February, 2009Evenflo Recalls Children’s Activity Centers Due to Fall Hazard
When used as an activity table, the cap on one end of the product can loosen and fall off, posing a fall hazard to a young child.
Continue →SEC Charges Stanford Investment Companies for $8 Billion+ Fraud
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed civil charges against financial adviser and Texas billionaire R. Allen Stanford and other executives with three of his companies for allegedly conducting an investment fraud scheme of “shocking magnitude.”
Continue →Are You Cooking at Home but Still Packing on the Pounds? Blame Betty Crocker
If you think cooking meals at home instead of going out to restaurants helps you trim calories from your diet, you may have to think again. A new study of several popular cookbooks finds that for many decades, cookbook authors have been gradually adding calories and increasing serving sizes for their recipes.
Continue →Melanoma in the Family May be Linked to Increased Risk of Parkinson’s Disease
A family history of melanoma may be an indication that you are also more than twice as likely to develop Parkinson’s disease later in life, according to new medical research. Researchers from Harvard School of Public Health in Boston are the first to identify common genetic mechanisms which exist between the common form of skin cancer and the degenerative neurological disease, which causes muscle rigidity and tremors and may interfere with speech and motor skills. In the study, set to …
Continue →E. Coli Outbreak Tied to Denver Livestock Show
Colorado health officials say the recent Western National Stock Show in Denver is likely the cause of an outbreak of a rare and potentially deadly strain of E. coli bacteria. At least 27 people, 19 of them children an average age of 4 who attended the livestock show, have been infected with the same strain of E. coli, a bacteria commonly carried in animals that can cause hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome, a leading cause of kidney failure in …
Continue →Stem Cell Research Funding: The New Political Hot Potato? Obama Considering Lifting Bush’s Ban
Stem cell research, the controversial use of the most basic human cells harvested from embryos and seen by some as a possible key to unlocking diseases such as Parkinson’s, diabetes, spinal cord injuries, and heart disease, is reportedly back on the road to full government funding. President Barack Obama is said to be considering issuing an executive order lifting the ban on federal funding for some types of stem cell research imposed by his predecessor in the White House, former …
Continue →Short, Intense Exercise Can Reduce Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, New Research Finds
New medical research has found that when it comes to reducing the risk of developing Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes, just a few minutes of vigorous exercise a couple times a week can go a long way and may even be better than longer periods of exercise.
Continue →Madoff Investment Victims May Get Money Back Soon
Investors who lost money in an alleged $50 billion scheme orchestrated by Wall Street financial advisor Bernard Madoff may be able to recover their funds in the next few weeks, a federal official said. An official with the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC), a nonprofit agency established by Congress to help repay investors who lose money in failed brokerage funds, said he hoped some of the 2,000 investors who lost money in accounts managed by Madoff might see their money …
Continue →Cable Companies Lose in Bid to Make Sharing Subscriber Info Easier
A cable and telecommunications industry group has been dealt a setback in its bid to overturn privacy rules which make it harder for companies that provide over-the-internet phone service to share subscriber’s personal information with business partners or other parties.
Continue →Peanut Company Blamed for Salmonella Outbreak Files for Bankruptcy
Peanut Corporation of America, the Virginia-based peanut processor blamed for shipping peanut butter and other products contaminated with deadly salmonella, has filed for bankruptcy, officials said. The Chapter 7 Bankruptcy means that the company’s assets will be liquidated with the income generated distributed to pay creditors. In such cases, a trustee is automatically appointed to oversee the sell off, as opposed to a Chapter 11 filing, which gives a company time to reorganize its assets in an effort to reduce …
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