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• Maine Icy Hot Heat Therapy Products Recalled

  Anne Fennessey | February 29, 2008 2:42 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Icy Hot Heat Therapy Products RecalledIcy Hot Therapy products, sold in many stores in Maine, have been recalled recently as a result of numerous reports by consumers that the self-heating patches caused skin irritations and serious burns when used to relieve muscle and joint pain. See http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23116830/from/ET/The leading manufacturer, Chattem, Inc., offers a variety of...

• Energy Drinks Bad for Maine's Teenagers?

  Alison Mynick, RN, Esq. | February 21, 2008 11:56 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Need a caffeine boost to get through the afternoon? If you're under the age of eighteen and live in Maine, you may soon have a tough time buying that can of Red Bull or Monster Energy. State Representative Troy Jackson has filed legislation that would make it illegal for Maine vendors to sell energy drinks containing 80 or more milligrams of caffeine per 8 fluid ounces to minors. If...

• How Safe Is Maine's Meat Supply?

  Alison Mynick, RN, Esq. | February 19, 2008 1:40 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Some things we know for sure.We know for sure that on February 17, 2008, the USDA ordered the recall of 143 million pounds of beef that had been processed at California's Westland/ Hallmark Meat Co., dating back to February 1, 2006.We can be sure, thanks to videotape evidence given to the USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service by the Humane Society of the United States, that some cattle at...

• Drunk Doctors a Concern for Maine Patients?

  Don Briggs | February 18, 2008 6:06 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  Hopefully this situation will never arise in Maine but it has in New Jersey. A New Jersey pediaitrician had his license to practice medicine revoked for allegedly being drunk on the job, administering expired vaccines to young patients and pointing a loaded gun at two assistants. As many as 1,100 children may not have been properly immunized and, as a result, may not be protected according to...

• Medication Errors in Maine Hospitals

  Alison Mynick, RN, Esq. | February 18, 2008 3:01 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  One in 10 patients in Massachusetts hospitals suffers serious and avoidable medication mistakes. Can what is happening to Maine patients in Maine hospitals be very different? Probably not.The study by a Boston doctor, reported in the Boston Globe shows that the culprit is a doctor's handwritten order for medicine in a patient chart. When a hospital switiches to a computerized ordering system...

• Maine Leads the Way in Protecting Children from Second Hand Smoke

  Don Briggs | February 01, 2008 4:05 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Over the years, Maine has been a leader in protecting the right of non-smokers to breath clean air in public spaces, but, until now, no one has dared try and tell smokers what they can and can't do in their houses and cars. However, a new city ordinance has changed all this for Bangor drivers, who can now be pulled over and fined up to 50 dollars for smoking in the car in the presence of...