A Rochester physician is helping to coordinate the national response against lupus. I?aki Sanz, M.D., professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology, has been named chair of the research committee of the Lupus Foundation of America.
Oriental therapies can help chronically ill people stay strong and reduce stress levels during epidemics, according to research in the April issue of Journal of Clinical Nursing.
Vi-Jon, Inc. issued a voluntary nationwide consumer product recall of a single lot of 28 fluid ounce bottles of Alpine Xtreme Evergreen Forest Body Wash after determining the presence of a bacteria, Enterobacter gergoviae, in some of the product samples tested.
Wilbur-Ellis Company is voluntarily recalling all lots of the rice protein concentrate the San Francisco company’s Feed Division has shipped to pet-food manufacturers because of a risk that rice protein concentrate may have been contaminated by melamine, an industrial chemical used to make plastics and fertilizers that can lead to illness or fatalities in animals if consumed.
Consumers who have purchased raw milk from Fisher’s Dairy, Butler County, any time after April 9, 2007, should discard it immediately due to the risk of Listeria monocytogenes contamination, Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff said.
iVillage Total Health, the consumer health destination for women from iVillage, a division of NBC Universal, announced a partnership with Revolution Health, a leading consumer-centric health company, to offer innovative tools that will enable women to manage their health and the health of their families more effectively by assessing their risk for diseases including diabetes, stroke and heart disease.
A policy paper and principles assuring that physicians are given the opportunity to comment on performance ratings that they believe are inaccurate were adopted this week by the American College of Physicians (ACP) at its annual meeting.
A grief counseling program for families bereaved by suicide does not reduce grief or depression, but may help to prevent perceptions of blame among close relatives and spouses, finds a study published online today.
The demand for critical care services in the United States will soon outpace the supply of specialists trained in intensive care ? a situation that, if not remedied, may prove fatal for critically ill patients.
Despite the high profile given to hand washing in hospitals, there is still little robust evidence to show which are the best ways to improve hand hygiene.