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Hospital Food Bingo highlights joys of NHS cuisine
Posted by edwina 67 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
Blogger called Traction Man is posting photos of his hospital food on the internet and asking people to guess what it isHospital food is not renowned for its ability to excite diners. But one patient, known only as Traction Man, has been making the best of a bad situation by photographing his food and posting the pictures on the internet, in a game he calls Hospital Food Bingo.The 47-year-old, wh
Octuplets' hospital privacy fine
Posted by donny_blitz 129 days ago (http://news.bbc.co.uk)
The hospital where octuplets were born in January has been fined for a second time for failing to protect their medical privacy.
Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC recently won a first-place achievement award from the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP) in patient safety for achievements in researching and improving the process for elective induction of a woman's labor. Dennis English, M.D., vice president of medical affairs at Magee, and a team of obstetricians and nurses led the initiative, recognizing
A study of more than 64,000 pregnant women has found that miscarriage rates following amniocentesis and chorionic villus sampling (CVS) - two invasive procedures to detect chromosomal abnormalities and birth defects - were 1.4 per cent and 1.9 per cent, respectively.
A University of Toronto pilot study that re-conceptualized the hospital labour room by removing the standard, clinical bed and adding relaxation-promoting equipment had a 28 per cent drop in infusions of artificial oxytocin, a powerful drug used to advance slow labours. The study, called PLACE (Pregnant and Labouring in an Ambient Clinical Environment) was published in the current edition of t
Hospital food doesn't have to be bad | Peter Melchett
Posted by edwina 146 days ago (http://www.guardian.co.uk)
The Soil Association, in its drive to improve hospital catering, supports Michele Hanson's call for people to report 'crap food'Hospital food is "stale, flabby, slimy, soggy, nutrient-free, ghastly and execrable". In the circumstances, it may seem a bit of a cheek to suggest that Michele Hanson understates the problem, but I think she does. Hanson's friend Serena has gone into hospital and discov
Low Blood Sugar in Hospital Tied to Higher Death Risk for Diabetics
Posted by mamie 147 days ago (http://www.forbes.com)
Hypoglycemia likely a sign of additional illness, suggest experts
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