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Medical Blog: February 2011
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Sunday, February 6, 2011. Hospitals Can be Dangerous to Your Health. As America becomes more modernized, we would like to think hospitals are a place for healing and safety however, researchers from Harvard Medical School performed a six year study only to find that hospital errors continue. A majority of the harm and damage was not life threatening, however the study found that a projected 15,000 Medicare patients die monthly. As a result of hospital care. Slightly more than half of the errors were avoi...
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Medical Blog: Mental Health and the Leadership
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Mental Health and the Leadership. Shaw Trust reported in 2010 that only 2 out of 10 employers reactive or proactive policies on mental health. To support employees with mental ill health. What role does the leadership in addressing this complex problem? Employee psychological well-being should be an integral part of the agenda conference room, on a par with physical health. Managers should insist on regular monitoring of progress or issues are reported to the board. Education ...
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Medical Blog: Doctors Ignore FDA Warning to Screen Users for Antipsychotic drugs
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011. Doctors Ignore FDA Warning to Screen Users for Antipsychotic drugs. The research analyzed about 109,000 Medicaid patients taking "second generation" antipsychotic drugs, which can cause increases in blood sugar, cholesterol and significant weight gain, as well as other symptoms – significantly raising the risk of diabetes. The side effects that can be caused by these new types of antipsychotic medications, some of which were first approved in the 1990s, are not trivial," Hart...
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Medical Blog: December 2011
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Mental Health and the Leadership. Shaw Trust reported in 2010 that only 2 out of 10 employers reactive or proactive policies on mental health. To support employees with mental ill health. What role does the leadership in addressing this complex problem? Employee psychological well-being should be an integral part of the agenda conference room, on a par with physical health. Managers should insist on regular monitoring of progress or issues are reported to the board. Education ...
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Medical Blog: First-Ever Recording Of Blood Vessel Development During Organ Formation
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Monday, January 31, 2011. First-Ever Recording Of Blood Vessel Development During Organ Formation. A new microscope system that can take 3-D pictures of an embryonic mouse organ over 24 to 48 hours has shown Duke Medical Center researchers the first glimpse of the formation of blood vessels during development. The scientists’ novel system for studying development using time-lapse microscopy and tiny samples of tissue shed new light on the dynamic process of organ formation. This system answered...The res...
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Medical Blog: Pomegranate Fights MRSA and Other Superbugs
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Thursday, January 27, 2011. Pomegranate Fights MRSA and Other Superbugs. The rind of pomegranate appears to deliver a powerful punch against the highly resistant staph infection called MRSA, along with other superbugs that haunt hospital and nursing home patients. Researchers from Kingston University in Surrey report that pomegranate can be used in a topical medication to fight such serious and deadly infections. Currently, 85 percent of MRSA infections are healthcare related. The death rate, length ...
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Medical Blog: Republicans In Stem Cell Showdown in Missouri
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Sunday, January 23, 2011. Republicans In Stem Cell Showdown in Missouri. While researchers repor a new breakthrough of brain stem correcting a congenital brain disorder in mice Republicans are in a stem cell showdown in Missouri over the issue of protecting human embryonic stem cell. This publication eMaxHealth is against using embryonic stem cell for research. Because we are not to decide at what point life begins. Amie Newman reports from Rhrealitycheck blog. Despite what seems to be a majority Republi...
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Medical Blog: January 2011
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Monday, January 31, 2011. First-Ever Recording Of Blood Vessel Development During Organ Formation. A new microscope system that can take 3-D pictures of an embryonic mouse organ over 24 to 48 hours has shown Duke Medical Center researchers the first glimpse of the formation of blood vessels during development. The scientists’ novel system for studying development using time-lapse microscopy and tiny samples of tissue shed new light on the dynamic process of organ formation. This system answered...The res...
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Medical Blog: March 2011
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Thursday, March 10, 2011. Fecal Bacteria, E.Coli Found On Most Shopping Carts. Shopping Carts Are Teeming with Bacteria. You better bring your sanitizing wipes (or gloves) next time you head to the grocery store. Because if you don't, it is likely you will be picking up fecal bacteria, E.coli and other dangerous microbes along with your cart full of food. The problem is that sterilization of grocery carts by the grocery stores themselves is almost non-existent. In fact, the only time they are probabl...
