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Luca To help reduce the growing rate of America’s credit card debt, which reached $973 billion in 2008 according to the Baltimore Sun, Congress passed a new credit card law to help control penalty fees and misleading “teaser” rates credit card companies use to lure cardholders. Read More.
The Arizona Republic (6/1, Ferraresi) reports, “In the wake of last week’s accidental death of 4-year-old Exodus Tyson, officials from the Phoenix police and fire departments encouraged parents to patrol their homes to remove the rarely-noticed hazards that easily lead to tragedy.” Phoenix Deputy Fire Chief Frank Salomon “said incidents include children found suffocating on … Read more
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel (5/29, Lade) reported, “A new report issued by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration found the number of motorists securing youngsters under 1 year of age and under 20 pounds in rear-facing car seats had ‘increased significantly’ over the last year, researchers said, rising from 72 to 79 percent between 2007 … Read more
The memories that you create during this exciting time should be good ones, filled with fun and friends, so please don’t include drinking in your celebrations. Our law firm has seen firsthand the devastating consequences of underage drinking and drinking and driving, so I encourage everyone to enjoy the end of the year without alcohol.
The AP (6/2, Johnson) reports that, according to a study published June 1 in the Archives of General Psychiatry, “a persistent decline in the rate of Americans, especially children, newly diagnosed with depression followed the first…warning” from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) “on risks connected with antidepressant” medications. The agency “first warned” in 2003 … Read more
The Los Angeles Times (6/2, Kaplan) reports that, according to a study published in the June issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, the antidepressant citalopram, “known as Celexa in the US,” which is “commonly prescribed to help autistic children control their repetitive behaviors, is actually no better than a placebo.” Currently, about a “third … Read more
The Association for the Advancement of Retired Persons (AARP) has been offering refresher courses for drivers age 55 and older for the past 25 years. Now, the same driver’s safety course is being offered online. And for those that take the course, they are eligible for a discount on their car insurance. After years of … Read more
The Wall Street Journal (6/2, B8, Dooren) reports, “The Food and Drug Administration is planning to warn doctors about an interaction between the widely used breast-cancer drug tamoxifen and certain antidepressants after a study showed women on both drugs were more than twice as likely to see their cancer return.” The study, reported at the … Read more
On May 11th, the price of a first-class stamp increased by 2 cents to 44 cents. The rate increase is the fourth consecutive year postage has gone up in the U.S., and is an attempt to offset rising operational costs and the use of the internet to correspond and pay bills. Mail volume is down … Read more
Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month is a national initiative aimed at getting drivers and motorcyclists to “Share the Road.” Typically, May is one of the deadliest months for bikers, as many begin riding again after taking the winter months off. 2007 marked the tenth consecutive year that motorcycle fatalities increased in the U.S. With over 5,000 … Read more
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