As she walked toward the supervisor's office, Tyson Foods employee Gwendolyn Miles says she slipped on a wet floor and fell. Miles claims a leak in the roof caused the floor to become a hazardous condition. Miles filed a personal injury lawsuit against Tyson Foods Inc. on Feb. 2 in the Marshall Div ...

As a follow up to yesterday's blog entry about U.S. News & World Report's rankings of nursing homes is another article from U.S. News about Special Focus Facilities (SFF).  Among the 15,547 nursing homes in the full set of U.S. News rankings, 131 are tagged as "Special-Focus Facilities ...

Last week, President Obama formally unveiled his proposed budget for the 2011 fiscal year, which starts in October. Early reports indicated that the Obama administration would propose a freeze on discretionary spending for all government programs, with the exception of...

According to a study published in The British Journal of Psychiatry a diet that consists of consuming processed “junk” food may trigger or contribute to depression. Reporting on the study, an MSNBC News article explains: ... two dietary patterns were...

Normal 0 0 1 958 5463 45 10 6708 11.1282 0 0 0 Ballard Nursing Center is yet another large nursing home facility located in Des Plaines, Illinois. Ballard can accomedate 231 Medicare / Medicaid pati ...

February 8, 2010 A new study published in the February 2010 issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, has linked the consumption of two or more sodas a week to an increased rate of pancreatic cancer. ''People who drank tw ...

The Journal of Food Law & Policy just announced that it is seeking submissions for placement in the Spring 2010 issue, to be published in June 2010. This unanticipated need presents an opportunity for an author to place an article and see it in print in a very short period of time. Articles may be s ...

When I first started in private practice, I'd go anywhere to represent someone. I'd drive hours to a courthouse, or meet a client at a convenient place. I went to some interesting places.... Now, a few years later, most meetings are in my office, most cases, close to home. But then there was last Th ...

The FDA has announced the recall of Haifa Smoked Fish brand vacuum packaged Whole Schmaltz Herring with the lot number 20, because the product was found to be uneviscerated.  The risk to consumers is that, due to the errors in production, the fish may be contaminated with clostridium botulinum. ...

U.S. News & World Report issues the best and worst nursing homes every year based on federal and state inspections, surveys, and required data on staffing.  Here is the most recent article.  The rankings are only as good as the investigators which in most cases is poor.  On a give ...