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• Honda Recalls Defective Lawnmowers

  Courtney Mills | December 19, 2007 2:20 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  American Honda recalled some 167,000 lawnmowers today in conjunction with the CPSC because of a consumer laceration hazard posed by the lawn mowers when the mower's control lever is released. In light of the serious risk to consumers posed by the cutting blade, Honda has recalled the following mowers from the U.S. market: Model HRB217HXA, all serial numbers, and Models HRX217HXA and HRX217HMA,...

• MRIs Prove Secondhand Smoke Damage

  Courtney Mills | December 12, 2007 3:32 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Head & Brain Injuries

  People who have been exposed to high levels of second hand smoke have lasting damage to their lungs, MRIs show in a recent study of several non-smokers. Researchers examined study participants using a special kind of MRI scan to evaluate changes in the lung tissue of secondhand non-smokers. Researchers used a special kind of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans to review the lungs of...