Only five out of 51 acute hospital trusts in England passed a hygiene spot check carried out by the NHS watchdog.
The Healthcare Commission found the majority failed to meet standards introduced to fight hospital infections such as MRSA and Clostridium difficile.
While most of the failures did not pose an immediate risk to patients, it said nearly all the trusts had to do more to control the spread of infections.
The Patients’ Association said Read the rest of this entry »
RENO, Nev.—A spokesman for the Nevada secretary of state says Ross Miller is in a Reno hospital, resting and recovering after undergoing a follow-up procedure to stop bleeding from nasal surgery.
Spokesman Bob Walsh says Miller had the cauterization procedure Monday after having surgery to repair a deviated septum last week.
Walsh says Miller expects to be released from the hospital by Tuesday and could be discharged as early as Monday night. Read the rest of this entry »
MONTREAL — An animal rights group says a vegetarian diet could be just the ticket to keeping obese cons behind bars.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has made the suggestion to the warden of Montreal’s notorious Bordeaux jail after the facility gave early release to Michel Lapointe, a 450-pound drug dealer nicknamed “Big Mike.” The institution declared it couldn’t accommodate his large frame.
Lapointe, who served 25 months in Read the rest of this entry »
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For people who have type 2 diabetes, a low-glycemic index diet is significantly better than a high-fiber diet for keeping blood glucose levels down, researchers report
Glycemic index, or GI, refers to how rapidly a food causes blood sugar to rise. High-GI foods, like white bread and potatoes, tend to spur a quick surge in blood sugar, while low-GI foods, such as lentils, soybeans, yogurt and many high-fiber grains, produce Read the rest of this entry »
received fertility treatments in order to conceive the babies, infertility specialists told the
that they question whether enough was done to prevent such a risky pregnancy. Chances are very small that the babies were conceived naturally, experts said, and reproductive-medicine specialists have the expertise to avoid high-risk pregnancies such as this one. The octuplets—two girls and six boys—were born via cesarean section about 9 weeks Read the rest of this entry »
The Food and Drug Administration has been justly pilloried for grievous flaws in its regulation of foods and drugs. Now Congressional investigators, and some of the agency’s own scientists, are charging that the F.D.A. has failed to adequately regulate medical devices.
The Government Accountability Office recently reported that the F.D.A. has failed — for decades — to subject some of the riskiest devices to a rigorous review mandated Read the rest of this entry »
What do you get when you combine the old sayings “You are what you eat” and “I feel like a million bucks” with public-policymaking?
The government-generated food pyramid and health advisories support the notion that we are what we eat. If you eat healthy food, you will be healthier, we are told. Eat too much, get fat. Eat poison, certainly get poisoned.
Now, after decades of warnings about heavy metals in some fish and Read the rest of this entry »
Crookston, Minn. -
It will soon be February so that means it’s Fitness Fever time again.
Every Sunday in February, free fitness related activities will be offered for the entire community.
The month’s events kick off on Feb. 1 with free swimming at the Crookston Community Pool from 1 to 3 p.m. Bring your towel plus some friends and enjoy the warm water.
Sunday, Feb. 8 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. will be indoor soccer at the Highland Read the rest of this entry »
People often compare running a business to running a marathon. But while entrepreneurship can be draining, it rarely gets you fit. For advice on the best workout – and the gear to go with it – for the busy small business owner,
talked to Brett Hoebel, CEO of
in New York City, which offers personal training and group exercise classes with a Brazilian martial arts theme.
“Start with something you can manage,” Hoebel suggests. That can be as simple Read the rest of this entry »
In just under seven years, Cull has built a company called Remote Medical International that provides emergency-medical services around the globe.
It has 67 employees and medical personnel who rotate, so the company has staff on every continent. They’re coordinated by phones and online software systems from an industrial building in Seattle.
Remote Medical provides telemedicine services around the clock from offices in Washington, D.C., and has Read the rest of this entry »