December 29, 2011 A federal lawsuit filed over the death of a 48 year-old man in a Pennsylvania jail cell has been settled for $500,000. The man, Terry Johnson, died in February, 2007 as a result of peritonitis caused by a perforation to his intestine. The condition may have stemmed from gastric bypass surgery undergone [...]

December 29, 2011 An estimated 250,000 hip replacements are performed in the United States each year. Nearly a third of them involve all-metal implants, now known to be defective and to wear out prematurely. One faulty model, made by the Depuy division of Johnson and Johnson, was implanted in 40,000 patients before being recalled last [...]