Posts tagged breast cancer

• Man Diagnosed With Breast Cancer Denied Insurance Coverage

  David Mittleman | August 09, 2011 1:36 PM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Raymond Johnson was doubly humiliated when he received his diagnosis of breast cancer. Not only was he one of the very few men who develop breast cancer each year (an estimated 1% of all breast...

• The Return of Debtors' Prison?

  David Mittleman | April 25, 2012 8:43 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Debtors' prisons were once popular prior to the mid-19th century and were used to punish those who owed unpaid debts. However, the U.S. abolished the practice in the 1830s but some states...

• Florida Appeals Court Orders Walgreens to Pay $25.8 Million for Prescription Error

  David Mittleman | March 28, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Wrongful Death
  

  Beth Hippley of Lakeland, Florida died in 2007 after receiving a prescription ten times more potent than the correct amount. Hippley, already undergoing treatment for early stage breast cancer,...

• Breast Cancer Malpractice Statistics | Michigan Medical Malpractice Lawyers

  Daniel Buckfire | October 29, 2008 4:47 PM | 1 CommentDetroit, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Breast cancer is an increasingly common problem that affects hundreds of thousands of women and their families each year. In 2004, for example, over 186,000 women were diagnosed with breast cancer....

• Getting a Second Opinion Could Save Your Life

  David Mittleman | July 22, 2010 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Imagine you’re sitting in a hospital room and your doctor is telling you some of the most devastating news of your life: you have breast cancer. The first thing you probably think of doing is...

• U.S. Task Force Says No Prostate Cancer Screenings for Men

  David Mittleman | October 08, 2011 1:05 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  As a two-year survivor of prostate cancer, I was appalled to see the recent recommendations by the U.S. Representatives Task Force that men not get screened for prostate cancer. This recommendation...

• Gammagrams - Most Recent Tool To Help Diagnose Breast Cancer

  David Mittleman | February 18, 2009 9:13 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Breast - specific gamma imaging - the gammagram - uses a radioactive injection that lights up tumor cells, which have high metabolic activity. Not enough studies have been performed to prove it...

• Drug Manufacturers Sued for Deceptive Trade Practices

  David Mittleman | November 24, 2008 10:01 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Wyeth and Pfizer, the 2 leading manufactures of hormone drugs, were sued earlier this week by Nevada’s attorney general for alleged deceptive trade practices. The attorney general alleges that...

• Clean Water

  David Mittleman | November 01, 2008 9:45 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Diverting Michigan’s water supply has been a hot topic in the state for a long time. Michigan residents have long feared the threat from western states and foreign countries seeking a water...

• Preventative Medicine Saved My Life, But Doctors Are Cutting Back

  David Mittleman | April 06, 2012 9:32 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A recent NPR story highlighted the ways that doctors are attempting to cut the costs of medical care. Nine medical societies representing nearly 375,000 physicians are challenging widely held...