- David Mittleman | June 30, 2009 2:29 PM |
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MiscellaneousLast week I posted an article about Blue Cross Blue Shield and its agreement to pay families of autistic children a total of $1 million for behavioral therapy coverage. Although this settlement is a...
- David Mittleman | June 30, 2009 1:02 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsBiogen Idec Inc., a biotechnology company, announced Friday that another patient who was taking its Tysabri multiple-sclerosis medicine is infected with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy,...
- David Mittleman | June 29, 2009 3:28 PM |
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The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that white firefighters in New Haven, Connecticut were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee, Sonia Sotomayor,...
- David Mittleman | June 29, 2009 1:36 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe FDA warned consumers last week to avoid two brands of pistachios that are related to the salmonella-related recall, but may have been repackaged and set to airports and hotels.
Orca...
- David Mittleman | June 28, 2009 12:56 PM |
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MiscellaneousRichard Scrushy, former HealthSouth CEO, will finally have to pay the price for his primary role in the company's notorious accounting and fraud scandal. Although Scrushy was acquitted back in 2005...
- David Mittleman | June 28, 2009 12:38 PM |
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MiscellaneousJune 25—The Supreme Court voted 8-1 that a teenage student’s Fourth Amendment rights were violated by the Safford Middle School when she was strip-searched in an attempt to locate...
- David Mittleman | June 27, 2009 10:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousFlint is no stranger to strife, both in the past and in the present. How could we forget the impact the closing of the General Motors plants had on the city’s population back in the 80s? In...
- David Mittleman | June 26, 2009 5:34 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe U.S. Department of Justice has announced that the former managing pharmacist of a New Jersey pharmacy has pleaded guilty to submitting fraudulent claims to health insurers. Ruben Aguilar...
- David Mittleman | June 26, 2009 11:32 AM |
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MiscellaneousBlue Cross Blue Shield has agreed to pay $1 million dollars total to families that sought coverage for behavioral therapy for their young autistic children and were denied. The settlement money will...
- Devon Glass | June 25, 2009 9:16 PM |
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MiscellaneousEarlier this evening former pop music sensation Michael Jackson passed away at UCLA medical center. He was rushed to the hospital after he lapsed into a coma at his rented mansion near the medical...
- David Mittleman | June 25, 2009 1:45 PM |
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MiscellaneousAs the Fourth of July holiday draws near, we are all excited about the glowing embers: in the sky, on the ground and in our hands. If you haven’t caught on yet, I’m referring to...
- David Mittleman | June 25, 2009 12:59 PM |
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Head & Brain InjuriesHis friends and family members described skateboarding as his “life”, but the very activity that he loved killed the 36-year-old Lansing man last Saturday. While attempting a jump at the...
- Devon Glass | June 24, 2009 4:36 PM |
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MiscellaneousOn June 23, 2009, a Lansing mother and her two children were found in their home by firefighters who responded to neighbor calls about visible flames coming from the house. Although the firfighters...
- David Mittleman | June 24, 2009 10:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousA 61-year-old Saginaw man had planned a fun summer getaway: he was going to kayak from Michigan State University to Grand Rapids. He was barely on his way when his plans soon took a turn for the...
- David Mittleman | June 23, 2009 12:09 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)Two metro trains collided just outside of Washington, D.C. yesterday during rush hour traffic. The accident is being called “the worst in the city’s history” with nine people...
- Devon Glass | June 22, 2009 1:26 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA 56-year-old St. Johns man was killed after he was involved in a two-car accident that occurred on Saturday morning at the intersection of Francis and Parks roads in Bengal Township.
According...
- David Mittleman | June 22, 2009 1:01 PM |
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MiscellaneousDanville, Virginia—no one can quite figure out how a strain of E. coli, commonly found in the intestines of cows, may have gotten into a batch of Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough. ...
- Devon Glass | June 21, 2009 4:15 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA 16-year-old boy from Kentwood suffered a broken pelvis as a result of a two-vehicle car crash on June 18, 2009, in Grand Rapids. Another driver ran a red light, according to police, and collided...
- David Mittleman | June 21, 2009 11:45 AM |
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MiscellaneousBrachytherapy is a new technique to treat Prostate Cancer that has been utilized since 2002 at the Philadelphia Veterans’ Hospital. In the procedure, small metal seeds are permanently injected...
- David Mittleman | June 20, 2009 11:55 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsMatrixx, the manufacturer of Zicam cold medicines, stated that it was a “complete surprise” when they received a warning letter from the FDA last Tuesday, telling them to stop selling...
- David Mittleman | June 19, 2009 8:52 AM |
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MiscellaneousWednesday—the Michigan Supreme Court voted 5-2 to allow judges greater authority over the way witnesses dress in court after a Muslim woman refused to remove her head veil during a small...
- Devon Glass | June 18, 2009 2:11 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesGrand Rapids—this Wednesday, a 21-year-old window washer fell to his death from the roof of the Grand Rapids Art Museum. The Michigan Occupational and Health Administration is investigating...
- David Mittleman | June 18, 2009 1:03 PM |
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Wrongful DeathA Detroit family has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the Warren police and the city after their son died of sudden cardiac arrest back in April of this year, when he...
- David Mittleman | June 17, 2009 3:06 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsBack in 1995, Eli Lilly sent documents to the FDA showing that Zyprexa, an antipsychotic medication, was not proven effective in alleviating symptoms of dementia in elderly consumers. However, Eli...
- David Mittleman | June 16, 2009 6:27 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsThe FDA recently sniffed out three products that cause consumers to lose their sense of smell: Zicam Cold Remedy nasal gel, Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Swabs, and Zicam Cold Remedy Nasal Swabs,...
- David Mittleman | June 16, 2009 1:48 PM |
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A hospital fall is a common problem, particularly with the elderly, and falls lead to injuries, longer hospital stays and potential lawsuits. In fact, the authors of a recent article published in...
- David Mittleman | June 15, 2009 3:13 PM |
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Coming to a movie theater near you: instead of your run-of-the-mill previews usually shown before a feature presentation, audiences may see political advertisements meant to “educate”...
- David Mittleman | June 15, 2009 12:32 PM |
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MiscellaneousWhen someone is wronged by another, he or she expects to find recourse in our justice system. When a corporation takes advantage of a consumer, that person often takes solace in the fact that she...
- Devon Glass | June 14, 2009 2:32 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsA 74-year-old Flint Township man is in critical condition after he was involved in a head-on collision on northbound I-475 at 2:30 this morning.
Police reported that the man was driving the...
- David Mittleman | June 14, 2009 2:03 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsWe already knew that under the Bush Administration, the Food and Drug Administration was underfunded and understaffed to the point of tragedy. But now we are slowly learning just how ill equipped...
- David Mittleman | June 14, 2009 1:28 PM |
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Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)An Indiana family was expecting a fun day at The Louisville Zoo in Kentucky with their 2-year-old son, when things went terribly awry. While riding the zoo’s train, the family was thrown off...
- David Mittleman | June 13, 2009 1:14 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsConsumers could see some relief from their prescription drug costs—the prices of hundreds of brand name drugs are about to be cut 4% and prescription drug users may soon receive a...
- David Mittleman | June 13, 2009 7:51 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeYesterday I wrote about the current state of the American health care system and the dangerous effects of its volume-based capitation method of compensating providers. Today I wanted to discuss the...
- David Mittleman | June 12, 2009 11:10 AM |
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An East Lansing woman was on the phone with her husband on a recent afternoon when she heard a thud in her basement. When she went to investigate the strange noise, she discovered one of the...
- David Mittleman | June 12, 2009 7:47 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeAt times, it seems like the American health care industry is irreparably broken. The cost of care is skyrocketing, and access to treatment is becoming more and more difficult. At every turn, the...
- David Mittleman | June 11, 2009 12:13 PM |
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Senator Shelby (R-Ala.) is apparently living in a world of his own: he currently stated on “Fox News Sunday” that Obama will “destroy the best health care system the world has...
- David Mittleman | June 10, 2009 10:00 AM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs
The elderly and even younger people with dental work such as bridges, count on their denture cream to keep their teeth in place. They did not expect, however, to face potentially serious...
- David Mittleman | June 09, 2009 2:54 PM |
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MiscellaneousThere is no such thing as a good injury. We never want to experience any type of trauma, disease, or dysfunction with our bodies. Of course, injuries do happen, and often we feel fortunate when the...
- Devon Glass | June 09, 2009 11:27 AM |
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Automobile Accidents
A Livingston County sheriff’s deputy is recovering after an accident that caused his patrol car to flip over several times. He suffered several injuries, including a collapsed lung, broken...
- David Mittleman | June 09, 2009 10:24 AM |
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Initially the death of the “Kill Bill” and Kung Fu star, actor David Carradine, was written off as a suicide. However, reports that there was a rope tied around both his neck and...
- David Mittleman | June 08, 2009 3:47 PM |
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Those seeking the perfect body may find respite in a new plastic surgery technique to shape the body—using recycled fat. By extracting unwanted fat from other areas of the body, especially...
- David Mittleman | June 08, 2009 3:39 PM |
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When Michigan residents vote next year for Supreme Court Justice, it is doubtful that any of them will have just given incumbent Robert Young $3 Million in campaign contributions. Robert Young,...
- Devon Glass | June 07, 2009 1:30 PM |
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MiscellaneousAs the days get longer, and the nights stay warmer, Michiganders of all ages will flock to local amusement parks for summer fun. In fact, there are 900 licensed amusement rides alone in Michigan,...
- David Mittleman | June 07, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Toxic SubstancesNearly two years after being fined $2.3 Million for selling toys with hazardous levels of lead, Matter and its Fisher-Price subsidiary agreed to pay the civil penalty.
In 2007, toy giant Mattel...
- Devon Glass | June 06, 2009 11:23 AM |
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Workplace InjuriesMIOSHA is now undertaking an investigation into the death of a former Guardian Fiberglass Inc. employee who died shortly after arriving at Oakland Hospital in Marshall last Sunday. Medical personnel...
- David Mittleman | June 06, 2009 10:00 AM |
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MiscellaneousAs millions of veterans return from overseas tour of duties, the VFW is asking everyone, from former vets to ordinary citizens, to do something simple: find a vet and offer to listen. The VFW is...
- David Mittleman | June 06, 2009 10:00 AM |
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A Staten Island man stricken with polio, Dominick Tenuto, was finally awarded $22.5 million in a suit against Lederle Laboratories, the maker of an oral polio vaccine that contained a live virus....
- David Mittleman | June 05, 2009 12:53 PM |
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Kudos to Ken Ross, Michigan’s Commissioner for the Office of Financial and Insurance Regulation (OFIR) for doing something to protect homeowners, car owners, and average consumers. Mr. Ross...
- David Mittleman | June 05, 2009 10:00 AM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
Skywalker Holdings LLC is busy passing out free repair kits to consumers who purchased their trampolines. More than 60,000 of the company’s trampolines have been voluntarily recalled under...
- David Mittleman | June 05, 2009 7:27 AM |
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Medical MalpracticeEarlier this week, a jury awarded an Owosso, Michigan, woman $2.9 million in her medical malpractice action against an area hospital, two doctors, and their professional corporations. In the...
- David Mittleman | June 04, 2009 2:08 PM |
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Wrongful Death
New York City will pay $2 million to the family of Esmin Green, a 49-year-old woman who was forced to wait for more than 24 hours in a Brooklyn psychiatric emergency room. Green eventually died...
- David Mittleman | June 04, 2009 1:26 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous Products
An Oakland, California musician, Daniel Dell’Osso, won $18.3 million dollars in his suit against Ford motor company in federal court on May 27. The man, one of seven in his band traveling...
- David Mittleman | June 03, 2009 1:12 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsMichigan’s drug industry immunity law has been the focus of much criticism in this space and elsewhere in the media. Under Michigan law, drug manufacturers cannot be sued in Michigan for...
- David Mittleman | June 03, 2009 10:00 AM |
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A U.S. District Judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Michigan man against the government bailout of failing insurance giant, American International Group (AIG). The man’s...
- David Mittleman | June 02, 2009 2:44 PM |
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Automobile Accidents
A Simi Valley, California man was awarded $21.1 million after his Land Rover Discovery sport utility vehicle rolled over on the freeway, leaving him with a debilitating spinal cord injury. The...
- David Mittleman | June 02, 2009 1:58 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsIn what could be another big blow to Big Tobacco, the Senate has voted to consider a measure that would permit the Food and Drug Administration to exercise greater oversight over the industry. The...
- David Mittleman | June 01, 2009 1:58 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsA recent study on the state database of foster-care records by the Florida Department of Children and Families discovered that 13 percent of their State’s foster children were being given...