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Cops: Ga.
Sniper Thought
Parkland Shooter
Was a 'Hero'

May 7, 2018 8:33 AM CDT

Cops: Ga. Sniper Thought Parkland Shooter Was a 'Hero'

Gunman Rex Harbour reportedly died from self-inflicted gunshot wound; 3 injured in shooting spree

(Newser) - Just before noon on Friday, the first of several 911 calls came in about cars being hit by gunfire along Georgia's Highway 365. By the time the chaos ended, seven cars had been shot, three people were injured, and the 26-year-old sniper suspect was dead of a self-inflicted gunshot...

Johnson & Johnson Ordered to Pay $1B Over Hip Implants

J&J Wouldn't Settle for $1.8M.
A $1B Verdict Followed

Dec 2, 2016 6:45 AM CST

J&J Wouldn't Settle for $1.8M. A $1B Verdict Followed

Company still faces more than 8K lawsuits in hip implant case

(Newser) - Johnson & Johnson was hit with another stinging verdict Thursday when a federal jury in Texas ordered it to pay just over $1 billion to six people whose hip implants failed and had to be surgically removed. The company—which rejected a pre-trial offer to settle for $1.8 million,...

J&J Hawked
FDA-Banned
Hip Replacement
Overseas

Feb 15, 2012 1:14 PM CST

J&J Hawked FDA-Banned Hip Replacement Overseas

Product deemed unsafe was still sold overseas, derivative sold in US

(Newser) - Johnson & Johnson continued to sell an ill-designed artificial hip overseas even after the FDA deemed it unsafe—and used a regulatory loophole to sell a related model with the same design issue in the US, the New York Times reports. The FDA sent Johnson & Johnson a non-approval letter...

Zsa Zsa OK
After Hip
Surgery

Jul 19, 2010 2:55 PM CDT

Zsa Zsa OK After Hip Surgery

93-year-old gets new joint after fall at home

(Newser) - Zsa Zsa Gabor has undergone successful surgery to replace the hip she broke over the weekend when she fell out of bed at her Bel-Air home , her husband said today. Prince Frederic von Anhalt says the 93-year-old actress was in surgery for 3½ hours at Ronald Reagan UCLA medical center....

Did Our Health Care System Kill Jay Bennett?

OPINION

May 26, 2009 12:06 PM CDT

Did Our Health Care System Kill Jay Bennett?

Musician's death has scary implications for the rest of us

(Newser) - The death of 45-year-old musician Jay Bennett, former member of the band Wilco, is “intolerably sad”—but its implications about our current health care system are also “downright scary,” writes the Cajun Boy on Gawker. Bennett, fired from Wilco in 2001, sued the band’s frontman...

Patients Have
Bone to Pick With
Squeaky Fake Hips

May 11, 2008 8:10 AM CDT

Patients Have Bone to Pick With Squeaky Fake Hips

Noisy ceramic joints worry doctors

(Newser) - Ceramic artificial hips are far more durable than their metal and plastic counterparts—but frustrated patients are complaining that they squeak. It's embarrassing. “It can interrupt sex when my wife starts laughing,” said one. But some doctors fear it could be a sign that the ceramic replacements aren’...

US Braces for Explosion
in Knee and Hip Surgeries

Mar 7, 2008 11:34 AM CST

US Braces for Explosion in Knee and Hip Surgeries

$65B cost will be born largely by public

(Newser) - The number of hip and knee replacements performed in the US will explode in the next several decades—knee operations surging fivefold and hips doubling—as aging baby boomers opt to stay out of wheelchairs, the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons estimates. The pricetag will reach $65 billion in less...