Dangers Associated with Bladder Pain Drug J&J’s Elmiron

Jane Akre

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October 26, 2020

Dangers Associated with Bladder Pain Drug, J&J’s Elmiron include the potential for blindness. The company added a warning in June 24 years after its use by millions.

Woman in pain
Bruce Rosenburg

Hernia Mesh Advocacy- Overcoming a Health Crisis and Holding Manufacturers Accountable

Jane Akre

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9/26/2020

Mesh Medical Device News Desk, September 2020~ Bruce Rosenberg is a patient advocate and hernia mesh expert. He has been living with his own hernia ...

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*UPDATE* Mistrial Called in West Virginia Pelvic Mesh Case as it Gets Started

Jane Akre

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9/15/2020

*UPDATE* Judge Goodwin has declared a mistrial in this long-awaited pelvic mesh case of Sutphin v. Ethicon. Last Friday, Judge Goodwin who at one ti…

Gavel and money

Pelvic Mesh: The 5% Secret Your Lawyer Doesn't Want You To Know

Jane Akre

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7/19/2020

If you were injured by pelvic mesh and have received or are waiting for a settlement, your lawyer does NOT want you to know that there is nothing in the litigation that specifies the plaintiff pays.

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Patricia L. Hammons $12.85 M Prolift Pelvic Mesh Case Upheld

Jane Akre

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10/26/2020

After seven years of appeals, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court jury issued its opinion deciding that the damage award of $12.85 million against Ethicon should stand..

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Mesh Victims United Receives Nonprofit Approval by IRS, Announces New Projects

Jane Akre

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9/24/2019

Donations will now be tax-deductible for those who support Mesh Victims United, a patient support, mesh education group.

Bruce Rosenberg

Hernia Mesh Secrets: Bruce Rosenberg Answers Hernia Patient Questions After Complications

Bruce Rosenberg

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4/16/2019

Bruce Rosenberg is a patient advocate and a hernia mesh injured patient who has turned his life work as a social worker to directing mesh-injured patients to the appropriate caregiver.

Pelvic Mesh Treatments - Russian Roulette

Nancy Gretzinger

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6/10/2019

Vaginal Mesh Nerve Injuries- Why Do They Go Unnoticed?

Jane Akre

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11/6/2019

Patricia L. Hammons $12.85 M Prolift Pelvic Mesh Case Upheld

Jane Akre

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10/26/2020

ProPublica Wants to Raise Awareness on Medical Harm

ProPublica

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5/16/2016

Deb C's Top 10 Things to Know Before Mesh Surgery

Deb C.

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9/9/2013

The Faces of Mesh – One Woman’s Baffling Battle

Aaron Leigh Horton

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10/16/2013

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Women's Medical Devices

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9th Annual Whole Woman Conference

Jane Akre

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7/29/2020

Mesh Medical Device News Desk, July 2020 ~ After attending last year's conference in beautiful downtown Albuquerque, New Mexico, I thought I would br...

Amy Reed and family

Morcellator Activist, Victim Amy Reed Dies at 44

Jane Akre

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5/25/2017

Drs. Amy Reed and Hooman Noorchashm put a public face on the failures of the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations lacking oversight over medical devices, until she lost her life due to a morecellation.

Breast implant in gloved hand

Breast Implants and a Rare Cancer Possible Link to Biofilms

Jane Akre

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5/15/2017

Breast Implants, particularly textured variety, have been linked to biofilm and small cell lymphoma.

GAO Report on Power Morcellators

Jane Akre

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2/10/2017

Bad Apples and the Defective Silicone Breast Implants Distributed Worldwide

Jane Akre

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1/10/2012

MESH MESS – Banned Pelvic Mesh Receives New Life as a Breast Lift

Jane Akre

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7/12/2016

Morcellator Activist, Victim Amy Reed Dies at 44

Jane Akre

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5/25/2017

UroGyn Society: Mesh on Trial: Defendant and Plaintiff Perspectives

Jane Akre

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10/12/2016

Biomedical Expert on Regulatory Parellels of Pelvic Mesh to Breast Implants, Federal Preemption and There's No Medical Grade Mesh

Jane Akre

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1/13/2016

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Legal News

Pennsylvania capitol building

Patricia L. Hammons $12.85 M Prolift Pelvic Mesh Case Upheld

Jane Akre

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10/26/2020

After seven years of appeals, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court jury issued its opinion deciding that the damage award of $12.85 million against Ethicon should stand..

Medical News

Woman in pain

Dangers Associated with Bladder Pain Drug J&J’s Elmiron

Jane Akre

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10/26/2020

Dangers Associated with Bladder Pain Drug, J&J’s Elmiron include the potential for blindness. The company added a warning in June 24 years after its use by millions.

Your Turn

Vladae swimming in Hawaii

One Week from Hernia Surgery to Swimming in Hawaii!

Vladae Roytapel

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3/4/2019

Vladae Roytapel is known as the, Russian Dog Wizard, from Newport Beach, California. Voted Best Dog Trainer in his area for many years, he was at a loss as to how to address his hernia.

Judy's J&J Campaign

"Judy"

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10/9/2013

Still Standing on Medical Management of Mesh Complications

Still Standing

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2/22/2016

Your Turn: Blocking the Pain

Anonymous

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12/12/2013

When Husbands Hurt from Pelvic Mesh

Anonymous

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5/11/2016

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