A U.S. travel health notice advises those traveling to St. Martin in the Caribbean to take steps to protect themselves from mosquito bites, officials say. Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said they are closely ...
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Active-duty Marines who suffer a traumatic brain injury face significantly higher risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to a new study. Other factors that raise the risk include severe pre-deployment symptoms of ...
A new study finds nearly one in four healthcare workers' hands were contaminated with Clostridium difficile spores after routine care of patients infected with the bacteria. The study was published in the January issue of Infection Control ...
Yauk's Specialty Meats of Windsor, CO, is expanding its recall announced Monday to include an undetermined amount of various meat and poultry products produced under insanitary conditions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety ...
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Palama Holdings, LLC, a Kapolei, HI, establishment, is recalling approximately 3,600 pounds of raw, frozen marinated chicken products because they may have experienced temperature abuse in the distribution chain. The products subject to ...
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The modern office environment is constantly evolving, with many organisations making frequent revisions to layouts and seeking to achieve a balance between open-plan working and private space, while catering for the different needs of ...
Last week, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in the U.K. published its Forward Evidence Plan for 2014, outlining priorities for the coming year. The plan is meant to draw the attention of potential research funders and inform stakeholders. ...
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Expectant mothers who smoke marijuana may triple their risk for a stillbirth, a new study suggests. The risk is also increased by smoking cigarettes, using other legal and illegal drugs and being exposed to secondhand smoke. Stillbirth ...
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There's good news for people trying to quit smoking: Aids such as nicotine gums and patches or smoking cessation drugs such as Chantix won't harm the heart. The new findings may ease concerns that some products that help people "butt out" ...
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On the surface Santa Claus may seem an overweight workaholic with an affinity for sweets, but a U.S. geriatrician says Santa may be healthier than he appears. "Because Santa is probably more than 550 years old, a lot of people would say ...
Should people in danger of contracting HIV because they have risky sex take a pill to prevent infection, or will the medication encourage them to take even more sexual risks? After years of debate on this question, a new international ...
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Four out of five doctors who treat cancer were unable to prescribe their medication of choice at least once during a six-month period because of a drug shortage, according to a new survey. The survey also found that more than 75 percent ...
The Ohio Third Frontier Commission, a state economic development initiative, recently approvedmore than $12.8 million in funds to promote cutting-edge biotechnology, including a neurostimulation device to enhance breathing and a spine ...
OSRAM SYLVANIA is demonstrating how innovative SYLVANIA and Traxon lighting solutions can benefit healthcare providers, patients and families in a next-generation inpatient care environment called “Patient Room 2020.” In ...
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The delay on the part of the uninsured to buy health insurance may be because 60 percent struggle with insurance concepts,a U.S.survey indicates. The Urban Institute's Health Reform Monitoring Survey,a new initiative that tracks three ...