July 31, 2010 – A study conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that will be published online in Pediatrics on Monday evaluates device-related injuries to kids.
It shows that more than 70,000 teens and children go to emergency rooms every year for because of problems with medical devices.
Out of the roughly 145,000 medical device [...]
July 31, 2010 – Poultry producers are debating whether a chicken that’s injected with water, salt, and other ingredients can be labeled as being a “natural” chicken.
The USDA (US Department of Agriculture) maintains that if a chicken isn’t chemically preserved or artificially flavored that it could use the word “natural” on its packaging.
However, a [...]
July 20, 2010 – Recycled food oil is being dredged up from sewage drains and is being surreptitiously sold from the backdoors of restaurants in mainland China.
The waste oil is then being resold to be used as cooking oil in Chinese restaurants around the country.
Since China consumes more food oil than it produces it [...]
July 19, 2010 – On Monday the results of a South African study were published on line that refers to a vaginal gel that contains an AIDS drug which cuts a woman’s chance of getting HIV from an infected partner.
The study, presented at the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, showed that the gel cuts the [...]
July 17, 2010 – On Friday federal authorities arrested more than two dozen people for what they are calling the biggest crackdown for Medicare fraud. Suspects were nabbed in five states.
Medicare, a federal health care program, provides benefits to people older than 65 as well as to the disabled.
Barbara McQuade, Assistant U.S. Attorney, said [...]
July 14, 2010 – Scientists report that the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico is beginning to alter the marine food web. It is killing some creatures and has induced the growth of others that are suited to inhabit a fouled environment.
Endangered sea turtles feed on pyrosomes, which are gelatinous cucumber shaped organisms. [...]
July 10, 2010 – On Friday the Food and Drug Administration released a 700 page review of the diabetes pill Avandia prior to next week’s meeting that will determine whether the drug should be pulled from the market.
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. David Kessler said, “The problem is the drug wasn’t studied in enough patients up [...]
July 9, 2010 – According to AOLNews.com, Americans made 59,000 calls to The National Suicide Prevention Network in May.
Over the past several months, as long-term joblessness has plagued many citizens in the United States, the amount of calls to suicide hotlines has increased.
The number of calls shot up by 18% in the first five months [...]
July 9, 2009 – On Thursday the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius, said that she “was reallocating and transferring $25 million in existing resources” to help people on waiting list buy life saving AIDS or H.I.V. medications.
Sebelius said she felt the funds will meet patients needs until September 30, the end of [...]
July 7, 2010- On Wednesday President Barack Obama bypassed the Senate using the so called “recess appointment” to appoint Dr. Donald Berwick to run Medicaid and Medicare.
Dr. Berwick is a Harvard professor and patient care specialist who has extensive support in the medical community.
The head of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, a health care think [...]
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