Medical Devices: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

That OPOSSUM warning was about as helpful for warning audience members as the FDA was for warning patients.

My mother had vaginal mesh implanted in her. We went to dozens of hospitals to look for answers. They gave her oxycotin to deal with the pain and she died when I was 11 leaving behind four children. She had lots of surgerys to look for the reason for the pain, during one of them the surgeon left a cue tip inside of her (found in her autopsy). We couldn't sue because she had to many surgerys to be able to pin point which one caised the damage. This is the first time I have ever heard anyone talk about vaginal mesh beyond the lawsuit commercials. Thanks for the reporting it means alot.

- The food in this restaurant made me sick. - Are you hungry? - No. - Food is EXCELLENT!

T: you scored 52% on your exam S: but did I fail? T: No, but- S: then you must grade it as A+

I can't believe you'd tease me with Momz in da Hood. I've never been more excited in my life.

This man and his research team are national treasures. I wish they would start an academy to teach journalists how to present important information to the masses.

As a physician I've been complaining about this for years. Glad it's getting some attention.

I'm actually so pissed that Momz N Da Hood weren't actually there lmao

1:05 "You think they're coming to a post-Game of Thrones HBO?" Oof

The women: i'm in pain Them: but DiD yoU diE?! Then it's excellent

An informative comedy show made me depressed but it did educate me on a subject so I am legally required to rate my experience as excellent.

Almost every issue brought up by John has one thing in common, lobbying and money in politics. END the broad* daylight corruption.

I didn't get pregnant, so I'm rating this episode as excellent.

EU: where people complain about regulations US: where people die because of lack of regulations

B:How to stop smoking? D: bullet in your head B: but its gonna kill me D: but its gonna stop you from smoking B: Excellent ✨

Shakira should endorse a line of FDA-approved hip replacements "These Hips Don't Lie"

John has done so many crazy things that I just expected him to whip out Momz N Da Hood. Disappointed though.

Wow! Corporate lobbying is preventing a solution! Who would have thought! 👏

In all fairness, I think if I start using "Did I wind up pregnant?" as my basis for whether or not something is excellent, I'll probably end up having a much more positive outlook on things.

wow, this main report really hit home for me. i had a hip replacement 10 years ago just when they were hyping metal on metal socketed implants. at the time i specifically asked my surgeon about them, and he explained at my age having an implant with a plastic liner was better because it had a bit more "give" - that body joints are not meant to have the precision of machine parts, and how plastic mimicked the cartilage and fluid layer evolution designed into our joints naturally. what was shocking to me now in retrospect is; at the time all the online hype had been manipulated to favor metal on metal, so clearly that company was paying someone to do a social media managed campaign. one of the arguments they used was metal on metal would last longer because there was no plastic liner to wear out - again my surgeon talked me down by pointing out two things; i was not a very active person nor had plans to become one, thus the plastic liner wearing out prematurely would be less likely, and second that plastic liners were a known commodity (with materials used improving over the years) that had been applied over the past 30 years, so it would be better that i had another hip replacement 30 years from now (it's a far less invasive procedure with faster recovery time - than it was a few decades ago), then take a chance on a new metal on metal design with no long term track record. yeah, i know... boy was i lucky i had this surgeon at that hospital, instead of some hack who made his fortune in medical device kick backs. i was long aware of the fda cleared versus approved distinction, because since college i had known to avoid penny stocks that had "invented" and marketing fda cleared gimmicks and ignore late night cabletv commercials advocating fda cleared well-being and exercise devices, many that were based on fda approved inventions from over 50 years ago. however it truly never had even occurred to me that any such products were also being used internally.