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amednews: Disruptive behavior by doctors, nurses persists a year after crackdown :: Nov. 16, 2009 ... American Medical News
From the article: "A nurse witnessed the onset of complications in an intensive care patient but refused to contact the on-call physician for fear of his temper -- a delay at least one observer thought contributed to the patient's death."
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A nurse witnessed the onset of complications in an intensive care patient but refused to contact the on-call physician for fear of his temper -- a delay at least one observer thought contributed to the patient's death.
EWG Home | Environmental Working Group
Environmental advocacy group with a lot of online resources, including a database of farm subsidy recipients (at http://farm.ewg.org).
In hand sanitizer we trust - The Globe and Mail
A roundup of some changes made to ritual and liturgy in Montréal, Toronto, and elsewhere in Canada as strategies of counteracting the spread of the flu. The piece has a slightly puffy, amused tone, but I think this is pretty interesting, especially for what it implies about the value of ritual and community as opposed to discourse and information (e.g., if the epidemic gets worse, expect churches to tell everyone to stay home and get their sermons via podcast).
YouTube - MainLineHealth's Channel
Wow ... my doctor, or rather my health-care company, has a YouTube channel, a Facebook fan page, and a Twitter feed.
Swine Flu Shots Revive a Debate About Vaccines - NYTimes.com
Excerpt: "According to a CBS News poll conducted last week, only 46 percent said they were likely to get the [H1N1 flu] vaccine... Web sites, Twitter feeds, talk radio and even elevator chatter are awash with skeptics criticizing the vaccine, largely with no factual or scientific basis. The most common complaint is that the vaccine has been newly formed and quickly distributed without the benefit of clinical trials; in fact, the swine flu vaccine was made using the same techniques as seasonal flu shots over the last two decades... There are also claims that the vaccine contains adjuvants -- sometimes added to make vaccines more effective -- although they have not been used in this one. In addition, there is fear that the vaccine could lead to Guillain-Barré syndrome, as was suspected the last time a swine flu vaccine was distributed, in 1976; flu vaccines are now much purer than they were, minimizing the risk, and Guillain-Barré is far rarer."
Swine Flu Shots Revive a Debate About Vaccines - NYTimes.com
Excerpt: "According to a CBS News poll conducted last week, only 46 percent said they were likely to get the [H1N1 flu] vaccine... Web sites, Twitter feeds, talk radio and even elevator chatter are awash with skeptics criticizing the vaccine, largely with no factual or scientific basis. The most common complaint is that the vaccine has been newly formed and quickly distributed without the benefit of clinical trials; in fact, the swine flu vaccine was made using the same techniques as seasonal flu shots over the last two decades... There are also claims that the vaccine contains adjuvants -- sometimes added to make vaccines more effective -- although they have not been used in this one. In addition, there is fear that the vaccine could lead to Guillain-Barré syndrome, as was suspected the last time a swine flu vaccine was distributed, in 1976; flu vaccines are now much purer than they were, minimizing the risk, and Guillain-Barré is far rarer."
Alexander Technique Philadelphia - Ariel Weiss Holyst
This person is located about half an hour from me.
Deceased Miami student remembered for her passion
A news story in which H1N1 and healthcare reform come together. The student reportedly died of H1N1 complications, which went untreated too long because of her lack of insurance.
Whooping cough deaths spark vaccination debate - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Australia has its own anti-vaccine movement. In one of the communities where the movement has established a strong presence, there is now a whooping-cough epidemic, which has killed three infants in 2009. The founder of the Australian Vaccination Network has advocated treating whooping cough with homeopathy.
"What Can You Catch in Restrooms?" (from WebMD.com)
Although the subhed on this piece is "Bathroom Paranoia," there really are a lot of freaking nasty germs in bathrooms. More disturbing, though, is the fact that the highest concentration of fecal coliform bacteria in your whole house is probably in the sponge in your kitchen. Second is the kitchen sink.
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