Just in time for the holidays, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group has released its annual list of dangerous toys.

We couldn't list all of 'em in the story we wrote up for 1p ET - so you can find more info here.

Elizabeth Cohen joins us live, to talk about a Rhode Island hospital that's in trouble AGAIN for "wrong-site surgery".

In the meantime, some info from our medical unit:

By Sharisse Scineaux
CNN Medical Producer

Hospitals and doctors make mistakes. It's something we don't like to think about, but it happens. Some scary examples I've come across: Minnesota doctors removed the healthy kidney of a cancer patient while leaving the diseased one behind; California doctors removed the appendix of the wrong patient; one of the most experienced surgeons in a Boston, Massachusetts, hospital operated on the wrong side of a patient. All of these mistakes happened within the past couple of years.

Rest assured, if you are the patient, you can help avoid such medical errors.

1. Check out your doctor and hopsital. There are several websites that rank hospitals and physicians.

2. Tell the nurses and doctors who you are and why you're having surgery. You might feel a little silly, but giving your name, date of birth and for example, which hip you're having replaced – it bears repeating.

3. Make sure your doctor – not someone else – initials your surgery site.

4. Confirm that site with your physician right before your procedure.

5. Finally, train someone to be your advocate. You're likely to be anxious and a little out of it, so be sure that friend or family member knows these important tips too.

Check out CNN Senior Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen’s Empowered Patient column here, for more useful details.

And, if you'd like to check up on a hospital or doctor, HealthGrades and The Leapfrog Group are a couple of helpful websites.

Since most of us were focused on candy bars - not cheeseburgers - this weekend: heads up. There's a big ground beef recall going on, amid an E. coli scare. The CDC announced today that two deaths may be linked.

The meat came from New York-based Fairbank Farms, and went to a bunch of eastern U.S. states. Stores include Trader Joe's, Shaw's, BJ's, and Giant.

Get more info/specifics here.

OWFI

Times are tough for lots of Iraqis right now - women and girls, in particular. War widows turning tricks to survive. Mothers pimping their own daughters. Child trafficking.

Today in the Newsroom, we ran a piece by CNN's Mohammed Jamjoom that took a look at Baghdad's sex trade.

If you'd like more information, or want to help the group featured in his report, you can go here.