Ubiquitous Computing: Trust Issues for a "Healthy" Society
The notion of ubiquitous computing (ubicomp) has important implications for health care. Ubicomp scenarios involving the rapid communication of information between interested parties assume that health consumers will be willing to place their trust in agents rather than physicians, […]
Study: Drastic Changes Needed to Improve Patient Safety Health regulators are calling for far-reaching changes to improve patient safety. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) says proposals to limit medical malpractice liability should be expanded to pursue long-term changes that truly improve safety, not […]
Zebra Angelfish This interesting variation is known as a Zebra Angel. Although the stripes in this specimen are not dark, you can see that there are three distinct stripes, in addition to the one through the eye. Silver Angels have only two stripes through the […]
FDA Reports Nationwide Recall of Mislabeled ReliOn Insulin Syringes (November 5) The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is notifying health care professionals and patients that Tyco Healthcare Group LP (Covidien) is recalling one lot of ReliOn sterile, single-use, disposable, hypodermic syringes with permanently affixed hypodermic needles due […]
Health Highlights: Nov. 25, 2008 Title: Health Highlights: Nov. 25, 2008Category: Health NewsCreated: 11/26/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 11/26/2008
Insurer Offers Option for Surgery in India The health insurer Wellpoint is testing a new program that gives covered patients the option of going to India for elective surgery.
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Doctors say marrow transplant may have cured AIDS BERLIN — An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said.
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How They Would Change Health Care: Obama BOSTON — On the ninth floor of an office building just off the Boston Common, a group called Health Care for All runs a help line that, not long ago, got 40 calls a month. Today, the calls each month […]
Pregnancy … I found out I was pregnant on an early December morning last year and, for two days, went about my routine in a euphoric trance: a grin on my face, elbows out slightly to guard my belly from the crush of commuters and holiday shoppers. […]
If a Baby Has a Fever, Treatment All Depends Children between the ages of 1 and 3 months with slight fevers fall into a gray zone of treatment guidelines.
