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According to a recent study by Federal Health officials, only minimal penalties are assessed to organizations that have been repeatedly cited for nursing home abuse of their patients. Congress has established strict standards for nursing homes as far back as 1987, and both Presidents Clinton and Bush, along with the nursing home industry have announced many initiatives to improve nursing home care. However, The Ne [...]

The construction industry is one of the more dangerous fields an individual can work in, but not only because of the great risk of physical injury from construction site hazards. Health-related issues for construction workers are also a very serious problem, and knowing what the more common illnesses are can help workers be aware of any potentially harmful ailments. Below is information on five construction-related [...]

Adverse events in hospital care is killing an estimated 15,000 Medicare patients every month, or one in seven hospitalized Medicare patients, according to a government survey released Tuesday, November 16 and reported by USA Today. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) conducted a survey of adverse events in hospitals studied a representative sample of 780 Medicare patients discharged from hospitals i [...]

An article in the Seattle Times describes the difference in hospital treatments of uninsured or under-insured people in hospitals compared to those with full insurance. Not having an insurance card can have hazardous effects on a patient’s health, even inside a hospital, as two recent studies show. One study, conducted by the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, focused on hospital mortality rates fo [...]

The impact of medical malpractice on health care costs is immense, with figures climbing every year.Complications associated with surgical or medical errors are a leading cause of death in the United States, with as many as 98,000 fatalities annually. Many of these cases will generate medical malpractice lawsuits, which cost the victims’ families, insurers and doctors. Insurance companies and medical professi [...]

August 4, 2009 – Boston - Health officials from Massachusetts, including those from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, are urging parents to stop using plastic baby bottles and other products that contain the chemical bisphenol A, also known as BPA. Cities like Chicago have already banned BPA, among rising concerns that the chemical may produce harmful effects on infants’ brain and thyroid [...]

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has been studying the effect of the environment on people and their health.  Recently, researchers in Canada have linked male low birth rates to an increase in lower fertility and an increase in environmental contaminants. According to UPI, researchers studied the male birth weights of five million children born in Canada between 1981-2003 from records kept i [...]

The violent forces that occur as a result of a car accident often leave innocent victims with a traumatic brain injury that will greatly affect their daily abilities to fully function after a car accident. Many times a traumatic brain injury will result in a lifetime of rehabilitative training, extensive medical bills, and loss of a job which can take the wind out of the sails of a victim and their family emotional [...]

The violent forces that occur as a result of a car accident often leave innocent victims with a traumatic brain injury that will greatly affect their daily abilities to fully function after a car accident. Many times a traumatic brain injury will result in a lifetime of rehabilitative training, extensive medical bills, and loss of a job which can take the wind out of the sails of a victim and their family emotional [...]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on March 4, 2011 that Topamax (topiramate) and its generic forms heighten the danger of an infant suffering cleft lip and cleft palate if their mother took the drug while pregnant. Topamax is used to treat specific types of seizures in individuals with epilepsy and is also used to prevent migraine headaches. Women who are currently pregnant and are taking Topamax sho [...]