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• Recurring Problems with Nursing Homes

  Dan Frith | May 29, 2009 1:37 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  Lauren and I have reviewed over 500 potential nursing home cases over the years and we see some problems over and over and over. I decided we would share with our readers some of the more frequent...

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

  Dan Frith | May 26, 2009 10:35 AM | 7 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  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...

• Road Biking Safety

  Dan Frith | May 22, 2009 11:12 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  I admit it...I've been bitten by the bike bug! It started innocently enough last year when my wife and I rode in the Five Boro Bike Tour of New York City (it is a fantastic event and a great way to...

• Medical Malpractice: Want to Learn More?

  Dan Frith | May 21, 2009 11:07 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  I spend a great deal of my time speaking with medical experts and conducting medical research. I try to share good information when I find it and that is my purpose today. The following web sites...

• Want to Know the Best and Worst Nursing Homes within 50 Miles of Wytheville, Virginia?

  Dan Frith | May 14, 2009 6:33 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the...

• Alzheimer's Project - well worth your time and tears

  Lauren Ellerman | May 13, 2009 8:57 AM | 1 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  I spend my days speaking to families who have learned their loved one may have been a victim of nursing home neglect. As a sensitive person, I am touched by their stories of loss, sadness and...

• Want to Know the Best and Worst Nursing Homes within 50 miles of Marion, Virginia?

  Dan Frith | May 11, 2009 6:13 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the...

• Want to Know the Best and Worst Nursing Homes within 50 miles of Hillsville, Virginia?

  Dan Frith | May 10, 2009 6:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the...

• Want to Know the Best and Worst Nursing Homes within 50 miles of Covington, Virginia?

  Dan Frith | May 09, 2009 6:55 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the...

• Want to Know the Best and Worst Nursing Homes within 50 miles of Lexington, Virginia?

  Dan Frith | May 08, 2009 6:49 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the...

• Forbes Magazine Calling for More Tort Lawyers?

  Dan Frith | May 07, 2009 5:35 PM | 3 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  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...

• Want to Know the Best and Worst Nursing Homes within 50 miles of Abingdon, Virginia?

  Dan Frith | May 07, 2009 6:42 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the...

• Want to Know the Best and Worst Nursing Homes within 25 Miles of Roanoke, Virginia?

  Dan Frith | May 05, 2009 2:31 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  The information might be important if you are trying to decide where to place a loved one who can no longer care for himself/herself at home. But how can you determine which nursing home is the...

• Virginia Doctor Reprimanded for Proscribing Too Much Medication

  Dan Frith | May 04, 2009 3:23 PM | 2 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Today's blog should not surprise anyone. In my opinion, the pharmaceutical industry and doctors have been in bed together (for their joint financial benefit) for way too long. But here is the...