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FDA Opens Post in Mexico City
Business/Law, Health & Medicine | Annette Hulbert | December 23, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it opened a post in Mexico City on Dec. 15, as part of an effort to improve food and medical product safety. This is the FDA’s third post in Latin America and its tenth international post in the last 13 months.
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg pointed [...]
Plane Passengers Rejoice! Time Limits Placed for On-Board Tarmac Delays
Business/Law | tgrenda | December 21, 2009
The U.S. Transportation Department today issued new rules for how airlines must handle passengers who are stranded on board airplanes during delays on airport tarmacs.
The new regulations come after years of horror stories told by passengers who were stuck on planes for hours, sometimes even overnight, without air conditioning, heat, water, or functioning toilets. From [...]
Ill. Supreme Court Delays Ruling on Medical Malpractice Award Cap
Business/Law | tgrenda | December 17, 2009
The Illinois Supreme Court has delayed releasing its much-anticipated ruling on the legality of the state’s four-year-old cap on medical malpractice awards.
A ruling from the state’s high court was expected this week, but now is not likely to be issued until the next round of judicial rulings is handed down in mid-January 2010, officials said.
The [...]
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Bottling Up Anger at Work May Increase Heart Attack Risk
Business/Law, Health & Medicine, Recent Studies | Annette Hulbert | December 10, 2009
Men who stifle their anger about work-related matters are up to five times more likely to suffer from a heart attack than those who allow their frustration to show, according to a new Swedish study.
The Stress Research Institute in Stockholm examined 2,755 employed men who had not suffered from heart attacks from 1992 [...]
Minn. Woman Sues Cargill Over Tainted Burger
Business/Law, Consumer Goods, Health & Medicine | Annette Hulbert | December 9, 2009
An E. coli tainted hamburger left Stephanie Smith paralyzed from the waist down in 2007. Now Smith, 22, is suing food giant Cargill Inc. for $100 million, in part to recoup medical costs.
Smith became ill in September 2007 after eating hamburger produced by the Cargill division. Her E. coli infection soon progressed to hemolytic [...]
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