- David Mittleman | October 06, 2010 10:00 AM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Medical Malpractice
According to a recent study, the use of CT and MRI scans for injury-related emergency room visits as tripled since 1990. Although the study's authors focused primarily on the cost related to MRI and...
- David Mittleman | April 07, 2010 10:21 AM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Medical Malpractice
The prestigious Cedars-Sinai Hospital has been at the center of two high-profile safety problems since 2007. One incident involved actor Dennis Quaid’s twins, who were accidentally given...
- David Mittleman | February 13, 2010 1:15 PM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
Tuesday, February 9—the Food and Drug Administration recently announced that it would take steps to more closely regulate three of the most potent and potentially dangerous forms of radiation:...
- David Mittleman | November 13, 2009 10:12 AM | Lansing, 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...
- David Mittleman | October 13, 2009 4:50 PM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Medical Devices & Implants
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center recently made a startling discovery: because of a setting error, hospital staff realized that at least 200 potential stroke patients were given CT scans at radiation...
- David Mittleman | April 09, 2009 10:08 AM | Lansing, MI
Category:
Wrongful Death
In March of 2005, Heather Sloan, a 29-year old mother of three, went to the Chester Regional Medical Center complaining of extreme abdominal pain. After doctors failed to read her CT scan properly...