Posts tagged Health

• Michigan Supreme Court to Determine Patient Privacy Rights

  David Mittleman | December 09, 2009 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Most of us would consider our personal health information to be just that – personal. It is important to our health to be frank and open with our doctors about conditions that may seem...

• Latisse Users Choose Vanity Over Eye Health, Eye Doctors Argue

  David Mittleman | December 09, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Preying upon women’s vanity, Allergan has seen its sales skyrocket to $47.7 million since introducing Latisse as an option to grow longer eyelashes. Using actress and model Brooke Shields as a...

• AAJ Goes Underground to Debunk Rumors About Tort Reform

  David Mittleman | December 04, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The American Association for Justice is getting an important message across by advertising in Union Station throughout December. Blanketing the metro station’s walls, the message reads...

• 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...

• Studies Link BPA to Erectile Dysfunction

  David Mittleman | November 17, 2009 12:37 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  According to researchers Bisphenol-A or BPA can be dangerous to men’s reproductive health. BPA is a common compound found in most plastic containers (baby bottles, laptops, and microwave...

• Alcoholic Energy Drinks Come Under FDA Scrutiny

  David Mittleman | November 16, 2009 10:02 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Alcoholic energy drinks have gained in popularity, particularly among younger drinkers. But now, the drinks, marketed under flashy names like Evil Eye or Max Fury, are coming under the Food and...

• 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...

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

  Devon Glass | November 08, 2009 9:24 AM | 26 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...

• RI Hospital Fined for Fifth Wrong-Site Surgery, Ordered to Install Cameras in Operating Rooms

  David Mittleman | November 04, 2009 10:26 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Recently, I wrote about Rhode Island Hospital’s fifth wrong site surgery since January 2007, where doctors operated on the wrong finger of a patient. After conducting an investigation, the...

• Hospitalized Uninsured Children More Likely to Die When Compared to Insured Children

  David Mittleman | October 30, 2009 4:35 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Researchers at John Hopkins University recently made a horrific discovery: uninsured children who are hospitalized are more likely to die than children with government or private health insurance....