Patient Safety Articles for June

Patient Safety Review Articles for June Please use the link below to explore the current literature from core medical journals. To order articles that are not available via full text please sign into or create a Loansome Doc account. You may also use the library's online article request form or contact the library at lxservices@health-partners.org.

Patient Safety Articles from PubMed

Core Medical Review Articles for the Month of June

Please use the link below to explore the current literature from core medical journals. To order articles that are not available via full text please sign into or create a Loansome Doc account. You may also use the library's online article request form or contact the library at lxservices@health-partners.org.

Core Medical Journals from Pubmed


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Sun Safety Week June 9-14

Sun Safety Week is June 9-14

Be prepared for the summer months and protect your family

The Facts About Getting Too Much Sun

It's a fact: Overexposure to the sun can result in skin cancer later in life. What are your family's risks from exposure to powerful UV rays? Consider these facts and statistics.
The Dangers of UV Exposure
You can sunburn even on a cloudy day.
On average, children get 3 times more exposure than adults.
The vast majority, perhaps as much as 80% of a person's lifetime sun exposure is estimated to occur by age 18.
Concrete, sand, water, and snow reflect 85% to 90% of the sun's UV rays.
Depletion of Earth's ozone continues to increase your exposure to UV rays.
Skin Cancer
In some parts of the world, melanoma is increasing at rates faster than any other cancer.
More than 1.2 million new cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year in the US.
Melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, kills one person every hour.
One blistering sunburn can double a child's lifetime risk of developing skin cancer.

http://www.sunsafetyalliance.org/bare_facts.html

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY TO ALL

Men's Health Network

Men's Health Network (MHN) is a non-profit educational organization comprised of physicians, researchers, public health workers, individuals and other health professionals. MHN is committed to improving the health and wellness of men through education campaigns, partnerships with retailers and other private entities, workplace health programs, data collection, and work with health care providers to provide better programs and funding for men's health needs.

MHN's Goals:
Save men's lives by reducing premature mortality of men and boys
Foster health care education and services that encourage men of all ages to implement positive lifestyles for themselves and their families
Increase the physical and mental health of men so that they can live fuller and happier lives
Significantly reduce the cycles of violence and addiction that afflict so many men
Energize government involvement in men's health activities so that existing government health networks can be utilized to increase the health and well-being of men and boys
Encourage women to expand on their traditional role as the family's health care leader and activist for enhancement of health care services

http://www.menshealthnetwork.org/

My Asthma

My Asthma

Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease of the airways, characterized by coughing, wheezing, chest tightness, and difficult breathing. Asthma is classified into five groups based on severity: exercise-induced asthma (exercise-induced bronchospasm), mild intermittent asthma, mild persistent asthma, moderate persistent asthma, severe persistent asthma.
An allergy is an overreaction by your body's immune system to a normally harmless substance, or allergen, that does not bother most people. According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, allergies are among the major causes of illness and disability in the United States, affecting as many as 50 million Americans. From 10% to 30% of adults and up to 40% of children have allergies. Allergy symptoms may significantly affect your quality of life by causing fatigue, headache, and difficulty in daily functioning.

My allergy – what I shoud know about it

My allergy
Being a person lives with allergy for years, I thought I should do something to educate others in the later part of my life. This site I made with the aim of providing basic knowledge of allergy in a simple way to understand those do not know much about science and medicine. My aim is local community in Colombo and suburb and I feel now at least some of them have access to this communication.
Other than from text book I god information from some internet site and news letter like - Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA),AAAAI - American Academy of Allergy Asthma and Immunology, Some other grate educational site on allergy.
As my knowledge about web technology is poor, one of my energetic friend help me to build this site and maintain almost free (I do not thing he get big fortune from the adds he run here). I must be thank full to Bravehost for running this site without much adds from them specially ugly pop up.
I would like to include some disclaimer here as that is important always. This is an educational web site. Always seek professional medical advice from your physician or other qualified healthcare provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.

Patient Safety Articles for May

Patient Safety Review Articles for May

Please use the link below to explore the current literature from core medical journals. To order articles that are not available via full text please sign into or create a Loansome Doc account. You may also use the library's online article request form or contact the library at lxservices@health-partners.org.

Patient Safety Articles from PubMed