Infants Can Learn While They Are Asleep

Newborn infants are capable of a simple form of learning while they’re asleep, according to a new study. The finding may lead to new ways of identifying infants at risk for certain developmental disorders. Newborns spend most of their time sleeping. Since these infants need to learn so much about their new surroundings, scientists have [...]

Efforts Increased to Protect Safety of Gulf Seafood

NOAA, FDA Continue Ramping Up Efforts to Ensure Safety of Gulf of Mexico Seafood The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are taking additional steps to enhance inspection measures designed to ensure that seafood from the Gulf of Mexico reaching America’s tables is safe to eat. The [...]

FDA Cautions Parents on Proper Vitamin D Supplimentation

The Food and Drug Administration today alerted parents and caregivers that some liquid Vitamin D supplement products are sold with droppers that could allow excessive dosing of Vitamin D to infants. The FDA also advised manufacturers of liquid Vitamin D supplements that droppers accompanying these products should be clearly and accurately marked for 400 international [...]

Can a Urine Test Diagnose Autism?

From Britain’s National Health Service “A simple test that would revolutionise the diagnosis of autism is being developed by British scientists,” the Daily Mail reported. The test would need just a few drops of urine, and is based on the idea that people with autism have different bacteria in their guts from those without autism. [...]

Overtime ‘Leads to Heart Risks’

From Britain’s National Health Service Working just three hours of overtime each day will raise the risk of heart disease by 60%, according to the Daily Mail. The news comes from a study that compared the working habits of 6,000 civil servants to their risk of heart disease over an 11-year period. Even after discounting for the [...]

2010 U.S. Survey of Health Care Consumers

2010 U.S. Survey of Health Care Consumers: Key Findings Despite tough economy and ongoing health reform debate, consumers’ attitudes about health care system remain largely unchanged Despite difficult economic times and the ongoing health care reform debate, consumers’ attitudes about the U.S. health care system remain largely unchanged from 2009 to 2010, according to the [...]

Two Economists Predict Improving Housing Market

Two top housing economists forecast some encouraging but tempered predictions for the housing market over the next few years during an economic session at the National Association of Realtors® Midyear Legislative Meetings & Expo today. Both Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, and Mark Zandi, chief economist and co-founder of Moody’s Economy.com, agreed that job creation [...]

Healthcare-Associated Infections: They Can Happen to You

By Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D. May 4, 2010 You shouldn’t have to worry about getting sick because of an infection you may pick up when you’re getting treated in a hospital or other health care setting. Unfortunately, you have reason to be concerned. Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) are infections that patients get when recovering from surgery [...]

Three Suspected Poachers Arrested-Four Deer Found in Van

Day after day, officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) use their extensive knowledge of the woods and water to track down individuals who are suspected of abusing our state’s precious fish and wildlife resources.  That’s just what happened Thursday night, on a dark country road in Hendry County. Knowing that high [...]

McNeil Recalls Children’s Liquid Products

Working in consultation with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), McNeil Consumer Healthcare is implementing a voluntary recall of infant and children’s liquid products due to manufacturing deficiencies which may affect quality, purity or potency. Following McNeil’s recall announcement on Friday evening, the FDA is providing additional advice to consumers. “We want to [...]

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