Posts tagged Car

• TMJ Injuries Common to Rear-End Collisions

  David Mittleman | November 20, 2009 10:30 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A temporomandibular joint (TMJ) injury is one of the most common related to rear-end collisions, but has received very little attention until very recently. The TMJ is described as a ball and socket...

• Drug Makers Raise Prices Despite Promises of Cost Reform

  David Mittleman | November 18, 2009 9:39 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Drug makers pledged to help cut down healthcare costs by $8 billion a year, but now it doesn’t look like they are making good on that promise. Instead, in the last year alone, the...

• Theft and Joyriding Lead to Pursuit and Death in Oak Park, MI

  Devon Glass | November 16, 2009 2:30 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  15-year-old Desean Murrell Fant died after crashing a stolen car into a tree in the early morning hours of November 10, 2009 in Oak Park, MI. Desean and another 15-year-old child had allegedly...

• Woman's Experience at Hospital Exemplifies Problems with Mistaken Identity and Wrong-Site Surgeries

  David Mittleman | November 13, 2009 10:12 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  When Kerry Higuera started bleeding three months into her pregnancy, she instantly rushed to the hospital. Fearful that she was miscarrying, she knew that seeing her doctor would most likely give...

• RNC Fiasco: RNC Health Insurance Plan Covers Elective Abortions

  David Mittleman | November 13, 2009 9:34 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Recently, Devon Glass wrote about Representative Stupak’s decision to vote against abortion coverage in the healthcare reform legislation. Despite most Republicans' claims that they are and...

• Spinal Cord Injuries Require Skilled and Experienced Assistance

  David Mittleman | November 12, 2009 4:59 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Spinal Cord Injuries
  

  A spinal cord injury is a serious and potentially debilitating injury that cause damage to the white matter of the spinal cord that carries signals to and from the brain. Spinal cord injuries can...

• Lower Car Insurance Rates One Step Closer to Reality in Michigan

  David Mittleman | November 10, 2009 3:00 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Most motorists will likely tell you that their car insurance rates are simply too high. With the economy in Michigan the way it currently is, any effort to save consumers' money is worth a serious...

• Women are second class citizens in Bart Stupak's America

  Devon Glass | November 08, 2009 9:24 AM | 25 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  History was made last night as the House of Representatives passed a health care reform bill, and now it's up to the Senate to pass one as well. The bill passed does have a public option and will...

• Michigan Medical Malpractice Claims Fraught With Obstacles

  David Mittleman | November 04, 2009 3:58 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Most of us know little or nothing about the practice of medicine. When we go to our doctors, for everything from a routine checkup to a serious emergency, we trust in them to conduct a proper and...

• I-94 Rollover Crash Kills One, Injures Three

  Devon Glass | October 27, 2009 9:12 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  A high-speed, single-vehicle accident on I-94 in Van Buren Township, Michigan, has claimed the life of one man and seriously injured three other people. The crash, which happened early Monday...