Surgeons should tell patients if they have not slept well and preclude themselves from performing an operation unless a written consent is given by the patient, according to an editorial by researchers published in the December 30 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The editorial says that based on surveys, most patients would […]
Parents in the United States are limiting their children’s use of the Internet and television in almost equal terms, a new survey shows. The University of Southern California’s Center for the Digital Future surveyed through phone calls and online forms some 1,926 participants aged 12 and over to look for patterns and attitudes of Americans […]
Traces of salmonella detected in cilantro and parsley samples in Michigan and Canada prompted a Texas-based supplier to issue a “precautionary, voluntary recall” on Monday. J&D Produce, Inc. said in a statement that their parsley and cilantro packs were processed from November 30 to December 6 and shipped as Little Bear-branded produce. It said that […]
Electronic health records are not significantly improving the quality of health care in the United States according to a study by the RAND Corp. Improved record-keeping through the use of technology has always been touted as effective for health care organizations. But the new study, published online in the American Journal of Managed Care on […]
Gardasil, the human papillomavirus vaccine, has been given approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for prevention of cancer of the anus and related precancerous lesions, the agency said in a news release today. The FDA has previously approved Gardasil for cervical, vaginal and vulvar cancers in women and also for genital warts […]
A voluntary recall has been issued by Abbott Laboratories for about 359 million diabetes test strips used to measure blood sugar levels, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday. The FDA said that the diabetes strips can give inaccurately low blood readings because they do not absorb the right amount of blood. This […]
Escalating health insurance premiums have prompted administration officials to propose new rules that will require insurance firms to explain hikes of more than ten percent annually starting 2011. State regulators have been urged to clamp down on rising insurance packages to protect the public, but administration officials said that the federal government is ready to […]
The teen birth rate in the United States dropped to its lowest level in nearly 70 years according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) which released the report on Tuesday. Analysts believe that the economic downturn is partly to have caused the dramatic decline. Last year’s teen birth rate decreased 6 percent […]
Autistic children have poor ability to locate everyday things such as toys in the room or grocery items, compounding their troubles to live functionally, a new study by the University of Bristol revealed on Monday. The research paper will be published in the December 21-25 issue of the “Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences”. […]
Drinking water coming out from taps of American homes contain a potentially cancer-causing chemical called hexavalent chromium according to a U.S. environmental group who conducted the study. The study findings were first reported by the Washington Post. The group collected and analyzed drinking water samples from 35 major cities across the country and found that […]
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