The U.S. News Best Hospitals report as well as other sources such as ratemds.com can be useful tools to help steer you towards the best hospitals. However, one often overlooked aspect of finding the...
The family of a Newport, MI man who died in 2002 after receiving a morphine overdose at a local nursing home has won a $4.85 million civil judgment against the facility. A three-week medical...
During the time of the Cold War in the 1950s, doomsday shelters were common. Indeed, it was just as normal to have an underground doomsday shelter in your backyard as it was to have a kitchen in...
Until recently, women who have given birth by Caesarean section (C-section) have been more or less compelled by subsequent treaters to deliver later-born children the same way. The conventional...
Wal-Mart recently announced that it would begin using advanced electronic ID tags in its underwear and jeans, a move that the company claims will assist in controlling inventory. However, some...
Yesterday I wrote about the difficulties that women face in getting the right diagnosis from their doctor. But women aren’t the only ones facing this problem—in fact men face many of the...
For many women, the good old days of simply putting yourself in the caring hands of your doctor are over. Today’s clinics and hospitals are overwhelmed with many patients and lots of...
While not nearly as large as the BP oil spill, an oil leak near Battle Creek, Michigan, has already left residents worried about the economic and ecological impact of the spill. An Enbridge Energy...
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is recalling thousands of baby recliners that purport to help fussy babies get to sleep faster after receiving reports that a 4-month-old Michigan baby died...
Summer is the time of year when many people will enjoy the water—at beautiful Michigan lakes, poolside, or out of state. However, many of us don’t realize that the signs that someone is...