Sharing injection equipment spreads Hepatitis C
... in most injection sessions, drugs are placed in a cooker and dissolved in water. The solution is then drawn into a syringe through a cotton filter to strain out 'impurities. Thorpe's team followed 600 injection drug users from 1995 to 1998. All of the young adults in the study provided blood samples and th...Burn Injuries More Common In Small Boys
.... 'Making sure that pan handles don't overhang the cooker is just one of the simple safety tips that could prevent burns injuries to small children.' Edited IANS...‘Smart House’ Developed to Monitor People With Dementa
... forget that they left the taps running or the gas cooker on. Other signs include lack of concentration, confusion and a tendency to wander aimlessly. The special house has in-built sensors that can tell, for example, if the front door is being opened at night, if the bath tub is about to overflow or whe......ution. The recall covers products processed on a cooker that wasn't working properly, he explained. The cooker, called a retort, was dropping cans into cooling water while they were still very hot, he said. The company followed standard operating procedures to check products before distributing them. ...