Reuters reported yesterday that hospital infections might be killing 5,000 patients a year in the United Kingdom. The report sheds light on a huge problem occurring in hospitals; infections that develop while patients are in the hospital and then result in death. According to the report, it is estimated that hospital-acquired infections in the UK
by Dr. Stew Bittman Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world”. These are very wise words that are vividly applicable to our environmental crisis. We will never care for the planet any better than we care for ourselves. We will never heal Mother Earth’s wounds until
A new report published in the February issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that a positive mental outlook leads to a longer life. The report suggests that “individuals who profess pessimistic explanations for life events have poorer physical health,” according to researchers led by Dr. Toshihiko Maruta of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
The General Accounting Office is the investigative arm of Congress. GAO’s mission is to help the Congress oversee federal programs and operations to assure accountability to the American people. A two-year study by the U.S. GAO has concluded that adverse drug events, complications or even deaths due to mistakes in the prescribing or use of drugs, is a serious problem, but is impossible to measure because of a lack of information.
On January 31, 2000, an Alaska Airline commercial plane crashed off the coast of California. 88 persons are feared dead in the jetliner crash. Within hours of the crash, news stations across the planet where reporting on the tragedy. There is probably not a single person reading this article that has not already seen several reports of the crash on television, in print, and on the internet. So why are we telling you about it now?
Reuters reported yesterday that hospital infections might be killing 5,000 patients a year in the United Kingdom. The report sheds light on a huge problem occurring in hospitals; infections that develop while patients are in the hospital and then result in death. According to the report, it is estimated that hospital-acquired infections in the UK
by Dr. Stew Bittman Mahatma Gandhi once said, “You must be the change you wish to see in the world”. These are very wise words that are vividly applicable to our environmental crisis. We will never care for the planet any better than we care for ourselves. We will never heal Mother Earth’s wounds until
A new report published in the February issue of the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings suggests that a positive mental outlook leads to a longer life. The report suggests that “individuals who profess pessimistic explanations for life events have poorer physical health,” according to researchers led by Dr. Toshihiko Maruta of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
The General Accounting Office is the investigative arm of Congress. GAO’s mission is to help the Congress oversee federal programs and operations to assure accountability to the American people. A two-year study by the U.S. GAO has concluded that adverse drug events, complications or even deaths due to mistakes in the prescribing or use of drugs, is a serious problem, but is impossible to measure because of a lack of information.
On January 31, 2000, an Alaska Airline commercial plane crashed off the coast of California. 88 persons are feared dead in the jetliner crash. Within hours of the crash, news stations across the planet where reporting on the tragedy. There is probably not a single person reading this article that has not already seen several reports of the crash on television, in print, and on the internet. So why are we telling you about it now?