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• A Son's Journey Back from Traumatic Brain Injury

  Mark Bello | September 03, 2010 2:54 PM | 3 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI

  Sunday morning a phone rang…a call from a hospital hundreds of miles away. That day was the beginning of a long journey, full of highs and the lows, over the next 2 ½ years and...

• Second Michigan Man Dies From Police Tasering Incident

  David Mittleman | August 26, 2010 5:00 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  A Livonia man tased two weeks ago by an Oakland County police officer died Tuesday of injuries he sustained during that altercation. The Oakland County Medical Examiner's Office and the Wayne County...

• EPA Warns Consumers that Improper Pesticide Use in Bedbug Treatment Can Make People & Pets Sick

  Paul Napoli | August 14, 2010 5:19 PM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY

  August 14, 2010 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued an alert for consumers warning of dangers associated with improper bedbug pesticide treatments. Bedbug infestations have...

• Service Of Process – Out Of Place In A Modern World

  Michael Myers | August 09, 2010 8:22 PM | 3 CommentsSeattle, WA

  There are two parts to commencing a lawsuit in the State of Washington: 1. Filing a summons and complaint with the Clerk of the Court; and 2. Serving process on the defendant. Service of process...

• How Dangerous is High Fructose Corn Syrup? Dangerous Enough to Cause Cancer, Some Researchers Say

  David Mittleman | August 05, 2010 9:52 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  That beloved sweetener, known as high fructose corn syrup, appears in hundreds of food products in the United States, especially soft drinks. While fructose also comes from other sources such as...

• New Guidelines May Make VBAC's More Prominent

  Jonathan Nace | July 27, 2010 6:20 PM | 3 CommentsWashington, DC

  The New York Times has recently reported that the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has begun to loosen the guidelines permitting Vaginal-Birth After Caesarian (VBAC). The New...

• Breast Cancer linked to Cleaning Products and Air Fresheners, but not Pesticides says Study

  Paul Napoli | July 21, 2010 1:09 AM | 3 CommentsNew York City, NY

  July 20, 2010 Researchers of a new study found a correlation between women with breast cancer and their use of household cleaning products and air fresheners, but found no link to pesticide...

• The Importance of Getting a Second Opinion

  Melissa Kelly | July 20, 2010 12:41 PM | 3 CommentsCleveland, OH

  A recent New York Times article relates the sad story of Monica Long. In 2007, after her annual mammogram revealed a questionable area in her right breast, Monica underwent a biopsy. A week later,...

• Lawmakers Seek to Ban K2 Amidst Fears Over Side Effects

  David Mittleman | July 15, 2010 10:00 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI

  It’s the legal form of marijuana, except it’s Mary Jane’s synthetic counterpart, also known as K2. According to recent reports, demand for K2 is soaring across the country but a...

• California Nursing Home Chain Faces $677 Million for Understaffing

  Beth Janicek | July 09, 2010 11:11 AM | 3 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  On Tuesday a jury rendered a verdict in the class-action lawsuit against the Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc, based in Southern California. The lawsuit claimed that the nursing home chain, that...