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NHS needs changes like ‘Tesco' and ‘Toyot’

A report says NHS needs more changes in its patient care and billing like Tesco and Toyota to treat patients with more privilage//. Health services can be improved by regularizing the movement of patients from Accident and Emergency to the operating theatre – survey says. Services like redesigning, making improvements in healthcare, and giving value to the consumers were a...

Insufficent Anti-inflammatoy Proteins Leads to Chronic Pain

One of the most common medical condition, chronic widespread pain is often difficult to treat as well as often associated with fatigue, depression and poor sleep.// A link between fibromyalgia(FM)and cytokines was suspected following cancer patients deveolping FM like symptoms after treatment with cytokine interleukin -2. Since then, other studies have shown contradictory results. A new...

Higher Lead Content Causes Recall of Toys

Bendable cat and dog toys distributed to children as reading incentives for the Collaborative Summer Library Program “Paws, Claws, Scales, and Tales,”// has been recalled in libraries nationwide because they contain elevated levels of lead. A recent test on the sample toy registered a lead paint content of 0.277 percent against the allowed limit of 0.06 percent leading to the recall o...

Health Experts In Australia Toy With The Idea Of Surgery for Controlling Obesity In Teenagers

A new report that has been commissioned by the Australian government states that surgery for teenagers who are grossly obese, might be an cost effective option to control// the growing epidemic of childhood obesity. The report also stated that to have found the various programs based in schools were cost-effective, but raised questions about the effectiveness of some. It is expected t...

Dangers Lurking in Soft, Cuddly Toys

New Delhi: Children are being exposed to the risk of liver damage or disruption in mental health due to alarming levels of lead and cadmium found in plastic and other soft toys //sold in Delhi, Chennai and Mumbai, says a new study. "Dangerous levels of lead and cadmium have been found in PVC (Polyvinyl chloride) and soft toys being sold in the markets," said Toxics Link, an environment...

WATCH's 2006 List Of Ten Potentially - Dangerous Toys

W.A.T.C.H. Group (World Against Toys Causing Harm), for the 34th time, has published an annual list of 10 toys// with the title 'Most Dangerous Toys of 2006' to watch out for. 'Don't assume that all the toys are safe' says James Swartz, an attorney and director of Boston-based WATCH, which is being funded by donations. He added that toy shelves are potentially stocked with dangerous to...

Toys With Tiny Magnets Recalled

Three children who reportedly swallowed tiny magnets that fell off toys had to be operated upon. Following these incidents, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has// ordered a major recall of 4.4 million Polly Pocket magnetic play sets made by Mattel.Mattel is an El Segundo-based toy manufacturer. The commission took this action after receiving around 170 complaints reporting tha...

Keep Kids Away from Magnetic Toys

Health experts have advised parents to keep children away from magnetic toys because if the magnet is accidentally swallowed//, it could lead to numerous health complications. Magnets could get attached to different sections of the bowel resulting in obstructions, perforations and sepsis - a life-threatening infection of the blood, UPI news wire quoted a report by the Centre for Diseas...

Toy Story Turns Bitter-Christmas Toys, No Music to the Ears!

The Charity Deafness Research UK has suggested that certain Christmas toys are not safe and could hamper children’s hearing. This was revealed when 14 toys out of the 15 that// were tested, turned out to portray readings that were higher than the prescribed safety limits of 85 decibels. Among the toys, the noisiest were found to be toy guns, which included a mechanical toy machine gu...

Massive Recall of Magnetic Toys in US

If it was pet food recall first, it is now a massive recall of children's toys. // The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and a leading toy manufacturer have jointly announced recall of over four million units of magnetic building sets. Only in March 2006, the company involved, the Mega Brands, recalled 3.8 million of the magnetic building sets when one child d...

Minister from MP Urges to Ban the Sale of Sex Toys

Saying that the sale of sex toys in India would have "severe consequences in society", a Madhya Pradesh minister has urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to convene an all-party meeting to discuss the issue. Even as a condom with a vibrating ring continues to stir controversy in the state, Public Works Department (PWD) Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya urged in a letter to Manmohan Sing...

Ivana Trump to Marry Toyboy Beau Next Year

American socialite Ivana Trump has confirmed that she is set to marry her boyfriend Italian actor Rossano Rubicondi next year. However, the confirmation will come as a surprise to her daughter Ivanka, who heatedly denied the claims recently. The ex-wife of Donald Trump revealed her plans to become Mrs. Rubicondi next year in America's Globe magazine for which she writ...