A study in the British Medical Journal reported recently that pregnant women who take antidepressants like Zoloft close to their delivery dates are at an increased risk for postpartum hemorrhaging. The study focused specifically on antidepressants or selective

A woman has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania alleging that the antidepressant Zoloft caused her daughter to be born with a birth defect. According to the

According to CBS Boston, a woman has filed a Mirena intrauterine device (IUD) lawsuit after the birth control device broke free inside of her and became lodged in her abdomen. The woman, who shared only her first name

A woman in South Carolina has filed a Mirena intrauterine device (IUD) lawsuit after the product caused serious injuries. The lawsuit was filed on November 12 in the U.S. District Court of South Carolina and joins the

According to Bloomberg News, Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceutical unit has been ordered to pay $4.02 million to the plaintiff in a lawsuit claiming that its seizure drug Topamax caused her baby’s birth defects The news service

According to Bloomberg News (9/30, Feeley, Voreacos), C.R. Bard Inc., Endo Health Solutions Inc., Boston Scientific Corp., along with two other manufacturers of vaginal-mesh implants accused of injuring thousands of women are in settlement talks. According to the

A man in Chicago who once climbed the stairs of the Willis Tower told NCB News recently that his Stryker hip implant is causing him a health crisis. Following a bike accident in 2007, Mark

According to the Boston Business Journal (BBJ), two injury lawsuits were recently filed by kidney dialysis patients against Fresenius Medical Care North America. The lawsuits were filed at a federal court in Massachusetts on December 16. The

According to the New England Journal of Medicine, as of July 1, 2013, a total of 749 outbreak-associated cases and 61 deaths have been reported. An investigation was done and the report was based off data from

Boehringer Ingelheim, the manufacturer of the blood thinning drug Pradaxa, announced a $650 million settlement deal today to settle around 4,000 state and federal lawsuits. Pradaxa is a widely-used blood thinner, but it has been alleged to