Tuesday, July 06, 2004

MORE EVIDENCE THAT DRUGS ARE AN OVER-RATED RESPONSE TO HEALTH PROBLEMS. Cough medicines 'have no benefit' The dummy syrup was equally effective Two active ingredients in many cough medicines do little to speed recovery, US researchers have suggested. Night-time cough and sleep quality were no better with cough mixtures than with a simple, non-medicated syrup.   THE BEST COUGH RELIEF I'VE EVER GOTTEN IS WITH A 'CHEAP' HERBAL MADE FROM A 100 YEAR OLD SWISS FORMULATION - GO TO HTTP://WWW.OLBAS.COM (Disclaimer: We have no financial interest whatsoever in this firm or its products...)   3:35:15 PM    comment [] Todays' frightening health report.. 'I would have to be at death's door before I would risk going to hospital again' Claire Rayner on catching MRSA - and the appalling hygiene on today's wards http://www.guardian.co.uk/medicine/story/0,11381,1254985,00.html And it's not all hospital infections that's killing the innocents...as the Washington Post point out today, surgeons often dont' know what they're doing  - or should be doing. To Reduce Errors, Cut Here New Rules Require Doctors to ID Patients, Take 'Time Outs' and Sign Their Work By Sandra G. Boodman Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 6, 2004; Page HE01 Patients who check in to the nation's hospitals have new protections against one of the most devastating and preventable medical errors -- surgery on the wrong body part. Rules imposed July 1 by the agency that accredits most of the nation's hospitals, as well as some surgery centers, will require specific actions designed to prevent wrong-site surgery. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29790-2004Jul5.html 2:41:13 PM    comment []

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