- David Mittleman | April 29, 2009 11:24 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeStatutory caps on medical malpractice damage awards are a highly controversial topic. The victims of medical negligence are often under-compensated for the severe physical and emotional injuries...
- David Mittleman | April 28, 2009 1:29 PM |
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Miscellaneous
The move for public disclosure of gifts to doctors, medical schools, and hospitals from drug companies and medical device manufacturers is spreading across the country. The Institute of Medicine...
- David Mittleman | April 28, 2009 9:43 AM |
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MiscellaneousAfter traveling to San Antonio, Texas, near the Mexican border, a 34-year-old Livingston County, Michigan, woman may have contracted the swine flu virus. The woman’s lab results have been sent...
- David Mittleman | April 27, 2009 9:36 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsTwenty-one of twenty-six Venezuelan polo horses collapsed shortly after being administered a compound similar to Biodyl–a French-made supplement including vitamins and minerals not approved in...
- David Mittleman | April 23, 2009 9:15 AM |
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Wrongful DeathLate in the afternoon on Wednesday, an 11-month-old miracle baby boy was mauled to death by the family’s pit-bull mix in Eastpointe, Michigan. The child was known as a miracle baby because it...
- David Mittleman | April 22, 2009 3:46 PM |
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MiscellaneousAs people all across the country prepare for various forms of breast cancer awareness activities, including Lansing’s Race for the Cure, a recent study indicates that microsurgery may reduce...
- David Mittleman | April 22, 2009 12:19 PM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsIn a rare move, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is conducting an all-hands meeting to discuss concerns regarding its medical device division. The meeting, set to happen today, is the...
- Devon Glass | April 22, 2009 11:15 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsFurther information has been released about the tragic death of two Lansing, Michigan residents. Sylvia Porter and her 17-year-old son, Major Washington, Jr., left their home on Monday night to...
- David Mittleman | April 21, 2009 9:50 AM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
Last month, the Michigan House of Representatives passed a bill that would enable the injured victims of defective or unsafe drugs to have their day in court against the multi-billion...
- Devon Glass | April 21, 2009 8:58 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA collision at the intersection of Pennsylvania Avenue and Cavanaugh in Lansing, Michigan, claimed the lives of a 46-year-old mother and her 17-year-old son last night. The driver of the vehicle...
- David Mittleman | April 20, 2009 11:58 AM |
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MiscellaneousThousands of American civilian contractors are in Iraq and Afghanistan providing critical support to U.S. troops. Day after day contractors put their lives at risk only to survive and return home to...
- Devon Glass | April 20, 2009 11:08 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsAt around 1:50 a.m. Saturday morning an SUV and a Dodge Intrepid collided at the intersection of East Saginaw Street and North Howard Street in Lansing, Michigan. The 19-year old driver of the...
- David Mittleman | April 17, 2009 2:28 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsIn Vermont, which actually has some form of public disclosure requirements, the pharmaceutical industry still managed to give $2.9 Million to doctors, hospitals, and universities. Because of a...
- Devon Glass | April 17, 2009 11:57 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsThe area between M-15 and I-69, known as death alley, has claimed the life of Jessica M. Bannon. Jessica was a 14-year-old, Lapeer West High School Freshman who was riding in the backseat of a...
- David Mittleman | April 17, 2009 8:55 AM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesAn Allendale Township, 4-year-old boy died Sunday, a day after falling 15 feet out of a second story window. The boy died from internal head injuries at the Spectrum Health Butterworth Hospital. Not...
- David Mittleman | April 16, 2009 2:54 PM |
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MiscellaneousYesterday, the Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) announced that it has reached a settlement with financial sector giants Citigroup and Wachovia. According to OFIR...
- David Mittleman | April 16, 2009 9:15 AM |
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MiscellaneousThe Michigan Association for Justice has announced that Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz will be the keynote speaker at its annual Convention, held on May 9 in Dearborn. The theme for the 64th...
- David Mittleman | April 15, 2009 8:43 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsIn today’s economy, many Americans are looking to small vehicles with excellent gas mileage to ease the pain in their wallets. However, a recent report has indicated that three compact...
- David Mittleman | April 14, 2009 12:17 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsThe Consumer Product Safety Commission has announced the recall of forty-thousand Zoo Pacifiers manufactured by Healthtex. It has been determined that the pacifiers are unsafe for use because the...
- David Mittleman | April 14, 2009 11:57 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesIn the latest scandal surrounding Chinese-made products, sofas from the country have been linked with causing severe allergic reactions. The anti-mold chemical, dimethyl fumarate, which is extremely...
- David Mittleman | April 13, 2009 12:46 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsLast week, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that traffic-related deaths had reached a record low. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that about...
- David Mittleman | April 10, 2009 8:33 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsEarlier this week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requested information on decades-old medical devices marketed by companies such as Medtronic. These devices, which range from wheelchairs to...
- David Mittleman | April 09, 2009 10:08 AM |
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Wrongful DeathIn March of 2005, Heather Sloan, a 29-year old mother of three, went to the Chester Regional Medical Center complaining of extreme abdominal pain. After doctors failed to read her CT scan properly...
- David Mittleman | April 08, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Medical Devices & ImplantsBetween 250,000 to 450,000 Americans suffer from a cardiac arrest. Without a properly functioning defibrillator, most victims of cardiac arrest don’t stand a chance of survival.
On April 2,...
- David Mittleman | April 07, 2009 8:53 AM |
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MiscellaneousAs the old saying goes, where there’s smoke, there’s fire. In the event of a house fire, smoke is often the first warning sign. By the time you see flames, it might be too late to get to...
- David Mittleman | April 06, 2009 11:47 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsIn 1996, during a deadly meningitis epidemic that killed over 10,000 people in Nigeria, Pfizer illegally tested the antibiotic Trovan on children in the state of Kano. Trovan was never approved by...
- David Mittleman | April 03, 2009 12:09 PM |
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Toxic SubstancesAs 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...
- David Mittleman | April 03, 2009 11:29 AM |
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MiscellaneousIndependent medical examinations, or IMEs, are a tool commonly used by insurance companies to determine whether a claimant truly requires medical care. In theory, an unbiased doctor examines the...
- David Mittleman | April 03, 2009 8:54 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeA jury in Georgia awarded $1.8 million in damages to a boy (and $500,000 to his mother) who will live the rest of his life with a severed penis. At the time of his birth, the attending physician...
- Devon Glass | April 02, 2009 1:04 PM |
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MiscellaneousTwenty-eight students at Michigan State University in East Lansing have become sick with an unknown gastrointestinal illness. The students were treated at Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan, for...
- David Mittleman | April 02, 2009 8:56 AM |
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Wrongful DeathIn 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,...
- David Mittleman | April 01, 2009 9:51 AM |
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MiscellaneousAfter the United States Consumer and Product Safety Commission investigated 50 accidents involving 46 driver and passenger deaths due to Yamaha Rhino models 450, 660, and 700, Yamaha has issued a...
- David Mittleman | April 01, 2009 9:24 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe FDA and the California Department of Public Health are investigating a possible Salmonella contamination in Setton Pistachio of Terra Bella, California, pistachio products. In response, the...