LIFE GOES ON: Weekends & Wednesdays
WEEKENDS & WEDNESDAY NIGHTS Dear Doctor Kathleen, I am a divorced father of 2 little girls, ages 5 and 7. Fortunately, my ex-wife and I have an excellent relationship and work well co-parenting. The problem…
December 2011
FREE: The Most Dangerous Word For Consumers
Do you know what the most dangerous word for consumers is? FREE . More people have been cheated out of money by those four letters than any other marketing tactic that I can think of….
Granny Snatching: Connecticut’s Seniors Fared Well This Year
It is time to say goodbye to another year, with all of its successes and failures and the sometimes unsettling realization that we are all a year older too. Connecticut’s seniors have had a reasonably…
Ct Hospitals: Same Surgery, Much Different Rates
Written by Rob Gurwitt WebKazoo Graphic Each time John Dempsey Hospital performs a cardiac valve surgery, the hospital receives a median payment of $82,589 from Medicare – about $23,000 more than the median paid to…
Waterbury Group Home Cited For Improper Care
Written by Lisa Chedekel A Waterbury group home for people with severe psychiatric disabilities has been cited by the state for failing to provide proper care for two residents with past suicide attempts who injured…
LIFE GOES ON: What Will You Remember?
WHAT WILL YOU REMEMBER? After the presents are unwrapped, the dinners are eaten, and the songs are sung, what will you remember about this holiday season? Was all the stress and worry necessary? “What should…
Suspicious Senior Deaths Rarely Investigated
(Andres Cediel/Frontline) by Chisun Lee and A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Carl Byker, PBS “Frontline”Nothing, it seemed, was unusual about Joseph Shepter’s death. A retired U.S. government scientist, Shepter spent his final two years dwelling in…
Bank Of America Agrees To $335 Million Settlement Over Mortgage Discrimination
Bank of America – now the second largest bank in the country – today agreed to pay $335 million to resolve allegations that its Countrywide unit discriminated against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers. The settlement,…
Granny Snatching: Give Connecticut’s Elderly the Best of Yourself for the Holidays
If you only look at television advertising or listen to the radio version of those same ads you’d easily conclude that all is happiness at this time of the year – even husbands doing last…
Westport Plastic Surgeon With Rusty Equipment Fined $25,000 By Ct Board
A Westport plastic surgeon was fined $25,000 by the Connecticut Medical Examining Board on Tuesday for operating a clinic that inspectors found had sloppy record-keeping and rusty and dirty equipment. Several other doctors were also…
Four New Haven Liquor Stores Nailed In Sting
On Friday, December 16, 2011 and Saturday, December 17, 2011, Department of Consumer Protection Liquor Agents partnered with officers from the New Haven Police Department and the Governor’s Prevention Partnership to conduct compliance checks of…
LIFE GOES ON: “In Praise Of Idleness”
“IN PRAISE OF IDLENESS” DEAR DOCTOR KATHLEEN, I have worked everyday of my life since I was 12.I was raised with a strong work ethic by hard-working parents. My brothers and I had jobs to…
Chris Dodd Now Pushing For Laws To Protect Movie Industry But Threaten Free Speech
The late Steve Jobs’ negotiations with the recording industry are now the stuff of legend. He famously told clueless music executives who refused to offer their product digitally that they had their “heads up their…
Granny Snatching: Controversial Ct Executive Orders On Unionized Health Care Aides Progress
Gov. Dannel Malloy’s Executive Orders 9 and 10 which provide for, or require, unionization of home health care aides and family daycare providers, even those working independently, has moved forward with establishment of two “working…
Waterford And Bridgeport Eye Surgery Centers Fined For Operating On Wrong Eyes
Written by Theresa Sullivan Barger Eye surgery facilities in Bridgeport and Waterford have been fined for performing surgery in the wrong eyes of patients, neglecting to notify the patients of the error and failing to…
LIFE GOES ON: Hoarding: It’s Never Enough
HOARDING: IT’S NEVER ENOUGH Dear Doctor Kathleen, I love my husband very much but I moved out of our home 6 months ago because of his hoarding. To get from the front door to the…
Many More CooperVision Avaira Contact Lenses Recalled
More CooperVision Avaira contact lenses contain an unintended silicone oil residue, leading to an expansion of the company’s October-issued nationwide recall, the Department of Consumer Protection announced today. In October, CooperVision Inc. of West Henrietta,…
Torrington Security Researcher Rings Alarm Bell On Software Capable Of Capturing Android Phone Data
Trevor Eckhart, a Torrington security researcher, has set off a firestorm over his allegations that a diagnostic software company, CarrierIQ, is capturing the content of text messages and other personally identifiable information on hundreds of…
For Profit Hospice Firms Ripping Off Taxpayers By Trolling For Elderly Inelligible For Care
Many for profit hospice companies are ripping us as taxpayers off by convincing doctors and nursing homes to put elderly into hospice care even though they don’t meet the requirement that they have only six…
Three Elderly Women With Medical Problems Forced To Strip By TSA At JFK
“Three South Florida women, all elderly and with medical problems, say Transportation Security Administration officers made them take off their clothes during the screening process at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport last week,”…