High School Football Player Dies From Head Injury Suffered During Game
The tragic news from New York is that a high school football player has died from a head injury following a hard hit by an opposing player during a...
Read moreRecall Roundup For October 7-14
Here’s a quick round-up of food and product recalls from the last week. Food Recalls: The listeria-tainted cantaloupe death toll is up to 23. It is believed that the...
Read moreCalifornia Firm Announces Large Beef Recall Due to E. Coli Contamination
Yesterday, Commercial Meat Company, a Los Angeles, California firm, announced a recall of approximately 377,775 pounds of ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7. The...
Read moreCalifornia Raises Minimum Age for Tanning Beds to 18 Due to Skin Cancer Dangers
We’ve previously blogged about the dangers of tanning beds to teenagers. The good news is that Governor Brown of California has just signed a bill raising the minimum age...
Read moreContact Lenses Quietly Recalled Leaves Dozens with Eye Injuries
Blurry vision, torn corneas and corneal abrasions are just a few of the serious health problems linked to continued use of recalled contact lenses. Food and Drug Administration officials...
Read moreRecall Roundup
It’s hard for busy people, especially working parents, to keep track of everything that may present a health problem or safety issue … particularly when the list of dangers...
Read moreNFL to Study Concussions and Brain Injuries
The National Football League’s committee on concussion research is planning an in-depth study on the long-term effects of concussions on its players. Two years ago, a Congressional committee held...
Read morePost-traumatic Stress Disorder in Accident Victims
Although post-traumatic stress disorder is most often associated with soldiers who have been in combat, research by the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) found that people who suffered...
Read moreBed Bug Pesticides Linked to Poisoning-Related Illness and Death
In the latest Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (PDF), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) published a study linking bed bug pesticides to poisoning-related illnesses and death. The study, entitled...
Read moreProtecting the Elderly from Financial Abuse
Not all elder abuse is physical: older people can be exploited financially, psychologically and emotionally. A report issued earlier this year by the Government Accountability Office found that elder abuse...
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