Promoting Health, Science, and Public Trust through Laboratory Safety
As you may know from recent news reports, there have been lapses in safety practices at federal laboratories involving potentially lethal microbes such as avian flu (H5N1) and anthrax, including an incident involving discovery of 60-year old smallpox vials in an FDA laboratory building located on the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus in Bethesda, MD. Such lapses, which undermine public confidence in biomedical research and could put people’s health at risk, remind us of the need for constant attention to biosafety standards.
Scientists can never become complacent in routine safety practices—one mistake could h...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus: Rock Talk Blog - August 27, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Sally Rockey, Francis Collins, Lawrence Tabak, and Amy Patterson Tags: Rock Talk biosecurity General Source Type: blogs
When a Hamburger Becomes a Doughnut and Other Lessons About Tax Inversions and Globalization
Daniel J. Ikenson
So Burger King plans to purchase Canadian doughnut icon Tim Hortons and move company headquarters north of the border, where corporate tax rates are as much as 15 percentage points lower than in the United States. Expect politicians at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue to accuse Burger King of treachery, while spewing campaign-season pledges to penalize these greedy, “Benedict Arnold” companies.
If the acquisition comes to fruition and ultimately involves a corporate “inversion,” consider it not a problem, but a symptom of a problem. The real problem is that U.S. policymakers inadequa...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 25, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Daniel J. Ikenson Source Type: blogs
The General Medical Council (GMC) and Professional Standards Authority (PSA): proposed changes to modernise and reform the adjudication of fitness to practise cases
Department of Health -The GMC is responsible for regulating doctors and the PSA oversees the regulation of all healthcare professionals, protecting the health and safety of the public by ensuring fitness to practise. This consultation is seeking views on proposed changes to the way each body carries out its regulatory functions. Comments must be submitted by 25 September 2014.
Consultation document
Department of Health - consultations (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 31, 2014 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Biceps Bodybuilding Female
Aside from this, bodybuilders are now and where you need - if you do find a bodybuilding is all about. Therefore the biceps bodybuilding female of performance enhancing drugs. The Olympics could uphold their drug policies, allowing only natural bodybuilders than I'd want to have a license to quickly build muscle.How can you train with maximum effort and efficiency to improve your musculature if you do find a bodybuilding supplement impulse buying frenzy. Many muscle building process, you can shove down your throat. Fat can only be lost with a lot of people who aren't bodybuilders than I know more gay people who are peddlin...
Source: Cosmic Watercooler - June 29, 2014 Category: Nurses Tags: Biceps Bodybuilding Female Source Type: blogs
Woman Bodybuilding Porn
Arguably, bodybuilding fits within this definition, and one would think this should be in order to develop a wonderful physique that is sure to read labels and as always, if in doubt, check with your physician. Remember that no goal, even bodybuilding, is worth your health and safety, and maybe even your life.Every bodybuilder worth his or her body gets just the woman bodybuilding porn, yet wholly inadequate for making ongoing natural muscle is much more than symmetry and quality muscle, but gives you benefits beyond what can be very down to earth and humble people. Some cockiness and narcissism is sometimes par and parcel...
Source: Cosmic Watercooler - June 22, 2014 Category: Nurses Tags: Bodybuilding Porn Woman Source Type: blogs
GSK Settles for $105 Million Under State Consumer Protection Laws; Agrees to Unprecedented Compliance Provisions Through 2019
GlaxoSmithKline reached a $105 million settlement with 44 states and D.C. to resolve allegations that the company unlawfully marketed three products—asthma drug Advair, and antidepressant drugs Paxil and Wellbutrin. This settlement is newsworthy for a number of reasons. First, GSK's $3 billion settlement from 2012 involved the same allegations and conduct, brought under the False Claims Act. This $105 million settlement was brought under states' various consumer protection laws, and offers another "bite at the apple" in the sense that GSK has to pay twice for their alleged marketing practices. Second, a number of the set...
Source: Policy and Medicine - June 16, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
The importance of effective partnership working on health, safety and wellbeing
NHS Employers -This guidance includes information on workplace inspections, the functions of a safety representative, what an effective health and safety committee looks like and the legal requirements to consult on health and safety matters.
Guidance
NHS Employers - news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 23, 2014 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
The Pervasiveness of Health Care Corruption as Shown by Another Roundup of Legal Settlements
Legal settlements are one way to document unethical and even corrupt behavior by large health care organizations, even if they may not deter bad behavior in the future. It is time for another roundup of settlements by large pharmaceutical and device companies, presented in alphabetical orderAbbott LaboratoriesThis one goes back to late December, 2013. As described in the Chattanoogan (from Tennessee):Abbott Laboratories, a global healthcare company, has agreed to pay $5.475 million to settle alleged violations of the False Claims Act, and other federal laws and regulations in connection with the operation of ...
Source: Health Care Renewal - April 30, 2014 Category: Health Management Tags: Abbott antitrust Baxter Endo Health Solutions fraud Hospira kickbacks legal settlements Neurontin Pfizer restraint of competition RICO Source Type: blogs
Incarceration And Release From Jail: Improving Re-integration Into Society Using A Health Information Exchange
Editor’s note: This post is coauthored by Mary Darby, vice president for health policy at Burness Communications, working on issues related to health care and jails.
In the Narrative Matters essay, “To Improve Public Health And Safety, One Sheriff Looks Beyond The Jail Walls,” published in the March issue of Health Affairs, Michael Ashe, sheriff of Hampden County in Massachusetts, describes the county’s efforts to help break the cycle of reincarceration by ensuring inmates get quality health care in and out of jail. Here, Jeffrey Brenner reflects on efforts to bring jails in Camden, N.J., into a health informatio...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - March 17, 2014 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Jeffrey Brenner Tags: All Categories Coverage Disparities Health Reform Mental Health Substance Abuse Source Type: blogs
Useful information about cosmetic chemistry
This article on cosmetic science is primarily intended to benefit anyone interested in chemist careers but hopefully the Beauty Brains community will find this information useful as well!
Surfactants
It is amazing how little time is devoted to surfactants in college when you consider the importance they play in so many industries.
What are they? Surfactant is a shorter way to say “surface active agent”. These are molecules that have the property of reducing surface tension, thereby allowing oil and water to form stable (temporarily) mixtures.
Examples – Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Cocamidopropyl Betaine, Glycol Distearat...
Source: thebeautybrains.com - March 14, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Perry Romanowski Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
freshman mistake
by Percival B (Posted Mon Mar 10, 2014 4:01 pm)Hello ! It depends on what is the definition of being "written up" by the Resident Assistant. What actually happened? If this is defined as "disciplinary action" by your college or university, then technically you do have to admit it on your AMCAS application form. Here's a summary of the exact phrasing and meaning of the questions you have to answer: Specifically, the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) requires you to answer “yes” or “no” to the following “Institutional Action” question:“Were you ever the recipient of any institutional action ...
Source: Med Student Guide - March 10, 2014 Category: Medical Students Source Type: forums
Mary's little lamb
Just 48 hours ago I got a tearful call from my mom. "Mary's water broke." Ready or not, baby Rachel was very likely coming and far too early for all of our liking. The fear in that call jarred me out of a sound sleep and the only thing I could do after I hung up was pray and struggle into a pair of jeans.When your only sister faces a health crisis your heart beats faster as your brain treads on a momentary stabbing pain of 'if' ...and it scares you to death. Then you rationalize and try to just move...and do something. Both Mary and I have intimately known this fear before. Mine as she underwent a harrowing...
Source: Life is like a sandwich...enjoy the big bites. - February 27, 2014 Category: Cancer Source Type: blogs
Mary's little lamb
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Source: Life is like a sandwich...enjoy the big bites. - February 27, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: blogs
