The Duggars Save a Life – 911 Call and Video
Joshua Duggar, one of the 19 children of Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar, called 911 as he and his brother John rescued a six-year-old girl who was injured in a car accident last week.
FDA shifts BPA focus
A collection of sport and baby bottles potentially containing the compound bisphenol A, or BPA. The compound, commonly used in polycarbonate plastic bottles (to make them unbreakable), is also found in the linings of food cans. (Jonathan Hayward, Canadian Press)
After months of information being available on the subject of Bisphenol A, the FDA has begun to study the toxicity with novel approaches to test the subtle effects. Thus bringing BPA back into the mind’s eye, as many may have begun to forget the impact that it could have on folks around the world.
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical that has been present in many hard plastic bottles and metal-based food and beverage cans since the 1960s.
Studies employing standardized toxicity tests have thus far supported the safety of current low levels of human exposure to BPA However, on the basis of results from recent studies using novel approaches to test for subtle effects, both the National Toxicology Program at the National Institutes of Health and FDA have some concern about the potential effects of BPA on the brain, behavior, and prostate gland in fetuses, infants, and young children. In cooperation with the National Toxicology Program, FDA’s National Center for Toxicological Research is carrying out in-depth studies to answer key questions and clarify uncertainties about the risks of BPA.
ShareWii Balance Board performs as well as $18,000 Medical Device
Looking to get a balance platform for your clinic? You might find yourself paying about $18,000 for the medical device. A study was recently published in the medical journal Gait & Posture showing that the $99 Wii Balance Board is “clinically comparable” to the medical devices.
When doctors disassembled the board, they found the accelerometers and strain gauges to be of “excellent” quality. “I was shocked given the price: it was an extremely impressive strain gauge set-up,” said lead researcher Ross Clark, in an interview with New Scientist.
ShareRadar Technology biggest potential life-saver since Seat Belts
Being out in the field, paramedics will tell you that most car accidents could have been avoided. In fact, currently there are many laws being discussed regarding the banning of cellphone use while driving. Many people are texting and driving, and it has caused death. Isn’t a life worth more than 160 characters (the total length that a text message can be)?
There are car companies that are working on making advances in technology that can drastically decrease the number of accidents each year. The fact that we’re not all jumping on this advancement seems pretty foolish to me. “Car Crash Stats: There were nearly 6,420,000 auto accidents in the United States in 2005. The financial cost of these crashes is more than 230 Billion dollars. 2.9 million people were injured and 42,636 people killed. About 115 people die every day in vehicle crashes in the United States — one death every 13 minutes.”
ShareCellphones may protect brain from Alzheimer’s Disease
This is an interesting twist of events that surprised even the researchers at the University of South Florida. Cellphone radiation may be good for you and bad for you at the same time. Tests on mice suggest that long-term cellphone use might actually help to fend off some of the effects of Alzheimer’s disease.
The findings are exactly the opposite of what they expected to find. They say that exposure to electromagnetic waves from cellphones could both prevent some of the effects of Alzheimer’s if the exposure is introduced in early adulthood, or potentially even reverse some of the impairment among those already memory-impaired.
ShareSnow Safety Training Videos
A few years ago we recorded some snow safety training videos. At the time, the videos were huge, and are still huge even by today’s standards. Posting them to YouTube has helped, though. For those that are interested, the reason they are so big is the huge snowflakes. They required the video to create a new keyframe for every frame, resulting in a video that is at least twice the size that it could have been. But that’s beside the point.
The videos cover topics such as hypothermia and frostbite. We hope that you enjoy them!
ShareNorth Carolina Goes Smoke-Free on Jan. 2 in Historic Step for Health
The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids:
North Carolina on January 2 will take an historic step for health when it becomes the first major tobacco-growing state to implement a statewide smoke-free law that includes all restaurants and bars. This new law will protect the right of North Carolinians to breathe clean air. North Carolina’s hospitality workers can now earn a living and the public can enjoy a night out without putting themselves at risk of lung cancer, heart disease and the other serious illnesses caused by secondhand smoke. North Carolina is setting a powerful example for other tobacco-growing states and communities, indeed for the entire nation, by taking strong action to address the devastating toll of tobacco use and secondhand smoke.
ShareHeart-Healthy ABC’s for 2010
Family physician and cholesterol expert Michael Cobble, M.D., has some simple resolutions and fun advice for staying heart healthy in the new year. Cobble is a board-certified clinical lipidologist (NLA), certified hypertension specialist (ASH), medical director of the private practice Canyons Medical Center in Sandy, Utah, and Chief Medical Officer at Atherotech, Inc., developer of the VAP Cholesterol Test.
Time’s Top 10 Medical Breakthroughs of 2009
Time magazine has released it’s top ten lists for everything in 2009, and among those are their choices for the top ten medical breakthroughs of 2009.
ProCPR Slashes CPR Certification Cost for Christmas Season
Health care workers who require CPR certification to perform their jobs can get a nationally recognized certificate from ProCPR.org for $17.50 if they take the online course and purchase their certificate before the end of the year. In response to difficult economic conditions, ProCPR is reducing the price of its accredited online CPR training and certification program from $29.95 to $17.50.
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