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Maclaren Recalls Strollers Because of Child Finger Amputations

Posted on December 13, 2009
When you have a baby, the last thing you want to think about is whether the stroller you purchased is safe - especially whether or not your Maclaren stroller will injure or even cut off your child's finger. Like most parents, hearing your child's first words or seeing their first step is what is imagined and lived for...

Brooklyn Fish Market Sued for Male-On-Male Sexual, Racial & National Origin Harassment

Posted on December 08, 2009
December 8, 2009 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit Monday charging M. Slavin & Sons, a retail and wholesale fish market, with creating a hostile work environment for male employees, including physical and verbal sexual harassment and offensive and degrading comments based on race and national origin...

Contagious Norovirus Linked to San Antonio Bay Oysters Again

Posted on December 08, 2009
December 7, 2009 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning the public to avoid eating oysters harvested from the San Antonio Bay on the Gulf of Texas. The FDA, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the states of North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas are investigating about a dozen reports of consumers in North Carolina and South Carolina with norovirus related illnesses linked to consumption of oysters harvested from San Antonio Bay...

Neuromuscular Blocking Agents Wrong-Drug Errors at PA Medical Facilities

Posted on December 07, 2009
December 6, 2009 The Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority released a report in its December 2009 Patient Advisory regarding wrong-drug errors of neuromuscular blocking agents at Pennsylvania medical facilities. Patients are administered neuromuscular blocking agents (NMBAs) in emergency departments, intensive care units, interventional radiology areas and medical and surgical units to paralyze skeletal muscles during surgery conducted under general anesthesia and for patients requiring intubation for airway management...

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Road Debris Cause of Horrific Bruckner Expressway Accident that Killed Woman

Posted on December 07, 2009
December 5, 2009 A bouncing spool of wire on the Bruckner Expressway caused a horrific crash in the Bronx on Friday, leaving one woman dead, a postal truck driver hurt, and NBC News's Tom Brokaw and his wife, Meredith, unharmed but saddened. Tom Brokaw was driving, and his wife a passenger, in a car traveling eastbound in the far left lane of the Bruckner Expressway near Sheridan Avenue around 1 p...

Slim-Fast� Ready-to-Drink Products in Cans Recalled Due to Possible Health Risk

Posted on December 07, 2009
December 4, 2009 Unilever United States, Inc. of Englewood Cliffs, NJ, in cooperation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has voluntarily recalled all Slim-Fast® Ready-to-Drink products in cans due to the possibility of contamination with the microorganism Bacillus cereus...

Atlantic City Expressway Wrong-Way Accident Kills Two PA Men and One NJ Man

Posted on December 03, 2009
December 3, 2009 An accident early Wednesday morning on the Atlantic City Expressway has left three men dead. New Jersey State Police said a Volkswagen GTI, driven westbound on the expressway by Michael Pitoscia, 21, of Williamstown, crossed the grass median at mile marker 31...

Philly Man Having Heart Attack Dies Awaiting Treatment in Hospital ER then Robbed by Drug Addicts

Posted on December 03, 2009
December 2, 2009 A popular Philly local musician and high school counselor went to a hospital emergency room on Saturday complaining of heart attack symptoms. He sat untreated in the waiting room for 80 minutes, where he died and three homeless drug addicts robbed him of his wristwatch...

Long Island Father of Two Dies in Hit and Run Motorcycle Crash

Posted on December 01, 2009
December 1, 2009 Nassau police continue to search for a hit and run driver that killed a motorcyclist in Franklin Square on Sunday morning. John Deike, 46, was driving his Honda motorcycle northbound on Commonwealth Street at about 11:45 a.m. when a car traveling eastbound on Naple Avenue broadsided him at the intersection...

Study Finds Uninsured Trauma Patients 80% More Likely to Die

Posted on December 01, 2009
November 30, 2009 In a new study published in the November issue of Archives of Surgery, Harvard University and Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston researchers found trauma patients without medical insurance are more likely to die those with insurance...

EPA Issues Rules to Reduce Water Pollution from Construction Sites

Posted on November 29, 2009
November 29, 2009 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule aimed at reducing water pollution from construction and development industries. The final rule, which takes effect in February 2010 and will be phased in over a four-year period, will require construction site owners and operators who disturb one or more acres to use erosion and sediment control best management practices (BMPs) and pollution prevention measures to prevent run off of pollutants from construction sites into nearby bodies of water...

Driver Held on $1 Million Bail as Three Boys Remain Hospitalized in Philly

Posted on November 28, 2009
November 28, 2009 Dawn Denise Snell, 42, of the Philadelphia suburb of Lansdowne, is being held in the Delaware County Jail on $1 million cash bail after driving her car into three boys walking home from school in Upper Darby, PA. Police Superintendent Michael Chitwood of the Upper Darby Police Department said Dawn Snell was speeding east in her Dodge Charger on Marshall Road about 12:10 p...

New Law Increases Fines for Employers who Retaliate Against Employees

Posted on November 28, 2009
November 27, 2009 A new law that protects employees who report labor violations to the New York State Department of Labor from retaliation by employers went in to effect this week. When employees file claims or provide information to the Department of Labor about violations, they may suffer employer retaliation such as discharge, demotion, pay cuts or reassignment to a less desirable work shift or work duties...

Elderly Couple Mowed Down on the Way to Church

Posted on November 28, 2009
November 26, 2009 A hit and run driver mowed down an elderly couple crossing the street on their way to a Staten Island church Wednesday night. Peter S. Sabados, 78, and his wife Lillian Sabados, 77, were on their way to donate canned goods at their church, Our Lady Queen of Peace in New Dorp, when Allmir Lekperic, 26, struck the couple with his white Ford Econoline van and fled the scene...

2 Teens Killed, 5 Injured in East Coventry Township, PA Crash

Posted on November 28, 2009
November 25, 2009 An accident killed two teens and injured five others Monday evening on Route 724 near Sanatoga Road in East Coventry Township, Chester County. East Coventry police say a Honda SUV traveling westbound on Route 724 at about 8:45 p.m. and carrying six teenage boys crossed the eastbound lane, went up an embankment, rolled over and hit an oncoming Nissan sedan driven by Latasha Jones, 22, of Pottstown...

FDA - New Seasonal Flu Vaccine Approved

Posted on November 27, 2009
Agriflu, a new seasonal flu vaccine by Novartis', was approved for sale by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday. Agriflu is not intended to fight the H1-N1 virus, also known as swine flu. The vaccine, approved to prevent influenza subtypes A and B in people 18 or older, is administered as a single injection in the upper arm...

Deaths Prompt Recall of 3.8 Million Vehicles

Posted on September 30, 2009
September 30, 2009 California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor, 45, and three members of his family died when their runaway 2009 Lexus ES350, traveling at more than 120 miles per hour, crashed and burst into flames near San Diego, CA in August. One passenger called 911 moments before the crash to report the vehicle had no brakes and the accelerator was stuck...

New Jersey Woman Joins Son in Death from Auto Accident in Philly Suburb

Posted on September 29, 2009
Bucks County Coroner Joseph Campbell stated that Elizabeth Rawicz, age 42 of Bridgewater, NJ, was taken off life support at a local hospital on Saturday and died after being in critical condition from head injuries/trauma sustained in an Upper Makefield auto accident six days earlier...

Physician speaking fees: Information or Sales pitch?

Posted on September 29, 2009
Eli Lilly as well as many other drug manufacturers often pay physicians thousands of dollars as 'Faculty' to teach other doctors about a variety of medications in use for their particular field. Although doctors need continuing education, many critics feel that this is simply marketing forums for the drug companies to drive sales for the higher end medications, and to keep the customer base flowing...

Revised information for Januvia and Janumet

Posted on September 28, 2009
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has asked the manufacturers of Januvia (sitagliptin) and Janumet (sitagliptin/metformin) to revise the information that it provides the patients who take it to control their diabetes. The revision is to reflect the link between the medications and the rise in acute pancreatitis from its use...

Elderly Woman Hit by New York City Bus

Posted on September 28, 2009
New York - September 28, 2009 A Metropolitan Transit Authority bus hit an unidentified elderly woman last Thursday. The bus struck the woman about 11:45 a.m. at the intersection of 108th St. and Queens Blvd. in Forest Hills, fire and transit officials said...

Neocate Infant Specialized Formula Recalled

Posted on September 28, 2009
One lot of 14-ounce Neocate Infant Formula (about 3700 cans) is being voluntarily recalled by Nutricia North America Inc. because the formula does not contain as much protein as listed on their labels. The limited formulation does not present an immediate risk of injury or other adverse effects...

Keep Your Child Safe: Child Safety Seat Tips

Posted on September 28, 2009
Did you know that four out of five car seats are used incorrectly? In the event of a serious car crash, a child safety seat could save your child's life. Below is a list of safety features to look for in a child safety seat, recommended by the Nemours Foundation: -- The seat should be labeled as meeting or exceeding Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 213...

Sunday, September 27th - Off-Duty NYPD Officer Charged in Fatal DWI Crash

Posted on September 27, 2009
New York - September 27, 2009 Andrew Kelly, 30, seven-year veteran of the NYPD, was arrested at the scene and charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated after he struck and killed Vionique Valnord, 32, in a early morning crash at the corner of Ave...

Bacterial Contamination Prompts Recall of Children?s and Infants? Tylenol

Posted on September 26, 2009
September 24, 2009 In consultation with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), McNeil Consumer Healthcare is voluntarily initiating a recall of certain lots of Children's and Infants' Tylenol® liquid products. The product website www.tylenol.com states the recall is due to an unused portion of one inactive ingredient did not meet all quality standards, but a letter to healthcare professionals details the recall is attributed to a bacteria, Burkholderia cepacia (B...

New Child Booster Seat Law to Take Effect

Posted on September 26, 2009
New York - September 26, 2009 On November 24, New York law [Section 1229-c(1), NYS Vehicle & ; Traffic Law] takes effect and requires the use of booster seats or other appropriate child restraint systems for four, five and six year olds. A child restraint system is a device that is used in conjunction with safety belts, designed to restrain, seat or position a child in a motor vehicle and meets Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards...

Report ? Thousands Seek Help for WTC-Related Health Issues

Posted on September 24, 2009
A newly released report on possible health effects of the 9/11 World Trade Center Attack suggests an estimated 16,000 people received publicly funded medical treatment for WTC-related medical conditions between June 2008 to June 2009. The WTC Medical Working Group, was appointed by Mayor Bloomberg in 2007...

Philips Lifeline Emergency Response Buttons Pose Choking Hazard

Posted on September 22, 2009
Personal emergency-response buttons worn around the neck present a potential choking hazard, warns a safety alert issued by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Between 1998 and 2009 there have been six or more reports of serious injury and death – three deaths in the U...

Love Canal

Posted on September 20, 2009
When it comes to legal issues regarding environmental issues, one of the biggest cases in our history comes to mind, Love Canal. This environmental tragedy could have been prevented but as a result, major changes in the handling of waste management were put into place that still continues today...

Chinese Drywall

Posted on September 20, 2009
Toxic tort is a type of personal injury law that involves being exposed to toxic chemicals, pharmaceuticals or other types of dangerous substances that can seriously damage your health. It does seem like every day there is a new substance that is dangerous and has caused some kind of bodily harm to an innocent victim...

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