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• New Procedures in Hospitals Can Reduce MRSA Infections

  Jenny Albano | July 27, 2007 1:16 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  New procedures in hospitals could drastically reduce the number of infections patients receive during their stay at hospitals. Some hospitals have started having nurses swab the nasal passage of every incoming patient to test for drug-resistant bacteria. Those who are found positive are put in isolation rooms so other patients and medical personnel won't contract an infection. Also, hospitals...

• Food-poisoning Reports Triple -Traced to Taste Booth

  Susy Owen | July 20, 2007 5:47 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  On Thursday, Health Department officials received reports from as many as 126 people who were complaining of illness. By Friday the reports had tripled, and 12 people had to be hospitalized, one as young as 18 months. The reports were coming from people who had eaten at Pars Cove booth at Taste of Chicago. According to officials, there are 32 confirmed illnesses from salmonella heidelberg....

• Toxic Toothpaste

  Susy Owen | July 20, 2007 4:35 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Fake Sensodyne toothpaste, the toothpaste made for sensitive teeth, has surfaced in the United Kingdom. The toothpaste is contaminated with the toxic chemical Diethylene Glycol.GlaxoSmithKline is the manufacturer of the legitimate product. And according to them this defective product has high levels of the toxic chemical, Diethylene Glycol. The toothpaste in question has both English and Arabic...

• Secret Police Misconduct List May Go Public

  Susy Owen | July 15, 2007 4:50 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  There is a list of more than 600 Chicago police officers who have a complaint list that contains no fewer than 10 citizen complaints on each one of the officers. Attorney Craig Futterman, who is representing a woman that is claiming abuse, said that the release of the list to the public will shed light on exactly who the offenders are. Recently, a federal judge ruled that the documents regarding...

• Nursing Home Sexual Abuse

  Susy Owen | July 14, 2007 4:43 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  In a Utah case Jacob Bolith was booked on sexual abuse charges. He was accused of sexually assaulting an 85-year-old woman at a Salt Lake nursing home. The police say more and more people are now coming forward with similar charges."Detective Jared Wihongi says, "Some of the calls have involved people with elderly parents that for some reason or another didn't take seriously the complaints the...

• Chinese Chemical Kills 94 and Counting

  Susy Owen | July 08, 2007 6:38 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  It has recently come to light that in Panama, a chemical that was made in China and was fraudulently passed off as a product that is 99.5 percent pure glycerin - a sweetner commonly found in drugs- is responsible for the deaths of 94 people. Prosecutor Dimas Guevara, a top Panamanian prosecutor said " tests show at least 94 people have died from taking medicine contaminated with diethylene...

• Preventing Nursing Home Abuse

  Susy Owen | July 06, 2007 6:26 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Nursing Home & Elder Abuse

  It is sad to say that nursing home abuse and neglect is an even bigger problem that many may realize. The truth is, by both witness accounts and survey results it seems that the problem is underreported. When you take into consideration the rise in our elderly population and the fact that more and more elderly will seek nursing home care in the coming years, staff shortage is sure to add to the...