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…
Versalius drawing - Medical Misconceptions have existed for 400 years. Why have they not been corrected, especially as they pertain to the female pelvis?
An Indiana pelvic mesh trial naming defendant, Ethicon has survived it's recent challenge and Barbarbara Kaiser is due to receive $20 Million from JNJ unless there is another challenge.
New Zealand has just released a report seven months in the making that acknowledges the severity of polypropylene pelvic mesh implants routinely implanted to treat incontinence and prolapse.
Do you get colds, viruses, and the flu during the winter months? Ever wonder why? The solution may be as simple as the degree of humidity in your home.
Noni Wideman has compiled what we know about the Links Between Surgical Mesh Complications and the Development of Autoimmune Disease. Thank you Noni!
You are not the patient, you are the physician, is the mantra of an education program promoted by the Whole Woman program, created by RN Christine Kent
For women newly diagnosed with incontinence, what are your options if you do not want to go the mesh route? Questions to ask your doctor.
Left Behind by the Vaginal Mesh MDL: Survivors with Catastrophic Pain. After 2016, implantation of the Uphold and Restorelle Direct Fit is blatant ...
The Minneapolis Star Tribune report that newly implanted pelvic mesh women were sold on a mesh implant by doctors who said it was "new mesh."
By Dr. Una Lee, MD, of Virginia Mason Hospital and Medical Center, Bellevue, Washington State reports on the non-mesh alternatives to mesh which your doctor may not tell you about.
In terms of pelvic mesh litigation, those women with a "Mesh in Place" that is, no revision, there is a way to stay in the pelvic mesh litigation.
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 American Urogynecologic Society still promotes the mid-urethral sling as an option for women experiencing incontinence and wants to keep it that way despite a lawsuit by Washington AG against JNJ.
Dr. Shirin Towfigh is a hernia mesh doctor in Beverly Hills, CA. Mesh News Desk is preparing a series of stories on hernia mesh as litigation begins to focus on this medical device
This YouTube video is produced by Dr. Greg Vigna and Dr. Michael Hibner highlights why so many women with pelvic mesh implants also have corresponding nerve injury.
Twelve years after a portrait was removed from the University of Alabama, the so-called father of gynecology, a statute of J. Marion Sims who experimented on black women, is removed from Central Park.
In some mesh-implanted patients, an autoimmune response is incited. There are far too many cases to be...
The story of polypropylene mesh and whether it was sourced from China from a substandard facility to make device implants is the subject of a profile on 60 Minutes.
Mesh News Desk chats with plastics expert, Chris DeArmitt, who lent his credibility as a polymer scientist to a May 2018 60 Minutes story on polypropylene mesh implants, and sourcing the plastic.
Not surprisingly, Boston Scientific is reacting negatively to the story that 60 Minutes aired last night questioning whether the company sourced counterfeit polypropylene from China.
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.
Dec 7, 2014 Sunday Mail and Daily Record, by Marion Scott Believe it not pushing mesh implants can win you a prize trip to Brazil! Marion Scott of th…
June 10, 2013 ~ New and Improved? The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is celebrating 20 years of the MedWatch program by providing consumers w…
What are tolling agreements, part of multidistrict litigation? Contributor Aaron Leigh Horton breaks it down.
The Boston Globe reports Wednesday, July 13, that women who have vaginal surgery to fix pelvic organ prolapse may suffer more risk than benefit. Quoti...
