Posts tagged medication

• First Pfizer Trial Ends Abruptly After Just Three Days

  David Mittleman | July 30, 2009 2:31 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  The pharmaceutical giant Pfizer had just begun trial this Monday, when, in a bizarre twist of events, the family of Susan Bulger dropped their lawsuit. The Bulger family originally filed the lawsuit...

• Alleged Malpractice Leads to Amputation of Leg

  David Mittleman | July 28, 2009 7:46 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  An Indiana couple has filed a lawsuit against a Fort Wayne-area health care provider, alleging that a failure to diagnose a blood clot in the woman’s leg ultimately resulted in the amputation...

• Teen Boy Dies at House Party from Lethal Combination of Alcohol and Erectile Dysfunction Medication

  David Mittleman | July 27, 2009 8:07 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Orinda, California—16-year-old Joseph Loudon died on May 23 during a house party. Investigators were not surprised to find alcohol in his blood, but were shocked to find high levels of...

• Accutane Acne Medication Pulled from U.S. Market

  David Mittleman | July 14, 2009 11:06 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Roche Holdings AG, the maker of the acne medication Accutane, is pulling the product from the U.S. market, citing “economic reasons”. However, juries have awarded at least $33 million in...

• Hospital Pharmacies Crucial to Patient Safety

  David Mittleman | July 08, 2009 7:43 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  When we think of hospital workers, we often think of physicians, nurses, nursing assistants, and technicians. These are the people we see face-to-face during a stay in the hospital, and each of them...

• Balancing the cost of cheaper medicine

  David Mittleman | January 26, 2009 10:35 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Outsourcing may affect more than just American labor conditions. It could very well affect the availability of safe prescription medication. Only 13% of pharmaceutical plants used to create new...

• 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...

• Seemingly Small Medical Mistakes Result in Big Problems for Children

  David Mittleman | September 22, 2008 2:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Children are our future, if they make it that far. In this country, medical mistakes happen on a daily basis. In adults, many small medical mistakes have slight impact on a person’s health or life....

• Detroit Medical Center's Computers Crash

  David Mittleman | September 17, 2008 3:29 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  OnSeptember 12, 2008 at approximately 8:30 a.m., a computer crashoccurred at four hospitals in the Detroitarea.  This detrimental system crash affected patients at HarperUniversity...

• Hospital Mistakes Cause More Deaths Than Car Accidents

  David Mittleman | September 05, 2008 9:03 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Along with providing medical treatments to patients, hospitals have now become notorious for its hazardous conditions because of drug mix-ups, infected incisions, bleeding problems...