MML Rants And Raves No. 003: TV Drug Ads.
April 18, 2011
You’ve seen the television commercials: the opening scene is either a smiling woman traipsing in a field of spring flowers or an older couple holding hands and smiling at each other after all those years of marriage. The background music is light and unobtrusive. The announcer begins hawkin[...]
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How Healthy Are We In The United States?
April 17, 2011
According to the Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults based on the 2009 National Health Interview Survey, 61% of adults 18 and older reported that they were in excellent or very good health (26% were in good health and 13% were in fair or poor health), 55% never participated in any type of v[...]
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Causes Of Death In The United States In 2009
April 16, 2011
The recently published preliminary data regarding deaths in the United States for the most recent year available (2009) indicate that the death rate in 2009 was 741.0 per 100,000 population (a total of 2,436,682 deaths in the United States during 2009), down from 758.7 in 2008, which represented a [...]
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Is Dental Disease Associated With Chronic Medical Conditions?
April 15, 2011
Recent research lends support to the association between periodontal disease and chronic medical conditions such as metabolic syndrome. The results of recent research suggest that people with severe periodontal disease are likely to have more chronic diseases and are more likely to have metabolic[...]
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Do Doctors Follow Their Own Advice?
April 13, 2011
According to a new study that surveyed two groups of primary care physicians in the United States, doctors often choose a different treatment option for themselves than what they would recommend to their patients when a choice of treatments is available. The study provided two different treatm[...]
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Heart Failure Treatment: Bypass Surgery, Medications, Or Both?
April 12, 2011
Heart failure occurs when there is poor heart pump function. It is estimated that 5.8 Americans live with heart failure. The medical expenses related to heart failure were nearly $40 billion in the United States in 2010. Symptoms of heart failure include shortness of breath, fatigue, and swelling of[...]
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“MML Rants And Raves” – Prologue
April 10, 2011
Medical Malpractice Lawyers dot com begins a periodic and continuing theme within this blog entitled “MML Rants and Raves” that will address and discuss many issues and topics, both positive and negative, that arise in the medical field and with regard to the provision of medical servi[...]
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U.S. Economy Lost Billions Due To Medical Errors in 2008
April 8, 2011
A study by the Society of Actuaries in 2010 estimated that the cost to the U.S. economy in 2008 for medical errors was approximately $19.5 billion. About 25% of the costs associated with medical injuries were the result of avoidable medical errors. In 2008, there were 6.3 million medical injuries o[...]
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U.S. Statistics Regarding Physicians
April 6, 2011
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2009, there were 921,900 medical doctors in the United States during 2006 (an increase from 813,800 in 2000), of which 560,400 were based in offices. 665,600 were men and 256,300 were women. 685,200 had graduate[...]
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U.S. Statistics For Organ Transplants
April 5, 2011
As medicine and medical techniques have advanced over the years, organ transplants in the United States have generally increased in number and complexity. Whereas only 203 lung transplants were performed in 1990, 1,469 were performed in 2007 (2006 one-year survival rate: 82.4%). 2,631 liver transpla[...]
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