Up to 1,000,000 people in the U.S. suffer a fall in the hospital each year. A fall may cause fractures, lacerations, or internal bleeding. One in four falls result in injury, with about 10% resulting in serious injury. That’s about 250,000 injuries and 11,000 deaths. Also, approximately 2% of hospitalized patients fall at least...
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Dr. Jihad Mustapha is an interventional cardiologist at Advanced Cardiac and Vascular Centers in Grand Rapids and Lansing. According to his website: Mustapha developed the notion early in his practice that a device to unblock arteries leading to the heart might be used to perform the same thing for legs. Dr. Jihad Mustapha performed...
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A Grand Rapids doctor who specializes in urogynecology was charged with a felony after practicing with a suspended license. Fifty-two-year-old Husam Thamin Abed of Sterling Heights was charged with one felony count of unauthorized practice of a health profession. If convicted, he could face up to four years in prison. Abed is said to...
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Longtime Michigan gynecological oncologist Dr. Vinay Kumar Malviya recently settled a $775,000 civil lawsuit with the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) after being accused by physicians, former patients, state regulators, and the DOJ of putting countless women at risk of needless complications by performing unnecessary procedures, including radical hysterectomies and administering excessive cycles of chemotherapy....
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Longtime Michigan gynecological oncologist Dr. Vinay Kumar Malviya recently settled a $775,000 civil lawsuit with the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) after being accused by physicians, former patients, state regulators, and the DOJ of putting countless women at risk of needless complications by performing unnecessary procedures, including radical hysterectomies and administering excessive cycles of chemotherapy....
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