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Blog: Hope for Those in Pain

Because so many women have discovered Dr. Shlomo Raz at UCLA, who is perhaps the best at mesh removal surgery in the world, he is backed up for six months. Many women simply cannot wait. Teapapers blog...

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Teapapers: When Woman are Told They’re Looking for Drugs

Linda spends more time than she should helping other women. More time because she herself is injured by transvaginal mesh and counting the days until an appointment with Dr. Raz at UCLA to begin the...

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Doctors: Delay and Deny is the Standard Operating Procedure

A pot of tea, WikiCommons, Vanderdecken It is amazing that Linda has the strength to be a patient advocate. With her own mesh removal surgery one month away, she still listens to women daily talk about...

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“Mesh: Definitely risky for POP, but for SUI? Eh? It might be ok still, right?”

Deb Contestabile by Deb Contestabile, October 2012 I was reading the FDA alert from July 2011, (yeah, I have strange hobbies lately) and this part gets me.  It says: “from Jan. 01, 2008 through Dec....

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Prolift Transvaginal Mesh Discontinued in U.S. Still Sold Worldwide, Why?

Prolift, Medtech Marketing by KATHY L. [Editors Note* Kathy L is not the real name of this author. She is involved in litigation and chooses to remain anonymous at this time. ] January 29, 2013 ~ Last...

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What’s Next in the Linda Gross v. Ethicon Trial ~ Michael Monheit, Anapol...

Michael Monheit, Anapol Schwartz February 13, 2014 ~ Yesterday, Tuesday, February 12, the case rested in the Linda Gross v. Ethicon trial.  Linda Gross, 43, alleges that the Ethicon manufactured...

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New Hope for Mesh Patients

Dr. David Spellberg, urologist By David Spellberg, MD As a Urologist, I have read about horrible complications such as bleeding, abdominal pain, perforated organs, and sexual dysfunction associated...

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Dr. Robert Bendavid: Women May Not Always be Candidates for Surgical Mesh for...

Dr. Robert Bendavid April 9, 2013 ~ Dr. Robert Bendavid  is a well-known hernia surgeon who in this editorial for the Africa Middle East  Hernia Society discusses surgical mesh. Past president and a...

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UK Meshies United Group Asks for Govt. Review for Failure of Duty

April 30, 2013 ~ One year ago, Teresa Hughes made history by turning in a petition on behalf of a number of women suffering mesh complications in the United Kingdom (UK) to 10 Downing Street, the home...

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Op-Ed: Dr. Shezad Malik on Doctors and Transvaginal Mesh

Dr. Shezad Malik, MD, JD Op-Ed: Dr Shezad Malik Law Firm http://www.shezadmalik.com/ Dr. Malik is a cardiologist and now an attorney in Dallas who heads his own law firm. He is board certified in...

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Vaginal Mesh and English Law

Oliver Thorne, solicitor UK Michelmores by Oliver Thorne, Michelmores law firm UK http://www.michelmores.com/ Vaginal Mesh and English Law There is a storm brewing over the Atlantic. With...

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Richard Howden on a Cash Settlement Award Following Mesh Litigation? It...

Richard Howden at Telluride Film Festival 2011 Richard Howden My name is Richard Howden. I got a Hernia while working in November of 2006. It was not much of a Hernia as Hernia’s go. It was a Right...

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Commentary: One Hand Tied Behind Their Back

Commentary: What Jurors Never Got to See in the Lewis v. Ethicon Trial In an effort to streamline the proceedings Judge Joseph Goodwin had early on told the court that he would move these cases through...

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Mesh Down Under: Litigation in New Zealand Heats Up

Carmel Berry- Mesh Down Under Mesh Down Under by CARMEL BERRY 5 April 2014 With the plethora of on-line petitions making their way onto social networking pages it seems astonishing that Charlotte Korte...

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Scotland Petition to Keep Mesh Out of Hospitals, Public Inquiry

BY MARION SCOTT  SUNDAY MAIL The UK’s Labour’s health spokesman Andy Burnham has accused the Scottish Government of failing women affected by the mesh implants scandal. He criticised SNP health...

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Bell Law Firm Investigates Pelvic Mesh Injuries as AMS Agrees to Settle

 SPONSORED CONTENT The Bell Law Firm Continues Investigations into Pelvic Mesh Injuries as American Medical Systems Agrees to Settlement The product liability litigation surrounding Endo American...

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Women’s Words Speak Truth About Mesh

Remember the Stories of Anger series from a couple of years ago? Read it here. Women were speaking out and expressing their frustration with the medical system, their anger at the Food and Drug...

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Welcome MAM – Mesh Awareness Movement Gathers Women in Support

MAM Mesh Awareness Movement This section is dedicated to all the mesh victims, their families and supporters specifically for organizing, discussing, planning or anything else related to the Mesh...

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Conflict of Interest on Medical Boards Abounds

                                                    Thanks to Joleen Chambers, a patient advocate a tireless champion of a patient’s right to know.  She writes to Mesh News Desk about important issues...

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Cook Medical Pelvic Mesh Readies for Trial

MND, July 23, 2015 ~ In this Op-Ed story by Joe Saunders, Saunders and Walker, he reports Cook Medical is preparing for trial of hundreds of women implanted with its form of pelvic mesh.   Implanted...

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