The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning employers about the need to properly maintain machinery and provide adequate training after a Gateshead company was fined £10,500 following an incident that left a worker blind in one eye. Weldex UK Ltd pleaded guilty to three breaches of the Provision...
Gateshead Firm Fined £10,500 After Worker Is Left Blind In One Eye, UK
Memory Manipulation Questioned By Moral Philosopher
Is medicated memory manipulation ethically sound? And perhaps more importantly, who should be charged with the decision to deliver such a treatment: patient or physician? Elisa Hurley, a philosophy professor, is seeking answers to these questions in her research currently underway at The University of...
Breastfeeding Reduces The Risk Of Cot Death
The Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) announces its latest advice that breastfeeding your baby can reduce the risk of cot death. The advice, released to launch FSID’s cot death awareness drive Save a Baby Month which runs from 1-31 May, is based on research which showed that babies...
Explaining The Syndrome Of Absinthism
A new study may end the century-old controversy over what ingredient in absinthe caused the exotic green aperitif’s supposed mind-altering effects and toxic side-effects when consumed to excess. In the most comprehensive analysis of old bottles of original absinthe - once quaffed by the likes of...
Chronic Lung Disease In Premature Babies Could Be Reduced By New Treatment
A less traumatic way of delivering surfactant, a lung lubricant that premature babies need to help them breathe, could reduce the incidence of respiratory problems they’ll have later, Medical College of Georgia physicians say. The problem is that while surfactant keeps the tiny air sacs inside...
Comprehensive Study On The Health And Lifestyle Behaviours Of The Irish Population Published
The Minister for Health Promotion and Food Safety, Mr Pat The Cope Gallagher, T.D. published the results from the latest National Health and Lifestyle Survey (SLÁN 2007). Key results emerging from the Survey The survey contains a wealth of data on lifestyle behaviours of the Irish adult population including...
Cancer Experts Issue Seasonal Warning On Grilling — With An Important Research Update
This year, as Americans make ready to fire up millions of backyard grills, there’s a new scientific wrinkle: according to an exhaustive analysis of international research on diet and cancer, it’s time to start looking for an alternative to the humble hot dog. Experts at the American Institute...
Public Health Launches Program To Help Teens Quit Smoking
The Alabama Department of Public Health is encouraging all teenagers, including pregnant teens, to call the Alabama Tobacco Quitline, 1-800-Quit-Now, for help in quitting tobacco products. The department has launched a statewide campaign detailing the dangers of tobacco to teenagers, including pregnant...
Cervical Cancer Screening Program Review Shows Effectiveness And Room For Improvement
Women who do not undergo regular cervical cancer screening tests are more likely to be diagnosed with the disease than those who do, according to an audit of the Swedish national cervical cancer screening program published online April 29 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Participation...
Down’s Syndrome Children May Only Need Bifocals For 2 Years
Nearly one third of Down’s syndrome children who wear bifocal lenses to help them focus accurately may only need to wear them for two years, according to new research from Cardiff University. The Cardiff School of Optometry and Vision Sciences’ Down’s Syndrome Research Unit has studied...