The failures ‘represent a systemic collapse in patient safety,’ said one national patient safety expert. Owners cite financial pressures in the health care field
JOE.CO – “One or two units of alcohol increases the heart rate, expands blood vessels, and gives a slight buzz,” began Dr Bhavini Shah.
One unit equals eight grams of pure alcohol – the amount most people can process in an hour.
“After four to six units, alcohol begins to impact your nervous system, decreasing reaction time and affecting areas of the brain associated with decision making, resulting in potentially more reckless behaviour.”
“After eight units,...
KFF HEALTH NEWS – The FDA published a database of letters sent to drugmakers during the review process of medications that provide information on the agency's initial feedback or requirements for more data. These communications are not usually made public.
Reuters: US FDA Publishes 200 Complete Response Letters From Archive In Transparency Drive
Typically, the FDA sends the letters, or CRLs, to drugmakers whose treatments are not approved, detailing reasons and whether additional data is required,...
FOOD SAFETY NEWS – The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below.
Click here to go to the FDA page with links to details on specific alerts. source
FDA Commissioner: ‘We want to focus on food’
THE HILL – As part of the “Make...
Valdelucio de Oliveira Goncalves
Two hours after being declared dead of respiratory failure and multiple-organ failure in August 2014, 54-year-old Goncalves, who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer, was spotted moving inside a body bag.
His brother, who came to the morgue with other family members, to dress Goncalves, discovered that the supposedly dead man was breathing.
His feet were tied, and his nose and ears were plugged with cotton. The Menandro de Farias Hospital initiated an...
THE TELEGRAPH – Sleeping well is vital to staying healthy.
Regularly getting a good night’s slumber will improve mental and physical health, boost productivity at work, help creativity, benefit the immune system and encourage your brain and heart to function properly.
Sleep deprivation, meanwhile, can lead to prematurely aged skin, lower libido and heightened susceptibility to diabetes or Alzheimer’s. That’s why it’s important to find the best earplugs for sleeping.
According to a survey cited by The...
DAILY MAIL – A six-year-old girl has allegedly been forced to marry a 45-year-old man in Afghanistan after she was given away for money.
The haunting photo of an older man and a little girl standing together horrified even the Taliban, who intervened with the union.
The youngster had allegedly been exchanged by her father for money to a man who already has two wives, it was reported by Amu.tv.
The marriage was allegedly set to take...
In a clinical trial, a few people who took small doses of CBD saw their liver enzyme levels rise to more than three times higher than the normal range.
SIMPLY RECIPES – Sunday morning bacon was a huge part of my childhood. My mom would lug out her ancient griddle and make the whole family crisp bacon and her famous egg sandwiches.
It was a special way to spend weekends together. To this day, when I smell bacon cooking, I get a pang of nostalgia for those lazy Sunday mornings I got to experience as a kid.
Now that I’m a mom of three, I...