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Lansing Michigan Is Great For Young People; Grumpy Old Man, Not So Much

John Schneider, I am surprised at you. After making a living here in Lansing, writing for the Lansing State Journal and helping “the little guys,” now you throw us under the bus in your blog post that was recently published (“A real downtown has been…

By David Mittleman

/ 11 Oct 2013

Patient Self-Advocacy is Important When Choosing Medical Specialists

Patients should Vet Their Doctors, Too Americans spend hours of research before deciding which car to purchase, but it seems that we’ll pick a doctor out of a hat. Unfortunately, choosing the right doctor is more important than purchasing the right vehicle, since going to…

By David Mittleman

/ 8 Oct 2013

Five Innovative Tools for Safe Driving

Five Tools to Keep You Safe on the Roads Staying safe on the roads is key, especially when dipping temperatures are right around the corner. But did you know that there are five simple tools that you can keep in your car to help you…

By David Mittleman

/ 6 Oct 2013

Attorney Does Good or Oversteps His Bounds?

Purse Snatcher in Grand Rapids Raises Controversy You may have heard about the purse snatcher in Grand Rapids, 24-year-old Mikayla Hull, who grabbed the purse off of a 75-year-old woman on September 17 and bolted. John Damon, an attorney in West Michigan, was initially hailed…

By David Mittleman

/ 4 Oct 2013

Accident in NYC Results in Beating of SUV Driver, Serious Injuries for Motorcyclist

Motorcyclists and Drivers Need to Share the Road Recently, a tragic story was released that described an accident between an SUV and a motorcyclist in New York City. As a result of the accident, reports say that the biker is likely permanently paralyzed. The accident…

By David Mittleman

/ 2 Oct 2013

Falling Pizza Results in Broken Arm for Detroit Lions Player

Falling Pizza Causes One-Car Accident There are many ways to get distracted while driving–from eating, putting on makeup to texting and driving, but what about a falling pizza? Yep, that too can cause a distracted driving accident, at least for one Detroit Lion it did.…

By David Mittleman

/ 29 Sep 2013

Iowa Teen With Cerebral Palsy Named Homecoming Queen

Iowa Teen With Cerebral Palsy Named Homecoming Queen Having had the honor of representing so many amazing children afflicted with Cerebral Palsy to greater and lesser degrees, it is heart warming to see one young lady achieve her wish of becoming homecoming queen. Courtney Tharp…

By David Mittleman

/ 27 Sep 2013

Parents File Lawsuit Over Obama Administration’s Failure to Implement Rear Visibility Standard

Parents Sue DOT for Failing to Implement Rear Visibility Standard Back in 2008, a bipartisan law was supported by then-senator Obama ordered the Department of Transportation to issue a rear visibility rule by 2011. Every week at least 50 children in the U.S. are run…

By David Mittleman

/ 25 Sep 2013

Epipens in Michigan Schools

Last week I testified before the Committee on Education of the Michigan House of Representatives, chaired by Lisa Posthumus Lyons, regarding two bills being introduced about Epipens in our Michigan schools. I was testifying on behalf of the Michigan Association for Justice (MAJ) and as…

By David Mittleman

/ 23 Sep 2013

Study Finds Over 200,000 Patients Die Each Year From Avoidable Medical Errors

“To Err is Human” Report Statistics Widely Accepted and Cited In 1999 when the Institute of Medicine published the “To Err is Human” Report (pdf) citing that 98,000 Americans die each year from medical mistakes, the medical community disparaged the report. However, the number is widely…

By David Mittleman

/ 22 Sep 2013

Antibiotic-Resistant Infections on the Rise in the U.S.

Hospitals Source of Most Antibiotic-Resistant Infections Recently the Centers for Disease Control released a report revealing that the rate of infectious infections resistant to antibiotics is on the rise and the main culprits are hospitals. An estimated 2 million people in the U.S. get drug-resist

By David Mittleman

/ 19 Sep 2013

Brain-Eating Amoeba Found in Louisiana Water Supply

Brain-Eating Amoeba Found in Louisiana Water Supply The so-called brain eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, has been in the news very frequently over the past couple of years. The most recent case involved 12-year-old Kali Hardig who survived the deadly infection and is set to return…

By David Mittleman

/ 15 Sep 2013