What to do with the Dead if a Flu Outbreak Happens?
...ommend hospitals, government officials and medical examiners 'to assess current capacity for refrigeration of d...h funeral directors, public health experts medical examiners and casket makers. Some of the ideas being considered are virtual funerals, backyard burials, and st...Updated Sleep Apnea Screening Recommended for Commercial Drivers
... outdated guidance from the FMCSA has left medical examiners in conflict with current sleep guidelines,” said Natalie P. Hartenbaum, MD, MPH, FACOEM, American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. “With recommendations based on current literature, and accepted by both occupational medicine and sl...Patent Problems in US – Over Stem Cell Researc
... stem cells granted in the last few years. Patent examiners rejected all the claims of the three patents based on the works of James A.Thomson of the University of Wisconsin, perhaps the first to isolate human embryonic stem cells and grow them in culture. Thomson’s cells appeared to be the same as, or obvi...Philippine Nurses Re-sit Scandal-tainted Exams
...ams will not be known for another three weeks. Two examiners were charged with corruption earlier this month for allegedly leaking answers to the two tests. The US Commission had placed a temporary ban on granting work visas to the 2006 graduates pending a re-sitting of papers that dealt with medical surgery...Examiners Charged in Philippines Nursing Test Scandal
Two Philippines examiners were charged with corruption Friday for leaking questions for a nursing examination, officials said, in a scandal that cast a shadow over the country's labour exports. They are the first two people to be charged in connection with the affair, whic...VA Should Revise Its Methods for Evaluating PTSD in Ex-military Personnel
...uations varies widely as does the amount of detail examiners provide to the raters who determine the appropriate level of compensation. Moreover, many veterans denied compensation eventually receive it after applying for re-evaluation, sometimes multiple times. Ensuring that every veteran making a claim rece...