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• TransFatty KFC Unhealthy oil=Cheap grease

  Robert Blanchard | June 28, 2006 1:28 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Recently, The Center for Science in the Public Interest, along with Dr. Arthur Hoyte, a retired physician from Rockville, Md. sued Yum Brand Inc. owner of the KFC restaurant chain. The suit claims their use of hydrongenated oil high in trans fat, causes artery clogging heart disease. The suit seeks the end of tans fat use by switching to non hydrongenated, therefor, healthier frying oil. KFC...

• Accidents Causing TMJ

  Robert Blanchard | June 20, 2006 10:40 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  I have seen in some severe rear-end accidents that people can develop TMJ problems. This painful condition was described recently in an article I paste below. Further information on TMJ injuries can be found at this link.The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is a gliding joint, formed by the condyle of the mandible and the temporal bone. The articulating surfaces of the mandible and temporal bone...

• No Benefits for Injured Workers

  Robert Blanchard | June 19, 2006 12:54 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  More Worker Compensation lawyers are quitting their practice as a result of the bad laws made by the Florida legislature. Since attorneys can no longer earn a sufficient fee when the carrier fails to make medical payments or lost wage payments, injured workers will not be able to get lawyers to represent them. I guess it doesn't matter until it happens to you.

• Fewer Auto Accidents Nationwide

  Robert Blanchard | June 12, 2006 10:52 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  Who would have thought that fewer auto accidents would have a downside?Fewer auto accidents and increasing repair costs are proving to be a double whammy for collision-repair shops in across the nation.Despite a 53 percent increase in vehicles on U.S. streets since 1980, the number brought in for collision repairs nationwide has declined.In 2004, the most recent year for industry figures, 17...

• Veterans Identity Theft Update

  Robert Blanchard | June 08, 2006 2:01 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Mainstream media organizations revealed yesterday that the governments loss of identity records of military veterans now encompass the whole military. Quick to rectify this situation, Congress is considering a $1,000 payoff to over 26 million members of the military, both past and present, to quell thier outrage and obvious anxiety. Is this an attempt to curtail any mass tort action, possibly,...