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• Tractor Trailer Accidents Problematic in South Carolina

  Pete Strom | July 16, 2009 11:44 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Despite our best efforts, we cannot control what other drivers on the road are doing. We were especially saddened yesterday to learn of another death to an innocent victim, Melody Wilson, a wife,...

• Durom Cup Hip Replacement Creates Quite a Rub

  Pete Strom | July 07, 2009 5:35 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  What’s worse than a bad hip that slows you down, impedes your lifestyle, and eventually forces you to have hip replacement surgery? Having that hip replacement surgery, being left with more...

• Supreme Court Rules Strip Search Went Too Far

  Pete Strom | June 30, 2009 3:37 PM | 1 CommentColumbia, SC

  Students have always faced potential criminal penalties for violating state laws involving illegal drugs and drug possession. In efforts to keep the school drug free and prevent drug possession...

• Controversy Ridden Accutane Pulled from Pharmacy Shelves

  Pete Strom | June 30, 2009 2:52 PM | 2 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Roche Holding AG announced last week that it is pulling its popular acne medicine Accutane from the U.S. market citing economic reasons for its decision. Accutane was released on the market in...

• Reglan Users Beware, Temporary Reflux Relief May Lead to Incurable Twitching

  Pete Strom | June 26, 2009 1:52 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  That is enough to give you heartburn in and of itself, right? Statistics indicate that approximately 25 million Americans suffer from some form of heartburn and/or gastric reflux. Statistics...

• Health Risks from Denture Cream turn Smiles into Frowns

  Amanda Wick | June 11, 2009 9:51 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  As the saying goes, you are never fully dressed without a smile. For years Poligrip and Fixodent have helped those with dental work such as dentures and bridges keep their teeth in place. Users...

• Iovate Pulls Hydroxycut Off Shelves After Death of Young Man

  Lauren Decker | May 07, 2009 2:35 PM | 2 CommentsColumbia, SC

  If you’re like me, you may remember the first time you saw a Hydroxycut commercial on television – a blonde vision of beauty rising out of a pool, claiming that she was able to lose...

• Defective Chinese Drywall Hits North Carolina

  Amanda Wick | April 22, 2009 2:28 PM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  As many have predicted, the Chinese drywall epidemic has been found in another Southeast state, this time North Carolina. Newsinferno just reported that the Flannigans, a family in Holly Springs,...

• The gloves come off in the debate over defective Chinese Drywall

  Amanda Wick | April 07, 2009 12:50 PM | 4 CommentsColumbia, SC

  Today, in an article on newsinferno.com, Senator Bill Nelson (D-FL) called for the resignation of Nancy Nord, head of the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), because of the CPSC's failure to...

• 10,000 Veterans Possibly At Risk After Medical Procedure With Unsterilized Equipment

  Amanda Wick | April 02, 2009 10:27 AM | 0 CommentsColumbia, SC

  It seems like just yesterday I remember when The Washington Post wrote about the scandal at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a medical facility for Veterans located in Washington, D.C. I was living...