Attending physicians who work too many hours need restrictions too

Jul 6, 2011 Posted Under: Health Guide  

All day he stood, heavy in full surgical scrub with a human heart in his hands, replacing damaged valves and calcified arteries until the heart beat on its own again. After he finished, there were a few hours before the transplant to get some dinner, to call home.

The heart came on a helicopter. A young man, a bad accident, a perfect heart. Dr. Lewis pierced the veins and the arteries and connected the sick dying man to the bypass machine that would pump and breathe for him in the time between the cooler arrived and the heart in the cooler started to beat inside the dying man’s chest.

They had to shock it a few times to get it going, but it beat with the vigor of a heart taken out of a young man’s chest. He

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Nurses banned from exposing excessive cleavage in UK

Jul 6, 2011 Posted Under: Health Quotes  

Hertford – New guidelines have been issued by the East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, informing British nurses of local hospitals to cover up. Not only have nurses been warned about “flaunting” excessive cleavage, but other body parts must also be hidden. The new guidelines come in the form of a six-page dress code, which nurses at selected hospitals must follow, otherwise disciplinary action will be taken. The trust hopes to maintain a “professional and consistent” image, while avoiding complaints from angry parents and maintaining health and safety standards. Around 5,000 clinical and support workers will also be forbidden from wearing shorts, mini-skirts, denim and leggings. Find more info…

Study: Sleep trouble in tots tied to TV

Jul 6, 2011 Posted Under: Health Words  

That’s the message in a new study that found sleep problems are more common in 3- to 5-year-olds who watch television after 7 p.m. Watching shows with violence – including kids’ cartoons – also was tied to sleeping difficulties. Watching nonviolent shows during the day didn’t seem to have any connection with sleep problems in the 617 youngsters studied. The study builds on previous research linking media use with kids’ sleep problems and also bolsters arguments for limiting children’s screen time. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends no screen time for children up to age 2 and no more than 2 hours daily for older children. Find more info…

US government openly admits arming Mexican drug gangs with 30,000 firearms – but why?

Jul 6, 2011 Posted Under: Health Guide  

It is now a widely-reported fact that under the Obama administration, U.S. federal agents actively placed over 30,000 fully-functional weapons into the hands of Mexican drug gangs, then halted all surveillance and tracking activities of where those weapons were going.This is not a conspiracy theory, nor a piece of fiction. It is now an openly-admitted fact that this was pulled off by the BATFE under orders from Washington. The program was called “Fast and Furious.”Even Reuters is now covering the news and reporting how members of Congress are outraged to learn that this happened .Details are also starting to leak about the cover-up inside ATF, which was led by the U.S. Attorney in Arizona, Dennis Burke, an Obama appointee . Find more info…

Five competitors to Humana’s wellness platform

Jul 5, 2011 Posted Under: Health Words  

In February when Humana announced its partial acquisition of South Africa-based Discovery Holdings to take the companys Vitality wellness platform to the US, it was no surprise that the health plan was making moves to up engagement with its members and move toward wellness services. The surprise was that Humana decided to bring a new platform to the US rather than work with one of the many existing ones already in the market.

Humana CSO told MobiHealthNews in February that HumanaVitality would include a strong mobile component since that was a key way to drive engagement with consumers, he said.

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Atrial fibrillation trial halted; Multaq linked to other heart problems

Jul 5, 2011 Posted Under: Health Words  

A trial of the drug Multaq, used to treat abnormal heart rhythm, has been halted over concerns of other heart-related side effects, drug maker Sanofi announced Thursday. Multaq, also known as dronedarone, is approved for patients with the non-permanent kind of atrial fibrillation, the less serious form of the heart condition in which irregular rhythms prevent blood from flowing normally in the body. The trial, known as the PALLAS study, was testing Multaq’s usefulness in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (more than 6 months of the abnormal rhythms). The company didn’t elaborate much on the “significant increase in cardiovascular events” that prompted it to ask patients in the study to stop taking the drug. But it h Find more info…

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