Author: Joshua De Leon

The Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Ethicon, now has company in being sued for defective tranvaginal mesh devices.  A new lawsuit filed by a Wisconsin woman alleges that the Pinnacle Pelvic Floor Repair Kit, by Boston Scientific, is “defective and caused her a number of serious injuries.” Transvaginal mesh devices are marketed as a means to “repair weakened or damaged tissue” and is “permanently implanted to reinforce the weakened vaginal wall to repair pelvic organ prolapse.”  But the mesh implants have some very serious effects on patients, actually doing the opposite of their intended purpose.  According to the U.S. Food...

In a recent article by Bloomberg, Chris Levett, Clive Capital LLP’s top-earning partner, made $33.5 million in the last year through February even he lost money for clients two years running.  The most notable of his losses goes back to the 2011 oil crash when he lost $400 million in a single week.  That year, he banked $3.6 billion. In the wake of his new book’s release, Les Leopold has had a number of interviews with the likes of AlterNet and Ring of Fire Radio with Mike Papantonio.  The crux of Leopold’s book, “How to Make a Million Dollars...

A recent report by WTSP 10 News of Tampa Bay pointed out that after secretly decreasing yellow light intervals below the federal recommendations, the state of Florida has reaped millions from otherwise safe drivers.  American Traffic Solutions, the company selling red light camera to governments on all levels, has a strong financial motive behind the practice. The change, instituted by the Florida Department of Transportation, has been a cause for public outrage and is a bullheaded attempt at trying to combat red-light-running.  What’s odd about this situation is that, for instance, “around Greater Tampa Bay, the yellow light interval...

The Justice Department has announced that Attorney General Eric Holder has “removed himself from a decision to subpoena phone records of The Associated Press,” The Huffington Post reports.  The AP is Holder’s latest victim of unjustified scrutiny after the Department of Justice secretly snooped and seized the AP’s phone records that spanned over a  two-month period in early 2012. All sides, The U.S. Department of Justice and the White House are now throwing their hands in the air and placing blame on the other.  The DOJ has said that “This is being handled entirely by the U.S. Attorney in...

Dr. Robert Zann, an orthopedic surgeon of Boynton Beach, Fla., has reported removing nearly one in five of Stryker Rejuvenate and ABGII hip replacement systems over the last two years according to NewsInferno.  Since 2011, he has removed 100 of the 400 hip devices he has implanted and reports that he expects nearly 100 more. On July 6, 2012, Stryker issued a recall of its Rejuvenate and ABGII hip replacement systems. These dangerous products are prone to corrosion, joint dislocation, and the release of metal ions in which case can cause metallosis, tissue inflammation, necrosis, and death.   Dr. Zann...