- David Mittleman | February 27, 2009 4:13 PM |
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MiscellaneousWhen it comes to spring break getaways, few places attract college students like the sunny resorts in Mexico. This year, however, colleges across the country and the State Department are advising...
- David Mittleman | February 27, 2009 9:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
It is the human nature of competitive people to always look for an edge - whether it is steroids for an athlete or smart drugs for a student. Scientists refer to certain drugs prescribed for...
- Devon Glass | February 25, 2009 10:26 AM |
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Automobile Accidents A Michigan State University (MSU) student was killed and another student was seriously injured after the Mercury Mountaineer they were riding in hit a cement guardrail and fell into the Red Cedar...
- David Mittleman | February 23, 2009 12:11 PM |
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MiscellaneousWe’ve all battled the flu at one time or another, but a new discovery has the potential of tipping the scales in favor of humans by eliminating the virus’ ability to infect. The...
- David Mittleman | February 18, 2009 9:13 AM |
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MiscellaneousBreast - specific gamma imaging - the gammagram - uses a radioactive injection that lights up tumor cells, which have high metabolic activity. Not enough studies have been performed to prove it...
- David Mittleman | February 17, 2009 9:45 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsNew research is pointing the way towards developing chemotherapy and other cancer treatments that are custom tailored to your tumor’s genes. The days of general cancer treatments are coming to...
- David Mittleman | February 16, 2009 2:09 PM |
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MiscellaneousDesperate to reduce spending on health care, Congress has for the first time approved setting aside money to allow the feds to embark on “comparative effectiveness medical research.” ...
- David Mittleman | February 12, 2009 4:30 PM |
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Nursing Home & Elder AbuseIn many parts of the country, this winter has been brutally cold and snowy. This icy weather is more than a mere annoyance or inconvenience, it can be a fatal force of nature that destroys property...
- Devon Glass | February 12, 2009 9:52 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsEarlier this morning on US-31 a pickup drove the wrong way down an off ramp, resulting in a head-on car accident with a Jeep. This car crash invovled 3 vehicles, killing the driver of the pickup and...
- David Mittleman | February 10, 2009 4:52 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsWe often use this space to warn consumers about the dangers of driving and riding in cars, SUVs, and trucks. In the past, we’ve posted articles about car crashes, recalls, weather, highway...
- David Mittleman | February 09, 2009 1:02 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsA herd of bio-engineered goats in Massachusetts, whose milk contains a valuable human protein, is the first of its kind to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration. The milk, which is laced...
- David Mittleman | February 06, 2009 5:00 PM |
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Miscellaneous
New Year’s Eve doesn’t usually bring to mind thoughts of product safety recalls, but that’s exactly what happened on December 31, 2008 as the producers and manufacturers of two...
- David Mittleman | February 05, 2009 8:12 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsFresh off her State of the State address this week, Michigan’s Governor Jennifer Granholm appears to have her sights set on auto insurance companies. Melvin Hollowell, the governor’s...
- David Mittleman | February 04, 2009 9:40 AM |
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Miscellaneous
An editorial in last Thursday’s Detroit Free Press by Sally C. Pipes had me scratching my head over the ramifications of an upcoming United States Supreme Court decision in Wyatt v Levine....
- David Mittleman | February 03, 2009 4:46 PM |
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MiscellaneousFor most of us, the words emergency medical services conjure images of paramedics, firefighters, and police officers rendering care and transporting patients to the hospital by ambulance. In many...
- David Mittleman | February 03, 2009 9:51 AM |
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MiscellaneousIt is no secret that times are tough in Michigan. The state has the highest unemployment rate in the country which has forced thousands of people to purchase individual health insurance plans that...
- David Mittleman | February 02, 2009 3:53 PM |
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MiscellaneousFebruary may be just around the corner, but the flood of companies trying to cash in on people’s New Year’s Resolutionshttp://www.usa.gov/Citizen/Topics/New_Years_Resolutions.shtml...
- David Mittleman | February 02, 2009 1:41 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsToyota is recalling 1.3 million vehicles around the world because of a defect that causes the foam pad near the seat belt to ignite during collisions. The National Highway Traffic Safety...