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• Study Shows Connection Between Agent Orange And Prostate Cancer In Vietnam Vets

  Greg Webb | August 18, 2008 9:00 AM | 3 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A new study has found Vietnam veterans exposed to defoliant Agent Orange have a considerably greater risk of developing prostate cancer, especially the most aggressive form of the disease. These...

• Lawsuit Filed By Family of Boy Killed by Unsecured Soccer Goal

  Greg Webb | March 24, 2008 4:07 PM | 3 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Charlottesville, Va. (March 17, 2008) A lawsuit was filed today in the Circuit Court of Prince William County, Virginia on behalf of the Estate of Hayden Ellias, the 10 year-old boy who died when an unsecured soccer goal fell over and killed him. The estate is represented by attorneys Shawn S. Kasserman with the Chicago, IL law firm of Corboy & Demetrio and J. Gregory Webb and Paul R. Thomson,...

• Older Jeep Grand Cherokees May Be Fire Prone

  Greg Webb | October 18, 2009 10:34 PM | 2 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  The Center for Auto Safety has sent a petition to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, calling for the recall of over three million Jeep Grand Cherokees, claiming that the vehicles...

• Controversial Medical Device - Menaflex - Approved By FDA

  Greg Webb | October 07, 2009 5:11 PM | 2 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  In a bid to get a controversial knee-surgery device known as Menaflex approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ReGen Biologics relied too heavily on two consultants with strong ties to...

• Toyota Issues Recall in Nineteen States - Corollas and Scions

  Greg Webb | September 07, 2009 7:32 PM | 2 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc., is launching a voluntary Safety Recall on nearly 96,000 Toyota and Scion vehicles. Per the press release from Toyota: “On certain 2009 and 2010 model year...

• Antidepressant Use in US Doubled To Over 10% in Ten Years

  Greg Webb | August 27, 2009 11:04 AM | 2 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  A recent study released by Columbia University has found that compared to data from 1996, the number of Americans taking antidepressants doubled to 10.1 percent of the U.S. population in 2005,...

• Former Insurance Executive Outs Insurance Companies in Healthcare Debate

  Greg Webb | August 19, 2009 9:34 PM | 2 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Wendell Potter, the former head of communications for health insurance giant Cigna, understands why many people across the country are showing up to town hall meetings extremely upset when members...

• Doctors Urged Not To Induce Labor Unless Medically Necessary

  Greg Webb | August 06, 2009 2:21 PM | 2 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  Under revised guidelines released recently by the nation’s association of obstetricians and gynecologists, physicians are being advised not to induce labor for non-medical reasons prior to...

• Take Precautions To Prevent Dangers of Treadmills

  Greg Webb | June 07, 2009 10:02 PM | 2 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  The recent death of Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter, found with a treadmill cord around her neck while her mother cleaned in another room, has called attention to the hazard that home...

• Safety Groups Push For New Safety Rules for Bus Travel

  Greg Webb | May 06, 2009 9:00 PM | 2 CommentsCharlottesville, VA

  In a charter bus accident last year, known to authorities as Mexican Hat, nine people were killed and forty three more were injured after the vehicle slipped off of the road at a curve, dropped off...