Opioid addiction is the most recent medical condition that pharmaceutical companies have created and now claim they want to try to cure. Americans use the most opioids of any nation; in 2013, 16,000 Americans died from overdosing on narcotic painkillers. Two years later in 2015,…
Michigan State University Gymnastics Head Coach Kathie Klages has been at the helm of their program for over 27 years. I have never met Kathie and it’s unlikely we will meet at a gymnastics competition, but I know a lot about her. Now that the…
Michigan State University’s Title IX Office, which investigates gender discrimination claims, including allegations of sexual assault and harassment, determined what? They determined she “didn’t understand the ‘nuanced difference’ between sexual assault and an appropriate medical procedure.” Are you kidding me! I have now talked to…
Michigan State University was named as a defendant today in our first Notice of Intention to File a Claim in the Court of Claims pursuant to MCL 600.6431, on behalf of a minor. The Notice alleges on at least 8 office visits with Lawrence Nassar,…
Since my last Nassar post, we have learned the FBI has uncovered over 37,000 images and videos of child pornography kept on his computer at his home in Holt, Michigan. Some of the videos actually show the former Michigan State University doctor sexually assaulting girls…
When you go to your local pharmacy to have a prescription filled, you trust that those tasked with providing you with your necessary medication—the pharmacy and pharmacist—are doing so in a safe and careful manner. Unfortunately, as we often see, negligence on part of both…
Sparrow Hospital in Lansing and Memorial Healthcare in Owosso share the dubious distinction of being penalized for having unacceptable injury rates. Under a provision of the Affordable Care Act, more than two dozen Michigan hospitals will lose 1 percent of all Medicare funding for having…
Violating the trust under the color of his position of authority and endorsed by Michigan State University, Dr. Larry Nassar has scarred scores of young girls. I won’t stand by and will stand up to this as I have done before. “They Just Didn’t Listen”…
Michigan will receive $497,151 as part of a settlement with pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Meyers Squibb over off-label promotion of popular drug Abilify. The total settlement of $19.5 million involves 42 states and the District of Columbia. Abilify is an antipsychotic medication approved for use by the…
Addiction and Overdoses Have Skyrocketed Opiates are a class of drugs derived from the poppy plant and include heroin, morphine, codeine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, and similar compounds. Over the last twenty years, opiate medications have been prescribed in huge numbers to combat conditions such as chronic…