The Injury Board Bangor & Augusta Archives

• Maine Breast Cancer Patients: Important Information

  Anne Fennessey | May 18, 2008 11:44 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  A study released by Canadian researchers on May 15, 2008 sheds new light on the possible link between vitamin D and breast cancer survival rates. Dr. Pamela Goodwin, a breast cancer researcher at...

• Target stores affected by recall of contaminated meat and poultry

  Alison McKellar | May 14, 2008 3:17 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Defective & Dangerous Products

  Gourmet Boutique, a New York based food company, has announced a voluntary recall of 286,000 pounds of meat and poultry due to possible Listeria contamination, a bacteria that can cause...

• Parents continue insisting on link between vaccinations and autism

  Alison McKellar | May 13, 2008 8:07 PM | 1 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  This week, the United States Court of Federal Claims began the second hearing in a series of three to determine whether thimerosal, a vaccine additive containing mercury, led to autism in...

• Medical tourism: Maine people and companies go abroad to save on surgery

  Alison McKellar | May 13, 2008 2:45 PM | 3 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Medical tourism, a growing travel phenomenon that combines international travel with various medical procedures, is the newest indication that Americans are fed up with expensive medical...

• Heparin contamination may have been deliberate: were Mainers affected?

  Alison McKellar | May 02, 2008 6:34 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Toxic Substances

  Heparin, a blood thinner produced by Baxter International Inc. has now been linked to 81 deaths in the United States and has caused hundreds of severe reactions in patients...