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• Midwives in Virginia: A Bad Idea

  Dan Frith | February 03, 2009 10:57 AM | 25 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Virginia is seeing an explosion in the number of midwives....and this is a bad trend! I see many complicated deliveries where a fetus becomes entangled in the umbilical cord or caught in the birth...

• Midwives in Virginia: Part Two

  Dan Frith | February 04, 2009 11:45 AM | 17 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Yesterday I wrote a blog on midwives in Virginia...and boy did I raise some eyebrows! I do appreciate my readers' comments and, although I cannot respond to everyone, I do want to follow up on my...

• Got MRSA!

  Dan Frith | March 24, 2009 10:44 AM | 8 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  I know it is not a good idea to play on the marketing phrase, Got Milk, but I just couldn't help myself. My reasoning is that it seems as if MRSA is as common today as cow's milk. Most people know...

• Malignant Hyperthermia in Florida

  Dan Frith | March 31, 2008 8:34 AM | 8 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  We wrote a short blog a couple of days ago on the tragic death of Stephanie Kuleba, an 18 year old who died from malignant hyperthermia, a known complication of anesthesia, after corrective reconstructive breast surgery in Boca Raton, Florida. The sad story of the unnecessary death of an 18 year old from complications at an outpatient surgery clinic motivated me to write my blog. The purpose...

• Patients with atrial fibrillation and heart failure are not being appropriately treated

  Dan Frith | May 26, 2009 10:35 AM | 7 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Don't take my word for it...take the word of a report in the May 5th Journal of the American College of Cardiology. Atrial fibrillation (AF or afib) is the most common cardiac arrhythmia...

• Herbalife Products: A Lead Risk?

  Dan Frith | May 21, 2008 7:04 AM | 6 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Do you know someone who takes Herbalife products? Herbalife is global nutrition and weight-management company, whose stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange. If you know someone who is...

• Too Many Malpractice Lawsuits or Too Much Malpractice?

  Dan Frith | April 02, 2009 3:15 PM | 4 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  We've listened to George Bush, various national, state, and local medical organizations, and the insurance industry cry long and hard about the need to reform medical malpractice laws in the United...

• Forbes Magazine Calling for More Tort Lawyers?

  Dan Frith | May 07, 2009 5:35 PM | 3 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  You are not dreaming...or hallucinating! Forbes magazine, the mouthpiece for American business and industry called for more tort lawyers in a recent article. The article topic was food borne...

• Political Pundit George Will: Is He Sane?

  Dan Frith | April 09, 2009 9:55 AM | 3 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  This week I attended a lecture at a local college given by political pundit George Will entitled Lessons I learned from the 20th Century. As most readers know, George Will is conservative newspaper...

• Teleradiology Mistakes Can Kill You!

  Dan Frith | May 02, 2008 9:59 AM | 3 CommentsRoanoke, VA

  Teleradiology, what is it? It is the electronic transmission of radiological patient images, such as x-rays, CT's and MRI's, from one location to another for the purposes of interpretation and/or...