[Health] How to keep your food safe if Hurricane Sandy cuts electricity

How to keep your food safe if Hurricane Sandy cuts electricity
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With Hurricane Sandy threatening to cut power, many people are worried how long their food can last in the refrigerator and freezer without electricity.

Easier, better, inexpensive testing ... with the naked eye
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New UN "atlas" links climate change, health
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2012/10/29/climate-change-health.html
GENEVA - Two U.N. agencies have mapped the intersection of health and climate in an age of global warming, showing that there are spikes in meningitis when dust storms hit and outbreaks of dengue fever when hard rains come.

Flu shots should be mandatory for hospital workers: CMAJ
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/flu-shots-should-be-mandatory-for-hospital-workers-cmaj-1.1015158
TORONTO -- The Canadian Medical Association Journal is adding its voice to calls for mandatory flu shots for health-care workers. The journal says hospital workers ought to be vaccinated to protect frail elderly patients whose immune systems are so ...

Medical Advice: Republicans Should Take It
http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/28/3889090/insurers-nervous-over-prospect.html
The upcoming election will have long lasting effects on U.S. healthcare, and by extension, on our economy. What should matter the most to us is not what Republicans or Democrats think about the Affordable Care Act, but what doctors and nurses and other ...

Halloween Warning: Decorative Contact Lenses May Damage Your Eyes
http://www.mnn.com/family/protection-safety/blogs/warning-halloween-contact-lenses-may-damage-eyes
SATURDAY, Oct. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Wearing nonprescription decorative contact lenses that make your eyes look like those of creatures such as vampires or werewolves is a bad idea and could damage your eyes, an expert warns.