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Another story of nursing home abuse has made the headlines again. This new story took place in Fair Oaks, California. According to the

http://The term third-hand smoke is a relatively new term that troubles some researchers and non-smokers. According to a study published in the Journal of Pediatrics, and as is discussed in Scientific American, third-hand smoke is a cocktail of toxins that linger in carpets, sofas, clothes and other materials hours or…

According to newsinferno.com, Depuy Orthopaedics ASR hip implant were recalled last year and continue to claim victims, and the recall was not limited to the U.S. Globally, there have been thousands of hip replacements that utilized the Depuy implants. The Depuy hip replacement is a metal-on-metal hip implant that is…

According to sfexaminer.com, on average, 22 pedestrians are killed each year in San Francisco and 800 are injured, which means over two walkers are hurt every day on city streets. Almost 50 percent of all traffic deaths in San Francisco are pedestrians, an amount more than four times the national…

On December 29th, two dogs, a boxer and a Labrador, attacked Bob Ferguson, a 78-year-old IBM retiree, who was walking his small dog in a quiet cul-de-sac in the Blossom Bill neighborhood, according to San Jose Mercury News. Ferguson said that the dogs did not make a sound at the…

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced First Class Foods, Inc., of Hawthorne, California, is recalling approximately 34,373 pounds of organic ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli O157:H7, a potentially deadly bacterium that can cause bloody diarrhea, dehydration, and, in…

Last weekend, a 24year old man who was cycling in the mission district suffered serious injuries after being struck by a hit a run driver, according to SFGate.com. The cyclist was taken to San Francisco General Hospital. There is no detailed description of the suspect, except that his vehicle is…

After almost six years since the attacks, thousands of rescue workers and volunteers are sick after being exposed to toxic dust at Ground Zero, such as the ironworkers who volunteered on the heap of rubble for days and are now sick and/or dying of lung disease. This happened despite the…

Recently, the Environmental Working Group analyzed the drinking water in 35 cities across the United States and found that most contained hexavalent chromium, a commonly used, until the early 1990s, in some industries, such as in chrome plating and the manufacturing of plastics and dyes, and it has the ability…

Did you know that some nursing homes homes and elder care providers are using psychotropic drugs to restrain unruly residents? According to a recent report, experts claim over-drugging is common nationwide, and the number of nursing home residents who are given these drugs is rising, and that one in every…