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RFID Savings and Safety

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Both Wi-Fi and active RFID systems allow hospitals to know where their equipment is, nearly in real time. Focus on healthcare, because most hospitals have Wi-Fi networks in place and many medical devices are Wi-Fi-equipped for patient monitoring.

Almost anything can be tagged, assets, patients and consumables. In hospitals, tagging of equipment like ECG machines and wheelchairs and IV pumps could result in large savings by making them easier to locate, so reducing the overall numbers needed.

Digital tagging (RFID) is offering a solution for improving patient safety and managing high cost hospital equipment location according to an article in 'Health Informatics Now.

RFID is also opening up many innovative opportunities which are being exploited by healthcare providers across the globe. For example, Nice University is testing the use of electronic tags to improve the delivery of meals to the elderly and infirm through its 'Meals at Home' service. Delivery people scan tags on the meal trays and the patient’s cards to make sure the correct meal is delivered to the correct patient. If a patient appears unwell, information can also be sent by SMS directly to the patient’s doctor and relations.

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Vision Loss

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

There is an element of truth to the notion that age-related processes can affect our eyesight. The good news is that identifying and treating these processes can often result in the preservation or restoration of excellent vision for an entire lifetime.

The National Institutes of Health has announced a nationwide study to see if a modified combination of vitamins, minerals, and fish oil can further slow the progression of vision loss from AMD (Age-related Macular Degeneration), the leading cause of vision loss in the United States for people over age 60. High-dose antioxidant vitamins and minerals (vitamins C and E, beta-carotene, zinc, and copper), taken by mouth, reduced the risk of progression to advanced AMD by 25 percent.

More than 80 per cent of vision loss is caused by the following *conditions: *AMD is a degeneration of the central part of the retina. About a quarter of people who live into their 90s will eventually lose vision from this condition. *Cataract, a clouding of the clear lens of the eye. *Diabetic eye disease, when tiny bloody vessels inside the retina at the back of the eye are damaged. *Refractive error, which mean that an image is not focused properly on to the retina, the light-sensitive tissue in the back of the eye. *Glaucoma, a group of eye diseases that slowly destroy the optic nerve.

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(PRODUCT) RED

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Volgens Bono Vox is het idee van RED simpel. (PRODUCT) RED is geen liefdadigheid, maar simpelweg een businessmodel. Je koopt rode producten, wij krijgen het geld, kopen de pillen en distribueren ze om zo levens te redden. Als mensen rood boven niet-rood verkiezen, zullen meer mensen zich bij ons aansluiten en kunnen er dus nog meer levens worden gered.

(PRODUCT) RED sales in the U.S. have raised enough money to provide more than 10,000 men or women with antiretroviral treatment for a year. (Note: These treatments are only a small portion of a person's overall treatment and represent just one year of lifelong treatment.) (PRODUCT) RED provide more than 1 million peer educators with HIV training and a year's worth of school materials and daily hot meals for more than 35,000 children orphaned by AIDS. (PRODUCT) RED provide more than 650,000 Rapid Tests which detect HIV and deliver instant test results. For a heartwarming story about what RED sales do for people in Africa, read Blog RED to learn about a little girl named Denyse

Apple is thrilled that the 4GB iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition has been a huge hit. They're adding a second option for those of you who have a more extensive music library, an 8GB iPod nano (PRODUCT) RED Special Edition, which holds up to 2,000 songs, for $249. $10 goes to The Global Fund.

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Heb ik COPD?

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969

Houd je Longen Fit. Je moet er toch niet aan denken dat je de hele dag benauwd bent en bijna geen lucht krijgt. Toch hebben veel mensen problemen met de ademhaling. Deze klachten zijn in veel gevallen te voorkomen, te verminderen of te verhelpen door een gezonde leefstijl en natuurlijk fitness. Longemfyseem is een chronisch obstructieve longziekte (COPD) en in Europa doodsoorzaak nummer drie.

Ruim 500.000 Nederlanders hebben COPD (chronische bronchitis en longemfyseem). De helft daarvan weet het nog niet. COPD is een verzamelnaam voor chronische bronchitis en longemfyseem. Dit zijn aandoeningen aan de luchtwegen die vaak tegelijk voorkomen en het ademen lastig kunnen maken. COPD is een progressieve ziekte, dat wil zeggen dat de ziekte niet is te genezen en langzaam steeds erger wordt. Met in het meest extreme geval een dodelijke afloop. COPD komt veel voor bij mensen boven de 40 jaar die roken of gerookt hebben. Een tijdige en goede behandeling kan de ziekte afremmen.

Op Wereld COPD Dag, woensdag 15 november 2006, kunt u bij diverse Kring-apotheken, tenten in grote steden, longpoli's in ziekenhuizen en huisartspraktijken deelnemen aan een gratis longfunctietest. Op basis van het resultaat kan de longfunctieassistent vertellen of het prima met uw longen is gesteld, of dat er aanleiding is eens een afspraak met een arts te maken. Daarbij wordt nadrukkelijk geen diagnose gesteld, maar een advies verstrekt.

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Safer Health System

Wednesday, December 31st, 1969
Just as for prescription drugs, time plays a critical hand in governing the safety of surgery based on an analysis of some 90,000 operations performed at the Duke University Medical Center starting in 2000. The 'safest' time to have an operation was at 9 a.m., while the worst was from 3-4 p.m. Als medisch personeel fouten of andere incidenten meldt van zichzelf en collega's, kan daarvan worden

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