Tag Archives: Health

Organophosphates

January 30, 2008 – 10:34 am

AmericaBlog passes on details of a report on the levels of pesticides found in children: The peer-reviewed study found that the urine and saliva of children eating a variety of conventional foods from area groceries contained biological markers of organophosphates, the family of pesticides spawned by the creation of nerve gas agents in World War [...]

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A&E

January 28, 2008 – 7:44 am

In the UK the ER is called A&E (Accident & Emergency). It serves as Urgent Care as well as ER, which is why I found myself there yesterday having smacked my hand something fierce earlier in the day. The nurse practitioner looked at it, ordered an x-ray, then when that came back clear (no breaks, [...]

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Insult on Injury

January 24, 2008 – 3:58 pm

I went for a checkup on my dodgy knee today. The good news is that the MRI showed nothing. The bad news is that my knee still hurts. So after a little discussion I’m signed up for four months of physio to see if that can fix things. That’s the injury. The insult is that [...]

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Organ Donation

January 18, 2008 – 7:47 am

One of the UK government’s latest ideas (though it’s been kicking around for a long time) is ‘presumed consent’ for organ donation. This means that, unless the family of a dead person specifically object, doctors can harvest such organs as they see fit. The argument in favour is simple; hundreds of people die every year [...]

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European Health Care

December 19, 2007 – 9:22 am

The EU is floating a plan to allow EU citizens to get health care in any member country if they are facing undue delays in their own country. Some Labour MPs are concerned that this would lead to an internal market that could kill the NHS. My guess is that they can see a system [...]

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