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Health and Safety
Safety is the first pillar of a good life for emergency professionals, rescuers and Fire Fighters. We are operating in a complex and hard environment. Risk prevention and improving working conditions are fundamental for better health and life.
Cyprus plan to reform the whole national health system, with WHO
Cyprus and WHO have agreed to work out a plan of technical assistance covering the period July 2014 to December 2016 to accelerate reforms aiming at universal health coverage in the country. The plan will include a survey led by Cypriot…
Impact and costs of Dementia in the UK
Dementia costs the UK £26.3 Billion a year. The Alzheimer's Society said that fighting dementia economic's impact is strong enough than cover the annual energy bill of every household in the country. Two thirds of the cost of dementia is…
Surfer's ear, the cold water factor and more...
The European Association of Surfing Doctors (EASD) motto is: “Keeping the Surfer Healthy and Safe”.
So, check out this informative case study from Surfing Medicine, The Journal of our US counterpart, the Surfer’s Medical Association(SMA)…
CPR: 4 rules you can't forget
Do's and don'ts of administering CPR is the title of a really interesting lesson that Fox News broadcast on July. Erin Tolbert, a certified Famili Nurse Practicioner who found the midlevely.com blog, explain the basical rules of CPR that…
Is sugar causing the obesity 'epidemic'?
Sugar hit the headlines last week when the Daily Mail and The Independent led with the quote “Sugar is the new tobacco”. Many news outlets focused on a reported link between high sugar consumption and the rise inobesity and diabetes.
The…
Combined Pill may raise breast cancer risk
The combined pill contains oestrogen and, as it is known oestrogen can stimulate breast cancer cells to grow, the potential for extra oestrogen to increase the risk of breast cancer has been recognised for some time. However, any increase…
Accidental Hypothermia: Pre- and In-hospital resuscitation strategies
Accidental hypothermia with or without circulatory arrest: the experience from the Danish Præstø Fjord boating accident in 2011.
The Global Humanitarian Overview, a report from the emergencies
UNOCHA - 2014 has seen a major surge in humanitarian crises around the world. Inter-agency strategic response and regional response plans now target over 76 million people in thirty-one countries compared to 52 million in December 2013. 102…
Medical Marijuana, Physicians, and State Law
As Massachusetts prepares to implement its new medical-marijuana law, agents of the federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have reportedly visited at least seven Massachusetts physicians at their homes or offices and told them they…
Philippines in 2015 will boost the social services budget
MANILA, Philippines - Social services will receive a boost in the national budget next year as the government plans to spend as much as P967.9 billion for programs aimed at helping the poor, Senate President Franklin Drilon said on…