Category: Health & Med
Cities Ranked by Dirty Restaurants
Cities Ranked by Dirty Restaurants
A consumer group has ranked 20 U.S. cities for restaurant health. Austin, Texas, and Boston rank worst, while Tucson, Ariz., and San Francisco rank best.
Congressmen Want National MS Registry
Congressmen Want National MS Registry // Current
Congressmen Michael C. Burgess, M.D. (R-Texas) and Russ Carnahan (D-Missouri) introduced bi-partisan legislation to create a national registry to store information about Americans living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS.) The goal is to support future planning of health care needs, detect changes in health practices, assess disease burden, promote advocacy, and support a wide range of research initiatives.
The registry will also serve as a source of epidemiological information for researchers, healthcare providers, patients, and the broader MS community. Surprisingly, the last national study of incidence and prevalence of MS was conducted over 30 years ago in 1975.
CA doctor stands accused of speeding up patient’s death for organs
SAN LUIS OBISPO, California (CNN) — A respected California transplant doctor faces charges he hastened a comatose man’s death to retrieve his organs — a far-reaching case that could impact the nation’s organ donation industry.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/03/03/transplant.trial/index.html?eref=rss_topstories
Reading Brains in Real Time
This is really, really, REALLY amazing.
“World’s Most Powerful MRI Ready To Scan Human Brain
05 Dec 2007
The world’s most powerful medical magnetic resonance imaging machine, the 9.4 Tesla at the University of Illinois at Chicago, has successfully completed safety trials and may soon offer physicians a real-time view of biological processes in the human brain.Read more »
Potentially Harmful “Cosmetic” Eye Product Seized
http://www.fda.gov/consumer/updates/cosmeticeye111907.html
Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:58:00 -0600
At FDA’s request, U.S. Marshals have seized 12,682 applicator tubes of Age Intervention Eyelash, a product that may lead to decreased vision.
Plump it up…
Compelling graphic showing the rise in obesity in the U.S over the past 20 years. The map shows the increase state by state from 1985 to 2006, and makes a strong impression through the use of color coding the percentages. The 1985 map shows a handful of states with 10-14% of their population overweight, then finishes with 2006 showing the majority of the U.S. saturated in red, indicating states with an obesity rate greater than 25%.