Elpida Michael report in “Home-Based Stair Climbing as an Intervention for Disease Risk in Adult Females; A Controlled [...]
“Primary ovarian mesothelioma is a rare tumor caused by Talc and Asbestosis exposure. There are survivors who continue immunotherapy and they and their family suffer significant physical, mental, and financial harm. They are unicorns and should be treated as such," states Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national pharmaceutical injury attorney. What does Dr. Fatemeh Derakhshani say in [...]
“Collectively, the artificial vascular endothelium coating (AVEC) should provide a novel, safe and generalized anti-thromboinflammation strategy for diverse blood-contacting medical devices," states Shuangyang Li, Investigator, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, China. Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national malpractice attorney and PICC line sepsis attorney, says, “Central-line associated bloodstream infections are increasing because [...]
“We describe treatments and outcomes of hospitalized patients with decubitus ulcer-related osteomyelitis who did not undergo surgical reconstruction or coverage… 44% patients were readmitted due to complications from osteomyelitis, and 17% died," states Laura Damioli, MD. Therapeutic Advance in Infectious Disease. Volume 10, pg. 1-9. 2023. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, national decubitus ulcer attorney explains, [...]
The use of TVM slings leads to life-altering pain syndromes that make sexual relations impossible, reduces mobility, and causes bowel and bladder dysfunction. Transvaginal mesh (TVM) polypropylene slings continue to be pushed by the American Urogynecologic Society (AUGS) and American Gynecological & Obstetrical Society (ACOG) as the de facto ‘Gold Standard’ for the treatment [...]
Permanent, life-altering pain syndromes including obturator neuralgia and pudendal neuralgia is the foreseeable result. In 2008, a medical article ‘Persistent groin pain following a transobturator sling procedure for stress urinary incontinence: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge’ was published in the International Urogynecology Journal. It is a scenario that has occurred far more than previously reported by [...]
Experts hired by the defendant manufacturers in the transvaginal mesh litigation were asked to comment on the ‘adequacy of warning’ of the device. Experts hired by the defendant manufacturers in the transvaginal mesh litigation, such as Ethicon and Boston Scientific, are paid upward of $15,000 for a report where they are often asked to comment on [...]