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• Semi-Truck Nearly Breaks Apart in Collision

  Chrissie Cole | June 01, 2007 2:01 AM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  In a trucking accident, Thursday, a semi-truck crashed with such extreme force that it nearly broke apart and sent wreckage flying over a half mile radius of the accident location."This is one of the worst accidents involving vehicular damage I have witnessed in over 27 years of response to Interstate accidents," Lake Dillon Fire-Rescue Deputy Chief said.The accident happened at approximately...

• TB Scare

  April Armani | May 30, 2007 5:31 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Reports of a man with a rare form of tuberculosis has medical communities across the globe in frenzy.The man, who has a rare form of TB known as XDR Tuberculosis, is currently quarantined in Atlanta but will soon be moved to Denver. XDR is extremely resistant to drugs usually used to treat other forms of TB. This is the first quarantine order the government has issued since 1963. As quoted by...

• Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis

  April Armani | May 25, 2007 5:36 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  The American Association for Justice released a report today regarding medical malpractice insurance. The study shows that medical malpractice insurers are taking advantage of doctors by raising insurance premiums and driving up the costs of health care.These same insurance companies have claimed that the nation has a malpractice crisis. However, there is no such crisis, instead we have an...

• Avandia Heart Attack Link Known Long Ago?

  April Armani | May 23, 2007 12:59 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  According to consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, the FDA knew about the link between the Diabetes drug Avandia and heart attacks as long as five years ago.In 2002, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff scientists called for reports of congestive heart failure to be included on the label of Avandia as well as Actos, made by Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., the group said, citing an internal...

• All State and State Farm in Lott's Crosshairs

  April Armani | May 22, 2007 2:16 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Yet another staunch supporter of insurance companies is turning over a new leaf. Sen. Trent Lott (Rep.) from Mississippi a long time supporter of big business is now redirecting his attention and focus back on the same industry he has supported for over 35 years. Why? Because Sen. Lott now knows what it feels like to be mistreated the insurance companies. His own home in Mississippi was...

• MedOps Lately?

  April Armani | May 16, 2007 3:01 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Denver's very own Channel 7, through the investigative work of Tom Burke, Laney Vilian and Tony Kovaleki, released a sobering story about Medical Ops Management, a local Denver Company. MedOps is a company which issues medical reports based upon Independent Medical Examinations ("IMEs") performed by doctors. It was just released yesterday that MedOps altered medical reports to benefit the...

• Flash Flooding!

  April Armani | May 15, 2007 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Given yesterday's thunderstorm and the horrible news of people being swept away in flash floods (to read more, click here), a reminder about flash flooding is in order.A flash flood is a rapid flooding of low lying areas caused by intense rainfall that comes with a thunderstorm. The rain falls so quickly that the ground cannot absorb the water, then the runoff collects in low lying areas and...

• Pain at the Pump

  April Armani | May 14, 2007 3:31 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  Gas prices hit a record high today with the national average at $3.073 per gallon. This is well over the last record high set of $3.057 set after Hurricane Katrina. To read more, click here. To help ease your pocketbook, follow these simple tips courtesy of the Automobile Association of America.If you own more than one care, use the more energy-conserving car as often as possible.Combine your...

• 450,000 Evenflo Car Seats Recalled

  April Armani | May 11, 2007 4:29 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  The Consumer Product Safety Commission, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and Evenflo announced a recall of Evenflo Embrace car seat/carriers due to a malfunctioning handle yesterday May 10, 2007. To read this story, click here. Evenflo said that when using the car seat//carriers in the carrier mode the handle can unexpectedly release allowing the seat to move forward and...

• Pharmaceutical Company Punished for Pushing Addiction

  April Armani | May 10, 2007 4:39 PM | 0 CommentsDenver, CO

  OxyContin is an incredibly addicting painkiller. Until today, however, few realized that the pharmaceutical company which manufactures the drug actually promoted an OxyContin addiction. Roughly 6.3 million Americans report that they're currently using prescription drugs for nonmedical reasons, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.Prescription drug abuse knows no age....