TV8 Special Report – $116.9M Pelvic Mesh Settlement
Alleging deceptive trade practices, the Texas attorney general settled its lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson, which was accused of knowing [...]
Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening with M-CHAT for Ages 18-24 Months with History of Neonatal Encephalopathy
“We believe that the M-CHAT screening test is suitable for use in the screening of this age group (18-24 months), [...]
P4HB Mesh: Safe in Abdominal Wall Hernia Reconstructive Surgery
“P4HB mesh is a safe and a viable alternative for complex hernias and high-risk patients with a low complication rate [...]
Hospital-acquired Restraint Injuries: Two ‘Never Event’ for No Good Reason
“Mechanical restraints were associated with continued, and perhaps increased, occurrence of serious fall-related injuries after controlling for other injury risk [...]
Early Pain After Mid-urethral Sling Placement: Reassurance is Not Treatment
“Early or immediate pain after mid-urethral sling requires treatment, not reassurance. We represent those who have suffered neurological pain syndromes [...]
Decubitus Ulcers Reconstructive Surgery ‘Should be Performed’: Wound Healing Society
“Hospital acquired decubitus ulcer patients simply cannot be discharged to facilities that do not have the capabilities to provide reconstructive [...]
PICC Lines and Candida Auris, an Established Hospital Acquired Bloodstream Infection
“Polyurethane PICC lines are defective because they do little to reduce the risk of hospital acquired infections,” states Greg Vigna, MD, [...]
Red Flag Warnings Ignored: Patients Who Use Drugs at Risk as Their Chief Complaint is Not Heard
“Emergency room personnel chose their professions. If they can’t keep their ears open for the poor, the less fortunate, the [...]
Hypoxic Brain Damage and Febrile Seizures in Autism Spectrum Disorder: Volumetric MRI Next
“Many children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, who have a history birth asphyxia and a ‘normal MRI’ of the brain, [...]
Neonatal Hypoxia and Therapeutic Cooling: The Survivors Without Cerebral Palsy are at Risk
“The literature shows that 79% of those who underwent therapeutic cooling for hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy do not have cerebral palsy. Unfortunately, [...]
Neonatal Hypoxic-ischemic Encephalopathy: The Benefits and Limitations of Therapeutic Cooling
“Unfortunately, nearly a quarter of children who require and receive therapeutic cooling and don’t develop cerebral palsy have cognitive impairment [...]
The ‘Mainstay’ Therapy for Management of Deep Pressure Injuries
“Surgical intervention using flap reconstruction is the mainstay therapy for management of pressure injuries with advanced stages,” states Dr. Shima [...]
Altis Single-incison Sling: Groin Pain, Dyspareunia, and Coital Incontinence
“The underlying data from the New England Journal of Medicine, published on March 31, 2022, that revealed a 2.5x dyspareunia [...]