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A consumer advocacy group and a research group at Columbia University have launched a campaign to limit the number of meals and gifts that doctors receive from pharmaceutical companies. What a great idea! Maybe this movement will encourage doctors to prescribe medications based upon empirical studies and not which company bought her an expensive steak…

At the Society for Nuclear Medicine’s annual meeting in Washington, D.C. this week, researchers made several announcements of ways they are using new imaging techniques to better diagnose and treat certain diseases, including heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease, and ovarian cancer. Two imaging techniques, multidetector computed tomography (CT) and imaging positron emission tomography (PET) along with…

Too many Americans die (unnecessarily) as the result of undiagnosed pulmonary embolisms. In a recent online seminar on Medscape, three doctors discussed the procedure for diagnosing pulmonary embolisms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulmonary_Embolism. Three doctors participated:– Dr. Sam Goldhaber, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Venous Thromboembolism Research Group at Brigham and Women’s Hospital…

Congratulations to the State of Alabama! A recent newspaper report announced that all nursing homes and assisted living facilities in Alabama were in compliance with fire sprinkler requirements. Read the article here. Recent nursing home fires in Connecticut, North Carolina and Tennessee have become a reminder of the need to fully sprinkler all nursing homes.…

In a Los Angeles hospital, a woman died after two calls to 911 WHILE SHE WAS IN THE ER. Edith Isabel Rodriguez died of a perforated bowel while she was in the hospital waiting area. Her relatives have stated that she was bleeding from the mouth and in a great deal of pain for at…

Sepsis is a term we hear frequently in nursing home cases. – Pressure Ulcer develops, infection sets in and resident is hospitilized for treatment of “sepsis.” – Resident stubs her toe, gangrene develops and she is hospitilized for treatment of gangrene and “sepsis.” – Resident is incontinent, gets a UTI that goes untreated. Finally UTI…

A few weeks ago I reported on a survey that said depression leads to bone loss. Now, studies are showing that diabetes can lead to depression. The Archives of Internal Medicine published a study yesterday, reflecting that “Among well-functioning older adults, Diabetes is associated with increased risk of depressive symptoms.” Hmm. Well I could see…

According to an article in USA Today, it can and it is more common than you would think. Most people develop Alzheimer’s long after their life has slowed down, mainly after the age of 65. But people can develop the disease as early as their 20s. Patty Smith, 49, was a successful businesswoman for BB&T…

Ok friends – I will admit that many believe my line of work is not in any way, a service to mankind. You know, plaintiff attorneys file so many frivolous lawsuits… Well today I stand proud knowing I have never and will never file a frivlous lawsuit – unlike the attorney in DC who is…

Hospital lawyers in Florida have convinced the Florida Supreme Court to delay a new state amendment that gives patients the “right to know” about past mistakes made by doctors and medical facilities, according to the Insurance Journal. They have also asked the justices to reverse other rulings, including one that would lift limits on the…