Patient Safety Blog

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• Officials around the globe take steps to battle public health menace of suicide October 19, 2018
  They may seem small and may be symbolic, but Britain and Japan both are taking steps to deal with suicide, a public health menace by which 45,000 Americans age 10 or older took their lives by their own hand in 2016 alone. In Britain, the New York Times reported that Prime Minister Theresa May appointed […]
• Hurricane Michael shows extreme planning may be key to protect medical care October 17, 2018
  As Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas struggle with Hurricane Michael’s devastation and slow-rising death toll, hospitals, nursing homes, and other caregiving facilities across the country may need to reexamine their disaster planning, paying heightened attention to extreme and worst-case scenarios. Although doctors, nurses, and other medical personnel deserve great credit, as always, for their courage and […]
• Hundreds of supplements for diet, muscle, and sex are tainted with risky drugs October 16, 2018
  Same story, new data, and a message that needs repeating: Over-the-counter supplements — sold as safe alternatives to prescription drugs for weight loss, muscle building, and sexual enhancement — may be risky and not beneficial to your health. Indeed, many of them are adulterated with strong prescription drugs. As the Washington Post reported of a […]
• Will Supreme Court reconsider government’s immunity from medical malpractice suits by active-duty military? October 15, 2018
  Although Uncle Sam makes a special vow to provide medical care for those who fight for this nation, he also enjoys special legal shields from lawsuits from them if anything goes wrong with medical services they’re provided. But recent news reports show how past and present service personnel not only suffer shabby medical care but […]
• Unhappy meals: Fast food still tops out too many time-stressed eaters’ menus October 12, 2018
  Americans can’t stop chowing down on fast foods, despite years of warnings about their health harms. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that 36.6 percent of Americans — 37.9 percent of men and 35.4 percent of women — eat some kind of fast food on any given day. As the Los Angeles […]