Benefits of breastfeeding outweigh risks of infant exposure to environmental chemicals in breast milk. As reported in Science Daily on December 20, 2008 a new study compares infants who were…
Toy safety is on the top of the list with the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) this month. The stores are filled with toys for the holidays and parents and grandparents are scouring…
The AP (12/19, Elias) reports, Proving that no good deed goes unpunished, the state’s high court on Thursday said a would-be Good Samaritan accused of rendering her friend paraplegic by pulling…
A crosswalk has no barriers that protect pedestrians as they cross the street. The white stripes are not a safety zone for a pedestrian. We often see pedestrians in a cross walk looking down at…
In a story about the Bush administration’s midnight regulations, focusing on the efforts at pre-empting lawsuits in state courts, MSNBC with Keith Olberman (12/16, 8:32 PM EST) reported that: in…
Hawaii is famous for good (great!) weather and lots of sun, but a few times a year Hawaii is hit with a storm and the rain is heavy and the visibility reduced. The systems that drain water from road…
The Washington Post reported today that the FDA is being blasted from all sides for allowing the Melamine food poisoning crisis to spin out of control. The story identifies sources of Melamine…
The general approach to cancer research is to treat each cancer as a unique disease. Now Hartmut Hucky Land, Ph.D., is taking the opposite approach: what do all cancers have in common and how can…
Daniel A. Menchik and Xiaoli Tian of the University of Chicago) have published a new study in the current issue of American Journal of Sociology on how we use emoticons, subject lines, and…
Acute kidney injury (AKI) is often caused by trauma, illness, or surgery. Research now shows that people who have suffered AKI have a higher risk later in life of getting the most serious form of…
Yes we have three branches of Government: Executive (president, governor and mayor) Legislative (Congress, state legislature and county/city council) Judicial (the courts) In the first…
HEADLINE: Consumers Union Calls on the FDA to Immediately Release All Results of Its Tests for Melamine Contamination in Food Products. Group ‘Deeply Concerned’ About Reports of FDA Test…