Canadians should have known earlier about the listeriosis outbreak linked to a meat plant and that has killed at least 16 people, according to the medical director of Ontario’s public health laboratories.
Interviewed for a CBC-Toronto Star investigation, Dr. Donald Low, who oversees 12 laboratories including the largest one in Toronto, said the crisis has exposed serious cracks in the public health safety system.
He said the laboratory that in Read the rest of this entry »
Nurses Agree Collaboration With Hospital Support Service Functions Is Key To Patient Safety, Survey
With patient safety growing as a top concern for both hospital leaders and patients, a new survey reports that according to nurses the entire patient care team must be focused on safety.
Feedback from 7,472 nurses in a study conducted by the American Organization of Nurse Executives (AONE) and Aramark Healthcare found that nursing collaboration Read the rest of this entry »
THURSDAY, Oct. 30 (HealthDay News) — A new study shows that men who take cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins have lower blood levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a biomarker for prostate cancer risk.
That drop in PSA levels doesn’t necessarily mean the drugs protect against disease however, researchers say.
But it’s possible that statins may offer some protection against the disease, said Dr. Robert Hamilton, one author of the report Read the rest of this entry »
More than half a century after Chiune Sugihara issued visas to thousands of Jewish families in Lithuania so they could travel to Japan as a path of survival during World War II, Brookline Town Meeting members will decide in November whether to declare a day of remembrance for the former Japanese consul general.
It’s one of more than two dozen warrant articles that were submitted before the Sept. 4 deadline for the fall legislative session. Questions Read the rest of this entry »
_ARE YOU EXPERIENCED? Internet-connected Xbox 360 owners will see big changes Wednesday, when the New Xbox Experience is downloaded onto their machines. Gone are the old interface’s cramped, text-heavy menus, which have been replaced by eye-catching, 3D displays of all the games and movies that you’ve stored on your console.
In a nod to Nintendo’s beloved Mii characters, you can also create your own personal avatar. Microsoft has made it easier Read the rest of this entry »
KENNEBUNK, Maine, Nov 14, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) –
Medical membership for the leading U.S. health insurance plans increased
6.1% from 2nd quarter 2007 to 2nd quarter 2008. The shift of membership
from fully insured plans to self-insured (also known as self-funded)
products continues. ASO enrollment (members in self-insured plans for
which insurers provide administrative services only) grew at a rate of
10.9% Read the rest of this entry »
November 5, 2008, New York, NY – Today Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) expressed optimism in response to the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States of America. Throughout the campaign, President-elect Obama spoke out on issues of importance to the HIV/AIDS community. As can be seen in GMHC's Presidential Candidates report, President-elect Obama supports a number of GMHC's key federal policy priorities, including: Read the rest of this entry »
“There is no way to solve America’s economic problems without solving health care,” said U.S. Sen. Max Baucus, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. The $2.3 trillion spent annually on health care “sucks up 16 percent of our economy and is still growing.”
Baucus is right, and the 98-page white paper on health care he recently unveiled is a welcome development to push reform. Our view: What’s needed is a government-administered health-insurance Read the rest of this entry »
WASHINGTON (AP) — Aspirin medicines from Bayer intended to promote healthy hearts and stronger bones are being illegally marketed with unproven health claims, federal regulators said Tuesday.
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Treatments for those diseases must be reviewed by government scientists and cannot be sold over the counter, the food and drug agency said. Doctors recommend aspirin to treat aches and pains and as a blood thinner for patients with heart disease. Read the rest of this entry »
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Grapes helped lower blood pressure and improve heart function in lab rats fed an otherwise salty diet, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.
The findings, published in the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences, may help people with high blood pressure, they said.
“These findings support our theory that something within the grapes themselves has a direct impact on cardiovascular risk, beyond the simple blood pressure-lowering Read the rest of this entry »