University of Minnesota Medical Center, Fairview recently became Minnesota’s first hospital with new, three-dimensional imaging capabilities inside the operating room (OR) for spine surgeries.
The Breakaway Imaging O-arm, distributed by Medtronic Navigation, provides multi-dimensional, surgical imaging for complex spine surgeries. The new technology, available in only a few other hospitals in the nation, provides real-time, 3-D [...]
The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) announced that it is taking further steps to protect the health of residents in South Washington County from long-term exposure to perfluorochemicals (PFCs) in groundwater.
Based on the latest scientific information, MDH has lowered its Health Based Values (HBVs) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), two members [...]
Public health officials throughout Missouri will gather next week to learn more about their roles and responsibilities during a public health emergency.
The Missouri Public Health Law Conference, hosted by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services’ Center for Local Public Health Services, is set for March 20 in Columbia.
The conference will focus on [...]
When Mable Humphrey, R.N., met Dr. Abba G. Karnga, a missionary working in the African country of Liberia, she became fascinated with the country’s history. Humphrey, a resident of Williams Twp. and the nurse case manager for Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network’s (LVHHN) Dean Ornish Program, felt obligated to help the Liberian people who [...]
?>New Mexicans with sexually transmitted diseases can now receive medication or a prescription from their doctor that they can take to their sexual partners. The practice, known as expedited partner treatment, allows physicians to treat the partners of their patients even if the partner is unable or unwilling to come in for treatment.
The New Mexico [...]
Earlier this month, for the first time in humans, a heart failure patient received adult stem cells ” taken from his own adipose (fat) tissue ” which were processed and injected directly into the heart muscle with a special catheter. Emerson Perin, M.D., Ph.D. and Francisco Fernandez-Avil s, [...]
?>Drug Testings
Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have resulted in recommendations for adolescent drug testing in schools, and products made available for parents to test their children at home. An addendum to the 1996 AAP Policy Statement, "Testing for Drugs of Abuse in Children and Adolescents," opposes involuntary drug testing of adolescents at school or at [...]
New NHS campaign highlights hidden dangers of secondhand smoke
Secondhand smoke is an "invisible killer", according to a shocking new advertising campaign, launched by Public Health Minister Caroline Flint. Nearly 85 per cent of tobacco smoke is invisible and odourless, but it causes just as much harm to people’s health as the smoke that is visible. [...]
A unique initiative among public, private and community sectors to create a school-based vaccination program has resulted in a national award for the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH).
The state health department was presented today with the National Influenza Vaccine Summit’s Overall 2006-07 Season Activity award for its "innovative and collaborative approach" to vaccinate [...]
Marion County health officials are pleased with the first year of the smoke free workplace ordinance. The law, passed by the Indianapolis City-County Council in May 2005, went into effect March 1, 2006.
According to compliance data generated from complaint referrals and routine inspections by the Marion County Health Department Food Safety and Water Quality [...]
