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5 Common Household Cleaners Hazardous to Your Health
Though many assume that some government agency oversees the safety of the multi-billion-dollar household cleaning products industry, it is largely unregulated. All those common chemical cleaners that require gloves to use and that we lock up from the kids? They … Continue reading
Hospital pay incentives fail to help patients: study
(Reuters) – A program to pay hospitals bonuses for hitting key performance measures, or dock them if they miss, failed to improve the health outcomes of patients, according to a large, long-term study. The study could lead to a … Continue reading
Hip Replacement Surgery: Working With a Physical Therapist
When a surgeon replaces your hip joint during hip replacement surgery, you’re only part of the way toward your goal of relieving your hip pain. The next step is to restore range of motion in the joint and build a … Continue reading
Are Pesticides Harming Children’s IQ and Behavior?
By Alice Shabecoff Alice Shabecoff is the co-author with her husband Philip of Poisoned for Profit: How Toxins Are Making Our Children Chronically Ill, Chelsea Green paperback (Random House hardback). www.poisonedforprofit.net Pesticides can harm your child as much as they … Continue reading
Avoid Injury When Clearing the Snow this Winter
For Immediate Release 01/04/2012 Avoid Injury When Clearing the Snow this Winter Orthopaedic surgeons offer tips to ensure safe shoveling, snow blower use Rosemont, Ill Fallen snow must be cleared regularly to ensure pedestrian and driver safety. However, if done … Continue reading
5 health risks of shift work
Sleep problems aren’t the only health concerns associated with working overnight and shift work. Here’s how irregular work hours may be impacting your health By Diane Peters Is it — yawn — time to go to work? If you work … Continue reading
Occupational Respiratory Disease
Who is at risk for work-related lung disease? You may be at risk for work-related lung disease if the air you breathe at work contains an excessive amount of dust, fumes, smoke, gases, vapors or mists. Workers who smoke are … Continue reading
Could “Holding It” Be as Bad as Drinking and Driving?
Have you ever taken a road trip? Or sat in traffic for a long period of time? If so, then you may be familiar with the uncomfortable urge to “void your bladder” while on the road. And if you’re like … Continue reading
Q. Is it really necessary to prevent patients from drinking water for many hours before surgery?
A. The well-known rule that a preoperative patient should have “nothing by mouth after midnight” was not based on scientific evidence, and many medical organizations now have more flexible guidelines. For example, American Society of Anesthesiologists guidelines generally permit clear … Continue reading
No Cellphone-Cancer Link in Large Study
A major study of nearly 360,000 cellphone users in Denmark found no increased risk of brain tumors with long-term use. Although the data, collected from one of the largest-ever studies of cellphone use, are reassuring, the investigators noted that the … Continue reading
Cantaloupe toll rises to 100 sick and 18 dead, CDC says
By JoNel Aleccia At least 100 people are sick and 18 have died after eating listeria-tainted cantaloupe in an ongoing food poisoning outbreak that has spread to 20 states, federal health officials reported Tuesday. Officials with the Centers for Disease … Continue reading
Dr. Oz Says Apple Juice Has Arsenic in It, Dr. Bessner and FDA Blast Him for Fearmongering
Dr. Oz freaked out parents everywhere when his show did a report on the amounts of arsenic contained in apple juice. The Dr. Oz show tested samples of different brands of apple juice and tap water and compared them. Dr. … Continue reading
3 Stimulants Banned Temporarily Because Of Health Dangers
WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration says it will temporarily outlaw possession and sale of three synthetic stimulants as dangerous chemicals that pose an imminent hazard to public health. Sometimes packaged as bath salts or plant food and marketed under … Continue reading
FDA food safety and other tips for hurricane preparedness
You’ve heard it before, but when in doubt, toss it out. That’s the advice of food safety experts at the Food and Drug Administration and U.S. Department of Agriculture. They offer the following tips for what to do if storms … Continue reading
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Hurricane Preparedness: Make A Plan
Expect the need to evacuate and prepare for it. The National Weather Service will issue a hurricane watch when there is a threat to coastal areas of hurricane conditions within 24-36 hours. When a hurricane watch is issued, you should: … Continue reading
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