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Source: U.S. National Institutes of Health Apparently stopping death or irreparable damage from a heart attack could be as simple as inflating a blood pressure cuff. This according to a recent Danish (The Country) study. How does it work and why does no one seem to know about this? Well, it is thought that a brief stoppage [...] Source: Medscape Medical News Pediatric respiratory emergencies result from a variety of causes, including chronic medical conditions, infections, allergic reactions, and obstruction from foreign bodies. At the American Academy of Emergency Medicine, held February 15 to 17 in Las Vegas, Nevada, management of the pediatric patient with a respiratory emergency and [...] Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration Press Release The FDA is taking initiative to reduce the risks of injury associated with “unnecessary” radiation exposure from CT (Computed Tomography), nuclear medicine and fluoroscopy. Unlike traditional x-rays and mammography for which radiation doses have decreased over the years, the amount of radiation from medical imaging from the above has [...] Source: Assembly Subcommittee No. 804, State of NJ 213th Legislature As Amended on January 7, 2010 Because some of you asked and I listen. And there’s more than a few of you using marijuana a little too compassionately, but that’s not a value judgment. NJ’s governor has now signed the NJ compassionate use medical marijuana act into law. [...] Source: U.S. Food & Drug Administration San Bernardino, California (January 9, 2010) – Rudolph Foods is recalling 39 cases of Pepe’s Louisiana Hot Gigante Cracklins, 3,537 cases of 7-Select Louisiana Hot Onion Rings and 420 cases of Rudolph’s Louisiana Hot OnYums, because it may contain undeclared milk. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to [...] Source: AP News; Stuff.co.nz Shangdong (no, I’m not making that up) Province China. Li Jingchao (aren’t you happy we have child privacy laws now haters?) a 14 month old toddler is in recovery at Bo Ai Hospital Beijing. Swine flu? MRSA? No, chopsticks. Wait…what?! Little Li was apparently “playing” with the chopsticks when he somehow fell onto [...] Source: BBC Health; PloS Medicine In our continuing education on antibiotic resistance and its impact upon patient care the Dutch medical journal PloS Medicine has published a study spanning 26 European countries (and you here in the U.S. thought there was only one place called Europe). MRSA is apparently geographically concentrated, meaning certain types colonize and [...] Source: BBC News Okay before you get all grossed out a little information for all of you, bone used for transplant currently is either your own (taken from a portion of your leg or spine) or from a cadaver donor (yes, that’s from a dead person. “That’s Frankensteen.”) So wood isn’t looking so bad now, huh? Italian [...] Source: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Antimicrobial (Drug) Resistance Quick Facts Increasing use of antimicrobials in humans, animals, and agriculture has resulted in many microbes developing resistance to these powerful drugs. Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention According to the CDC, some 3,000 pregnancies a year are ffected by spina bifida or anencephaly (, neural tube defects caused by the incomplete development of the brain and spinal cord). Studies have shown that women taking 400 mcg of folic acid daily both before and during pregnancy [...] |
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