On behalf of Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC | Jun 18, 2013 | Fungal Meningitis
Following the death of 17 Michigan residents who contracted meningitis from contaminated steroids, the states attorney general said on Tuesday he is launching a criminal investigation into a Massachusetts pharmaceutical company linked to the deadly outbreak of...
On behalf of Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC | Jun 12, 2013 | Medical News You Can Use
People with genetic mutations that lead to inherited, early onset Alzheimer’s disease overproduce a longer, stickier form of amyloid beta, the protein fragment that clumps into plaques in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, a small new study has...
On behalf of Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC | Jun 12, 2013 | Medical News You Can Use
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men with restless legs syndrome (RLS) were more likely to die during an eight-year study than those without the condition, even after their age and other health problems were taken into account, researchers found. The condition, which...
On behalf of Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC | Jun 11, 2013 | Medical News You Can Use
WASHINGTON – Physical activity should be incorporated into all school-related policy decisions to ensure children have at least 60 minutes of physical activity a day, a government body recommended. Such a “whole-of-school approach” was...
On behalf of Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC | Jun 11, 2013 | Uncategorized
An educational intervention combined with regular feedback to pediatricians reduced inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics for children treated for respiratory infections in an outpatient setting, a randomized trial showed. Within the first year, the percentage of...
On behalf of Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC | Jun 11, 2013 | Medical News You Can Use
THURSDAY, May 30 (HealthDay News) — Let’s face it: the very mention of the word “colonoscopy” is enough to make many people shudder, at least a bit. But, colonoscopy is an extremely effective cancer screening tool, and it’s the only...
On behalf of Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC | Jun 11, 2013 | Medical News You Can Use
The risk of preterm delivery increased significantly in women who were overweight or obese at conception, a large retrospective cohort study showed. Obese and severely obese women had a two to three times greater risk of extreme preterm delivery (at 22 to 27 weeks of...
On behalf of Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC | Jun 11, 2013 | Fungal Meningitis
More Infections Linked to Tainted Steroids By John Gever, Deputy Managing Editor, MedPage TodayPublished: May 31, 2013 ATLANTA – The CDC said it has now received reports of 20 infections in three states linked to injectable steroids distributed...
On behalf of Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC | Jun 11, 2013 | Fungal Meningitis
SAM OWENS | The Roanoke Times Michelle Powell is attached to a device that provides therapeutic shocks to her back to ease her pain when getting around. SAM OWENS | The Roanoke Times Michelle Powell says that most of the time while she was recovering from the fungal...
On behalf of Goethel Engelhardt, PLLC | Jun 11, 2013 | Fungal Meningitis
Saint Thomas Hospital Citing multiple court decisions in Tennessee and more than 20 other states, lawyers for the outpatient center where patients were injected with a fungus-tainted steroid have asked that one of the major claims against the facility be...
