May 8th, 2010 by Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Opinion
Tags: Boston, Child Safety, Children's Medication Recall, Correct Dose, Dosage, Drug Recall, Family Medicine, General Medicine, Generic, McNeil Pharmaceuticals, Medicine Cabinet, Medicines for Kids, New England Cable News, Pediatricians, Pediatrics, Pharmaceutical Companies, Preventive Medicine, Primary Care, Product Safety, Proper Medication, Trust
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The [recent] massive recall of some of the most popular [children’s] medications is unsettling, disturbing and concerning. Thankfully it was done as a precautionary move before any child was harmed and that there’s a sufficient supply of generic alternatives of the medications recalled.
Still, having 40 popular medications recalled by one of today’s most trusted pharmaceutical manufacturers rocks our confidence in the safeguards in place at the core. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Gwenn Is In*
May 8th, 2010 by KevinMD in Better Health Network, Health Policy, Health Tips, Humor, News, Opinion
Tags: Boston Nit-Picker, Children, Communicable Disease, Get Rid of Lice, Hair, Head Lice, Head Lice Nits, Head-To-Head Contact, Healthcare Field, Infestation, Itchy, kids, Killing Lice, Lice-Killing Industry, Licebeaters, Medical Profession, Parasites, Parasitic Insects, Parents, Pediatricians, Pediatrics, Pediculosis Capitis, Scalp, Texas Lice Squad
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What’s one of the fastest growing healthcare fields? A professional nitpicker — as in the profession of picking lice out of hair.
In a recent New York Times story, it’s becoming apparent that parents will do anything to get rid of lice. Part of it is the stigma associated with it, part of it is the “ickiness” factor. As a parent myself, I certainly understand the sentiment. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com*
May 7th, 2010 by DrWes in Better Health Network, Humor, News, Research
Tags: Cardiology, Congestive Heart Failure, Donate, Harvested Wild Turkeys, Heart Disease, Human Heart Problems, Medical Research, National Wild Turkey Federation, Turkey Hunters, Wayne State University, Wild Turkey Hearts
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From Freep.com:
“Medical researchers at Wayne State University have asked hunters in the state [Michigan] to donate the hearts of harvested wild turkeys for researching heart disease and congestive heart failure.
The National Wild Turkey Federation recently joined the school in making the appeal. Researchers hope that tests using wild turkey hearts could lead to medical breakthroughs for combating heart problems in humans.” Read more.
-WesMusings of a cardiologist and cardiac electrophysiologist.
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Wes*
May 6th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Research
Tags: "See", Blind, Blindness, Disability, Doctoral Student, Expressed Emotion, Facial Emotions, Facial Expressions, Ophthalmology, Shafiq ur Rehman, Sweden, Tactile Sensations, Umea University, Vibrations, Visual Aid, Visual Impairment, Visually Impaired, Webcam
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Shafiq ur Réhman, a doctoral student at Umeå University in Sweden has unveiled his thesis project — a technology that converts facial emotions into special tactile sensations for the visually impaired.
The system uses a webcam to capture faces, and then subsequently converts the captured emotion into a series of vibrations that correspond with the expressed emotion.
The users are expected to train themselves by making their own faces into the webcam and getting a feel for how the vibrations change with the faces they’re making. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
May 6th, 2010 by Jonathan Foulds, Ph.D. in Better Health Network, Health Policy, Health Tips, News, Opinion, Research
Tags: Accessible to Children, Accidental Ingestion, Addiction Medicine, Addiction Therapy, Awareness, Camel Orbs, Cardboard Boxes, Child Safety, Childproof Containers, Cigarettes, Cigars, Flip-Top Containers, Greg Connolly, Harvard University, nicotine, Nicotine Addiction, Poison Control, Poisoning In Kids, Poisonous To Children, Prevention, Preventive Health, Smokeless Tobacco, Snus, Sticks and Strips, Tobacco Candy, Tobacco Control, Tobacco Mints, Tobacco Products, Tobacco Users
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A number of colleagues recently mentioned to me that they’ve heard that new smokeless tobacco products are very dangerous because they cause a lot of poisonings to children.
When I checked the Internet, sure enough — there were plenty of news headlines along the lines of “Tobacco mints tied to poisoning in kids” and “Tobacco candy poisoning kids, study shows.” I thought this looked interesting, particularly as I was unaware of any “tobacco candy.” Read more »
This post, Why Tobacco Should Be Childproof, was originally published on
Healthine.com by Jonathan Foulds, Ph.D..
