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• Tort Reform Not a Panacea for Decreasing Health Care Costs

  David Mittleman | August 22, 2009 9:37 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  So far critics have mostly focused on tearing apart health care reform by portraying it as “socialist” or as a “Nazi” agenda with a federal government “death...

• NY AG Settles with Cosmetic Surgery Company that Posted Fake Positive Reviews

  David Mittleman | August 04, 2009 12:16 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has settled a complaint against a cosmetic surgery company who admits that it used its employees to pose as satisfied customers to praise its facelifts online....

• Tanning Beds as Deadly as Arsenic

  David Mittleman | July 31, 2009 12:34 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  Tanning bed users beware: international cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer-risk category—at par with arsenic and mustard gas....

• Refusal to Give CPR Instructions Results in Two Year Old's Death

  David Mittleman | May 24, 2009 12:50 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  A nearly two year old toddler was killed when 911 dispatchers failed to provide CPR instructions over the phone to the mother of the boy caught in a soccer net in a suburb of Dallas, TX. The...

• Equal Access to Medical Records Key to Level Playing Field

  David Mittleman | May 01, 2009 8:37 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  Most of us have no idea what our medical record contains. We assume our providers keep thorough and accurate accounts of our office visits and medical procedures, yet we rarely ask to see these...

• Powdered Baby Formula Contaminated with Rocket Fuel

  David Mittleman | April 03, 2009 12:09 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  As if parents don’t already have enough to worry about with the presence of BPA in baby bottles and whether their children’s toys are safe, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention...

• It Could Happen to You–Forgotten Baby Syndrome

  David Mittleman | April 02, 2009 8:56 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  In the United States, 15-25 babies will be forgotten in a car this year. Many parents think that it would never happen to them. However, studies show that it happens regardless of age, sex,...

• Bill Introduced to Protect Troops From Medical Negligence

  David Mittleman | March 30, 2009 9:46 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  The men and women of the United States Armed Forces serve under some of the most hostile and dangerous conditions imaginable. On the battlefield, some of the most advanced equipment in the world is...

• Michigan Supreme Court Justice Robert Young Tends to Rule in Favor of Corporations and Against People

  David Mittleman | January 19, 2009 1:52 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  Justice Young is a former insurance company lawyer who has been an activist judge on Michigan’s highest court, using his position to push his anti-worker, anti-civil rights, and anti-consumer...

• Odorless Gas Incident Emphasizes Importance Of Winter Heating Safety Precautions

  David Mittleman | November 12, 2008 9:52 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  Two Visalia men were awarded a $12.3 million verdict against Southern California Gas Company after both men were injured by an odorless gas explosion. The two men were trying to ignite a...