Posts tagged university of michigan

• Bridget Mary McCormack For Michigan Supreme Court Justice

  David Mittleman | April 05, 2012 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  November promises to bring us an exciting election on many levels. No race will be more important for the ‘people’ of Michigan than the campaign for Justice of our Michigan Supreme...

• Your Doctor May Not Be Giving You All the Information You Need, Study Says

  David Mittleman | October 30, 2010 1:12 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Researchers at the University of Michigan report that doctors rarely give their patients all the information they require to make informed medical decisions. Sometimes, when making a decision over a...

• Heads Up: Athlete Concussions May Lead to Serious Traumatic Brain Injuries

  Mark Bello | September 01, 2010 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsFarmington Hills, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  As high school and college teams gear up for the fall football season, there has been increased attention given to the issue of concussions sustained by athletes. Concussions are being treated...

• “I’m Sorry” – A Proposed Law May Help Michigan Doctors Have Candid Talks With Families

  David Mittleman | June 06, 2010 10:00 AM | 1 CommentLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  State Representative Jim Marleau has introduced a bill that would allow doctors in Michigan to apologize to a patient or the patient’s family, without that apology being used against them...

• Fatal Rollover Highlights Hazards of SUVs

  Nolan Erickson | June 04, 2010 10:49 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Early yesterday morning, a rollover crash on I-96 near Brighton claimed one life and hospitalized two other victims. According to reports, a 19-year-old Detroit woman was killed when the 1995 Toyota...

• Michigan State University Researcher Explores Causes of Cerebral Palsy

  David Mittleman | April 02, 2010 10:26 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Head & Brain Injuries
  

  Further cementing its status as a world-class research institution, Michigan State University is leading an innovative study on the causes of cerebral palsy. Noted epidemiologist Nigel Paneth and...

• Ann Arbor Doctor is a Hero For Car Accident Victim

  David Mittleman | February 26, 2010 11:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Someone must have been looking out for David Grainger after he was involved in a high-speed car crash on I-94 on February 13. While Grainger said he couldn’t recall much of what happened after...

• Decline in Marijuana Use Up in Smoke: Marijuana Use On the Rise Amongst U.S. Teenagers

  David Mittleman | December 15, 2009 12:10 PM | 6 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Toxic Substances
  

  According to a University of Michigan study for the National Institute for Drug Abuse, marijuana use trumps Vicodin, Ecstasy, alcohol and tobacco use amongst teenagers. Specifically, the researchers...

• 8-year-old dies and others seriously injured from head-on collision in Napoleon Township

  Devon Glass | October 14, 2009 4:56 PM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  8-year-old Jeremiah Newman from Jackson, MI was riding in the backseat of his mother's 1998 Chrysler minivan when she was involved in a violent head-on collision with another vehicle on Saturday,...

• High Speed a Factor in Brighton-Area Motorcycle Crash

  Devon Glass | October 12, 2009 10:53 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Motorcycle Accidents
  

  A Hartland Township man was thrown from his motorcycle early last week, landing nearly 200 feet away and suffering serious injuries. The man, whose name was not released, was traveling southbound on...