Miscellaneous

• New Medical Research Focuses on Modifying Cancer Cells

  Karen Gatlin | May 07, 2008 12:05 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Researchers are investigating methods of altering tumor cell response to heat and radiation after finding that cancer cells are able to protect themselves from heat and radiation. The ability...

• Dangerous Drawstring Clothing

  Donald Caminiti | April 28, 2008 9:00 AM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  The Consumer Products Safety Commissioin (CPSC0 has reported that several firms have been selling childrens clothing with drawstrings that posed a strangulation hazard. According to the CPSC, the...

• Chamber of Commerce is at it again

  Donald Caminiti | April 24, 2008 5:47 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, a business lobby group, is at it again. Their latest propaganda is that businesses fear N.J. courts which they allege to be unfair. The report is little more than a...

• Collection Practices

  Donald Caminiti | April 14, 2008 11:18 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The Federal Trade Commission has issued an advisory opinion stating that in a foreclosure context, debt collectors do notcommit a per se violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)...

• Childhood Diseases: Need for Immunization

  Karen Gatlin | April 09, 2008 10:19 AM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Concerns over risks of vaccinating their children have led to some parents refusing to have the children immunized from common childhood diseases. While risk of contraction of these diseases was...

• DIAGNOSIS OF BREAST CANCER AND THE TRIPLE TEST

  Karen Gatlin | March 31, 2008 4:18 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  The evaluation of breast masses is based on the "triple test" which focuses on three factors to determine the likelihood that a breast lump may be breast cancer. The following are the factors to consider: 1) History and Physical Examination; 2) Radiologic Findings (mammographic and ultrasound findings); and 3) Biopsy if a mass persists.Each factor is evaluated and the test must be "concordant"...

• Deceptive Advertising

  Donald Caminiti | March 31, 2008 3:57 PM | 1 CommentBergen County, NJ

  A major watchdog group is disputing an advertising claim by Wal-Mart that theretailer saves the average family $2,500 a year. National Advertising Division of the Council of Better Business Bureaus contends that the advertised figure, which is actually based on Wal-Mart's overall impact on the economy rather than money saved by shopping at Wal-Mart, is misleading. Wal-Mart maintains that the ad...

• Silent Tort Reform

  Donald Caminiti | March 31, 2008 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A growing body of law is threatening the rights of consumers injured by products, according to some attorneys and advocacy groups. Pre-emption allows regulators to overrule state laws in product liability cases where the product was approved by federal agencies. The phenomenon of pre-emption is being called 'silent tort reform' by plaintiffs' attorneys but it underscores a longstanding tension...

• Consumer Fraud Medical Reimbursement

  Donald Caminiti | February 15, 2008 12:45 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  SAN FRANCISCO (Thomson Financial) - The New York Attorney General'sOffice said Wednesday it plans to file suit against Ingenix Inc., itsparent UnitedHealth Group (nyse: UNH - news - people ), and threeadditional subsidiaries, as part of an investigation into a 'scheme byhealth insurers to defraud consumers by manipulating reimbursementrates.'In addition, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo...

• Are Caps Ever Fair

  Donald Caminiti | January 25, 2008 4:26 PM | 0 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  Legislature Considers Payment Cap for Bridge Victims Minnesota lawmakers met Tuesday to decide whether to cap awards to victims of the Minneapolis bridge collapse or leave the size of the payments to neutral party. A $400,000 ceiling for lost income, medical expenses and mental anguish garnered support from both Democrats and Republicans. Federal law has further complicated matters because...