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FHT Announce Holistic Healthcare Conference 2009

The Federation of Holistic Therapists, the UK's leading and largest professional association is inviting all healthcare professionals including doctors, nurses, complementary health practitioners and counsellors to the 2009 Holistic Healthcare Conference. "Adopting an holistic approach within the healthcare environment" is the theme of the 2009 conference which has been organised by education and training company Ethos and supported by the FHT.
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11/26/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Lower Income Canadians More Likely To End Up In Hospital, Compared To Those Who Are Better Off

According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), those at the lower end of the socio-economic ladder have a significantly higher change of being hospitalized for various illnesses, such as child asthma, diabetes and mental illness, compared to middle-class Canadians. Poorer Canadians are 2.4 times more likely to end up in hospital because of diabetes, compared to other Canadians, a CIHI study reveals.
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11/25/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Hawai’i Department Of Health Cites Companies For Air Pollution Violations

The Hawai'i State Department of Health (DOH) Clean Air Branch has issued Notices of Violations and Orders against Goodfellow Brothers, Inc., Tesoro Hawai'i Corporation, Earthworks Pacific, Inc., and Meadow Gold Dairies, Inc., for air pollution violations. The DOH Clean Air Branch issues air permits and conducts complaint investigations to minimize air pollution impacts on the public.
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10/24/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

North Dakota Department Of Health Urges North Dakotans To Test Their Homes For Radon

In conjunction with Home Indoor Air Quality Month and National Radon Action Week, the North Dakota Department of Health is urging residents to test their homes for radon and to fix any radon problems that are discovered. Governor John Hoeven has proclaimed October 2008 as Home Indoor Air Quality Month to encourage North Dakotans to learn more about indoor air quality issues.
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10/21/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Ozone Controls Failing To Protect Human Health And The Environment, Warns The Royal Society

Existing controls are failing to reduce the air pollutant ground level ozone to a level that protects human health and the environment, and climate change will make the challenge harder, warns a major new report from the Royal Society(1) - the UK national academy of science - today (6 October 2008).
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10/06/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Lung Diseases From Solid Fuels And Smoking Will Kill 83 Million In China

Research from the US predicts that if smoking and solid fuel use in homes continues in China they will cause a total of 83 million deaths between 2003 and 2033 and that only large-scale interventions stand a chance of reducing this number. The research is the work of a team from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) in Boston, Massachusetts, and is published online on October 4th and in the October 25th print issue of The Lancet.
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10/06/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

CMS Releases National Hospital Quality Measures, Mortality Rates On USA Today, Agency Web Sites

CMS on Wednesday for the first time released mortality rates for Medicare beneficiaries at individual hospitals on its Hospital Compare Web site,
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08/21/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Fragrance Materials Association Assures Safety Of Fragrance Ingredients - No Contrary Evidence In Contested University Of Washington Study

A study was released by Anne Steinemann, a researcher at the University of Washington claiming fragrance ingredients contained in a selection of consumer products are potentially toxic. The fragrance materials industry has the highest concern for the safety of its products. We have a sound four-step safety testing process.
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07/28/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Certain Foreign-Born Populations In United States Have Higher Risk Of Tuberculosis

When finding and treating latent tuberculosis in the United States, higher yields are found in foreign-born persons who have recently entered the country from certain high-risk populations, including individuals from sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia, according to a study released on July 22 in JAMA. Tuberculosis (TB) control has improved progressively over the last years.
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07/24/2008 | Respiratory & Asthma - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

Illegal Wildlife Trade Threatening Healthcare Resource

Two reports from TRAFFIC, the world's largest wildlife trade monitoring network, on traditional medicine systems in Cambodia and Vietnam suggest that illegal wildlife trade, including entire tiger skeletons, and unsustainable harvesting is depleting the region's rich and varied biodiversity and putting the primary healthcare resource of millions at risk.
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07/02/2008 | Complememntary & Alternative Medicine - Public Health | Trackback | Comments Off

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