USA Today (7/20, Hellmich) reports that calorie counts listed on restaurant menu items may not be accurate, according to a study published in the July 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. For the study, researchers collected “269 restaurant dishes from 42 popular fast-food and restaurants,” then “sent the dishes…to their laboratory …
Medscape (2/23, Zimmerman) reported that the use of “alcohol-based hand sanitizer (ABHS) in place of soap and water in nursing homes represents one of the greatest institutional risk factors for the spread of noroviruses,” Noroviruses are a group of related, single-stranded RNA, viruses that cause acute stomach flu. The most common symptoms of this are …
October 5, 2009 A defective floor mat caused Toyota Motor Corporation to announce a recall of 3.8 million vehicles, according to The Associated Press. Read More
September 19, 2009 The Washington Post reports that the Congress health care proposal could make preexisting health conditions irrelevant for insurance coverage and policies. Read More
September 1, 2009 More than 80 people in 31 states have been sickened by contaminated cookie dough which contained a deadly strain of E. coli bacteria. Read More
August 12, 2009 Of the 50 pesticides found by the U.S. Department of Agriculture on domestic and imported peaches, 5 of the pesticides exceed limits set by the Environmental Protection Agency, according to the Chicago Tribune. Read More
The St. Petersburg Times reports that the government estimates 325,000 Americans were hospitalized and more than 5,000 died in 2008 from tainted food. To improve food safety laws, a bill was passed in July that gives the government more inspection power. Read More
Dow Jones Newswires (6/4, Dooren) reports, “The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors Wednesday about the risks of serious liver injury seen with propylthiouracil, a drug used to treat overactive thyroid glands or Graves’ disease.” The agency “said it saw an increased risk of liver injury with propylthiouracil when compared with methimazole.” Amy Egan, the …
September 4, 2008 Daily Record reported a Pennsylvania auto accident early Saturday morning, in which there were no injuries. The 19-year-old driver crashed his 1996 Honda into several posts along a roadway and caused the Pennsylvania auto accident. The driver fled the scene of the Pennsylvania car accident and hid in the woods from the …
