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Canadians urged to keep clean for their health
Published October 13, 2008, 11:03 am, Canada.com
TORONTO - Canadians know the importance of infection prevention, but few are transferring that knowledge into action, the Health & Hygiene Council, Canada said Wednesday as it called for greater awareness of how to protect against health threats.
Help for aging hands
Published October 13, 2008, 10:57 am, Miami Herald
Q. What do you think of hand surgery by a plastic surgeon to make old-looking hands look young again? As we age, and stay thin, the bones in the back of the hands become more prominent and age spots show.
Man who fell from cliff recovers from surgery, again
Published October 13, 2008, 10:28 am, MLive.com
On May 7, Derek Anderson, 23, fell 100 feet off a cliff outside Boulder, Colo. On Tuesday, Sept. 29, Anderson underwent three more surgeries in Grand Rapids to heal his broken body, bringing the total times he's gone under the knife to 15.
French film star Depardieu's son dies of pneumonia
Published October 13, 2008, 10:25 am, AFP via Yahoo! News
The son of French film star Gerard Depardieu died Monday in a Paris area hospital from a bout of acute pneumonia, his agent said.
Age-related Macular Degeneration: New Genetic Association Identified
Published October 13, 2008, 10:25 am, Science Daily
Clinicians and scientists have identified a major new genetic association with age-related macular degeneration, the most common cause of blindness in developed countries.
Is this policy really pro-life?
Published October 13, 2008, 10:18 am, The Indiana Gazette
The Bush administration this month is quietly cutting off birth control supplies to some of the world's poorest women in Africa.
Archbishop Emeritus Flores Hospitalized
Published October 13, 2008, 10:16 am, KSAT San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO -- San Antonio Archbishop Emeritus Patrick Flores was hospitalized Monday. Archdiocese spokesman Pat Rogers said that Flores has an infection that produced a high fever, but added that Flores is OK.
Hereditary angioedema drug is approved
Published October 13, 2008, 10:11 am, Moldova.org
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved for marketing the first product in the United States that protects people with hereditary angioedema.The FDA said the disease, also known as HAE, is a rare and potentially life-threatening genetic disease that affects about 6,000 to 10,000 individuals in the United States.The product, called Cinryze, is licensed for the prevention of HAE ...
Free flu shots this weekend at HMC
Published October 13, 2008, 10:08 am, Hays Daily News
Hays Medical Center soon will be offering complimentary flu vaccinations, and patients might not even have to get out of their cars. The hospital's annual drive-through flu shot clinic will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
Unotron Lauds New Infection Control Guidelines Issued By the American Hospital Association and the Joint Commission As ...
Published October 13, 2008, 10:05 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
DALLAS----Infection Control Guidelines issued by the nation's top epidemiological societies, the American Hospital Association, and the Joint Commission offer compelling evidence that prevention programs, universal screening, vigilant hand-washing, and other precautions prevent spread of deadly infection in U.S. hospitals.
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