Posts tagged flu

• Flu Shot Myths Debunked

  David Mittleman | October 22, 2011 10:00 AM | 3 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  It's getting to be that time of year again where more people are sniffling and coughing...and we all know what that means, flu season. You may be trying to decide whether or not to get a flu shot...

• Are DUI Laws Destroying a Way of Life?

  Mark Bello | April 04, 2011 8:28 AM | 2 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Usually when we hear a lawmaker’s plea about drunk driving it is on behalf of the victims of a drunk driver. As Montana legislature is proposing stiffer DUI laws, State Representative and bar...

• Swine Flu Puts an End to Beer Pong and Other Drinking Games

  David Mittleman | October 14, 2009 7:41 AM | 2 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The H1N1 virus, commonly known as swine flu, has changed the way many of us go about our daily lives. Waterless hand sanitizers seem to be found in every purse and pocket nowadays, and handshakes...

• San Francisco Man Poses as Plastic Surgeon, Flushes Liposuction Fat Down Toilet

  David Mittleman | December 27, 2011 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Unfortunately, it seems as if more and more people are succumbing to the promise of rock-bottom plastic surgery prices, but paying a huge fine in terms of their health. For example, a woman in...

• Everyday Surfaces Teeming With Germs

  Nolan Erickson | October 26, 2011 2:52 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  I’m not too much of a germaphobe, but a number of recent studies have highlighted just how unsanitary commonly used surfaces are. One report states that gas pumps are the top offenders for...

• Nine-Year-Old Florida Girl Nearly Dies from Misdiagnosed H1N1 Virus

  David Mittleman | December 03, 2009 3:05 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Rapid flu tests are used to determine if a patient has the illness so that doctors can immediately being treatment. However, in Hayli Murphy’s case, she almost died as a result of an incorrect...

• Common Cold or H1N1 Flu?

  David Mittleman | November 21, 2009 9:07 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  It's late November now, and we are well into Autumn. Another, more sinister season is just beginning, however – cold and flu season. As your friends, family, coworkers, and classmates fall...

• Michigan Prepares for Possible Swine Flu Case

  David Mittleman | April 28, 2009 9:43 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  After traveling to San Antonio, Texas, near the Mexican border, a 34-year-old Livingston County, Michigan, woman may have contracted the swine flu virus. The woman’s lab results have been sent...

• Microsurgery after breast cancer treatment may reduce lymphedema effects

  David Mittleman | April 22, 2009 3:46 PM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  As people all across the country prepare for various forms of breast cancer awareness activities, including Lansing’s Race for the Cure, a recent study indicates that microsurgery may reduce...

• Part II: Drunk Driver Caught After Trying to Flee From Accident

  Devon Glass | April 22, 2009 11:15 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Further information has been released about the tragic death of two Lansing, Michigan residents. Sylvia Porter and her 17-year-old son, Major Washington, Jr., left their home on Monday night to...