Posts tagged surgery

• South Carolina Family Settles for $3 Million in Medical Malpractice Case

  David Mittleman | April 09, 2009 10:08 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, 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...

• $1.1 Billion of Economic Stimulus Bill to be Used for Comparing Medical Treatments

  David Mittleman | February 16, 2009 2:09 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Desperate to reduce spending on health care, Congress has for the first time approved setting aside money to allow the feds to embark on “comparative effectiveness medical research.” ...

• Study Shows A Few Basic Steps Can Save Lives in the Operating Room

  David Mittleman | January 19, 2009 2:53 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A new study released by the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that by merely following a 19-point checklist, surgical deaths and complications were reduced by over 40%. The study was...

• Seattle Dentist Botches Breast Reduction Surgery

  David Mittleman | November 14, 2008 9:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  A Seattle dentist and oral surgeon, who has been slapped with a boat-load of malpractice suits and was reprimanded for a patient’s death, is being taken to court again - this time for a...

• A Thin Line: Innocuous Tool Can Be Surprisingly Dangerous

  David Mittleman | September 25, 2008 10:40 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Linonophobia is the fear of string. Oddly enough, a certain amount of trepidation toward ropes and cables might not be so irrational. While a length of cord might seem completely harmless, it is...

• Michigan Dog Bite Lawyer| Proposed Dog Bite Ordinances

  Daniel Buckfire | September 23, 2008 3:35 PM | 1 CommentDetroit, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Proposed dog bite ordinances are being considered in several Metro-Detroit suburbs. Several cities are considering dangerous or vicious animal ordinances, like the recently-enacted Farmington Hills...

• Farmington Hills Enacts Dog Bite Ordinance

  Daniel Buckfire | September 18, 2008 10:11 AM | 0 CommentsDetroit, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Farmington Hills recently enacted a dog bite ordinance that threatens owners of vicious dogs and other pets with the label “dangerous animal.” The ordinance establishes an Animal Review Board, which...

• 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...

• Mistaken Identity as Medical Malpractice

  David Mittleman | August 14, 2008 2:28 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  It is a lesson we try to teach children from a very young age: Everyone is a unique individual, with his or her own strengths and weaknesses, and nothing can change that. Wrong-patient procedures,...

• The Frightening Reality of Wrong-Site Surgery

  David Mittleman | August 08, 2008 9:52 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Surgical procedures are intimidating. You put your life and your health in the hands of your doctor, allowing him to render you unconscious and to perform the most delicate of procedures with his...