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• CDC Lowers Threshold for Lead Poisoning in Kids – What Parents Should Know

  Camryn Hansen | May 19, 2012 2:08 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  For the first time since 1991, the CDC has lowered the threshold for what’s considered lead poisoning in children under six. Lead is an incredibly toxic metal that harms developing...

• Vioxx Killed Half a Million? The Facts Are Grim.

  Mike Ferrara | May 01, 2012 6:02 PM | 6 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  It’s looking more and more likely that the Merck painkiller Vioxx, the blockbuster drug suspected of having caused more than 55,000 deaths from stroke and heart attack before being...

• A CVS in New Jersey Accidentally Gave Children Breast Cancer Meds

  Mike Ferrara | March 11, 2012 6:32 PM | 3 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  A CVS in Chatham, New Jersey has admitted to accidentally giving dozens of children the breast cancer medication taxomifen instead of the fluoride pills they had been prescribed, for a period of...

• The Third Leading Cause of Death is…Doctors?

  Mike Ferrara | March 28, 2012 4:32 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  That’s right…research is showing that doctors in America kill roughly 225,000 people every year. This makes doctors the third leading cause of death after heart disease and...

• Safety Recall for Hyundai Sonata Hybrids, but Hyundai Won’t Admit There’s a Problem

  Mike Ferrara | April 04, 2012 5:50 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced a safety recall for Hyundai Sonata Hybrids produced between December 2, 2010 and March 7, 2012. These vehicles have a safety...

• Let's Stop Coddling Big Pharma Fraud

  Camryn Hansen | May 27, 2012 5:00 AM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  For America’s pharmaceutical companies, committing fraud has become an established way of life. Practices like off-label marketing and price inflation are not only rampant, they bring...

• Walgreens to Pay $7.9 Million for Illegal Customer Kickbacks

  Mike Ferrara | April 23, 2012 6:34 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  The drugstore Walgreens will pay $7.9 million to federal and state governments as part of a settlement, after being accused of offering illegal incentives to customers to transfer their...

• When Smart Keys Collide

  Mike Ferrara | March 19, 2012 7:59 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  It seems that so-called “Smart Keys” are turning out to be anything but smart. We are hearing more and more stories lately about how drivers are parking their cars in their...

• When Driving, Put Everything Else Away! This Means Everything.

  Mike Ferrara | May 10, 2012 7:38 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ

  But it’s so incredibly tempting to try to sneak in that tiny little text message while you’re stopped at a light, then keep going once the light turns green. It won’t hurt...

• Not Driving on Tax Day Could Save Your Life

  Mike Ferrara | April 12, 2012 8:50 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  It turns out that people are 6% more likely to get into a fatal crash on tax day, according to recent findings published by the Journal of the American Medical Association. Over the...