- Eddie Farah | February 27, 2007 10:08 PM |
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Workplace InjuriesIt's a dubious distinction. Florida hit the highest number of job-related accidents, mainly around construction sites in 2004. 422 died on the workplace, according to the state. That's more than one a day. You can thank our multi-billion dollar building industry. The numbers were down but not much better in 2005 -- 404 -- still the second highest fatality count. White and hispanic males top...
- Eddie Farah | February 24, 2007 9:13 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsVictoria Brandt was newly enrolled to be a third grader at Clay Hill Elementary School --instead this weekend she will be buried after a head-on collision on the Shands Bridge in Clay County earlier this week. 8-year-old Brandt, was one of three children killed in the four-vehicle crash that happened Monday when an SUV mysteriously veered into oncoming traffic near the Shands Bridge. ...
- Eddie Farah | February 22, 2007 9:01 AM |
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FDA & Prescription Drugs"Achieving Balance Brings Strength"That's the promise of AstraZeneca's Seroquel schizophrenia drug. But 10,000 are claiming the drug brought them severe weight gain and in some cases diabetes.Warnings about diabetes are now included in the AstraZeneca website, however in November 2006, the FDA sent the manufacturer a letter requiring the stronger warning.The promotional material raises...
- Eddie Farah | February 21, 2007 1:23 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsAlachua County is reporting the first case of salmonella poisoning from tainted peanut butter. That is being confirmed by the Duval County Health Department. Florida joins 39 other states in reporting outbreaks from the consumption of Peter Pan and Great Value peanut butter made in the ConAgra plant in Sylvester, Georgia. Great Value is Wal-Mart's store brand. The product code to look for on the...
- Eddie Farah | February 16, 2007 10:38 PM |
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Automobile AccidentsAnyone who passes a big-rig on the highway knows the feeling -- your heart races, you hold your breath and say a little prayer. You hope the truck driver is paying attention and has had enough sleep that day. But we know from experience that too many truckers on the road are pushing the limits. And federal rules now allow drivers to work 14-hour days, 11-hours behind the wheel, that's three...
- Eddie Farah | February 15, 2007 11:24 PM |
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Defective & Dangerous ProductsMake sure you look at the product code on the jar of peanut butter on your shelf. If it begins with "2111" take it back to the grocery store for a refund. Salmonella has been found in the Peter Pan brand. Great Value is made at the same plant. The tainted peanut butter was produced in Georgia at the Sylvester facility by ConAgra.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta is...
- Eddie Farah | February 12, 2007 8:55 AM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsIn sort of a new twist on calling for responsible and responsive government, a petition filed by Public Citizen against the FDA over a controversial birth control pill, has been echoed in a video on YouTube.The petition by Public Citizen, asks the FDA to ban oral contraceptives containing desogestrel. The consumer group points to studies that show this third-generation of pills almost doubles...
- Eddie Farah | February 10, 2007 4:29 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsYou have to give some credit to CNN's Anderson Cooper and his producer. They have dared to go where reporters seldom do -- inside the insurance industry to highlight the real-life problems with insurance payouts.Take the case of Roxanne Martinez of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Cooper and producer followed her claims with Allstate after her car was hit by another. Medical bills, damage to her car and...
- Eddie Farah | February 09, 2007 10:48 AM |
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Automobile AccidentsA Jacksonville woman says she's lucky to be alive after her car's windshield was shot by a small caliber gunduring morning rush-hour traffic Wednesday.Rebecca Morrison was traveling along Interstate-295 on the Westside in the southbound lanes between Pritchard Road and the Commonwealth Avenue exit. The Sheriff's office believes a 22-caliber gun might have left the nickel-sized hole in her...
- Eddie Farah | February 08, 2007 9:49 AM |
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MiscellaneousDo we really think that drug maker, Merck & Co has totally benevolent motives in pushing its new drug, Gardasil to state lawmakers and parents of teenage girls? Merck is bankrolling lobbyists and state lawmakers to push for state laws making the drug a required immunization, like whopping cough and tetanus, for millions of schoolgirls as young as 11 or 12 to guard against cervical cancer caused...
- Eddie Farah | February 02, 2007 10:49 PM |
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MiscellaneousThe Centers for Disease Control wants to know what sickened more than 100 people aboard a Holland-American ship, Volendam that returned to Port Everglades this week from a Carribean cruise. Passengers had gastrointestinal distress including diarrhea and vomiting. While the majority of passengers said they felt fine, about 7.5 percent of the passengers suffered from the outbreak. The ship...
- Eddie Farah | February 01, 2007 10:40 PM |
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MiscellaneousAdding drama to the message, Paris darkened the Eiffel Tower Thursday as the strongest warning yet that global warming is to be blamed on man.Hundreds of climate scientists meeting in Paris issued the gloomy forcast - human activity is warming the planet leading to rising temperatures and sea levels. Scientists and representatives of 113 governments make up the gathering, convened to study...
- Eddie Farah | February 01, 2007 10:07 PM |
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FDA & Prescription DrugsDrug Giant Eli Lilly and Co. says the claims are without merit, but plans to cover more than 18,000 claims over the antipsychotic drug, Zyprexa. Plaintiffs say the drug made them gain weight causing them to develop diabetes. Lilly will pay $500 million, less than the $700 million it had agreed to pay on 8,000 claims in 2005.Referring to an article in the New York Times,"Lilly's own published...