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• Panda Cub Bites Hand That Feeds It

  Ricky Bagolie | October 22, 2006 3:05 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  In what could be one of my favorite stories to come out of China this year, a panda cub bit off part of the thumb of an American visitor who was feeding it at a reserve in southwest China. In a related story, a drunken Chinese tourist bit a panda at the Beijing Zoo after the animal attacked him when he jumped into the enclosure and tried to hug it. This goes to show that you must be on guard...

• Rapper Critical After Jersey City Car Crash

  Ricky Bagolie | October 19, 2006 11:18 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  According to the Jersey Journal, rapper Cassidy remains in critical condition at the Jersey City Medical Cente after a traffic crash caused a fractured skull and several fractured facial bones. The Philadelphia rapper reportedly was passing through Jersey City on his way to New York to continue work on his third album, slated for release later this year.

• Families Can Fight Improper Transfer From A Nursing Home

  Ricky Bagolie | October 18, 2006 4:17 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Do not let a nursing home threaten to transfer or discharge your loved one. Too often, a facility may respond to resident's difficulties or increasing need for care or repeated questions or complaints from family members by transferring or discharging the resident. The Nursing Home Reform Law of 1987 protects residents from involuntary transfer and discharge. It prohibits nursing homes from...

• Restraints Used in Nursing Homes Can Cause Harm

  Ricky Bagolie | October 13, 2006 5:09 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The Nursing Home Reform Act of 1987 states the resident has the right to be free from physical or chemical restraints imposed for purposes of discipline or convenience and not required to treat the resident's medical symptoms. This means that only a doctor can prescribe restraints after a careful assessment of the resident's condition. This helps ensure that residents are treated in such a...

• Thousands Flee Toxic Chemical Explosion In North Carolina

  Ricky Bagolie | October 06, 2006 1:44 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  A massive chemical fire has forced thousands to flee their homes in Apex, North Carolina, just outside Raleigh. The explosion took place at the EQ Industrial Services plant late Thursday and the fires and explosions continue.According to the Houston Chronical:EQ Industrial Services handles a wide array of industrial waste, from paints to solvents, and houses chemicals such as chlorine,...

• Medicare Recovery Procedure and Workers' Comp

  Ricky Bagolie | October 06, 2006 2:30 AM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  Medicare receipients have had to wait to receive their workers' comp benefits due to delays in the Medicare Secondary Payer investigation. Hopefully, that will change.The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) is consolidating all of the functions and workloads related to Medicare Secondary Payer post-payment recoveries into one recovery contract. The contract for the new national MSP...

• Neglectful Nursing Home Kills Another Resident

  Ricky Bagolie | September 15, 2006 12:51 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  In a disturbing trend that that occurs in every state, a neglectful nursing has killed one if it's residents through poor care and abuse. According to the West Virginia Record, a Charleston nursing home that cared for a 77-year-old woman is being sued for negligence after the patient died three months after being admitted. The lawsuit names Manor Care Inc., Health Care and Retirement...

• E. Coli in Bagged Spinach

  Ricky Bagolie | September 14, 2006 1:34 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  I always believed that spinach was good for you. I gues it is unless it happens to be contaminated with E. Coli. One person has died and several dozen have become seriously ill after eating the contaminated bagged spinach. Cosnumers are warned to STOP EATING BAGGED SPINACH!E Coli is a form of bacteria that lives in the human body; one strain can cause severe illness. It is found in raw and...

• $20 Million Car Accident Ruling Upheld

  Ricky Bagolie | September 05, 2006 12:13 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  It is about time that victims of car accidents received a good ruling from Superior Court. A Pennsylvania woman who was struck by a car as she flagged traffic will be receive a $20 million award as upheld by the PA Superior Court. The driver of the vehicle raised multiple issues, all of which were rejected by the court. The woman is a single mother of three and suffered several broken bones and...

• LeapFrog Recalls to Repair Children's Activity Centers Due to Arm Injury

  Ricky Bagolie | September 04, 2006 6:54 PM | 0 CommentsJersey City, NJ

  The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of the Learn-Around Playground Activity Center made by Leapfrog. You should stop using this product immediately as a child's arm can become caught in the activity center's plastic tube, posing a risk of injury to children.For additional information, contact LeapFrog at (800) 701-5327 between 5 a.m. and 7 p.m. PT Monday...