Health Care


Mayo Clinic Adjusts Mall of America Facility

Rechristened Mayo Clinic Healthy Living, the space that opened on Aug. 11, 2011, now offers a free wellness assessment and gaming kiosks to visitors.

Study Shows 'Participatory Ergonomics' Aids Informal Caregivers

The participatory approach helped all parties increase their safe work practices in homes and better understand the relationships among the patient, environment, and task.

American Lung Association Calls for Tougher Soot Limits

Soot is generated by coal-fired power plants, diesel and other vehicles, agricultural burning, wood stoves, and industrial combustion.

Panama Canal's Expansion on Track

The $5.25 billion project "will change the face of shipping as we know it and will bring positive benefits for all," Panama Canal Authority CEO Alberto Aleman Zubieta said Nov. 15 at the TOC Americas conference.

WHO: Healthy Lifestyles Can Prevent Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes comprises 90 percent of people with diabetes around the world, and is largely the result of excess body weight and physical inactivity.

ASTM Magazine Launches New Website

It offers free access to news about standards activity in 10 specific sectors.

Three Health Care Organizations Win Baldrige Awards

This is the first time three health care recipients were winners in the same year. The fourth 2011 winner, in the nonprofit category, is Concordia Publishing House, the St. Louis-based publishing arm of The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod.

Paid Sick Days Would Decrease Emergency Room Visits, Study Says

Workers without paid sick days are 40 percent more likely than workers with paid sick days to delay medical care for themselves or a family member, according to the report.



Metal Finishing Firm Hit with $151,400 in Fines for Physical, Chemical Hazards

OSHA opened an inspection after receiving a report that employees were performing small parts plating operations without protection against chemical and physical hazards.

NIOSH Releases Food Services Safety Agenda

Comprehensive injury and illness prevention programs are recommended to reduce the risks for occupational injury, illness, and death in the food services industry.

Growth in Health Benefit Costs Slowing, Mercer Survey Shows

The latest annual survey pegged the growth at 6.1 percent this year, down from 6.9 percent in 2009, with a projected 5.7 percent increase projected next year.

Smoke-Free Workplaces Reduce Heart Attacks, Study Says

Research suggests that the incidence of heart attacks and sudden cardiac deaths was cut in half among Olmsted County, Minn., residents after a smoke-free ordinance took effect.

CDC Tool Tracks Antibiotic Use in Hospitals

Previously, the agency could track it in doctors' offices only.

In Unfit Men, Heavy Work May Increase Fatal Heart Disease Risk: Study

The results suggest that by maintaining good physical fitness, men who engage in heavy labor can avoid increased risk, and possibly even lower their risk of death from heart disease.

U.S. Supreme Court Accepts Three Appeals of Health Care Reform Law

Lyle Denniston wrote on the SCOTUSblog that the court's allowing 5.5 hours for oral argument "appeared to be a modern record."

Washington Dept. of Labor Proposes Standards for Medical Providers Who Treat Injured Workers

The proposed standards are the first step in creating a statewide network of providers to treat people with work-related injuries and illnesses.

Two Winners in 2011 AMA App Challenge

The Rounder app won the physician category and the JAMA Clinical Challenge app won the resident/fellow/medical student category, the American Medical Association announced Nov. 11.

Firefighter Injuries Down Eight Percent from 2009: NFPA

The report takes a look at the number of 2010 firefighter injuries, injuries by type of duty, exposures to infectious diseases, and how a community’s size affects the number of injuries within a fire department.

Health Care Wastes Get WHO's Attention

A new fact sheet from the World Health Organization sums up the problems of improper sharps disposal and health care waste that often is not separated into hazardous and non-hazardous waste streams in low-income countries.

Toyota Demonstrates Patient Handling Robot

The company recently displayed four new robots that are part of its Toyota Partner Robot series. These four are for use in nursing and health care.

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