A partner with Church Wyble PC—a division of Grewal Law PLLC—Mr. Mittleman and his partners focus on medical malpractice, wrongful death, car accidents, slip and falls, nursing home injury, pharmacy/pharmacist negligence and disability claims.
The Worst Health Habits You might not realize it, but some of your supposedly “innocuous” health habits can be seriously harmful to your health. Some bad habits are relatively easy to spot–clearly you should avoid eating McDonald’s Big Macs too frequently–but did you know that…
You Can Still Be Healthy Even At Thanksgiving What do brussels sprouts, apples, butternut squash, cranberries, nuts, and pomegranates have in common? They are all healthy foods that can be implemented into a nutritious and delicious Thanksgiving Day meal! As you invite your family to…
Fad Diet is Incredibly Dangerous I’ve heard it all, and I’m sure you have, too: from The South Beach Diet to Weight Watchers, there are plenty of diet peddlers out there trying to sell you the next “magic” formula to lose those unwanted pounds. However,…
I knew it was going to happen shortly after Thanksgiving last year. Such an uncommon event. In fact it won’t happen again for another 77,000 years. Because the Hebrew or Jewish calendar is based on the lunar schedule, Chanukah lands on different dates of the…
Drug Meant to Aid Recovery from Addiction Has a Dark Side Suboxone, or what is known as “bupe” to some, is commonly prescribed to those who are attempting to address their addiction to opioids. For some, like Shawn Schneider, it has been the answer to…
Heroin Epidemic Overtakes Mid-Michigan Heroin faded from the Mid-Michigan scene by the late 1990s, but is making a roaring comeback. It is also taking young lives as it sweeps through areas such as Mason, Okemos, Dewitt, and Vermontville. No area, whether suburb, city or rural…
A Chinese manufactured cradle known as the Lullaby Cradle Glider has been recalled due to two incidents involving malfunction with the mattress support board. Fortunately, neither incident resulted in injury to the children involved. The Lullaby Cradle Glider is distributed by Dream On and sold…
Argentinian Car Mechanic Invents Life-Saving Labor and Delivery Device It came to him in his sleep: Jorge Odón, age 59, had watched a YouTube video earlier in the day on how to extract a lost cork from a wine bottle. It was that YouTube video…
Study Reveals More Than Half of Hospitalized Patients Are Given Addictive Prescription Painkillers A recent study conducted by researchers as Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center discovered that more than half of patients hospitalized at 286 medical centers across the country were prescribed addicti
Depression Makes Us “Biologically Older” Recent front-page new stories paint a dim picture about the realities of depression. One article, recently published in the BBC News, says that depression can actually make us biologically older. Lab tests in adults with severe depression showed that their…
Johnson & Johnson to Pay $2.2 Billion to Feds Federal prosecutors have reached an agreement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson, that the company will pay $2.2 billion for allegations that it illegally marketed its drug Risperdal for elderly patients with…
Generic Drugmaker Fabricates Drug Effectiveness Data to Fool FDA While the focus is usually on name brand pharmaceutical companies, it’s actually the case that 80% of the prescription drugs in the U.S. are generic. Those drugs largely originate from countries outside of the U.S., including…