Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent warning letters to companies that market malt alcohol beverages with added caffeine that the combination of caffeine and alcohol is “unsafe,” and that the government may take further action…possibly including seizure of their products. The targeted products include: Core High Gravity HG Core High Gravity HG […]
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It’s not North Carolina, as some would have you believe. It’s Not California or any other of the usual suspects. Montanna has the highest Worker’s Compensation premiums in the country. Who would have thought? http://www.belgrade-news.com/news/state_regional/article_e8520894-de18-11df-a46e-001cc4c03286.html
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This week, two articles published in the medical journal Pediatrics highlight the extremely high cost of motorcycle wrecks for youths ages 12 to 20. The first study, “Youth Motorcycle-Related Hospitalizations and Traumatic Brain Injuries in the United States in 2006,” showed that the number of motorcycle deaths and injuries are increasing for children and young
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This weekend, at least three bicyclists were injured in collisions with cars. We’re cyclists here, so we always read these types of stories with a heavy heart. Both stories were reported on WRAL.com. On Friday evening, just north of Selma, two bicyclists were struck by driver Marie Jania. They suffered only minor injuries. It is
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You have the opportunity to shape the way cigarette packaging will look after September 12, 2012. By that date, all cigarette packages and advertisements must carry stronger warnings and color images. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has put together samples of proposed warnings and images, and they want the public to weigh-in on
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Glen Care of Mount Olive Assisted Living has some explaining to do. According to an article on WRAL.com, North Carolina health officials have reported that five residents of the facility are suspected to have died in an outbreak of hepatitis B. The residents ranged in age from 63 to 83. At least three other residents
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November 11, 2010 A man who was thought to have been killed in a hit-and-run Raleigh auto accident was lying in the road when he was struck by a car, according to newsobserver.com. An investigation that is still ongoing is trying to find out why the man was lying in the middle of the road before
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Pharmaceutical medications have changed the world. Think about it: Less than 100 years ago, people regularly died of pneumonia because antibiotics weren’t available as a treatment. But what happens when drug companies decide that they are willing to push profits ahead of patient safety? Well, Lauren Stevens of Durham, North Carolina, just discovered at least
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Whatever Indiana is doing, must be working. Non fatal injuries have reached historic lows in Indiana. Anybody that has suffered a work related injury knows how devastating it is both personally and to their families. Anything that can be done to prevent injury is a good thing and benefits both employees and employers. http://www.fox28.com/Global/story.asp?S=13380747
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The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services compile data about nursing homes, and about nursing home residents. Yesterday, NPR News Investigations published an interactive graphic of the level of independence among U.S. nursing home residents. This graphic is quite cool! You start by choosing an independence measure you want to examine from the residents’ ability
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