Cerebralpalsyis a tragic and permanent condition that afflicts infants and veryyoung children.  The symptomsof this condition can range from simple lack of fine musclecoordination to an inability to...
Like most business people in the United States, I have many financial responsibilities. I own a home, and every month I make a mortgage payment. I have a business line of credit, on which I pay...
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...
Diana Levine, a 62-year old woman who suffered from migraines, took prescription drugs Demerol and Phenergan to cope with associated pain and nausea. While the drugs are both FDA approved when...
Our country is a leader for advanced care. With highly skilled teams and sophisticated technology we are pioneers in treating disease. We must then wonder why colon cancer, a preventable and...
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....
Hospitals and physicians not only have a duty to provide competent care, but also to notify the patients if they have been harmed by their negligence. Unfortunately, studies have found that...
This November people in 58 Michigan counties (the northern half of the lower peninsula and all of the UP) have the good fortune of being able to vote and promote Ingham County Circuit Judge Paula...
According to the SurgeonGeneral,blood clots account for at least 100,000 deaths in the United States each year. Are these deaths avoidable? Many say yes. That is why the Surgeon General has a new...
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...