New study finds household plastics linked to heart disease deaths worldwide
- Health & Healing
- May 1, 2025
More patients who have been treated in the intensive-care unit (ICU) are experiencing negative side effects after release, which doctors call “post-intensive care syndrome.” Some of the life-saving measures that are used to keep patients pain-free and breathing can lead to “ICU delirium,” a temporary brain injury that can negatively impact memory and brain functioning.
READ MORE“What we know about those deaths is that most of them were absolutely preventable. They were from causes that we could have done something about. We could have prevented it if we had recognized the emergency early on.”
READ MOREHealth authorities and breast-feeding advocates are leading a nationwide effort to ban formula samples, which experts say can sway women away from breast-feeding. New York Times, 10/15/2012
READ MOREA new report released Friday by the inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services found that more than 80 percent of hospital errors go unreported by hospital employees. Family members and patients themselves may be able to help combat these kinds of hospital errors by becoming more involved and educated, and
READ MOREHas your child started gearing up for this school year's homework demands? According to research by Sydney University educational psychologist Richard Walker, kids who do more homework actually perform worse on standardized tests. TODAY.com, 7/27/2012
READ MOREToo busy to make sure your kids complete their homework? A new profession has sprung up to come to your family's aid. The Wall Street Journal, 12/1/2010
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