[Health] Surgeons Still Make Preventable Mistakes

Surgeons Still Make Preventable Mistakes
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/12/20/surgeons-still-make-preventable-mistakes/
There are certain mistakes that should never happen to you during surgery. The surgeon should never accidentally leave a sponge in your body after he sews you up, perform surgery on the wrong part of your body, or perform the entirely wrong surgery on ...

Pakistani polio workers get police protection
http://www.brecorder.com/top-news/108-pakistan-top-news/96735-three-more-polio-workers-shot-.html
Lahore: Under police guard, thousands of health workers pressed on with a polio immunization program Thursday after nine were killed elsewhere in Pakistan by suspected militants who oppose the vaccination campaign.

Design college says eagle-snatching-kid video a hoax
http://news.nationalpost.com/2012/12/19/montreal-students-create-amazingly-realistic-animation-of-baby-being-snatched-by-eagle-score-a-viral-hit/
A YouTube video, posted Tuesday by MrNuclearCat, purports to show an eagle snatching a child off the ground for a few seconds at a Montreal park.

State mental health act a model for U.S.
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/State-mental-health-act-a-model-for-U-S-4136466.php
Sacramento --. One of California's top elected officials, who is an advocate for mental health services, has asked the federal government to adopt the state's model for mental health treatment and to match state funding for services nationwide.

Opinion: The mentally ill aren't always who you think they are
http://www.ksl.com/?nid=968&sid=23428381
SALT LAKE CITY - Another horrific tragedy has cracked wide open the discussion on mental illness. Politicians and lawmakers are calling for a closer look at the intersection of mental illness and violence, the debate on gun control and restrictions for the ...

Even the young and healthy benefit from flu vaccine
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/12/20/flu-canada-ontario-prevention.html
DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I'm 28 and healthy. I've never gotten a flu shot and have never had the flu. Do I really need a flu vaccination?

FDA: Praxada may cause problems for people with mechanical heart valves
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/776481
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned that patients with mechanical heart valves should not use a blood thinner named Pradaxa.

Panel Rejects Drug for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
http://www.medpagetoday.com/PrimaryCare/SleepDisorders/36569
A federal advisory panel on Thursday said a proposed medicine from Hemispherx Biopharma Inc. to treat chronic fatigue syndrome isn't ready for approval, dealing another setback to the drug maker.