Avoiding Infant Car Seat Injuries
A new study published in the journal Pediatrics warns parents that infant car seats need to remain in cars in order to prevent injuries to babies. Almost 9,000 infants...
Read moreTragic Fireworks Accidents on July 4th
Unfortunately, there were once again stories in the media of tragic fireworks accidents over the July 4th weekend. In New York, a man lighting fireworks completely severed his left...
Read moreSan Franciso Passes Cell Phone Emission Law
At the end of June, San Francisco passed an ordinance (which the mayor indicated he will sign) that requires cell phone retailers to disclose the phones' specific absorption rate,...
Read moreWatch Out for Driving Distractions
“Distracted driving” involves activities that take a person’s attention away from the road with a visual, manual or cognitive distraction. Some of these include cell phone use, eating, talking...
Read moreCounterfeit Tamiflu Sold By Internet-Based Pharmacies is Dangerous to Patients Allergic to Penicillin
Last week, the FDA notified consumers and healthcare professionals about a potentially harmful product represented as "Generic Tamiflu" sold over the Internet. FDA tests revealed that the fraudulent product...
Read moreMcNeil Consumer Healthcare Recalls Additional Lots of Benadryl and Tylenol
We previously notified readers about the massive recall by McNeil Consumer Healthcare over various over-the-counter medicines due to consumer reports of an unusual moldy, musty, or mildew-like odor that...
Read moreThe Portland Shellfish Company Recalls Lobster Brands Due to Listeria Contamination Risk
Portland Shellfish Company, Inc. announced earlier this week that it is voluntarily recalling the following brands of cooked, ready to eat fresh or frozen lobster meat: Portland Shellfish Co....
Read moreSoft White Bread Distributed in Oregon and Washington Recalled Due To Undeclared Allergen
Bimbo Bakeries USA, Inc. announced recently that it is recalling Bimbo brand Soft White Bread (1 lb. 4 oz. or 567 grams) sold in California, Idaho, Oregon and Washington...
Read moreResearcher Suggests Later School Start Times May Cut Teen Car Crashes
At a recent professional meeting, a researcher, Dr. Robert D. Vorona of Eastern Virginia Medical School in Norfolk, suggested to his colleagues that delaying high school opening times by...
Read moreFacebook and the Personal Injury Litigant
By this point most of us are aware of social networking sites, the current darling being Facebook, which has taken over from MySpace, which took over from Friendster and...
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