[Health] Fewer Hours for Doctors-in-Training Leading To More Mistakes

Fewer Hours for Doctors-in-Training Leading To More Mistakes
http://healthland.time.com/2013/03/26/fewer-hours-for-doctors-in-training-leading-to-more-mistakes/
Giving residents less time on duty and more time to sleep was supposed to lead to fewer medical errors. But the latest research shows that's not the case.

Infants Are Fed Solid Food Too Soon, Study Says
http://www.rttnews.com/2083844/infants-are-fed-solid-food-too-soon-study-says.aspx?type=hnr
More than one out of every three mothers feed their infants solid foods too soon, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics.

Too Much TV May Make Kids Antisocial, Study Suggests
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2299153/More-hours-TV-makes-youngsters-naughtier-age-seven.html
TUESDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- Five-year-olds who watch television for three or more hours a day are a bit more likely to fight, steal and have other antisocial behaviors by the age of 7, a new study suggests.

Which is worse, isolation or loneliness?
http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2013/03/26/175283008/maybe-isolation-not-loneliness-shortens-life
Henry David Thoreau relished isolation but didn't feel lonely. Marilyn Monroe was a social butterfly but died lonely. Their separate fates -- Thoreau dead of tuberculosis at 44, Monroe of suicide at 36 -- can't tell us much scientifically, but a study of an elderly ...

Why temporary tattoos have the FDA worried
http://theweek.com/article/index/241864/why-temporary-tattoos-have-the-fda-worried
emporary tattoos are supposed to be a lighthearted and noncommittal alternative to the far more permanent inking of your flesh. As such, temporary tattoos usually aren't dangerous - they're a flight of whimsy, after all.

Breath Test Can Predict Heart Failure
http://www.counselheal.com/articles/4532/20130326/breath-test-predict-heart-failure.htm
In the future, detecting heart failure may be as simple as taking a breath test. A recent study conducted by researchers at Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Cleveland Clinic and Case Western University has found that it is possible to detect heart failure through a ...

Ziopharm cancer drug fails in trial; shares plunge 66 pct
http://www.istockanalyst.com/finance/story/6363018/ziopharm-oncology-ziop-terminates-development-of-palifosfamide-shares-sink
By Vrinda Manocha. Tue Mar 26, 2013 10:48am EDT. (Reuters) - Ziopharm Oncology Inc will stop developing its drug to treat soft tissue sarcoma after it failed to improve patients' survival without the cancer worsening, wiping out nearly two-thirds of its market ...

A Push for HPV Vaccinations
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/25/a-push-for-hpv-vaccinations/
Dr. Judith L. Schaechter, a Miami pediatrician, inoculating a 13-year Joe Raedle/Getty Images Dr. Judith L. Schaechter, a Miami pediatrician, inoculating a 13-year-old with the vaccine for HPV.

Cold sore virus may increase risk of memory problems
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2298922/Suffering-cold-sores-cause-impaired-memory-thinking-skills.html
Herpes simplex - the virus that causes cold sores - may seem like just a nuisance, but the infection may actually have an impact on cognition and memory in the long term.

Proof That Obamacare 'Rate Shock' Is An Ugly Insurance Company Deception
http://www.takepart.com/article/2013/03/25/sneak-peek-obamacare-application-form
Over the past few months, the nation's largest health insurance companies have been hard at work selling a narrative claiming that the Affordable Care Act is about to result in dramatically larger premium costs for a significant number of Americans.

Compulsory flu shots for health workers called 'premature'
http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2013/03/25/flu-vaccine-mandatory-health-care-debate.html
A better flu vaccine is needed before mandating the shots for health care workers, two Canadian infection disease experts argue. Drs.

Layoffs start at St. Pete's Universal Health Care office
http://www.baynews9.com/content/news/baynews9/news/article.html/content/news/articles/bn9/2013/3/26/layoffs_start_at_st_.html
As Florida and national lawmakers continue to debate the issue of health care, Universal Health Care is cutting staff in the Bay area.

New Jersey Toenail Clippings to Be Collected for Toxic Testing
http://abcnews.go.com/US/jersey-toenail-clippings-collected-toxic-testing/story?id=18807088
Share. 0. Toenail clippings could be the key to discovering if thousands of residents of Garfield, N.J., have been exposed to a toxin spill 30 years ago that could cause cancer.

Bars test limits of legal-marijuana laws
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Bars-test-limits-of-legal-marijuana-laws-200036411.html
John Connelly, left, inhales marijuana vapor Saturday, March 2, 2013, with the help of bar worker Jenae DeCampo, right, in the upstairs lounge area of Stonegate in Tacoma, Wash.

Intuitive Surgical Loses Bid to Throw Out Robot Lawsuit
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/health/salesmen-in-the-surgical-suite.html?pagewanted=all
Intuitive Surgical Inc. (ISRG) lost a bid to have all claims dismissed in a lawsuit filed against it in Washington state court over damages allegedly suffered as a result of robotic surgery, according to a copy of the judge's ruling obtained by Bloomberg News ...