Tis’ the season for injuries? The federal Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) estimates about 15,000 of us will be injured during the holiday season based on the number of folks seen in the nation’s emergency rooms last November and December. The worst of the injuries involved falls from holiday decorating, […]
Author: Steve Smith
New data suggests that SUV’s (short for “sport utility vehicle”) have become safer for other drivers to have them on the road. The study was conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a research arm of the insurance industry. The study found that in 2000-2001, there were 44 deaths […]
The passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, (often called “Obamacare,” by those who oppose the Act) is leading to a fundamental restructuring of how we Americans pay for our health care. The law itself is long and complex. Here’s a 907 page legal summary, if you’re ready […]
A new study released by The Cornucopia Institute, an advocate for family farming, found that most of the common organic and cage-free eggs we purchase at our grocery stores are from chickens that are produced in an industrial-scale setting where no outdoor access is granted for the chickens and most […]
Did you know that the day you were injured, through the negligence of another, you entered a potential red zone? Did you know that your ability to get treatment and compensation may rely on the competence and honesty of insurance company employees? The insurance industry has spent billions of dollars […]
Opponents, critics and even some supporters of health care reform continue to speculate on potential glitches in the delivery of health care to the millions of Americans who otherwise would have gone without access to medical care. The latest gloom and doom prediction is that national health care reform will […]
The Deepwater Horizon Oil Disaster that continues to dump 20,000 to 40,000 barrels of oil everyday into the Gulf poses more questions than answers. We still do not know how it happened or whether BP will pay for its reported drive for profits over safety. President Obama’s latest effort to […]
A recent study on popular “health food” veggie burgers brought about an alarming conclusion: these healthy burgers contain a very unhealthy toxin, hexane. A recent study by the Cornucopia Institute found that most non-organic veggie burgers currently on the market are made with the chemical hexane, an EPA-registered air pollutant […]
The latest buzz in the legal industry focuses on the drug Byetta. The diabetes drug exenatide, trade name Byetta, has been linked to an increased risk of a serious and often deadly form of pancreatitis. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued a warning that Byetta might increase risk […]
Learning to drive is one of life’s milestones. Parents can serve an important role by encouraging teen driver safety throughout the year. Despite all of the recent and focused media attention devoted to making us all aware of the potential risks to younger people contracting the H1N1 virus, or Swine […]
