The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has begun enrollment for the first Phase I safety study approved by the Food and Drug Administration to investigate the use of a child’s own umbilical cord blood stem cells for traumatic brain injury in children. The study is being performed in conjunction with Children’s […]
Defective Product recalls; are you being notified about dangerous products
Every day in the United States dozens of dangerous products are recalled. Recall notices are issued by various government agencies, manufacturers and retailers but are the consumers who use those products receiving notice? A recent survey in August of 2010, by the Consumer Reports Reseach Center shows they aren’t. The survey of 2000 households which focused […]
One dead in four car accident in Sunnyvale
One person was killed and another arrested this morning following a multi-car accident that occurred on eastbound Highway 237 in Sunnyvale, according to the CHP. The accident happened near the Lawrence Expressway exit and was reported after 2 a.m. Ffour cars were involved in the accident, according to CHP officer John Short. No information as […]
Woman struck by auto in Livermore
A 33-year-old woman was seriously injured Thursday evening when she was struck by a sport utility vehicle as she crossed a street Thursday evening, Livermore police said. The unidentified woman, who lives in Livermore, was crossing Fourth Street in the intersection at South K Street when she was struck by an eastbound Toyota Sequoia. An […]
CDC says 3000 die every year from foodborne illness
About 48 million people (1 in 6 Americans) get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die each year from foodborne diseases, according new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The figures are the most accurate to date due to better data and methods used. The data are published Wednesday in two articles […]
