Infant bed-side sleepers recalled due to suffocation risk

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:Active Leisure Inc., Active Leisure folding canopy tents (fire hazard - 19,000)Fashionviews Inc., garments of P.Jamas children’s sleepwear (burn injury - 4,000)Cooper Tools LLC of Apex, N.C Soldering Irons (burn hazard - 69,000) Williams-Sonoma Inc., hot chocolate pots (burn

Some rental cars rated "poor" in crashes

Many people carefully study safety ratings before buying a new car, but they don't use the same standards when renting a vehicle. An analysis by USA Today found that while many of the major auto rental companies offer vehicles that are highly rated for protection in head-on collisions, many are not rated nearly as safe in accidents involving rear or side impacts or rollover accidents. The

Secret Toyota settlement revealed

The amount of the settlement was supposed to have been kept secret. But the monetary sum was revealed in the case of a California Highway Patrol officer killed when his Toyota sped out of control and crashed. The amount to be paid by the Japanese automaker: $10 million. The settlement was revealed by an attorney for the San Diego Lexus dealership that loaned the vehicle to the officer. A court

Lasko recalls 4.8 Million box fans due to fire hazard

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:Scotch Corporation, Instant Power Toilet Bowl Restorer bottles (risk of chemical burns - 74,760)Undersea Systems International Inc. dba Ocean Technology Systems, Guardian full-face diving masks (drowning hazard - 1,780)Gerber Legendary Blades, Gerber Gator Combo Axes (

New device aids in cancer detection

It seems as though everything is going 3-D -- movies, television, video games. Now there is a 3-D device that could help save lives. It's X-ray mammography that provides three-dimensional images for breast cancer screening and diagnosis. The device, approved recently by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, could "significantly enhance existing diagnosis and treatment approaches." That according

Phone company settles whistblower suit

Verizon Communications Inc. has written a big check to the federal government -- $93.5 million. That sum was announced as a settlement to resolve allegations which arose in a whistleblower lawsuit against the nation's second-largest phone company. The qui tam suit alleged that Verizon overcharged the U.S. General Services Administration by submitting false claims for reimbursement of property

107,500 Lasko portable electric heaters recalled due to fire hazard

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products:Lasko Products Inc., portable electric heaters (fire hazard - 107,500)PD Sixty Distributor Inc., Portable space heaters (fire hazard - 3,000)Tech 4 Kids Inc., OUTER EDGE snow bikes (fall hazard - 2,100)Tyco Safety Products Westminster Simplex fire alarm control panels (alert

Even sanctioned doctors rarely disciplined by state boards

The majority of doctors sanctioned by their own hospitals escape any discipline by state medical boards. So noted a recent report by the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, which examined data over a 20-year period (1990-2009). It found that 10,672 physicians were listed in the National Practitioner data Bank as having had their clinical privileges restricted or revoked by their hospitals but

460,000 air compressors from DeVilbiss Air Power Company recalled due to fire hazard

Among the latest product recalls announced by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) are the following products: Sheng Group, Butterfly Push Toys (choking and aspiration hazards - 1,440)Steelcase Inc., Cachet swivel chairs (fall hazard - 165,000)The Land of Nod, Rosebud drop-side cribs (suffocation and strangulation hazards - 300)Sassy Inc., Refreshing Rings infant teethers/rattles (