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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: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention In 2004 a National Survey was conducted of Nursing homes in the U.S. Unfortunately this is the most recent comprehensive study of its type. Among the Data from the National Nursing Home Survey, 2004 was the following: In 2004, about 159,000 current U.S. nursing home residents (11%) had [...] Source: Reuters; British Journal of Gynecology, Jan. 14, 2010. Partial hysterectomies (where the cervix and lower portion of the uterus are left intact) have been on the increase since 1991. The majority of these surgeries are performed for non-cancerous conditions such as uterine fibroids whcih can cause bleeding and chronic pelvic pain. Total hysterectomy is [...] 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: BBC Health; The Lancet All it takes is one editorial…or something like that. The respected Brit Medical journal The Lancet has published an editorial tied to a current study by physicians in the U.S. and in Greece on obesity and antibiotic dosage. The argument? With rising waistline sizes, the doses of antibiotics currently administered to [...] 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: U.S. Food & Drug Administration It may be Heluva good, but right now it’s heluva contaminated. Lynnfield, MA – HP Hood is recalling select Heluva Good branded 8 oz. plastic cup containers of Cold Pack Cheese Food because they may contain Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young [...] 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 [...] |
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