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Stoptober takes place every October in the UK. Launched in 2012, the campaign encourages smokers to quit for 28 days. The theme for 2024 is ‘When you stop smoking, good things start to happen’. Bedfont® Scientific Ltd., world leaders in breath analysis, hosted a discussion with Smokerlyzer® Medical Advisory Board Members Dr Amer Siddiq Amer Nordin and Dr Anne Yee. The panel ...
Hazardous substance fact sheet [Internet]. New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. 2002. [Cited Monday 12th August 2024]. Available from: https://nj.gov/health/eoh/rtkweb/documents/fs/1578.pdf 4. Safety data sheet potassium permanganate [Internet]. ...
Biobot has always believed in the transformative power of wastewater data for public health. We started by making this important data available during the COVID-19 pandemic to fill critical data gaps nationally in an easily digestible way. Our data not only helped the public, but empowered public health departments and researchers to utilize its potential. But as the field of wastewater ...
Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects more than 540 million people worldwide and is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. In China, there are more than 114 million adults with diabetes, accounting for about a quarter of the world's diabetes patients. With the change of living and eating habits, diabetes has become the third major factor affecting human health after ...
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) is currently affecting over half of heart failure patients. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), two departments within the U.S. Federal Government’s Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), use the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) for coding ...
Health research is very important for improving health care for all. As we mentioned in a previous article, What is Health Research?, this type of research helps medical researchers understand people’s health and how we can make treatments better for everyone. But health research isn’t possible without the contributions of research participants. Research participants are ...
A common misconception is that your dentist is rich, right? He must be, he’s a doctor! Well, you are correct in part of that, the doctor part. What the general population doesn’t understand is the expense it takes just to get started in becoming a dentist, let alone if you want to open your own practice. Let’s explore. In the “olden days” dentistry was a trade, a ...
An innovative field study in Southwest Florida has identified several neurotoxins in the state’s air and water. The three forms of BMAA – beta-Methylamino-L-alanine – are associated with brain diseases. The study conducted by Calusa Waterkeeper volunteers and analysed by Wyoming’s Brain Chemistry Labs identified two forms of BMAA in every sample from 945 completed over ...
Maryland’s Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) aims to promote and improve the health and safety of all Marylanders through disease prevention, access to care, quality management and community engagement. Public Health Services is a division of Maryland’s DHMH. Recently, the Maryland ...
Federal OSHA's Congressionally assigned scope is protection of employees from hazards created within the workplace by work processes and work materials. For every past pandemic, OSHA has made the distinction that general protective measures are under the purview of the Department of Health. This is the first time OSHA has stepped into the public health arena. To clarify the difference, ...
This creates better temperature uniformity and improved vaccine storage safety. In addition, B Medical Systems pharmacy refrigerators are fitted with safety features that help protect vaccines and other pharmaceuticals that are harmed by accidental freezing. ...
The coronavirus pandemic remains one of the top concerns within the United States. However, Johns Hopkins, and other research centers, are actively working to continue medical research in all divisions of medicine and health. Learn the ongoing studies at Johns Hopkins, what issues they are solving and how we can all make a difference. ...
In a world defined by social distancing, telemedicine is now an indispensable form of healthcare delivery. Providing care virtually can broaden access, reduce costs, and save time – but it’s not without risk. While the ability to meet virtually with medical professionals is not new, the pandemic has significantly accelerated its adoption by providers and patients alike. Indeed, the ...
LANSING, Mich. — Helix Diagnostics, Michigan’s fastest growing independent laboratory is proud to be helping faculty and students return to campus this fall. Helix Diagnostics is assisting over 1,200 Davenport University faculty and students to return to campus with ongoing Covid 19 testing solutions. Helix Diagnostics has partnered with many other educational institutions as well in ...
The CDC chose Genomadix Bioscience, an Ottawa-based biotechnology company, to assist with a Legionnaires’ outbreak in Chesterfield, VA. The Virginia Department of Health (VDH) identified an increase in Legionnaires’ disease cases in Chesterfield County and requested assistance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). During the investigation, the CDC Pneumonia ...
We’ve seen various private-sector corporations rise to the occasion and partner with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Many have shifted their manufacturing services to produce more of the valuable personal protective equipment (PPE) and ventilators our healthcare providers need to treat the influx of COVID-19 patients. ...
David Wahlberg, Wisconsin State Journal October 18, 2018 With flu season approaching, health officials say people should get flu shots by the end of October, yet acknowledge that the annual vaccine generally works less than 60 percent of the time. The Madison company FluGen is part of a renewed national effort to improve the odds by developing a universal flu vaccine, which would protect ...
An explosion at a university research lab in Hawaii last year highlights the dangers of working with compressed gas and the need for safety equipment on campus. Learn the dangers of working with compressed gas, how an oxygen deficiency monitor can help, and campus safety best practices. Compressed Gas on Campus: Uses and Dangers Compressed gases including nitrogen, argon, and oxygen are widely ...
Seasonal flu is not only unpleasant for employers and employees, it’s expensive. Each flu season, nearly 111 million workdays are lost because of the flu, the US Department of Health & Human Services has found. That represents approximately $7 billion per year in sick days and lost productivity. Most of us have seen a sick co-worker trying to make his way through the workday instead of ...
Market of Choice chose Eugene, Oregon for their newest 100,000 square foot central kitchen and food distribution center to deliver the freshest food product possible. The owner was concerned with producing a concrete slab that could meet the high demands placed on a food handling facility. Traditional slabs have tight control joint spacing that is costly to maintain due to health department ...