Posted on July 19th, 2019 by Elizabeth
We all know too much sugar is bad for us, but that doesn’t prevent people from regularly enjoying their favorite sugar-sweetened beverages. The common belief has been that the only danger in guzzling down too many sodas or juices would be destroying weight loss goals. Now, however, sugary drinks have been linked to cancer, and […]
Posted on June 17th, 2019 by Gerald Thurswell
In March 2019, the 13th Circuit Court ruled in favor of a deceased Traverse City man who was forced to forgo leukemia treatment after complications from bariatric surgery. The surgeon did not order a pre-op sleep study, causing him to recommend the wrong surgery. After having the more dangerous and complicated surgery, the patient struggled with […]
Posted on April 30th, 2019 by Gerald Thurswell
At the beginning of 2018, Michigan imposed new rules and regulations for retaining and disclosing video and audio records of footage obtained on police body cameras. At the present time, these recordings are generally to remain exempt from public records requests, such as when a police officer makes the body cam recording while at a […]
Posted on April 22nd, 2019 by Elizabeth
The United States has incredible technology, advanced healthcare, constant innovation. But mothers are dying in delivery rooms. So many mothers are dying, in fact, that the U.S. is now the most dangerous place in the developed world for a woman to give birth. How can this be true? It’s not because our country is lacking […]
Posted on April 1st, 2019 by Elizabeth
It’s uncommon for doctors to be the ones suing hospitals, but that’s exactly what’s happening in the case of cardiologists Mahir Elder, M.D. and Amir Kaki, M.D. vs. Detroit Medical Center (DMC). The doctors claim they were fired for reporting quality-of-care problems. DMC officials say the cardiologists were fired for unspecified code of conduct violations. […]
Hospitals are supposed to be a safe place where people go to get treatment and get well. Sadly, many patients get worse in the hospital....
A recent study by Michigan State University found an increase in freeway car accidents and fatalities over the last five years. The cause for this...
In July 2020, a financial amnesty period began in Michigan to shield drivers who let their car insurance lapse. Under this rule, they would not...
