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• Backover Deaths Can Be Prevented

  IB Contributor | June 26, 2007 8:49 PM | 1 CommentOrange County, CA

  One hundred children die in "backover" accidents each year.Every week, at least two children are killed and 50 more are injured in automobile "backover" accidents. Unfortunately, rear cameras and audible warning sensors that could help prevent such tragedies are not standard or considered "must have", safety equipment by auto manufacturers. And, while such safety equipment is offered as an...

• Nursing Homes Negligence Continues to Grow and Profit

  IB Contributor | June 17, 2007 9:56 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Is there profit in negligent nursing home care?The number of nursing homes in Arizona with serious problems has grown considerably over the last two years, according to an Associated Press news report posted on the Tucson Citizen's Web site. Last year, the report states, inspectors found 11 nursing homes were below standard - that's 13 percent of the state's nursing homes.Inspectors found that...

• Merck scores another victory

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 11:03 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A jury in the Midwest this week cleared drugmaker Merck of liability in a case involving its once-blockbuster painkiller Vioxx saying that a 52-year-old obese woman didn't die because she took Vioxx, but from several other health complications.A Madison County court jury found that Merck & Co. adequately warned doctors and consumers about possible complications from using Vioxx. After...

• Brain Injury Sidelines Aspiring Newscaster:

  IB Contributor | March 31, 2007 1:57 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Twenty-four year old aspiring newscaster Brian Kelly hobnobbed with the likes of former President Bill Clinton, and reporters for such shows as Good Morning America and NBC Nightly News before his car collided with a 35-foot-long bookmobile back in Chicago in 2001, causing severe and traumatic brain injuries. The collision nearly took Brian's life. He was given last rites four times. ...

• Another California motorcycle fatality blamed on speed

  IB Contributor | March 25, 2007 3:07 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  A motorcycle accident claimed the life of a 20-year-old Chula Vista man Friday afternoon shortly before 12:30 p.m.. according to 10News.com. "Witnesses reported that the motorcycle rider was traveling at a very high rate of speed and was simply unable to negotiate the curve," California Highway Patrol public affairs Officer Brad Baehr said.According to the CHP, Christopher Linan, a hotel worker,...

• Car seat tests confirmed flawed

  IB Contributor | March 22, 2007 12:15 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Consumer Reports magazine announced Wednesday that its botched investigation into infant car seats was the result of a major misunderstanding between the magazine and the laboratory that conducted the tests.The complete report of the magazine's investigation into the matter may be read on the magazine's Web site.Test findings released in January said that most brands of infant car seats "failed...

• Ryobi Recalls Router Throat Plates

  Christina Cole | March 08, 2007 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  100,000 Ryobi Router Table throat plates are being recalled.The throat plate can come loose during use and be ejected from the table top, posing a safety hazard and laceration risk.So far, the company has received three reports of the plates becoming loose during use. Two of the three consumers were hit in the nose by the throat plates and had minor bruising and cuts.The product recall includes...

• DUI Accident Involves Driver Previously Convicted of DUI

  IB Contributor | March 03, 2007 8:13 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Witnesses are being asked to come forward..The two-vehicle auto accident in Tustin that left a 7-year-old boy in critical condition and his father and brother injured on Wednesday involved a driver that previously plead guilty to a driving under the influence charge.That same driver was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after Wednesday's accident.The suspected DUI driver, ...

• Lawmakers Attempt To Curb Kids ATV Use

  IB Contributor | February 28, 2007 12:45 AM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Shouldn't an operators permit or driver's license be required?Legislators in Oregon are considering a new bill in that state's Senate that would ban children under 12 from riding all terrain vehicles and limit 12- to 15-year-olds to riding ATVs with smaller engines, according to a news report in the International Business Times.ATV enthusiasts are of course, against this bill saying that Oregon...

• Prescription Drug Warning

  IB Contributor | January 05, 2007 10:56 PM | 0 CommentsOrange County, CA

  Alzheimer's drugs may cause heart valve damage.Aging is a tough process and diseases such as Alzheimer's make that process even more challenging for millions of Americans, both sufferers and care givers.Two drugs used to treat Parkinson's disease may cause similar problems as the withdrawn fen-phen diet drugs, leading to heart valve damage in about one in four patients, according to two studies...