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• Congress Fails in Hursing Home Abuse Oversight

  Ricky Bagolie | April 24, 2007 9:10 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Medical Malpractice

  An article in the New York Times over a six year period, Congress has failed in it's oversite of bad care in nursing homes. Bad homes that mistreated their residents received minimal or no penalties. This is no surprise as the billion dollar nursing home industry has many legislatures in their deep pockets. Nursing home residents who receive bad care or are mistreated may have the right to...

• Job Caused Cancers on the Rise

  Ricky Bagolie | April 19, 2007 8:23 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Workplace Injuries

  According to the International Metalworkers Federation,A new cancer prevention guide, reveals that over 600,000 deaths a year - one death every 52 seconds - are caused by occupational cancer, making up almost one-third of all work-related deaths. Workers are exposed to many types of potential cancer causing agents. Very often the cancer may develop after the worker retires from the job. Any...