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• Swine Flu Vaccine Production – More Craziness from Big Business

  
  ThePopTort — Authority: 467
  The conservative Federalist Society held a little pow-wow yesterday to strategize about “federal preemption” - immunity for corporations that produce unsafe products - which the U.S. Supreme Court rejected earlier this year .  Perhaps unsurprisingly, it didn’t take long for the discussion to go off the ...
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• Keep window blind cords away from kids

  
  Consuming Interests — Authority: 587
  Heres a weekend project that could save a life: if you have babies or small children in your home on a regular basis, check your window coverings to make sure there arent any cords that could accidentally strangle children. Kathleen Leeson used to be a foster parent, but I wrote about how Leeson is now directing her ...
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• Journal News Editorial supports 3 foot law

  
  Cycling Central — Authority: 467
  Cyclist’s death highlights need for safety law Merrill Cassell, the cyclist who was sideswiped by a Westchester Bee-Line bus and crushed under its wheels last week, was an advocate for integrating cycling with mass transit. This spring he worked on a campaign to get bike racks on county buses and bike storage ...
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• Dartmouth Atlas and Physician Supply - No Relation to "Tort Reform"

  
  ThePopTort — Authority: 467
  First it was the GAO .  Then the Bureau of Economic Research .  The Cincinnati Enquirer .  The Texas Observer .  What are we talking about?  Clear evidence by any credible benchmark that there is no link between state “tort reform” laws and where doctors decide to practice. So we can’t say we were ...
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• Cyclists ride in tribute to Merrill Cassell

  
  Cycling Central — Authority: 467
  Nearly 30 cyclists escorted the hearse carrying Merrill Cassell from Our Lady of Mount Carmel church in Elmsford to Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale. Many of the cyclists didn’t know Cassell but came out in tribute of his life and dedication to cycling. Cyclists often talk about the cycling community, and this ride ...
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• Court Documents Reveal Pfizer was Massaging Data to Increase Neurotonin Sales

  
  ThePopTort — Authority: 467
  Documents obtained in lawsuits by insurers and consumers against the “ world’s biggest drug maker ” Pfizer have given rise to a report to be published today in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), indicating the company “altered or omitted unfavorable study findings to expand its epilepsy drug ...
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• In the News: Special Veterans Day Edition

  
  ThePopTort — Authority: 467
  Military vets and contractors have filed thirty-two lawsuits from 32 states against the likes of Halliburton and KBR, claiming the companies exposed them “to toxic fumes by burning everything from human remains to tires in massive open air pits.” You may have seen the lead story in today’s New York Times ...
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• Voice your support for Bike and walking access to the New Tappan Zee Bridge design

  
  Cycling Central — Authority: 467
  Meetings begin tonight for community input on the design of the new Tappan Zee Bridge. Bike and walking access are still options in the final design. Please get out and voice your support for non-motorized access to the new bridge. Journal News writer, Khurram Saeed, wrote this report last week. Rockland and ...
  5 days ago

• NYDOT propses rumble strips on all two-lane roads, voice your opinion

  
  Cycling Central — Authority: 467
  Westchester Cycle Club president Dave Wilson just sent this alert for action to the club. Folks, As our court case against the state on the Route 100 rumble-strips wends its way through state Supreme Court, the state DOT has now proposed making rumble strips the preferred design on all two-lane roads in New York. ...
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• Actor James Woods Sues Rhode Island Hospital Over Brother’s Death

  
  ThePopTort — Authority: 467
  Celebrities are often thought to be more or less immune from the everyday challenges of common folk, but as Dennis Quaid , the late Ed McMahon , Dana Carvey, and others have shown, they can be victims of medical malpractice just like anyone else. Now Academy Award-nominated actor, and Rhode Island native, James ...
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• Westchester Putnam Biking & Walking Alliance to install a ‘Ghost Bike’ in memory of Merrill Cassell

  
  Cycling Central — Authority: 467
  Here is Rebecca Baker’s most recent report on Merrill Cassell. GREENBURGH — A “ghost bike” will be placed at the spot where a 66-year-old cycling advocate from Greenburgh was struck and killed last week by a Westchester Bee-Line bus. Merrill Cassell, known for his efforts to integrate bicycle transport ...
  6 days ago

• Bike helmet saves Oregon teen during accident

  
  Cycling Central — Authority: 467
  SALEM, Ore. (AP)  A bicycle helmet helped an Oregon teenager survive without serious injury when her head was run over by a car following a collision. Marion County sheriff’s deputies said 18-year-old Heather Wolff of Scotts Mills was trying to avoid hitting a car driven by 30-year-old Brandon Steinke of Salem ...
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• “You don’t get to choose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live.” Meet Merril Cassell

  
  Cycling Central — Authority: 467
  I cannot stop thinking about a man I didn’t know, Merrill Cassell who died Friday afternoon while riding one of his beloved bicycles. I know this only from reading his web blog, The Merrill Pages. Here you will find many articles he wrote and photos from cycling trips. Cassell’s Mission statement: To live life ...
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• Maclaren stroller recall

  
  Consuming Interests — Authority: 587
  Heads up to new parents: the Consumer Product Safety Commission and Maclaren USA have announced a voluntary recall of more than 1 million of its umbrella strollers, after 12 reports of fingertip amputations when a child put a finger in a hinge. If youve got one of these models, including the Volo, Triumph, Quest ...
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• Huff Post: Americans Suffering Enough from So-called “Tort Reform” and Don’t Need More

  
  ThePopTort — Authority: 467
  One of the more underreported, though no less important aspects of this past weekend’s Congressional  health care debate (which preceded the historic passage of the U.S. House’s health care reform bill)  was related to attempts by some seeking to “ derail ” the bill by arguing it didn’t contain ...
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• Recall of the Week: Fairbank Farms beef recalled due to E. coli outbreak; 28 illnesses, two deaths reported

  
  The Survive and Thrive Boomer Guide — Authority: 128
  Fairbank Farms, of Ashville, N.Y., is recalling about 546,00 pounds of fresh ground beef products that may be contaminated with E. coli , reports the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service. 
 FSIS became aware of the problem during an investigation of a cluster of E. coli O157:H7 ...
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• Cycling advocate killed by Bee-Line bus

  
  Cycling Central — Authority: 467
  Journal News writer Marcela Rojos filed this report identifying the cyclists killed Friday afternoon in Greenburgh. A 66-year-old Greenburgh man who was killed after his bicycle was struck by a Westchester County Bee-Line bus has been identified as Merrill Cassell. Cassell, who was wearing a helmet, was traveling ...
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• Cyclists killed in Greenburgh by Bee-Line bus

  
  Cycling Central — Authority: 467
  Journal News reporter Shawn Cohen just posted this early report on a cyclists killed by a Bee-Line bus Friday evening. GREENBURGH  – A 66-year-old town resident was killed Friday afternoon after his bicycle was struck by a Westchester County Bee-Line bus on Route 119 in the vicinity of Aqueduct Road, Greenburgh ...
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• In Montana, Workers’ Comp is the Same as Social Security?

  
  ThePopTort — Authority: 467
  Earlier this week, the Montana Supreme Court decided to uphold a horrendous state law, which cuts off workers compensation benefits for injured/disabled employees when they turn 65. According to the court, workers comp benefits are merely intended to cover an employee’s “work life,” not the Centrum Silver ...
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• “Loser Pays” is a Medical Malpractice Loser

  
  ThePopTort — Authority: 467
  Add yet another awful idea to the growing list of anti-patient rights schemes being considered by Congress   as part of the larger health care reform debate.  U.S. Senators Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)  and Lindsey Graham (R-SC) have introduced so-called “loser pays” (a.k.a. “English Rule”) legislation ...
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