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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.

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 ...

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…

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.

Mesh Devices – Pelvic and Hernia

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..

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.

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.

What Do We Know About Polypropylene

Jane Akre

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9/28/2012

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

Jane Akre

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10/26/2020

Hernia Repair: Secrets Patients Should Know

Jane Akre

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3/2/2012

* Latest News * FDA Orders Mesh Makers to Stop Selling Prolapse Pelvic Mesh!

Jane Akre

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4/16/2019

What's Added to Plastic Mesh?

Jane Akre

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6/28/2017

Dr. Ostergard on Degradation, Infection and Heat Effects on Polypropylene Mesh

Jane Akre

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11/2/2011

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Women's Medical Devices

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...

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

The Government Accountability Office says of the 25 requests to clear new morcellators for the market over 23 years, all were cleared by the FDA.

9th Annual Whole Woman Conference

Jane Akre

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7/29/2020

FDA: Expert Panelist on Morcellators Out Due to Conflict of Interest

Jane Akre

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7/31/2014

MND Interviews Dr. Veronikis: On Transvaginal Mesh, Injuries and Explants

Jane Akre

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12/19/2013

Report Finds Doctors Still Using Power Morcellator Despite the Risks

Jane Akre

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9/23/2014

GAO Report on Power Morcellators

Jane Akre

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2/10/2017

Common Fibroid Operation Warning

Jane Akre

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1/18/2014

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Legal News

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

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

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.

The Cisson Transvaginal Mesh Trial Against C.R. Bard – What did we Learn?

Jane Akre

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12/4/2013

The Death of a Pelvic Mesh Patient - Trial Enters Third Day

Jane Akre

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1/10/2015

Latest Mesigian Prolift Pelvic Mesh Trial - $80 Million to Plaintiff!

Jane Akre

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5/9/2019

Pelvic Mesh 101: Mesh Basics - Still on the Market

Jane Akre

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7/30/2018

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Urogyn Society AUGS: Plaintiffs, Defense and Dissent

Jane Akre

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10/10/2016

ProteGen – The First Mesh, a 20 Year History

Jane Akre

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10/3/2016

UroGyn Society: Mesh on Trial: Defendant and Plaintiff Perspectives

Jane Akre

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10/12/2016

Rand Paul Chooses Shouldice Clinic for Hernia Repair!

Jane Akre

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1/14/2019

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Judy's J&J Campaign

"Judy"

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10/9/2013

When Husbands Hurt from Pelvic Mesh

Anonymous

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5/11/2016

Your Turn: Blocking the Pain

Anonymous

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12/12/2013

One Week from Hernia Surgery to Swimming in Hawaii!

Vladae Roytapel

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3/4/2019

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

Jane Akre

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October 26, 2020

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

Jane Akre

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9/26/2020

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

Jane Akre

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9/15/2020

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

Jane Akre

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7/19/2020

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Mesh Devices – Pelvic and Hernia

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

Jane Akre

|

10/26/2020

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

Jane Akre

|

9/24/2019

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

Bruce Rosenberg

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4/16/2019

What Do We Know About Polypropylene

Jane Akre

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9/28/2012

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

Jane Akre

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10/26/2020

Hernia Repair: Secrets Patients Should Know

Jane Akre

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3/2/2012

* Latest News * FDA Orders Mesh Makers to Stop Selling Prolapse Pelvic Mesh!

Jane Akre

|

4/16/2019

What's Added to Plastic Mesh?

Jane Akre

|

6/28/2017

Dr. Ostergard on Degradation, Infection and Heat Effects on Polypropylene Mesh

Jane Akre

|

11/2/2011

Women's Medical Devices

9th Annual Whole Woman Conference

Jane Akre

|

7/29/2020

Breast Implants and a Rare Cancer Possible Link to Biofilms

Jane Akre

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5/15/2017

GAO Report on Power Morcellators

Jane Akre

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2/10/2017

9th Annual Whole Woman Conference

Jane Akre

|

7/29/2020

FDA: Expert Panelist on Morcellators Out Due to Conflict of Interest

Jane Akre

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7/31/2014

MND Interviews Dr. Veronikis: On Transvaginal Mesh, Injuries and Explants

Jane Akre

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12/19/2013

Report Finds Doctors Still Using Power Morcellator Despite the Risks

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

Latest Mesigian Prolift Pelvic Mesh Trial - $80 Million to Plaintiff!