Most people have heard recent news reports regarding a Salmonella outbreak caused by peanut butter now being sold in Trader Joe's stores throughout the nation and even right here in Bergen County. The supermarket chain has ordered a voluntary recall of the tainted...
Month: September 2012
AT&T seeking to raise awareness on texting-while-driving risks
Saying that the smartphone "is a product we sell and it's being used inappropriately," AT&T chairman and chief executive Randall L. Stephenson is speaking out forcefully in efforts to curb the widespread and dangerous practice of texting while driving.In doing so,...
Study: Many breast cancer follow-up tests questionable, problematic
Old habits die hard.That adage is particularly true, many medical researchers say, when it comes to doctors who are resolutely spurred by years of training to order every conceivable diagnostic test available that might detect any spread of breast cancer in a patient...
Fluoroquinolone antibiotics: Potency demands proper prescribing
The class of antibiotic medications called fluoroquinolones serves an important role in the drug arsenal against serious illnesses and infections, with such drugs standing ready as the big guns in a second-line defense aimed at killing off life-threatening infections...
State legislators spar over bill that would restrain pets in cars
For some people, it might appropriately be called a pet peeve, namely, seeing other vehicles flash by with noticeably unrestrained animals -- usually dogs -- hanging halfway out windows, jumping over seats or clearly engaging the attention of their owners while those...
OSHA targets slip-and-fall accidents in nursing homes nationwide
Nursing homes in New Jersey and elsewhere across the country are comparatively dangerous places to work.Slip-and-fall injuries are a major cause of accidental death in the United States.When those two facts are considered together, it is quite easy to see why...
Patron’s timely intervention in New Jersey waterslide mishap noted
Crystal Springs Resort, the owner and managing operator of the Mountain Creek Waterpark in Vernon, is likely concerned with issues relating to both premises liability and product liability in the aftermath of an accident that occurred at the park in mid-summer.That...
Risperdal product liability outcome deemed a “landmark settlement”
Calling it a "landmark settlement," one state attorney general from among 35 other s pitted against New Jersey-based pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) lauds the recent settlement between J&J and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which...