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• Car Crashes Into Preschool Injuring Five Children

  Greg Owen | May 29, 2009 10:02 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Five children were injured this morning when a driver plowed into a Huntington Beach preschool, city fire officials said. The car crashed into Childtime preschool at 9861 Yorktown Ave. at 7:45 a.m....

• Medication Surveillance Coming Soon

  Greg Owen | April 21, 2008 8:11 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  According to the Well Street Journal, WellPoint along with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have announced the launch of one of the first real-time medication surveillance systems. The system...

• Is Pit Bull Ordinance Working?

  Greg Owen | April 17, 2008 6:23 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  When it comes to dangerous dogs, I’m sure you’ve heard the slogan "punish the deed not the breed." While many subscribe to that slogan, feeling that the fault lies with the owner/trainer of a given...

• $2.5 Million Awarded Due to Discrimination

  Greg Owen | January 14, 2008 5:34 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Lockheed Martin Corp., will pay $2.5 million to former employee, Charles Daniels, who sued for having been called the N-word and for nothing having been done by Lockheed after he reported the ongoing workplace discrimination. This is the largest settlement with an individual in a racial discrimination case handled by the by the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.With respect to the...

• To Avoid a Dog's Bite, Try Changing Your Own Response

  Greg Owen | January 14, 2008 2:10 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Many people have been in a situation where a strange dog approaches sans a leash. Some consider using mace to protect themselves against such a situation. In the event of a dog attack, it is better to have a game plan. Many people automatically go into fit or flight mode - more often flight. In this situation fight or flight is a bad idea. The safest response to an aggressive dog is to remain...

• Who's Really Looking Out for the Consumer?

  Greg Owen | December 24, 2007 5:02 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  With all the recalled products out there today, it can be quite a fete to determine what products are safe for your children this holiday season. The concerns are not only about toys. Of late, concerns have been raised about everything from food items to cribs.Take the extremely understaffed Consumer Protect Safety Commission, in the Maryland office there is literally one person testing toys as...

• Dog Bites on the Rise in Minnesota

  Greg Owen | December 18, 2007 6:20 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  According to epidemiologists with the Minnesota Department of Health's Injury and Violence Prevention Unit, stray dogs do not account for the majority of dog bites. In Minnesota, dog bites are on the rise. However, a periodical published in "Minnesota Medicine" stated that when scientists studied the dog bites that were treated in hospitals, the rate of dog bites had increased by a staggering...

• Firefighter Claims Wrongful Termination

  Greg Owen | December 14, 2007 6:10 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  In October 2006 15-year-old, James Citizen, was abducted and shot to death. Marvin Nicholson Jr., a Chattanooga firefighter at the time of the incident, was subsequently fired from his job as a firefighter following his arrest for the death of Citizen. Nicholson has now filed a wrongful termination claim against the city and is asking for $250,000 in damages. He claims that the city did not...

• China Shuts down 300 Drug, Medical Instrument Manufacturers

  Greg Owen | December 06, 2007 11:12 AM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  Apparently, China has a campaign of sorts to crackdown on malpractice in the pharmacy industry. Three hundred drug and medical instrument manufacturers have been shut down due to sub-standard products. Wu Zhen, Deputy Director of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), said that the crack down is yielding results and noted that by October, 900 illegal drug producers and 400 cases were...

• Wyeth Must Pay for their Defective Drugs

  Greg Owen | October 19, 2007 6:21 PM | 0 CommentsGlendale, CA

  On October 12, Reno jurors decided that Wyeth, the largest maker of hormone-replacement medicines, must pay $134.1 million, including $99 million in punitive damages. This suit was filed due to the mishandling of menopause drugs that helped cause cancer in three women. The punitive damages were levied on Wyeth for concealing the breast-cancer risks of its Prempro and Premarin drugs. Some six...