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Codeine Overprescribed to Children in the ER

Children Prescribed Codeine in the ER Too Frequently Despite Risks A new study is calling out emergency room doctors for prescribing children in the ER codeine. Codeine is an opiate drug and it can be metabolized too quickly in children, leading to excessive sleepiness and…

By David Mittleman

/ 22 Apr 2014

On the Clock? Doctors Rush Patients During Appointments

Patients Rushed In and Out of Doctor’s Office Receive Poor Medical Care It isn’t uncommon for doctors to schedule their patients in 15 minute intervals, and while this means more patients are seen per day, it also can mean poor quality of medical care. Take,…

By David Mittleman

/ 20 Apr 2014

Never Events: Egregious Medical Error Costs Pregnant Woman Her Life

Never Events: Medical Errors That Should Never Happen Never events should never occur. A never event is a medical error so egregious and preventable that it should never happen, but unfortunately they do. In fact, a Johns Hopkins study found that an estimated 88,000 such…

By David Mittleman

/ 17 Apr 2014

Medical Professionals Addicted to Prescription Drugs a Growing Problem

Addicted Medical Professionals Endanger Patients’ Lives A recent USA Today investigation found that more than 100,000 doctors, nurses, medical technicians or aids are dependent on prescription drugs, putting patients at serious risk. While the problem of prescription drug addiction has received inc

By David Mittleman

/ 16 Apr 2014

Facebook Linked to Negative Body Image for College Women

Facebook Linked to Poor Body Image in Girls Facebook gets a bad wrap for so many reasons, and a new study is adding to the evidence that the social media site can have some ill-received effects for some users. Unfortunately, the study showed that when…

By David Mittleman

/ 12 Apr 2014

Hit-and-Run Accident Devastates Florida Kindercare

Florida Crash Kills One, Injuries Over a Dozen at Daycare Center A Kindercare daycare center in Winter Park, Florida is reeling after a Toyota Solara convertible hopped the curb after being rear-ended by a Dodge Durango and crashed through the wall of the center. The…

By David Mittleman

/ 10 Apr 2014

Bad Bedside Manner? Paralyzed Man Overhears Doctors Telling His Family That He Will Die

Paralyzed Man Hears Doctors Tell His Girlfriend and Mother “There’s No Hope” A Swedish man, Jim Fritze, filed a complaint against doctors for preemptively telling his girlfriend and mother that “there was no hope” after the man suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed, but…

By David Mittleman

/ 6 Apr 2014

Facebook Photo Helps Diagnose Young Girl With Rare Eye Disease

Photo Reveals Rare Genetic Eye Disease A photo is worth a thousand words, right? Well, what if it’s also worth someone’s health? That turned out to be the case in a recent news story about a seemingly innocent shot of a young girl taken by…

By David Mittleman

/ 5 Apr 2014

Daylight Savings Ups Heart Attack Risk

Daylight Savings May Spell Trouble for Some Daylight savings can be both a blessing and a curse: its a blessing in the fall when we want the extra daylight and a curse in the spring when we must “leap” forward and lose an hour of…

By David Mittleman

/ 31 Mar 2014

New Motorcycles Offer the Latest in Advanced Safety Technology

Motorcycles Acquire New Safety Features Motorcycles can be dangerous, which can be due to factors with the motorcyclist such as poor driving skills, distractedness or intoxication. It may also be other careless drivers on the road who may not share the road very well with…

By David Mittleman

/ 30 Mar 2014

Three Fires in Lansing Area Linked to Hoarding

Hoarding Easily Leads to Fires I’m sure you’ve watched the TV show “Hoarders” on TLC, or at least flipped by it with the remote. The plights of the hoarders on that show are surely sad, but hoarding can cause problems for other people than just…

By David Mittleman

/ 28 Mar 2014

Minnesota Company Recalls Food Products Over Listeria Contamination

Minnesota Company Recalls Hundreds of Food Products Over Listeria Contamination A Minnesota company is recalling peanut butter, cheese, salsa, and spreads that are distributed nationwide under the brand names Happy Farms, Parkers, Parker Farms, Central Markets, Hy-Top, Amish Classic, Say Cheez, Win

By David Mittleman

/ 23 Mar 2014