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Today’s Washington Post has a great article from the AP: By ANDREW BRIDGESThe Associated PressMonday, July 30, 2007; 9:51 AM WASHINGTON — The widely used diabetes drug Avandia should be pulled from the market because of heart risks, a federal scientist said Monday.Those risks, combined with no unique short-term benefits in helping diabetics control blood-sugar…

My daily ritual (no matter where I am) is reading the Roanoke Times, my local paper. This morning I was sort of delighted – a call to action in Roanoke. Healthcare where profit is the goal – is that really the best we can do? Joe Kennedy writes “We’ve read story after story about the…

We are happy to announce the above seminar, free to the public, in Roanoke, Virginia on Thursday, August 22 from 3:00 to 5:00 PM at the Higher Education Center in Downtown Roanoke (Room 212). The seminar, sponsored by the Frith Law Firm, will cover the following important topics: § Residents’ Rights § The Seven Deadly…

Kudos to Iowa Senator Charles Grassley for proposing a new “watch list” for nursing homes that aren’t meeting federal health and safety standards. “That would include nursing homes that yo-yo in and out of compliance by using grace periods to correct deficiencies, but only then on a temporary basis,” Grassley says. “We never seem to…

The Tennessee Department of Health has suspended new admissions of patients to Hermitage Health Center located in Elizabethton, TN. The state imposed a civil monetary penalty of $1,500 and recommended a federal civil penalty be imposed at $3,550 a day until the violations are corrected. A special monitor will be appointed to review the center’s…

If you can dig through all the Michael Vick articles in the Washington Post, you will run across an article published yesterday by Jenna Johnson, Post staff writer, entitled “Youth Hospital Faulted for Abuse.” Read the full article here. Ms. Johnson cites a report published this week by district mental health officials, that states‘Children at…

In our law practice we hear nursing home representatives, and their paid trial experts, take the position that pressure (or decubitus) ulcers just can’t be prevented in the elderly. This is a bunch of baloney and a recent study from New Jersey supports our view! The New Jersey Hospital Association’s (NJHA) Pressure Ulcer Collaborative announced…

Brian Williams of the NBC Nightly News reported yesterday on the results of a recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The article on the study is entitled, “The Surgical Learning Curve for Prostate Cancer Control After Radical Prostatectomy.” The study concludes that as a surgeon’s experience increases, cancer control after…

We see many cases where a nursing home resident suffers multiple falls without significant injury. Finally, they have the inevitable “bad fall” and fracture a hip resulting in hospitalization and surgery. The resident often never recovers to their previous level of function. Now for the bad news, a recent study published in the Journal of…

Last month I was surprised to find a nursing home trade magazine advocating open immigration policies to fulfill staffing needs in nursing homes. Apparently, extensive lobbying efforts have been initiated in Washington to allow these “much needed” workers ways to enter the counrty. Please, do not misunderstand my reaction. I am actually pro-immigration and want…