Recently, the Telegraph published an article about hip devices that allegedlycause cancer. On a similar note, the British Medical Journal (BMJ) published an article about insufficient premarket testing of metal-on-metal hip replacements before being used bypatients. DePuy Orthopaedics Inc....

  A regular exercise is one of the best ways to develop your sense of well-being, put off health problems, and improve your chances of staying healthy as you age. When you exercise, you increase your oxygen intake. This does not only bring flexibility to your lungs, but...

  DePuy hip replacement recalls forced Johnson & Johnson’s CEO to step down in April 2011. William Weldon, who has led the company for almost ten years, relinquished the top post in the wake of mounting consumer protests. However, he will remain chairman...

  The patients’ complaints over DePuy Orthopaedics Inc. compensation process through Broadspire Services was published in the New York Times, on December 27, 2011. Broadspire Services specializes in clients’ compensation claims and medical claims.    For instance, Paula...

DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. is recently facing various lawsuits filed by law firms in UK, US and Australia, in behalf of patients who underwent hip replacement operations. Johnson and Johnson, through its DePuy Orthopaedics subsidiary, recalled its hip implant devices from different...

In the wake of the current DePuy hip replacement recall, the Johnson & Johnson subsidiary has been making an all-out effort in convincing patients to accept inadequate compensatory damages in exchange for access to their private medical records and for the return of defective hip implants...

Information about metal toxicity or metallosis has been added by the Hip Recall Help Team to its free hip replacement recall report. Abrasion of metal components causes metallosis, typically after failure of interposed polyethylene-bearing surfaces such as the ones used in the DePuy hip...

In mid-summer of 2010, DePuy Orthopaedics, which has Johnson & Johnson as parent company, recalled from the international market their ASR XL Acetabular System and ASR Hip Resurfacing System. These two hip replacement devices have a defect in their design that caused pain, inflammation and...