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Doctors Aren’t Immune to Drug Addiction

Is Your Doctor Stoned? Before you say no to this question, you might want to check out a recent government report that found that at least 100,000 or 1 in 10 doctors currently working are found to perform medical procedures while under the influence of drugs…

By David Mittleman

/ 19 Jun 2014

KFC Donates $30,000 to Young Dog Bite Victim Kicked Out of Mississippi Restaurant

KFC Donates $30,000 to Family After Kicking Young Dog Bite Victim Out of Restaurant KFC is quickly doing damage control after restaurant employees kicked 3-year-old Victoria Wilcher out of the KFC in Jackson, Mississippi earlier this month. Victoria was the victim of one of the…

By David Mittleman

/ 17 Jun 2014

Homeless Teen Graduates as High School Valedictorian

Homeless Teen Graduates High School as Valedictorian Griffin Furlong has had a difficult life. After his mother died when he was just 6 from Leukemia, he, his father, and his brother faced a series of hardships that left them homeless and lived in a series of…

By David Mittleman

/ 15 Jun 2014

Number of Americans With Type II Diabetes Jumps to 29 Million

Type II Diabetes a Vast Problem in the U.S. Type II Diabetes, or adult onset diabetes, is when your body does not use insulin properly. This causes your blood sugar to rise to sometimes dangerous levels, with Type II Diabetes associated with skin complications, eye…

By David Mittleman

/ 12 Jun 2014

Emergency Rooms Introduce Pharmacists in to Cut Prescription Errors

Emergency Rooms Introduce Pharmacists to Cut Prescription Errors Prescription errors account for 7,000 deaths per year in the ER. Unfortunately, medication errors can be caused by something as mundane as poor handwriting, confusion over drug names and measurements, and poor packaging designs. To t

By David Mittleman

/ 11 Jun 2014

Sleepy Truck Driver Injures Tracy Morgan and Kills Fellow Comedian

Tracy Morgan Critically Injured in Truck Accident Comedian Tracy Morgan is in critical condition after suffering a broken rib, leg, femur and nose after being struck by a sleepy Walmart truck driver. The truck driver turned himself into police and was released on a $50,000…

By David Mittleman

/ 10 Jun 2014

Tinder’s “Nurse Nicole” Tolerates Flirting to Raise Awareness of Men’s Health

Dating Website Tinder Helps to Save Men’s Lives Did you know that women are twice as likely to visit their primary physician each year compared to men? Although men may be in tune with their cars, they aren’t as in tune with their bodies and…

By David Mittleman

/ 6 Jun 2014

Two Vehicles Struck by Train in Meridian Township in Separate Accidents

Train Hits Two Vehicles in Separate Accidents in Meridian Township In two separate accidents that occurred overnight, two vehicles were struck by a train after the drivers apparently attempted to drive around barricades. The accidents happened five hours apart at the crossing on Okemos Road…

By David Mittleman

/ 5 Jun 2014

CDC Study Finds Restaurant Workers Responsible for Most Cases of Norovirus

Norovirus as a “Cruise Ship” Illness is Not an Accurate Reputation If you’ve heard of Norovirus, the the foodborne illness that can leave you with inflamed intestines and stomach, you’ve likely heard it called the “cruise ship” illness. In January of this year, nearly 700…

By David Mittleman

/ 3 Jun 2014

Vehicle Accidents Account for $871 Billion in Costs to the U.S.

The High Cost of Car Crashes Car crashes obviously have a physical toll, but a recent National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study found that car accidents also have a large economic toll on the U.S. In fact, the study suggests that car accidents cost an…

By David Mittleman

/ 1 Jun 2014

Widow Files Suit After Husband Fell to Death in Skydiving Accident

Widow of Iowa Man Suing Skydiving Company Three years ago I went skydiving with my wife and children. It was a great time, but after reading the story of a devastated Brooklyn, Iowa woman, I don’t think I’ll be doing it again. Wayne Kidrowski, age…

By David Mittleman

/ 30 May 2014

Several Food Products Recalled Over Bacterial Contamination

Bacterial Contamination Linked to Ground Beef, Clover Sprouts, Walnuts, and Hummus This is a big week for bacterial contamination, with recalls of ground beef, clover sprouts, walnuts and hummus. In fact, 1.8 million pounds of ground beef were recalled in almost 40 states for E. coli,…

By David Mittleman

/ 23 May 2014