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Latino Worker Deaths Up 76 Percent

Posted on July 20, 2009
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard on Workplace Injuries US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) IB, Austin, TX - Scaffold Collapse At Austin's 21 Rio Condo Project Demonstrates The Need For Fall Safety Systems, June 2009 IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / author: DanWilton As the nation's total number of workplace deaths has declined, the number of Hispanic workers who have died on the job has risen by 76 percent, according to newly released federal statistics...

Harry And Louise Are Back

Posted on July 17, 2009
Health Reform Characters With A Different Message LEARN MORE Gallup Poll on reform America's Health Insurance (AHIP) Plans Web site  AHIP statement on health care reform PhRma Web site  Families USA     IMAGE SOURCE: New York Times Web site/ Harry and Louise and Chris Dodd   You might remember them from ads that ran in 1993 and 1994 to scuttle the Clinton health reform movement...

Grain, Livestock Farmers Concerned With Proposed Food Safety Bill

Posted on July 17, 2009
LEARN MORE Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 InjuryBoard Food Safety News InjuryBoard on The FDA FDA Food Safety Food Labeling Law Takes Effect IMAGE SOURCE: FDA Web site Livestock and grain farmers are concerned about proposed legislation to overhaul the nation's food-safety system and don't want the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) inspecting farms...

Memory Loss Before Age 60 Due To Alzheimer's Gene

Posted on July 16, 2009
  LEARN MORE NEJM Abstract, July 16, 2009 ActionAlz.org  Alzheimer's Association  World Alzheimer's Day  InjuryBoard on Alzheimer's and Dementia   IMAGE SOURCE: © Alzheimer's Association   You may begin to show the signs of Alzheimer's disease and memory problems in your 50s if you inherit a common gene variant known as, ApoE4, according to new research...

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Race For Alzheimer's Cure

Posted on July 16, 2009
Image Source: National Institute on Aging Race For A Cure LEARN MORE Alzheimer's Association - on new research Linus Pauling Institute - on curcumin Human BioMolelcular Research Institute    IMAGE SOURCE:  WikiMedia Commons/ Enzymes acting on the amyloid protein cutting it into fragments of beta-amyloid/ author: National Institute on Aging   New treatments for Alzheimer's may be on the horizon...

Study Links Smoking To Rapid MS Progression

Posted on July 15, 2009
LEARN MORE Archives of Neurology, July 2009 InjuryBoard on Multiple Sclerosis InjuryBoard News on Smoking IMAGE SOURCE: © iStockPhoto / quit smoking / author: RobHadfield A new study in the Archives of Neurology suggests the effects of smoking can speed up the progression multiple sclerosis (MS) while past studies have suggested cigarette smokers are at an increased risk of developing the disease...

Wal-Mart The Environmentalist?

Posted on July 15, 2009
  Giant Retailer Wants To Go Green LEARN MORE Environment Defense Fund - on Wal-Mart Global Institute of Sustainability- Arizona State University Sam M. Walton College of Business InjuryBoard News - Shoppers Stampede L.I. Wal-Mart Trampling Guard To Death - December, 2008 NY Post video  Wal-Mart Web site  General distain for the retailer  - Walmartsucks...

Hormone Therapy Increases Risk Ovarian Cancer

Posted on July 15, 2009
Hormone Therapy Risk LEARN MORE JAMA study, July 2009 NCI on Ovarian Cancer IB News - Ovarian Cancer Blood Test Increases Early Detection - June 2008 American Cancer Society  -  on ovarian cancer InjuryBoard on premarin and ovarian cancer National Ovarian Cancer Coalition InjuryBoard on early warning stages   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wikimedia Commons/ anatomy of the ovaries/ U...

Tub And Shower Injuries Top Dangers To Young Children

Posted on July 14, 2009
  Falls Are Greatest Danger LEARN MORE Pediatrics - Injuries Associated with Bathtubs and Showers - July 2009 NEISS Web site  IMAGE SOURCE:  © iStockphoto/ baby in a tub   A new study confirms that bath dangers are the greatest threat to young children...

SW Jet Makes Emergency Landing After Hole in Fuselage

Posted on July 14, 2009
Photo on Twitter Hole In Fuselage LEARN MORE IB News - Petition on SW Air Passenger Poisoning - May 2009 IB Washington - Fumes Aboard SW Airliner - February 2009 IB Santa Clarita, CA - SW Misses Inspections - March 2008 IB Chicago- SW Settles Wrongful Death - April 2007   IMAGE SOURCE: Twitter/ Hole in SW Jet/ passenger: John Rhodes     It doesn't happen every day-thankfully...

40 Sickened From Contaminated Generic Diprivan - Recall Launched

Posted on July 14, 2009
  Different Lots Found At Jackson's LEARN MORE Indiana University - Warning letter to doctors about propofol and tainted lots Teva Pharmaceuticals USA - Web site  IB News - Doctors Discuss Dangers of Diprivan, July 2009 Ib News - Exclusive Jackson & /Diprivan- FDA Issued Alert Two Years Ago, July 2009   IMAGE SOURCE:  Propofol Injectable/ Teva Pharmaceuticals Web site    Although there is no known link to the death of Michael Jackson, two lots of the same type of powerful sedative reportedly taken by the star have been recalled after they were found to be contaminated...

Millions Committed To Unstoppable Swine Flu

Posted on July 13, 2009
Unstoppable Flu LEARN MORE State by State - swine flu CDC - Latest on swine flu  InjuryBoard News - Swine Flu Not Linked To Smithfield Foods - May, 2009 InjuryBoard News - New Head CDC To Tackle Swine Flu, Morale - May, 2009 CDC  - on Swine Flu  WHO - Web site    IMAGE SOURCE: Swine Flu in Hong Kong/ New York Times Web site   The World Health Organization is giving the green light to the development of a vaccine against the H1N1 swine flu virus, saying healthcare workers should be the first ones vaccinated...

New Surgeon General Nominee Named

Posted on July 13, 2009
Nominee Named LEARN MORE   IMAGE SOURCE/   Dr. Regina Benjamin / ABC News Web site    Her name is Regina Benjamin, a family physician from Alabama who has been named by President Obama as the new surgeon general. Dr. Benjamin helped rebuild a Bayou La Batre, Alabama, health clinic that serves 4,400 after Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and Hurricane Georges in 1998...

Fighting Alzheimer's Disease With Omega Three Fatty Acids

Posted on July 13, 2009
  Alzheimer's and Alcohol, DHA and PTSD - Three Studies LEARN MORE Alzheimer's Association - more on studies    IMAGE SOURCE: © Wikimedia Commons/ progressive dementia patient/ author: Dr. Laughlin Dawes   The question had been posed - does taking DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid - fight the ravages of Alzheimer's disease? People had been swallowing DHA (ducosahexenoic acid) supplements found in fish oil and eating salmon and tuna to get their daily dose of the fatty acid to reduce the risk for Alzheimer's or treat it...

Former Surgical Tech Denied Bail In Hepatitis C Scare

Posted on July 13, 2009
LEARN MORE InjuryBoard Hepatitis C News Injuryboard on hepatitis Injuryboard on reuse of syringes IMAGE SOURCE: Creativecommons...

Study - Swearing May Lessen Pain

Posted on July 13, 2009
LEARN MORE NeuroReport, Swearing as a Response to Pain, August 2009 CasUal swearing appreciatioN socieTy (Facebook) IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / lady swearing / Juanmonino Cut your finger? Bump your funny bone? %!$&*@#! New scientific research finds swearing might help to lessen the perception of pain...

Do You Live In A Fat State?

Posted on July 09, 2009
View Obesity Rates in your State LEARN MORE CDC – Obesity Trends Report (pdf) CDC on Obesity 2008 State Obesity Rates InjuryBoard Obesity News IMAGE SOURCE: U...

Delayed Aging With Antibiotic Rapamycin

Posted on July 09, 2009
  Rapamycin LEARN MORE National Institute on Aging- Interventions Testing Program  Nature letter - story available by subscription The Jackson Laboratory    IMAGE SOURCE:  The Jackson Laboratory/ mice for sale/ Web site    It happened in mice experiments and was discovered quite accidentally...

Longer Flights Increase Travelers Risk of Blood Clots

Posted on July 09, 2009
LEARN MORE Annals of Internal Medicine, July 2009 InjuryBoard on VTE / Venous Thromboembolism InjuryBoard on Blood Clots IB - Surgeon General Issues "Call to Action" to Prevent Deep Vein Thrombosis, Sept...

Doctors Discuss Dangers of Diprivan

Posted on July 09, 2009
  Jackson Doctor Talks to CNN About Diprivan LEARN MORE Food and Drug Administration - on Propofol (Diprivan) Dr. Wischmeyer 2006 study- University of Colorado Drug News - on Mayo Clinic study IB News - Exclusive- Jackson and Diprivan - June 2009   IMAGE SOURCE: CNN/ Larry King talks to Dr...

Insurance Industry Insider Goes Public

Posted on July 09, 2009
Wendell Potter  Profits Before Patients? LEARN MORE Potter Testimony Transcript- Senate Commerce Committee, June 24, 2009 Wendell Potter's Blog InjuryBoard News - When Insurers Play Doctor (Part One) - December 2007 IB News - When Insurers Play Doctor (Part Two) - December 2007 Bill Moyers Journal - Potter Interview Washington Post on Conservatives for Patients' Rights Ram USA Web site  Single Payer Action - Web site    IMAGE SOURCE:  Center for Media and Democracy Web site / Wendell Potter For nearly 20 years, Wendell Potter, 57, had a six-figure job inside the health insurance industry, most recently as Vice President of Corporate Communications for the CIGNA Corporation...

The FDA's Division of Drug Information Is Now On Twitter

Posted on July 08, 2009
LEARN MORE FDA Division of Drug Information (DDI) InjuryBoard Twitter News IB - St. Cloud, The Ethics And Legalities Of Twitter IMAGE SOURCE: FDA Twitter Account In recent months Twitter's popularity has soared...

Computer-Related Injuries On the Rise

Posted on July 08, 2009
LEARN MORE The American Journal of Preventive Medicine, July 2009 NINDS: Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Fact Sheet IMAGE SOURCE: iStockPhoto / neck pain / author: Martinan Computer users face a host of risks such as back and neck pain, carpal tunnel, blurry vision and headaches...

Food and You: Blood Pressure

Posted on July 08, 2009
Lentil soup Veggie Amino Acid LEARN MORE Circulation - Glutamic Acid - Abstract, July 2009 DASH diet is detailed by the U.S. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Nutrition Data on - Foods highest in Glutamic Acid   IMAGE SOURCE:  Wiki Media Commons/Lentil soup/ author: Xufanc   Eat your vegetables sounds like grandmas sound advice, but there is new science that backs it...

Darvon, Darvocet Stronger Warning

Posted on July 08, 2009
LEARN MORE Drugs.com - on Darvocet  Public Citizen - on Darvon's risks IB News - Tylenol Smaller Doses May Prevent Liver Damage - June 2009   IMAGE SOURCE: CVS Pharmacy Web site/ Darvocet   Almost Taken Off The Market Expect to see a new stronger warning on the label of the painkillers, Darvon and Darvocet...

Mother Pleads Not Guilty of Withholding Care From Son

Posted on July 07, 2009
Son Died in March  LEARN MORE Texas Law - On withholding medical treatment  IB News - Judge Overrules Parents Alternative Treatment, May 2009   IMAGE SOURCE:  Boston Globe/ Kristin LaBrie / Web site    Kristen LaBrie was arraigned yesterday in Superior Court for withholding medical care from Jeremy, her autistic 9-year-old son who had cancer and died in March...

Study - Medical Malpractice Payments Decline

Posted on July 07, 2009
LEARN MORE Public Citizen: The 0.6 Percent Bogeyman – July 2009 Public Citizen News Release IMAGE SOURCE: Cozy Crab Sunshade / CPSC For the third straight year, medical malpractice payments were at record lows, finds a new study released by Public Citizen...

Gardasil Rival Cervarix More Effective Maker Says

Posted on July 07, 2009
  Cervarix Study Funded By Maker LEARN MORE National Cancer Institute-  on human papillomavirus  The British Medical Journal- The Lancet, July 7, 2009 InjuryBoard Help Page - Gardasil IB News - Expanded Use of Gardasil Approved by the FDA September 2008 IB News - Did Gardasil Vaccine Cause a 12-yr-old Girl's Paralysis November 2007 IB News - HPV Vaccine Gardasil Linked to Three Deaths July 2007 IB News - One Year Anniversary of the Approval of Gardasil, June  2007   IMAGE SOURCE: WikiMedia Commons/ Teen girls/ Savaman   GlaxoSmithKline Plc's (GSK) Cervarix is more effective than its rival, Gardasil in fighting the most common cervical cancer-causing viruses, says its maker...

GM Sale Passes Another Hurdle - Injured Still Left Behind

Posted on July 06, 2009
Product Liability Victims Remnants of Bankruptcy LEARN MORE Public Citizen - June 3 appeal of bankruptcy court Appeal,  filed July 6, 2009 Bankruptcy decision, July 5 Bankruptcy Court order, July 5 Debtors Objection Motion- June 26, 2009  InjuryBoard News -  TV Ads Ask Congress To Protect Public From Chrysler GM Bankruptcies - June 2009 InjuryBoard News -Chrysler Consumers Hurt Twice, Now What?- June 2009 InjuryBoard News -Chrysler GM Throws Consumers Under The Bus - June 2009    Center for Justice & Democracy- Chrysler GM Victims    IMAGE SOURCE: General Motors Web site/ new cars   General Motors Corp...

Death On Disney Monorail

Posted on July 06, 2009
  Disney Monorail Death LEARN MORE Video of the collision and driver Disney Web site    IMAGE SOURCE:   Two trains collide/ Orlando.com Web site    The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is opening up a probe into what killed a monorail operator at Walt Disney World in Florida...

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