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Stem cells cultivated without using human or animal cells

Sun, 2014-03-02 21:55 — Maeryn Obley

medicalnewstoday.com - February 6th, 2014

Previously, stem cells have been cultivated using animal proteins or by growing them from other human cells. Both methods come with associated problems. But, according to a study published in the journal Applied Materials & Interfaces, researchers have now identified a new method for cultivating stem cells.

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Fracking Boom Leaves Texans Under a Toxic Cloud

Thu, 2014-02-27 22:46 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

Natural gas is flared at a Pioneer Natural Resources well, in Karnes County, Texas in 2010. 
Photographer: Eddie Seal/Bloomberg

bloomberg.com - by Lisa Song, Jim Morris and David Hasemyer - February 20, 2014

. . . For the past eight months, the Center for Public Integrity, InsideClimate News and The Weather Channel have examined what Texas, the nation's biggest oil producer, has done to protect people in the Eagle Ford from the industry's pollutants. What's happening in the Eagle Ford is important not only for Texas, but also for Pennsylvania, Colorado, North Dakota and other states where horizontal drilling and high-volume hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have made it profitable to extract oil and gas from deeply buried shale.

Our investigation and records obtained from Texas regulatory agencies reveal a system that does more to protect the industry than the public. . .

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Medical Repatriation

Fri, 2014-02-14 16:31 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

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blogs.pjstar.com - by John A. Carroll, MD -  www.haitianhearts.org - February 18, 2014

The other day I read an article in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) from February 23, 2014 entitled “Undocumented Injustice? Medical Repatriation and the Ends of Health Care”.

This article made me think of OSF in Peoria and I will explain why.

Medical repatriation is defined as “the transfer of undocumented patients in need of chronic care to their country of origin.”

The NEJM article begins with a story:

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Hospitals Brace for National Saline Shortage

Mon, 2014-02-10 00:30 — Kathy Gilbeaux

     

At Houston Methodist Hospital, Celest Powell, 20, receives an IV saline solution that helps keep patients hydrated.

houstonchronicle.com - by Lora Hines - February 6, 2014

A severe flu season may have contributed to tightened supplies of intravenous saline solution, those ubiquitous bags that hospitals use by the thousands every day to keep patients hydrated and IVs flowing smoothly. . .

Late last year, three manufacturers of intravenous saline solutions, particularly sodium chloride, began alerting hospitals nationwide about shortages. At least one blamed the flu, which can leave patients dangerously dehydrated and in need of hospital care.

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The 2013-2014 National Snapshot of Public Health Preparedness

Thu, 2014-01-30 00:21 — Kathy Gilbeaux

cdc.gov - January 24, 2014

The 2013-2014 National Snapshot of Public Health Preparedness Adobe PDF file is the CDC’s fifth preparedness report, demonstrating how federal investments enhance the nation’s ability to respond to public health threats and emergencies. We present activities that occurred during 2012 and 2013 in the framework of CDC’s three priorities. The three priorities are:

- Improving health security at home and around the world

- Better preventing the leading causes of illness, injury, disability, and death

- Strengthening public health through collabora­tion with healthcare

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Chemical-Related Hospital Admissions In West Virginia Have Doubled Since Water Deemed Safe

Fri, 2014-01-24 21:33 — Kathy Gilbeaux

      

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thinkprogress.org - by Emily Atkin - January 19, 2014

It took nearly five days after a major chemical spill in West Virginia for residents to receive the go-ahead to start using their water again.

Nearly 7,500 gallons of crude MCHM — a little-known chemical used to wash coal — had leaked into the Elk River on Jan. 9, perplexing state officials on how exactly to get the chemical out of the water and what exactly it would do to people if they used it. It was Jan. 13, a Monday, when the first bans were lifted.

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Tracking Internet Searches to Predict Disease Outbreak

Mon, 2014-01-20 23:03 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Luis Kun

homelandsecuritynewswire.com - January 20, 2014

The habit of Googling for an online diagnosis before visiting a GP can provide early warning of an infectious disease epidemic.

In a new study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, Internet-based surveillance has been found to detect infectious diseases such Dengue Fever and Influenza up to two weeks earlier than traditional surveillance methods.

A QUT release reports that senior author of the paper, Queensland University of Technology (QUT) Senior Research Fellow Dr. Wenbiao Hu said when investigating the occurrence of epidemics, spikes in searches for information about infectious diseases could accurately predict outbreaks of that disease.

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Resources - Affordable Care Act

Thu, 2014-01-16 17:12 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Chloe Pearson

Visit:  HealthCare.gov

Archived July 1, 2010 - HealthReform.gov

Affordable Care Act: Obamacare & Health Reform Facts: http://healthreform.kaiserpermanente.org/

Understanding the Impact of Obamacare on Medicare: http://blog.ehealthmedicare.com/media-center/infographics/?pid=11

What does Marketplace health insurance cover?
https://www.healthcare.gov/what-does-marketplace-health-insurance-cover/

Affordable Care Act: State-by-State Impact: http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/facts/bystate/statebystate.html

The Lifestyle Revolutionaries Guide to Addiction Intervention (18 page .PDF file): http://www.lakeviewhealth.com/InterventionGuide.pdf

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How Our Food Has Become a Dangerous Addiction

Sun, 2013-12-29 11:40 — Maeryn Obley

Picture of a hamburger. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/ Jacek ChabraszewskiPhoto: Picture of a hamburger. Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com/ Jacek Chabraszewski

alternet.org - Anthony Winson - December 2nd, 2013

In many of the food environments we encounter on a day-to-day basis, it is becoming difficult to find whole foods in anything like their natural form.

Healthy nuts are rendered unhealthy by prodigious amounts of added salt and sweet "honey" glazes.

Yoghurt is laced with copious amounts of sugar or high-fructose corn syrup sweetener, typically the equivalent of seven teaspoons of sugar in a small serving size.

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National Health Security Preparedness Index (NHSPI)

Wed, 2013-12-18 21:57 — Kathy Gilbeaux

submitted by Deirdre Darragh

nhspi.org

The NHSPI™ examines the health security preparedness of the nation by looking collectively at the health security preparedness of states. The Index results are updated annually.

The NHSPI™ applies the National Health Security Strategy definition of national health security: the state in which the Nation and its people are prepared for, protected from, and resilient in the face of health threats or incidents with potentially negative health consequences.

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