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• Professional Football Careers May Lead to Memory-Loss

  Greg Webb | October 05, 2009 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A recent telephone study done by the University of Michigan at the request of the NFL has found that retired NFL players may be more prone to cases of dementia and Alzheimer’s disease than...

• FDA Pulls the Plug on Flavored Cigarettes

  Greg Webb | October 04, 2009 9:46 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  The FDA has banned flavored cigarettes from the market as its first act since being given the authority to monitor and regulate the marketing and manufacturing of tobacco products. It is widely...

• Obama Appointment for Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is Stunning

  Greg Webb | September 30, 2009 3:26 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  President Obama made a strange appointment regarding who would become leader of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Although Obama has passed an order stating he would...

• Private Insurance Bureaucracies Abusing the System?

  Greg Webb | September 30, 2009 2:52 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A House subcommittee held a hearing last Tuesday regarding private insurance bureaucracies’ abuse of the health insurance system. The hearing was part of a continuing Democratic effort to...

• Judge Rules Toyota Suit Remain Unsealed

  Greg Webb | September 30, 2009 1:48 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A federal judge in Los Angeles has refused to seal a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by Dimitrios Biller, a former in-house attorney for Toyota Motor Sales USA Inc. Biller claims Toyota hid...

• Supplements - More Dangerous Than They Appear (Or Advertised)?

  Greg Webb | September 25, 2009 1:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  In its September 7th article “What’s Really in Supplements?” The Wall Street Journal (WSJ)discusses the harmful side effects of a growing trend in the American dietary and strength...

• Bayer Warned By FDA Regarding Birth Control Products Quality

  Greg Webb | September 24, 2009 10:00 PM | 3 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulators have written a letter warning drugmaker Bayer about quality control issues in the company’s plant in Berghamen, Germany. This plant is responsible...

• Toxic Water Is Major Problem In US Cities

  Greg Webb | September 17, 2009 9:32 PM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Residents in an area near Charleston, West Virginia have started to avoid contact with tap water after scabs began developing on their arms, legs and chests where the bathwater, which is polluted...

• Ghostwriting Issues Abound in Scientific, Medical Publications

  Greg Webb | September 17, 2009 8:43 PM | 1 CommentCharlottesville, VA

  A September 11 article published in the New York Times entitled, “Ghostwriting Is Called Rife in Medical Journals,” reports on the findings of a recent survey conducted by the editors of...

• New Legislation May Aid Consumers Harmed By Foreign Manufacturers

  Greg Webb | September 14, 2009 2:00 AM | 0 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Many products consumed these days, from children’s toys to medicines, are made in countries where, often, manufacturing standards are almost nonexistent. Therefore, when products have defects,...