New CDC Opioid Guidelines Could Harm Patients

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

Wisconsin readers may be interested to learn that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued new draft guidelines for opioid prescribing. However, some patient advocates fear that the rules are more concerned with avoiding patient drug addiction than with providing quality care. Advocates claim that the CDC opioid prescription guidelines overstate the addiction […]

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Misdiagnoses Lead To Costly Mistakes

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

The problem of misdiagnosis affects patients in Wisconsin and the rest of the nation every year. Although many misdiagnoses are either inconvenient or harmless to patients, others could cause severe consequences such as the patient’s death or, in some cases, unintended exposure to a contagious disease. Although the amount specifically attributed to misdiagnoses was not […]

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New Study Links ADHD And TBI In Adults

On behalf of Peterson, Berk & Cross, S.C.

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder complicates the daily lives of many Wisconsin residents of all ages. Traumatic brain injuries subject millions of individuals to an assortment of cognitive problems yearly. A recent study has helped to affirm a potential correlation between these problems, raising the possibility that more might be done to screen adults with past brain […]

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