If you have ever been in an automobile accident you know the problems experienced when making a claim. In the State of California, insurance policies requires that drivers carry only minimal auto insurance for bodily injury. An amount that is inadequate if you have medical expenses and lost wages, not to mention pain and suffering. Even worse, if someone has no insurance at all, you could receive nothing at all.

Lifesoy Inc., a San Diego-based manufacturer of ready-to-eat soy products has been closed down by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for preparing, packing, and holding articles of food under unsanitary conditions. An order from the FDA requires Lifesoy to stop manufacturing and distributing food products until the company registers with the FDA and complies with federal laws regarding sanitary practices.

At one time, a tanned body was considered as having a 'healthy glow'. Our obsession to having a year round bronzed body has lead people to use sunlamps and tanning beds to get an all over even tan even if the sun is not there to provide it.

Today scientists and international experts warn of serious health risks involved with tanning. “Although some people think that a tan gives them a ‘healthy’ glow, any tan is a sign of skin damage,” says Sharon Miller, M.S.E.E., a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scientist and international expert on UV radiation and tanning. “A tan is the skin’s reaction to exposure to UV rays,” says Miller. “Recognizing exposure to the rays as an ‘insult,’ the skin acts in self-defense by producing more melanin, a pigment that darkens the skin. Over time, this damage will lead to prematurely aged skin and, in some cases, skin cancer.”

Social networking sites are a great way to stay in contact with friends and family, and are a way for people to vent about companies they feel are unethical or have poor service. A recent trend, has companies scouring these sites as an inexpensive way of finding unhappy customers and improving customer service. One man in Michigan has found that venting your frustrations on Facebook is also a great way to get sued.

Identity theft is one of the fastest growing crimes in America. Everyone is susceptible, and by the time you find out your identity has been stolen, it is usually too late. The longer it takes to detect fraudulent activity, the higher the cost is for you to correct it.

When a doctor prescribes drugs to a patient they do it with the intentions of making the patient well, but there are three billion prescriptions filled every year, and one out of every five have serious side effects. When you combine multiple prescribed drugs, the result could be deadly.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is issuing a warning for consumers and health care professionals who use or recommend the use of the weight loss medication orlistat, marketed as Xenical and Alli. The use of these medications could lead to a rare occurrence of severe liver injury in patients.

We have always been told that smoking, sun exposure, diet and exercise are all big factors in the risk for getting Cancer, but according to a presidential panel, household and workplace chemicals may contribute to a larger percentage of cancer deaths than previously thought.

The President's Cancer Panel, an advisory group monitoring the war on cancer, thinks that environmental chemicals might contribute to a larger share of deaths from cancer than the 1% to 5% figure cited by the National Cancer Institute, a statistic taken from studies done in the 1980's. Since then no one has tried to revise the estimate because of the difficulty of the job.

Studies done by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) has found that auto insurance scams have increased by 46% from 2007-2009. Car insurance rates have gone up 4.3% in the first quarter of 2010, accounting for a total increase of 24% in the last three years.

"Criminals have gone from stealing cars to the medical side of the insurance business because there's quicker money and less chance of getting caught," said Roger Morris, a spokesman for the NICB, adding that, "Fraud does have an impact on insurance rates." "A staged accident insurance claim resulting in a payout to all the victims, including medical and legal expenses, can average between $80,000-$100,000. It's a very lucrative business and sophisticated rings are perpetrating these scams.

A civil grand jury in San Fancisco hopes to reduce bicycle/motorist confrontations by releasing a report that outlines what the city can do to increase bicycle safety. The report titled, Sharing the Roadway: From Confrontation to Conversation, targets the atmosphere of hostility and mistrust that exists between San Francisco’s bicyclists and motorists.