Here we go again. On February 8, Toyota announced a voluntary recall of about 158,000 more cars in the United States, confined to three models: 2010 Toyota Prius, 2010 Lexus HS 250h, and 2010 Toyota Camry. Hybrid ABS The two hybrid models (Prius and Lexus) are being recalled to update software in the anti-lock brake […]
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If your plans for the weekend include getting some exercise with your Nintendo Wii, be careful–someone could get hurt! What started as a purely fun game system has evolved into an entertaining way to improve general fitness. That’s a good thing. But as my mom used to say, everything is fun until someone gets hurt.
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Think back…way back to 2009, back in the days when “Toyota” meant quality, reliability, value, and innovation. Those were the days, huh? Here’s the timeline, as we know it today (click dates for links to sources): November 21, 2009: Toyota recalls millions of vehicles due to a defect they claimed was due to the potential
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After a night of drinking, a cup of coffee used to be considered the perfect preparation to help the drinker wake up before going home. Recently, high-powered caffeine drinks became popular mixers–a drink called “Raging Bull” calls for vodka, tequila, lime juice and high-caffeine Red Bull energy drink. Now, as reported in ScienceDaily, research suggests
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When long-term care residents needing supervision wander from their facility, death often results. Yesterday, two men were killed after wandering from the Britthaven rest home where they lived. A train struck them on a railroad track in Kannapolis within a mile of the home. http://www.salisburypost.com/Area/112809-kann-train-kills-two
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall of more than 2.1 million Stork Craft drop-side cribs, linked to reports of four infant suffocations, due to the tendency of the cribs’ plastic hardware to break or deform. Parts also can go missing and the drop-side can be installed incorrectly, resulting in broken parts. When
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Nationally, falls continue to be a life-ending problem in nursing homes, and state investigators do not adequately investigate them. See this representative story relating to a Minnesota nursing home resident.
Encourage your senators and representatives in Congress to vote for the Nursing Home Transparency Act, w hich will require nursing home owners to identify themselves. For years, the nursing home industry has dodged its responsibility to nursing home patients by hiding who the owners and operators are. Only a person or company with a license
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Senior partner and founder of the HensonFuerst Nursing Home Litigation Division, Thomas W. Henson, Sr., was featured on a July 8 blog entry hosted by Harry Newton, in which Tom stressed the importance of regular colonoscopies for men and women. As a six year survivor of colorectal cancer, Tom knows first-hand the importance or regular
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June 4, 2009 A man who was driving drunk was arrested after a recent Greenville car accident, according to The Daily Reflector. The man was speeding down the road and attempted to make a turn onto another road when he lost control of the car and hit a nearby curb. He continued into a grassy
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