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Johnson Health Tech agreed to pay a $3 million penalty for failing to report a defect with its Matrix Fitness Ascent Trainers and Elliptical Trainers that could spark fires and lead to potentially serious injury, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. In January 2014, Johnson Health Tech recalled the trainers, which had sold for $6,000 to $11,000 each, after it had received multiple reports of fires, smoking, sparking or melted
By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Older people with a common lung disease are more likely to suffer from falls if they also have other medical problems, previous tumbles or a longer history of smoking, a recent study suggests. Researchers focused on 41 people around 71 years old with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a condition that makes it difficult to breathe. Past research has linked COPD to an increased
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A Georgia man who killed five people earlier this year, including members of his family, will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill, authorities said Thursday. Thomas Jesse Lee, 27, could have faced the death penalty but prosecutors accepted the guilty plea and life sentence without the possibility of parole, citing Lee’s “significant prior mental health issues,” District Attorney Peter Skandalakis said in
A Georgia man who killed five people earlier this year, including members of his family, will spend the rest of his life in prison after pleading guilty but mentally ill, authorities said Thursday. Thomas Jesse Lee, 27, could have faced the death penalty but prosecutors accepted the guilty plea and life sentence without the possibility of parole, citing Lee’s “significant prior mental health issues,” District Attorney Peter Skandalakis said in
An Oklahoma man has died after contracting a rare brain-eating disease while swimming in a lake in the southern part of the state, officials said on Thursday. The man, whose name has not been released, was hospitalized last week in Oklahoma City after a swim in Lake Murray, about 115 miles south of Oklahoma City, health officials said.
