PART ONE Source: CNN Cosmetics company L’Oréal are among multiple other parties that are being sued over claims that its chemical hair straightening products put women at an increased risk of uterine cancer. Civil rights attorney Ben Crump, counsel Diandra “Fu” Debrosse Zimmermann, and others filed a lawsuit on behalf of 32-year-old Missouri resident Jenny […]
Source: CNN The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is planning to propose a ban on certain hair-straightening products, such as chemical relaxers and pressing products, that have been linked to health risks, according to an entry in the Unified Agenda, which lists actions that administrative agencies plan to issue. The agency plans a proposed […]
Source: NJ Today Online A new report released by the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) committee, shows that many nonprofit hospital systems across the country are failing to provide low-income Americans with the affordable medical care required by their nonprofit status – despite receiving billions in tax benefits and providing exorbitant compensation […]
Source: NJ Today Online The owner of a marketing company has admitted his role in conspiracies to commit health care fraud and to exchange illegal kickbacks. Eric Karlewicz, aka “Anthony Mazza,” 44, of Chestnut Ridge, New York, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Esther Salas in Newark federal court to an information charging him with […]
Source: NJ Today Karen Fluharty exhaustively searched 40 places across the country where her son Ryan could go when he “fell off the services cliff,” as a young adult with autism. “None of them were a fit. They were either group home-like settings where individuals needed higher 1:1 support. Or located in neighborhoods that weren’t […]
Breast Cancer Awareness: National Breast Cancer Foundation · Rutgers Cancer Institute · Breast Cancer.org · Male Breast Cancer · American Breast Cancer Fdn. Source: Breast Cancer Prevention Partners There is an enormous body of literature accumulated over the years with some times inconsistent findings linking specific nutritional factors and cancer, as well as a lot […]