Have you experienced someone complain to you about arthritic hip pains? The reason could be because they are in need of hip replacement implants. If they still complain about pain after the surgery, that’s something else entirely. They could be suffering from a defective implant, as have tens of thousands of others. Lawyers ...

DePuy Orthapaedics, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson unit, recalled the ASR Hip Replacement System and the similar ASR Resurfacing Unit, on August 26, 2010, after two years of ongoing complaints made to the FDA and a warning issued to medical professionals in March 2010 that the devices may be recalled.  Failures of these ...

On November 18th The U.S. Judicial Panel on MultiDistrict Litigation will be conducting a hearing which will determine the outcome of thousands of lawsuits and several class action lawsuits filed against DePuy --a division of Johnson & Johnson. These hip recall lawsuits declare that DePuy was negligent in releasing the ASR ...

For several years, Yaz has been the most popular oral birth control pill on the market in the United States. Touted as a drug that not only prevented pregnancy but also eliminated the symptoms of PMS and cleared up acne, women around the country switched to Yaz beginning in 2006. Bayer, the company marketing Yaz, was issued a letter of ...

Serious hip discomfort, typically brought about by arthritis or injury, brings about devastating pain that can extend up to the back and down to the knees.  Hip replacement surgery is an astounding healthcare technique that can reinstate the flexibility patients had earlier than their onset of joint disease or other injury ...