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• Prescription errors more common in elderly patients

  Chuck Boyk | December 30, 2008 10:52 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH

  Our Ohio medical malpractice lawyers see the devastating that effects that prescription errors can have on a family. Often times these fatal prescription errors are made during the care of an...

• New York's Liquor Liability Law - Too Much Holiday Cheer Comes With a Price...

  Jim Forde | December 30, 2008 9:34 PM | 0 CommentsLong Island, NY

  Under New York Law, bartenders, shopkeepers, wait staff and other persons who serve alcoholic beverages to visibly intoxicated persons can cause their employers to be held legally responsible for...

• Data Security Breached at RBS WorldPay

  Jamie Sheller | December 30, 2008 7:46 PM | 0 CommentsPhiladelphia, PA

  RBS WorldPay , an Atlanta-based merchant-acquiring and pre-paid card provider, announced a breach of its data security. The breach occurred in the computer system, with 1.5 million cardholders...

• Officials Investigating Sexual Abuse At Shore Winds Nursing Home

  Chrissie Cole | December 30, 2008 6:52 PM | 0 CommentsNew York City, NY

  A Shore Winds nursing home patient is at the hospital and unable to return to her home for her own safety, following allegations of sex abuse by a staff member, according to News 10NBC. A...

• Motorcyclist Dies After Hit and Run Crash On Farrington Highway In Waipahu

  Wayne Parsons | December 30, 2008 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  As reported on the KITV Nes website a motorcycle crash closed a portion of the eastbound lanes of Farrington Highway in Waipahu Monday afternoon. A motorcyclist was critically injured in the...

• Judge Denies Class-action Status For FEMA Trailer Toxin Cases.

  Wayne Parsons | December 30, 2008 2:36 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  The Wall Street Journal (12/30, Prada) reports, A federal judge on Monday denied class-action status to thousands of hurricane victims seeking damages for alleged exposure to a toxic chemical while...

• Colonoscopy Significantly Reduces Death From Left-sided Colon Cancer But Not From Right-sided

  Wayne Parsons | December 30, 2008 1:18 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Colonoscopy Significantly Reduces Death From Left-sided Colon Cancer But Not From Right-sided ScienceDaily (Dec. 27, 2008) — A new study finds that colonoscopy is strongly associated with...

• Diet Safety Alert: Anti-cancer Components Of Extra-virgin Olive Oil Revealed

  Wayne Parsons | December 30, 2008 1:05 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  ScienceDaily (Dec. 27, 2008) — Good quality extra-virgin olive oil contains health-relevant chemicals, ‘phytochemicals’, that can trigger cancer cell death. New research sheds...

• Family Sues Insurance Company over Daughters Death

  Beth Janicek | December 30, 2008 12:55 PM | 0 CommentsSan Antonio, TX

  The family of 17-year-old leukemia patient, Nataline Sarkisyan has sued Cigna Insurance Company for her death in 2007. The company initially refused to pay for a liver transplant arguing that...

• Researcher Shows How Cancer Evades The Immune System

  Wayne Parsons | December 30, 2008 12:34 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI

  Researchers Discover Method for Identifying How Cancer Evades the,Immune System hcocgle("Outline") [Outline] ...PHILADELPHIA July 3 2007-- One of the fundamental traits of atumor ... In the...