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I read a great article in the Wallstreet Journal this morning by LUCETTE LAGNADO She writes about a $300,000 grant that has jump-started a new trend in elder care. “In the spring of 2001, Bill Thomas, dressed in his usual sweat shirt and Birkenstock sandals, entered the buttoned-down halls of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.…

This is not a good story to read about…especially if you are getting ready to go to a local hospital for surgery. Duke University Medical Center…one of the premier hospitals in America, right! Well, how about this. Approximately 3,800 surgical patients at Durham Regional Hospital and Duke Health Raleigh Hospital were exposed in late 2004…

The title is not mine but appears on an article on MSN. The drugs referenced include Advair, Avandia, Celebrex, Ketek, Prilosec and Nexum, Visine, and Pseudoephedrine. The article includes details on the drugs’ side-effects and other problems. Be an informed consumer of medical care and medicine! The article is a must read if you are…

I love Williamsburg – and am sad that the residents of James City County are plagued by the same problems that other localities in Virginia are…. poor nursing home care. Records reflect 83 year old woman had no skin problems – but family can tell by looking at her, that most of her leg is…

I read in the Wall Street Journal today, that the FDA said it will add warnings to the labels of older anti-psychotic drugs, regarding dangers of drug use for persons with dementia. These meds haven’t been FDA approved for folks with dementia, but were being prescribed by physicians all over the country. You can imagine…

We may not have known him personally, but we respected him – and his death reminds us of many truths. For example, life is short. The second, is that some medical conditions can be treated and others can’t. We have heard he had a stress test in April and was receiving treatment for diabetes and…

As any of our regular readers know, my law firm spends a great deal of time representing residents and their families in claims of negligence and abuse against long term care facilities. One particular defendant we see all the time is Medical Facilities of America (MFA), whose home office is located in Roanoke, Virginia. You…

This is a little difficult to explain. How can a surgeon leave a piece of a surgical scalpel inside a patient? Why does a doctor leave in a removable blood clot filter in a patient for years? How about leaving a needle in a female patient’s breast for years causing great pain and discomfort? All…

I read an article today about a doctor that lost his license in one state – then to go to another state, and assume the name, license and practice info of another doctor. Did he get caught? Yes. Did he got to jail? Yes. But what happened to his patients? Read it all at Legal…