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• FDA Warns Consumers About Tainted Weight Loss Products

  Alison De Villiers | January 30, 2009 1:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The FDA recently issued a nationwide alert to consumers about almost 70 weight loss pills that contain undeclared, active pharmacuetical ingredients that may put the health of consumers at risk. The...

• Police Gadgets Are Great, But Safety First

  Brett Goodson | January 30, 2009 11:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Anyone reading the recent article in The Cincinnati Enquirer Police Cameras Have Your Number would get the impression that this latest crime fighting tool is a sure winner. The camera scans the...

• President Obama's Agenda for Health Care Reform

  Stephanie Day | January 28, 2009 10:57 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The American people have been offered two extremes for health care: government-run health care with higher taxes, or letting the insurance companies operate without rules. President Obama believes...

• Cincinnati Police Chase Results in Death

  Alison De Villiers | January 26, 2009 10:34 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A Cincinnati police chase ended last week when the driver fleeing from police crashed into a tree and fence and his car burst into flames. Police had signalled to the driver to pull over, but the...

• Increased Insurance Rates Not Due to Lawsuits

  Alison De Villiers | January 22, 2009 11:54 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Despite claims by the insurance companies that insurance rates are skyrocketing due to lawsuits, the facts show that insurance rates are not determined by the amount paid out as a result of...

• Recent Study Shows MRSA in Children on the Rise

  Alison De Villiers | January 22, 2009 11:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A recent Chicago study shows that MRSA infections in children have more than doubled in recent years. The study examined more than 20,000 children from 2001-2006. The results showed a rise in MRSA...

• Are We a Litigation Nation? Not According to the Facts.

  Alison De Villiers | January 22, 2009 10:31 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  George Will's recent editorial titled Litigation Nation describes our country as one where children cannot go out to play at recess and teachers can do nothing to discipline or instruct their...

• Auto insurer refuses to provide coverage for the jaws of life

  Stephanie Day | January 22, 2009 10:26 AM | 4 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Recently, State Farm refused to pay a fire department bill for the use of the jaws of life to extricate an injured person from an automobile collision. State Farm's basis for the coverage denial was...