Bard Finally Paid Damages in First Avaulta Transvaginal Mesh Case

- November 6, 2015

C.R. Bard finally exhausted its appeals in the first case to go to trial involving its Avaulta transvaginal mesh product. The jury awarded plantiff Christine Scott $5.5M, split 60/40 between Bard and the operating surgeon. Bard immediately appealed. The last chance for reversal came in February 2015 and Bard broke out the checkbook in March. This was kept quiet; a reporter following the case discovered the payment by reviewing Bard’s public SEC investor reports.

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Bayer CEO Retires Citing Self-care While 23,000 Women Suffer

- November 5, 2015

Bayer’s CEO, Marijn Dekkers, plans to retire at the end of 2016. He states that the demands of life as a CEO put a lot of stress on his health and time. He wants to protect his health and spend more time with his family. Yet, he continually stands by the safety of a product that has devastated the lives of over 23,000 women. Essure has cost these women their health and time with their families, things that Mr. Dekkers says he values. Apparently, those things only count if your a CEO and a man.

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Happy Essure Update!

- November 3, 2015

An E-sister whose story I shared last month has had an amazing victory over this awful device. Her YouTube video was titled “If I Don’t Survive” and now, not only has she survived, she’s thrived!

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I’ve Lost My Life Due to Essure

- November 2, 2015

More and more women are coming forward to speak out against Bayer’s “permanent” birth control product Essure. The product was approved for market in 2002 and over 23,000 women have joined the Essure Problems group on Facebook looking for answers to numerous devastating adverse effects from Essure. Bayer and the FDA continue to stand by the product, even though it has caused sometimes irreparable damage.

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Essure Problems Team Gained Congressional Support

- November 2, 2015

The Essure Problems team gained Congressional support last week during a visit to Washington. Many of them will return to DC on Wednesday, November 4th to stand with Rep. Mike Fitzpatrice (R-PA) as he introduces the bipartisan “E-Free Act,” legislation that, if passed, may force Essure off the market as an unsafe product.

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Essure Reversal Story

- October 30, 2015

This video is from an E-sister who had her coils successfully removed. Her side effects began lessening within a few weeks. Her message is hopeful and she included contact information for a clinic that removes Essure.

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Bayer and FDA – No Family Should Suffer This Pain

- October 29, 2015

This video tells Ariel Grace’s story. This little angel was born at the 27-week point in the pregnancy. Essure caused a placental abruption – a condition in which the placenta separates from the uterine wall. She was born weighing only 1 pound 5.3 ounces and was with her family just 5 days before passing away. I will not stop telling these stories until this horrid, life-destroying product is off the market.

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Slater’s FCA Oversight is One Huge Conflict of Interest

- October 29, 2015

NHTSA just appointed a lobbyist working for Takata airbags to oversee Fiat Chrysler’s (FCA) recall of millions of vehicles as an “independent” monitor. Four million of the FCA vehicles recalled were on the list due to defective Takata air bags, yet neither FCA nor Mark Rosekind, head of NHTSA, see a conflict of interest. Really?

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Essure Surgical Images (graphic)

- October 28, 2015

Sometimes, people don’t get it when you try to explain a problem with statistics and words. Sometimes, they need to see pictures. Well, Bayer/FDA/doctors who think Essure is safe and the victims’ problems are “all in their heads,” here are some graphic Essure surgical images for you. Convinced now?

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