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Vitamin b6 is an essential nutrient people must ingest for normal and healthy bodily and neurological functioning. The best source for Vitamin b6 may be found in meat, and therefore people who have reduced or eliminated eating animal products may wish to take a Vitamin b6 supplement. Profits drive supplement companies to sell more products without regard to consumers’ health and therefore, many bottles do not contain adequate warnings regarding the potential for Vitamin b6 overdoses. The amount required for normal human functioning is a very low dose; the FDA recommends only about 2 milligrams for an adult male and about 1.5 milligrams for an adult female. Despite this recommendation, supplements are commonly sold in 50 mg, 100 mg and even 250 mg doses per tablet. People may even mistakenly take two of these tablets thinking the supplements are harmless or that they are being extra health conscientious. However, excessive…
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A settlement was just reached in a South Carolina class action suit in which lawyers alleged that Chase Home Finance LLC had illegally handles its mortgage and foreclosure practices with 6,000 active members of the military.  The suit was a public relations nightmare for the mortgage giant. Of the $56 million settlement, $27 million will go to cash payments, $8 million in attorney fees, $12 million to the 6,000 class members, and $15 million for members who suffered consequential damages.  The settlement will also include provisions requiring the bank to give back the wrongfully foreclosed homes and reduce interest rates to four percent. Chase has apologized to the service members.  The company will begin implementing a new policy meant to specifically protect deployed service members and their families from rising mortgage rates and foreclosure. “We hold ourselves accountable and responsible for these mistakes, and fixing them is just the beginning…
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