Studies showed that neckties could be carriers for bad bugs, like MRSA, and others. More and more studies have shown an increasing colonization of neckties with pathogenic bacteria. Legislators in New York are considering banning the necktie from all health care professionals.
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The real danger of cell phones is from driving. There is a positive increase in accidents that have been attributed to the use of cell phones while driving. Many states and cities have passed laws that require cell phone users to have an earpiece.
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If you do become ill while traveling, and are tended to by a physician, even if it is for dehydration – take their card and send them a follow up note and a thank you. We don’t expect or want payment for our services, but we always like knowing how things turn out and how people are doing.
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Trading up to better food, to better quality food, means that you can enjoy life more. It gives you a chance to incorporate some of the micro-nutrients that you might be missing. Ultimately you are empowering yourself for your own health.
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Being a doctor means you have insight into people they don’t have. It means sometimes spending nights up worrying about them, or with them. It means knowing what the end will be, and it means sometimes you see it before they do.
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John’s Hopkins removed hands free faucets after finding an increased incidence in the bacteria responsible for Legionnaires disease in over half the faucets. In other news, the CDC released data showing that between 2001 and 2008 there were 233 cases of tetanus, and a death rate of 13.2 percent.
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In foods, radiation is used to destroy or inactivate bugs that can cause spoilage or decomposition – allowing the food to have a longer shelf life. However, the source of radiation is removed and the foods have no residual radioactivity
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There will be detectable radioactivity from Japan, however it will be in amounts so small that they will be less than the amount of radiation you would get sunning yourself on a typical day.
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The questions being asked by some are – should we, in the West, take iodine? The answer is NO. While we can detect minute amounts of radioactive iodine in the air in a few days- it will be at levels far below those that might cause problem. In addition, iodine itself has side effects (nausea, diarrhea, thyroid shut down, and potassium overload).
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