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• Seatbelts Save Lives In Car Accident

  Jennifer Barry | November 14, 2006 2:55 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  A car hit a guardrail and launched over it - plummeting 30 feet into a shallow stream. This car accident occurred on Providence Road in Northbridge Thursday. Luckily the driver and two passengers involved in the crash were wearing seatbelts and escaped the wreck with only minor injuries.Police and Fire Department rescue personnel responded to the scene and found a 2002 Chrysler 300M in the...

• President Bush Vetoes Children's Health Insurance Program

  Courtney Mills | October 03, 2007 4:31 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  President Bush exerted his veto power for the fourth time of his presidency today, upsetting legislation that would expand a children's healthcare program.Democrats in Congress appeared undaunted about overriding the President's veto of the legislation, but Democratic senators on the hill are not likely to muster the 2/3 majority required to reverse the veto.This law would benefit lower income...

• Huge Nationwide Recall of Dog and Cat Food

  Shannon Weidemann | March 20, 2007 2:47 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  Menu Foods has issued a recall for over 60 million cans and foil pouches of dog and cat food across the nation. The food has the potential to cause kidney failure and death in some animals. Menu Foods of Canada on Friday announced the recall of 60 million cans and pouches of gravy-style dog and cat food. No dry dog or cat food has been implicated.The recall covers dog food sold throughout...

• FDA Stops Import of Chinese Fish

  Jenny Albano | June 29, 2007 9:10 AM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  On Thursday, June 28, the FDA banned the import of five different kinds of fish and shrimp from China. The seafood contained drugs that have been found to cause cancer.The species include catfish, shrimp, eels, basa -- a kind of catfish -- and the carp-like dace. The FDA is not ordering that the products be pulled out of restaurants or from supermarket shelves but said that all incoming...

• Defective Wal-Mart Footstools Recalled

  Staff Writer | October 26, 2006 2:27 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  Wal-Mart, in cooperation with the CPSC, is voluntarily recalling 165,000 footstools sold exclusively at their stores between December 2005 and September 2006. The footstools pose a collapse hazard, and Wal-Mart has received reports of seven injuries associated with nine breaking stools.Name of Product: Home Trends Wood FootstoolsDescription: The footstool is a natural-colored wood footstool. The...

• Hospital/Nursing Home Infections Increasing

  Robert Audette | December 11, 2008 5:16 PM | 1 CommentProvidence, RI

  Over 2 million hospital acquired infections occur each year according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It also estimates that another 1.5 million infections occur annually in...

• Hip Protectors Don't Stop Fractures in Falls

  Jenny Albano | August 08, 2007 7:44 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  A study in The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that padded hip protectors worn by the elderly do not prevent fractures if a person falls. The study monitored 1,000 nursing home residents at an average age of 85. The researchers had the participants wear the protector on one hip and leave the other one free to compare the results. After 20 months, the fracture rate between...

• Contaminated Acetaminophen Recalled

  John Foley | November 10, 2006 12:01 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  One of the largest manufacturers of store-brand acetaminophen recalled 11-million bottles of the popular pain reliever yesterday after discovering that some bottles were contaminated with metal fragments.Perrigo Co. was conducting quality control checks when it discovered the metal in approximately 200 of 70 million caplets it ran through a metal detector. Various counts of 500 mg caplets were...

• Good Advice For Dog Bite Victims

  Staff Writer | October 23, 2006 2:14 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  I ran across a column written by an attorney in a small Illinois newspaper. Basically, it talks about residents of that state being entitled to compensation when attacked by a vicious dog. While laws in every state differ, the author did offer up some good steps to take if you ever find yourself the victim of a dog bite.* Obtain immediate emergency treatment, giving the medical provider a...

• Boat Accident Lawsuit Filed in Florida

  Staff Writer | October 16, 2006 2:34 PM | 0 CommentsProvidence, RI

  A new Jersey Couple was renting a condominium in Clearwater, Florida last January when they commissioned a charter boat to fish in the Gulf of Mexico. Unfortunately, the trip turned to tragedy when their 31-foot charter boat was rammed by a 54-foot yacht emerging from the fog. Theresa Mazzola suffered internal injuries in the boat accident and later died at the hospital. Her husband recently...