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• Vote No on Asbestos Bailout Bill

  Ricky Bagolie | June 21, 2006 1:44 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Tell your Senators to vote against the Asbestos Bailout Bill, S 3274. It is a $20 Billion corporate bailout for asbestos companies that knowingly poisoned people and makes it worse for asbestos victims. It is virtually identical to the bill that the Senate wisely blocked in February. The proposed legislation fails to treat victims fairly while making taxpayers, not the wrongdoers, foot the...

• Asbestos, Mesothelioma & Cancer Lawsuits

  Ricky Bagolie | June 20, 2006 11:16 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Asbestos disease and the litigation brought by its victims has received a lot of media attention over the years, especially concerning the bankruptcy of a number of asbestos manufacturers like Johns-Manville and Celotex, and because of class action lawsuits that were filed attempting to reach global settlements of all asbestos claims. It is important to know that persons who are now diagnosed...

• Beware Shoulder Dystocia And Brachial Plexus Injuries in Infants

  Ricky Bagolie | June 14, 2006 9:59 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Shoulder dystocia is one of the most feared complications of any birth. It occurs when the baby's shoulder nearer to the mother's abdomen gets stuck behind the pubic bone. Shoulder dystocia is an obstetrical emergency because often the umbilical cord is compressed, shutting off the baby's oxygen supply.It can lead to serious injuries to the child including Erb's palsy, brain damage, and even...

• Beware the Dangers of Defective Automobile Seats

  Ricky Bagolie | June 13, 2006 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Poorly designed or defective automobile seats can cause unnecessary injuries in rear impact collisions. These injuries could have been prevented had the seatback designs and manufacturing defects been replaced with proven safety measures that have been readily available for a long time. Problems with automobile seats can be attributed to non-sturdy and defective parts, including seatbacks, seat...

• FDA PUBLIC HEALTH ADVISORY: BIRTH DEFECTS WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE-LOWERING DRUGS CONTAINING ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME (ACE) INHIBITORS

  Ricky Bagolie | June 12, 2006 10:38 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a Public Health Advisory on June 8, 2006 concerning the possibility of birth defects in children whose mothers were taking the widely prescribed family of high blood pressure lowering drugs known as angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors in their first trimesters (the first three months of pregnancy).The FDA Public Health Advisory was based...

• Bed Sores Caused By Nursing Home Abuse and Neglect

  Ricky Bagolie | June 08, 2006 9:55 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Bed sores are usually only caused by nursing home neglect and hospital negligence. They can be avoided with proper supervision and care.Bed sores, also called pressure sores or decubitus ulcers, are ulcers (sores) caused by prolonged pressure or rubbing on vulnerable areas of the body. Areas most prone include bony areas subject to moisture and friction. Examples include pressure points on the...

• Did Guidant Corp. Hide Knowledge of Heart Device Defects?

  Ricky Bagolie | June 07, 2006 10:28 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The U.S. Justice Department and the Food and Drug Administration have been conducting an inquiry into and Boston Scientific Corp. and Guidant's handling of safety issues related to several of its Contak Renewal and Contak Renewal 2 defibrillators. These defibrillators have had electrical flaws and have been recalled. Newly released records show that Guidant Corp. drafted a letter last year to...

• Pesticides In The Fields May Lead To Defects in Workers' Babies

  Ricky Bagolie | June 06, 2006 8:23 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  According to the Palm Beach Post, a report by North Carolina health officials has strengthened the hypothesis that exposure to pesticides helped to cause severe deformities of three babies born to migrant farmworkers who worked for a Florida-based tomato growerThe report said, "Data indicate a plausible association between possible pesticide exposure and the limb deficiencies." Investigators...

• Beware of Wood Decks and Playgrounds

  Ricky Bagolie | June 03, 2006 7:32 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  You may not know it but your health problems could be linked to your wood deck.Over 90 percent of all outdoor wooden structures in the United States and in most of the world are made with arsenic-treated lumber. Known as Chromated Copper Arsenate, or CCA, exposure to the chemicals contained in this pressure treated wood has been linked to lung cancer, bladder cancer, skin cancer, kidney cancer,...

• Family of Nursing Home Resident Bitten to Death by Ants Gets Award

  Ricky Bagolie | May 31, 2006 9:18 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Can you imagine anything more horrible than having a loved one be bitten to death by fire ants? The wife and children of a retired postal worker who died from hundreds of fire ant bites in a Florida nursing home nearly four years ago had to endure such a tragedy. They will receive almost $2 million for their loss.Mariner Health Care, the nation's third largest long-term health care company,...