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• Gynecologist Diagnosed With Breast Cancer

  Amy Schauers | October 25, 2007 1:44 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Saudi Arabian gynecologist Samia Al-Amoudi was shocked to learn that she had self diagnosed her own stage three breast cancer last year. Al-Amoudi admits that as she worked with her female patients she encouraged them to have regular mammograms and to do their own self-breast exams but never took these precautions for herself.Al-Amoudi is now determined to help the women of Saudi Arabia. She...

• $23 Million for Pediatric Research

  Amy Schauers | October 24, 2007 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  A $23 million dollar gift was announced today to The Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. This generous funding was given by the Richard King Mellon Foundation to establish a new institute to research illnesses in children. With this new facility the Children's Hospital expects groundbreaking medical advancement and the public hopes for new treatments in pediatric medicine."With this institute...

• Wrongful Death of Draper Boy

  Amy Schauers | October 12, 2007 11:57 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Dana Blum seeks to hold accountable those involved in the wrongful death of her 14 year old son. Blum hopes that the charges she brings against a Draper youth care facility will bring about changes. McConkie said, "Facilities that care for children need to be properly trained on life saving protocols in order to get children the medical attention they need if a health issue should arise." An...

• Cough and Cold Products May Injure Infants

  Amy Schauers | October 12, 2007 11:09 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Makers of cough and cold medication for infants announced Thursday that they are pulling their drugs off the self. According to the F.D.A from 1969 to 2006, at least 45 children died in the United States after taking decongestants, and 69 children died after taking antihistamines. The reason these medications can be deadly to infants is due to the risk of overdosing. Many of these drugs come...

• Serious Problems Found at Crandall Canyon Mine 3 Years Before Collapse

  Jenny Albano | October 02, 2007 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Inspectors from The Bureau of Land Management stated that there were "serious structural problems" found at the Crandall Canyon Mine in Utah three years before the roof of the mine collapsed and killed nine people in August 2007. But the Labor Department did not know about the problems with the mine until after the collapse and the agency approved mining at the site."This is like the CIA not...

• Search Continues For Trapped Utah Miners

  Courtney Mills | August 27, 2007 9:25 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  The search for the six miners at the collapsed Crandall Canyon Mine goes on near Huntington, Utah, now trapped since August 6th. Families received some measure of satisfaction over the weekend upon discovery that rescue crews had decided to introduce a special camera-outfitted robot for surveying the deep underground.Rescue crews hope that the camera-robot, the same kind used at Ground Zero to...

• Strict Regulations Govern Coal Mining in Utah

  James McConkie | August 23, 2007 10:43 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Jim McConkie said today that strict regulations govern coal mining. Coal producers are required to obtain permission to mine from local, state, and federal regulatory entities. Companies are required to provide detailed information about how they intend to mine safely to avoid wrongful deaths and personal injuries to workers.For more information on this subject matter, please refer to the...

• Utah Rescuers Working to Free Trapped Miners

  Courtney Mills | August 13, 2007 9:47 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Rescuers in anguish hoped to find trapped miners by drilling a third hole and proceeding from that point, authorities reported at the scene. Rescue authorities have already drilled two holes to reach the miners in the collapsed Crandall Canyon mine, but were having trouble reaching their colleagues because of several seismic anomalies. The nightmare has gone on for several days and nights,...

• Mining Injuries Increase Due to Lax Enforcement

  James McConkie | August 12, 2007 7:35 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  Jim McConkie and Brad Parker spoke with other members of the legal community about the Bush administrations failure to strictly enforce mining safety regulations. Mr. McConkie said that this administration has issued fewer and smaller major fines and has failed to collect half of the money that violators owed." Such lapses contribute to an environment where accidents happen. When personal...

• Personal Injury to Baby

  James McConkie | August 10, 2007 8:29 AM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT

  McConkie said today that in a lawsuit against one of the largest hospitals in Utah, the doctors in the case admitted that if the nurses had called and informed them of the mother and child's condition that they would have gone to the hospital to deliver the baby sooner. Had this been done, the doctors could have intervened and more likely than not saved this newborn form serious birth injuries...