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Tips for Having a Food-Allergy Safe Holiday

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Gingerbread houses, gum drops, and candy canes. Eggnog, hot chocolate, and apple cider. Baking sugar cookies at Grandma’s house. Cutting open a Yule Ham. Smells like the holidays! But there’s one thing that can be easy to forget in all the hustle and bustle of holiday anticipation: food allergies. With the office holiday parties and… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/tips-for-having-a-food-allergy-safe-holiday/

Heartburn and the Holidays: Zantac’s Link to Cancer

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Zantac And Cancer: The Popular Antacid Found to Have a Known Carcinogen for Possibly Decades If you’re reaching for that heartburn medication during all this holiday eating, watch out! Recent headlines have been exposing the popular antacid Zantac for having a possible link to cancer after investigations by the FDA detected ‘unacceptable amounts’ of a… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/heartburn-and-the-holidays-zantacs-link-to-cancer/

Watch Out for Dangerous Toys

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Shopping online is far preferable to riding in a one-horse open sleigh. It is also just about as risky. A recent study suggests that Amazon has become an online flea market where there is almost no corporate oversight. Out of 4,000 dangerous products identified in this study, about half of them were toys and other… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/watch-out-for-dangerous-toys/

Tips for Traveling During the Holidays

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If you are one of the millions of Americans who will be traveling during the holidays, you know how important it is to prepare. Whether by car, bus, train, or plane, you can never be too prepared. If you are traveling by car, make sure your vehicle is up to date on maintenance. Even if… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/tips-for-traveling-during-the-holidays/

Handy Tips for A Germ-Free Holiday

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Preparing for the holidays usually means shopping, booking flights, and dusting off the festive ornaments and holiday lights to turn your home into a winter wonderland. But one area of holiday preparation that is often over looked involves the invisible organisms that invade our homes and make us sick. Germs! Let’s dive a little deeper… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/how-to-have-a-germ-free-holiday/

What To Do In A “Hit and Run”

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Fatal Pedestrian Accident in East Harlem, New York A toddler is dead, and his mother is seriously injured, after a speeding pickup struck them as they crossed the street. The wreck accident occurred near the intersection of 116th Street and First Avenue in East Harlem. A 59-year-old-man, whose name was not released, struck a woman… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/what-to-do-in-a-hit-and-run/

Queens Sewage Disaster: Residents Deserve Answers/Action

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Numerous homes were flooded with raw sewage over Thanksgiving weekend in Queens, New York. While Christmas and New Year’s approach, the City leaves residents with questions unanswered and homes still contaminated with hazardous waste. The sewage filled homes in South Jamaica and South Ozone Park destroying everything it touched, including boilers, heating systems, and irreplaceable… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/queens-sewage-disaster-residents-deserve-answers-action/

Personal Injury Lawyer What to Look For & Is One Needed?

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Personal injury lawyers are experts in the legal field who have their primary focus on representing people who have been injured in some way through no real fault of their own. They provide an important connection between the legal support of law proceedings and individuals whose lives have been turned upside down due to an… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/personal-injury-lawyer-what-to-look-for-is-one-needed/

Dirty Surgical Tools Sicken Hundreds

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An Indiana hospital recently sent a letter to over 1,100 patients which said that unsafe practices placed them at risk for HIV, hepatitis, and other serious infections. Officials at Goshen Hospital told patients that a surgical technician failed to properly clean instruments for several months. However, the hospital insisted the actual illness risk was “extremely… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/dirty-surgical-tools-sicken-hundreds/

Possible FDA Crackdown Against CBD Products

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The Food and Drug Administration told over a dozen companies to stop selling cannabidiol-infused food products and stop making inflated health claims about their products. CBD is a non-psychoactive marijuana ingredient which has medicinal properties. Yet the FDA has only approved one CBD product. Epidiolex treats some rare forms of childhood epilepsy. Other CBD products,… https://www.napolilaw.com/article/possible-fda-crackdown-against-cbd-products/