Archive for the 'Health' Category

Controversial ambulance response targets could be axed (source: Telegraph)

Controversial targets for ambulance response times could be axed following a Government review of 999 calls. (source: Telegraph) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

EU rules are making our doctors ‘lazy clock-watchers’ (source: Telegraph)

European rules are creating a generation of “lazy, clock-watching” junior surgeons, their bosses have warned. (source: Telegraph) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

FDA Registry May Curb Food Poisonings (source: ABC News)

Over a seven-month period, manufacturers and distributors have reported 125 food safety issues directly to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, most concerning Salmonella or allergens, the agency said. Salmonella – [...]

Flu Vaccines Are Approved and Urged for Most (source: New York Times)

The Food and Drug Administration approved vaccines for the next flu season, and health officials recommend vaccination for everyone 6 months old and older. (source: New York Times) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Patient Money: For Most, Implants Beat Dentures, but at a Price (source: New York Times)

Prosthetic teeth attached to the jaw with titanium screws are preferred for replacing lost teeth, but they’re expensive, and insurance coverage is usually minimal. (source: New York Times) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Senator Seeks Data on Complaints About Artificial Joints (source: New York Times)

Senator Charles E. Grassley requested data from Zimmer Holdings, a maker of artificial hips and knees, on how it responded to complaints from surgeons. (source: New York Times) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com

Study: Working mothers not necessarily harmful to child development (source: Washington Post)

A new study finds that babies raised by working mothers don’t necessarily suffer cognitive setbacks, an encouraging finding that follows a raft of previous reports suggesting that women with infants were wiser to stay home. Family – Mother – Parents … (source: Washington Post) – Share on Twitter – [...]

‘Winter tire’ boot aims to thwart icy falls (source: CBC)

Despite the summer weather outside, researchers at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute are donning parkas and heading into a frigid lab to design a winter boot that helps prevent slips and falls on ice. (source: CBC) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Video: World’s Most Expensive Hot Dog (source: CBS News)

It’s official; the Guiness World Records has declared the “haute dog” at New York’s legendary Serendipity 3 as the most expensive hot dog in the world, at $69 a serving. CBSNews.com’s Karina Mitchell reports. (source: CBS News) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com

Eureka! Audubon’s first engraved illustration discovered (source: The Philadelphia Inquirer)

For more than half a century, scholars and biographers of famed bird artist and ornithologist John James Audubon had been stumped. (source: The Philadelphia Inquirer) – Share on Twitter – Share on Facebook – RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com