You may have noticed that inguinal hernias run in families. Researchers say yes, there is a genetic component to the risk of developing an inguinal hernia.
Why have hernia surgeries with mesh become the most common repair for 95 percent of procedures? Dr. William Brown weighs in on this Hernia Mesh Insights podcast.
Whole Woman Conference 2021 is virtual this year and full of amazing speakers talking about posture, incontinence, prolapse, chronic hip and knee pain, "Health is Aligned with Nature" August 13-15!
Johnson & Johnson will stop selling its talcum-based Baby Powder in North America and Canada due to allegations and lawsuits over its asbestos contamination.
Mesh Medical Device News Desk No matter what stage you are in your journey with polypropylene (PP) pelvic and hernia mesh, this free e-book is a val…
Your editor attended the October 2016 AUGS meeting in Denver and was eventually asked to leave after a series of stories published on MND which were not PR.
Woman in stirrups in demo booth Mesh Medical Device News Desk, October 4, 2016 ~ The American Urogynecologic Society's 2016 PFDWeek (pelvic floor disorders) focused on pelvic mesh and litigation.
Dr. Greg Vigna, MD, JD, is both a doctor and a lawyer who is directing his expertise as a traumatic injury specialist now to pelvic mesh injuries, specifically nerve injuries.
Bruce Rosenberg, patient advocate, talks to thousands of hernia mesh injured patients every year. The truth is there are few avenues for those who have been injured by a permanent implant, hernia mesh
During a King-TV, Seattle news segment, Dr. Una Lee from Seattle did a segment on pelvic floor problems, such as prolapse and incontinence. Dr. Lee is a high-volume mesh removal doctor.
Thanks to Courtroom View Network for allowing Mesh News Desk (MND) to observe the proceedings in the Perry v Ethicon case. No quotations or images may b…
Mesh News Desk (MND) interviewed Dr. Dionysios Veronikis of the Vaginal Surgery and Urogynecology Institute of St. Louis. He is a leading mesh removal surgeon recognized internationally.
A woman, known to Mesh News Desk (MND) but who wishes to remain anonymous, has some advice to share about combating pain and injury from a pelvic mesh.
Christian Twiss, MD is a surgeon at the University of Arizona's Department of Surgery, division of urology. His urogynecology practice is increasingly turning to pelvic mesh-removal surgeries.
Biofilm cluster, UC Berkeley. Researchers hope to attack something called biofilms, which house bacterial infection and seem to provide some protection to the bacteria.
Rancher, Canadian Nonie Wideman might be considered one of those angels on earth who pays it forward by taking into her home kids with all sorts of special needs. Now she's advocating for mesh injured
The Wall Street Journal’s Laura Landro writes about hernia repair and the secret patients should ...
Last July 2011 when the U.S. FDA issued its most strongly warning notice yet about complications associated with the use of pelvic mesh, doctors began to hear from their patients en masse.
NewNew Zealand Herald on Jacqui Scott Jacqui Scott is making headlines in New Zealand. The Napier resident has been the subject of a column by Kerre …
MND Editor, Jane Akre Mesh News Desk readers frequently share what they've been told during the consultation process with a doctor who is encouragin...
Shawn Blaes Mesh Medical Device News Desk, October 6, 2017 ~ The trial of a St. Louis area women, who died from ovarian cancer allegedly caused after...
Mesh Medical Device News Desk, October 10, 2017 ~ The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has been looking at the issue of pelvic or transvaginal mesh f...