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Drinking Only Bottled Water Doubles Risk of Infection
Researchers may have found a link between infectious disease and
drinking bottled water. According to a study of 238 inner-city
households in New York, bottled water was linked to doubling the risk of
infection. One caveat: Scientists recommended further study to determine
if the bottled water was already contaminated or if more than one family
member drank from the same bottle. To date, the body of evidence
regarding the purity of more than 600 brands of bottled water has been
contradictory.
The study was considered to be one of the first focusing on home
hygiene, although much research has already been done in nursing homes
and day care centers.
Researchers believe the importance of the study is to distinguish which
decisions and habits truly prevent the spread of disease and those that
have no effect or even promote disease. Along those lines, the survey
found products like soaps that use antimicrobial ingredients were no
more effective than those that didn?t have them. In fact, the persistent
use of antimicrobials could actually boost the growth of drug-resistant
bacteria.
The use of bleach and hot water to wash laundry was found to reduce the
risk of disease ranging from 25 percent to 30 percent. The study also
showed that a water setting between 178 to 194 degrees reduced the
infection rate. Unfortunately, most washers are only set to generate
temperatures between 78 and 140.
Another potential risk: Households that avoid using bleach and use lower
water temperatures due to growth of synthetic, no-iron clothes
recommended for washing in cold or warm temperatures only and with no
bleach.
Respondents were contacted weekly, monthly and quarterly during the
48-week survey.
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HMOs Win Supreme Court Malpractice Case
By ANNE GEARAN
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court said Monday that patients who claim
their HMOs wouldn't pay for recommended medical care cannot sue for big
malpractice damages, removing a weapon that trial lawyers and patient
rights advocates said was crucial to keep the insurers honest.
The court was unanimous in saying that two HMO patients in Texas cannot
pursue big malpractice or negligence cases against their insurers in
state court, as they claimed a Texas patient protection law allowed them
to do.
The case involves an issue that has stymied Congress, which has tried
and failed to pass national patients' rights legislation. Some states
have passed their own patient protection laws in the meantime, but the
scope of protection varies.
The biggest question unresolved until Monday was whether patients could
seek hefty damage awards in state courts, or whether they are limited
only to federal courts, as insurers claimed.
The choice is significant, because state court juries can often be
generous to sympathetic victims. Insurers have claimed that patients
could only go to federal court, and then only to recover the value of
whatever benefit the HMO denied.
The ruling weakens the Texas patient protection law and those of other
states.
The court based its ruling on the language of a 30-year-old federal law,
originally meant to protect employee pensions and other benefits, but
now applied to the managed care industry.
The law, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act or ERISA, forces
the HMO patients at issue in the case to sue only in federal courts,
Justice Clarence Thomas wrote for the court.
The insurance industry had argued that ERISA trumps state patient
protection laws or other state laws that allow medical negligence suits
in local courts, and lower courts were divided on the issue.
The case concerns a gray area of medicine and insurance, in which
decisions about what treatment to pursue and what coverage to offer are
mingled. The situation arises frequently in managed care, where doctors
belong to a closed network of providers overseen by administrators who
may not be doctors but who nonetheless decide what the company will pay
for.
The court ruled against a hysterectomy patient, Ruby Calad, who had
claimed that Cigna Healthcare of Texas essentially evicted her from a
Houston hospital after only one day of recovery.
The HMO would not pay for a longer stay, even though her doctor
recommended it.
She was back in the hospital a few days later, suffering complications
she claims could have been avoided had she remained hospitalized longer
after surgery. She later went to court, seeking to make the HMO pay a
price for what she called negligent care.
The Supreme Court did not decide whether Calad deserved better - only
whether and where she could bring her lawsuit.
Trial lawyers, patient rights advocates and others had argued that HMOs
need the threat of hefty jury awards to keep them honest.
Health insurers were backed by the Chamber of Commerce and others, who
argued that lawsuits drive up the cost of health care for everyone, and
HMOs must draw the line somewhere.
In the Calad case and a companion one involving post-polio patient Juan
Davila, insurers tried to pull their lawsuits out of state court and
then sought to have the complaints dismissed in federal court.
Davila took what he claims was inferior but cheaper pain medication,
instead of the Vioxx his doctor had recommended, because his Aetna
Health plan would not pay for the more expensive drug right away.
The cheaper medication caused bleeding ulcers, and he almost had a heart
attack, Davila said.
Employers provide most private health insurance to American workers, and
HMOs or other managed care options are increasingly popular choices as
health care costs rise.
Texas and nine other states regulate HMOs, making decisions about
whether treatment is medically necessary, state attorneys general
backing Calad and Davila argued in a friend of the court brief. Other
states have passed some form of consumer protection from HMO decisions,
and still more states are considering such laws, the state lawyers
wrote.
Arizona, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Maine, New Jersey, Oklahoma,
Washington and West Virginia have laws similar to Texas.
The cases are Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila, 02-1845 and Cigna Healthcare
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The Mostly Small Vegetable! Radish
Radishes have often been considered more as decoration and garnish than
a food, except by those who grow them. Radishes are actually members of
the cruciferous (cabbage, etc.) vegetable family and all parts are
edible, including the greens. Because they vary in quality, radishes are
usually classified as winter or summer plant. Small ones of bold red,
pink, purple, white or red and white are usually considered summer
radish by some. They may be globe-shaped or elongated, can be fiery hot
or tastefully mild.
Most common varieties here in the U.S. are usually round, but can also
be ovoid, cylindrical, or turnip-like in shape. They can be the familiar
red or white, red and white mix, pink, purple, and black; but the flesh
is almost always white. However, there are some stunning varieties that
have produced such dramatically colored flesh as black and white stripes
or red, green, purple, or fuchsia. Mustard oils are responsible for the
tangy taste of radishes.
The most popular, in my part of the world anyway, are red globe radish
or Daikon, a general term for a group of long white radishes. So this
information is mostly about those two radishes...
The Red Globe is low in calories and an abundance of flavor and crunch.
Daikon radishes are similar in nutrients to the Red Globe.
A good source of Vitamin A, Thiamin, Riboflavin, Pantothenic Acid,
Calcium, Iron and Copper, and a very good source of Vitamin C (ounce for
ounce about 42% as much as an orange), Niacin, Vitamin B6, Folate,
Magnesium and Phosphorus.
Radishes are known to relieve indigestion and flatulence, as well as
being a good expectorant. Like other cruciferous vegetables, radishes
contain sulphurous compounds that have anti-cancer properties. They also
contain salicyclates, compounds similar to aspirin and, therefore,
should be avoided by those with aspirin sensitivities.
The pre-bagged radishes have a longer refrigerator life than those sold
with their greens still attached as the greenery leeches nutrients from
the bulb.
Daikon radishes are said to aid the digestive system, especially in the
digestion of fatty foods. It is a common ingredient in Japanese cooking
and is always grated and added to tempura dipping sauce. Young daikons
can be eaten raw but the larger (more than 8 inches long) ones must be
cooked. Always peel daikons. Cut up and simmered in stews and soups,
daikon tastes light and refreshing rather than heavy or starchy. Daikons
are often cut into paper-thin slices by talented Japanese chefs.
Daikon greens are delicious too. They can be washed, stacked, rolled as
a scroll, and cut crosswise. This produces thin julienne strips which
are traditionally salted and left standing for an hour. The moisture is
squeezed out. The leaves are then chopped and stored in glass jars for
up to a week in the refrigerator. The Japanese stir them into warm rice,
they can also be added to soups and other recipes.
Some other varieties of Radishes include:
Beauty Heart; is often sold as a red daikon, and has a striking
fuchsia flesh, but can also be green or purple with crimson striping. It
is grown mainly in China and treated more as a fruit like an Asian pear. Blanche Transparent; (Transparent White) is a long, small, white
radish and important only in the region where it is grown. It is similar
to the winter radish in appearance and taste. Cherry Belle; is round with crisp, white, mild flesh and can be
harvested three weeks after planting. China Rose; is bright red, with white flesh and a good flavor. D'Avignon; is rose-colored with a white tip, crunchy, and
extremely hot. 18 Day; is a fast-growing French breakfast type. French Breakfast; is an elongated radish that sports red
shoulders and a white tip. It is milder than the red globe, but just as
crisp. If left too long, it becomes hot and woody. Long Black Spanish; is dark skinned and extremely hot. Round
Black Spanish is similar, but globe-shaped. Muchen Bier; is a tasty green which can be eaten raw or stir
fried. Palatinate Giant Radish; is one of the largest varieties, but no
different in taste from its smaller relatives. Scarlet Globe; is a popular mild variety. Short Top Forcing; is bright red and excellent for winter sowing
under cover. California Mammoth White; is larger than the White Icicles,
oblong in shape, with an average length of eight inches and a slightly
pungent flavor. Chinese Misato Rose; is a round Asian radish about four inches in
diameter. Cream and green colored on the outside, it has a beautiful
rosy-pink interior. Easter Egg; comes in pastel shades.
Doctors Must Double-Check Before Surgery
By LAURAN NEERGAARD
WASHINGTON (AP) - Starting July 1, operating rooms are supposed
to be a little safer: Surgical teams must take new steps to
prevent operating on the wrong body part or wrong patient.
Among the requirements: Much as airline pilots go through a
safety checklist before takeoff, surgeons and nurses must take
what's being dubbed a "time-out" before cutting. It's to
double-check that the right patient is on the table, if he's
really to lose a kidney and not a gallbladder - and if so, on
which side.
Hospital regulators hope the new rules will finally put an end
to growing reports of wrong-site, wrong-procedure and
wrong-patient surgeries.
Hospital regulators hope the new rules will finally put an end
to growing reports of wrong-site, wrong-procedure and
wrong-patient surgeries.
"These should never happen," says Dr. Dennis O'Leary, who heads
the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare
Organizations. The agency can revoke the accreditation of
hospital or other surgical sites that don't comply with the new
safety steps.
This isn't wrong surgery because of a misdiagnosis, but mixups
inside the operating room. In one infamous 1995 case a doctor
amputated Willie King's wrong foot; indeed, the mixups are
thought to be most frequent in orthopedic surgery.
But reports range the gamut from removing the wrong organ to
drilling into the wrong side of a patient's skull to a recent
case where the wrong patient was given a heart catheterization.
No one knows exactly how many such wrong surgeries occur,
because the commission receives only voluntary reports, although
they're a small fraction of the nation's 70 million annual
surgeries.
Still, despite issuing two warnings to hospitals and surgical
centers in recent years, the regulatory agency knows of 275
cases since 1999 - a steady increase each year and a problem it
calls undoubtedly undercounted.
Consider the rushed pace of many operating rooms, where it's
easy to wheel in the wrong patient from a queue of waiting
stretchers, or to position X-rays backward as bustling workers
ready dozens of high-tech gadgets.
"People should not underestimate the potential for confusion,"
O'Leary says. "The fact that you have M.D. or R.N. after your
name doesn't keep you from making mistakes."
His regulatory agency is betting that if surgical teams have a
mandatory system of double-checks, they can catch mixups before
a patient is harmed. Among the rules:
_The surgeon must literally sign the incision site, while the
patient is awake and cooperating if possible, with a marker that
won't wash off in the operating room.
_Some doctors, and patients themselves, already do that
voluntarily, but regulators found a confusing hodgepodge of
styles. An "X" can mean "operate here" or "not here," and
writing out "not this knee" backfires if the "not" gets smudged.
So, don't place any mark on a non-operative site, the new rules
stress. Avoid "X" in favor of doctor initials or some other mark
used hospital-wide.
_The entire operating team must stop all other work just before
surgery begins and go through a checklist to ensure the correct
patient is on the table, and that everyone - surgeons, nurses,
anesthesiologists, technicians - agrees what procedure is being
done, on what body part. Have a system to resolve any confusion.
"My rule was you do not hand a knife to any surgeon until
everything's cleared up," says Tom McLaren, surgical services
administrator at Florida's Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare.
That rule averted one disaster at his previous hospital, McLaren
recalls: A surgeon was ready to slice into a right kidney while
a nurse argued for the left one. Technicians pulled back the
scalpels as the frustrated doctor pointed to the posted X-ray -
which a radiologist later noticed was placed backward.
"Many people believe, 'this could never happen to me, that
happens somewhere else,'" laments Bill Duffy, president of the
Association of periOperative Registered Nurses.
But there's growing awareness that any health worker can make
such a mistake, and more than 40 medical organizations, such as
the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons and Duffy's nursing
group, now have signed on to help the accreditation commission
teach the new rules.
O'Leary also has some consumer advice: speak up if you're about
to be anesthetized without seeing signs that the surgical team
has double-checked your identity and your surgical site.
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Lauran Neergaard covers health and medical issues for The
Associated Press in Washington.
www.ap.org
Study: Toxic Chemical Found in Cow's Milk
By TERENCE CHEA
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Young children and pregnant women who drink milk
from California cows may be exposed to unsafe levels of a toxic chemical
used in rocket fuel, according to a new study by an environmental group.
The study released Tuesday by the Environmental Working Group comes as
state and federal regulators consider setting new standards to regulate
perchlorate - the explosive ingredient in missile fuel that has been
linked to thyroid damage.
"Perchlorate exposure is more widespread than we have been led to
believe," said Bill Walker, vice president for the West Coast office of
the EWG, a research and advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C.
The EWG did not call for Californians to stop drinking milk or giving it
to their children, but said it does advocate tougher standards for
perchlorate.
Perchlorate has been found in drinking water in more than 20 states,
including California, which has extensive ties to the military, defense
industry and the space program. The chemical has been detected in the
Colorado River, the major source of drinking water and irrigation in
Southern California and Arizona.
Researchers are divided about the effects of perchlorate on mental
development and what exposure levels are safe.
In March, California health officials concluded that perchlorate could
be dangerous at levels above 6 parts per billion in drinking water - a
level that could be used later this year to set the nation's first state
standard.
But U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials, and some
environmental groups, say that standard would be too weak. The EPA
advocates a standard of just 1 part per billion.
The new study on milk was based on laboratory tests the EWG commissioned
as well as unreleased tests by the California Department of Food and
Agriculture.
The EWG tests, conducted by researchers at Texas Tech University, found
the chemical in 31 of 32 samples from milk purchased at grocery stores
in Los Angeles and Orange counties. The average level of the chemical
was 1.3 parts per billion,
The EWG said the Food and Agriculture Department tests found an average
level of 5.8 parts per billion of perchlorate in 34 samples it tested
from milk silos in Alameda, Sacramento and San Joaquin counties.
Department officials confirmed those results, but spokesman Steve Lyle
said the findings didn't show any need for consumers to drink less milk.
"At this point, there is not enough information to suggest that eating
foods with low levels of perchlorate poses a significant health
concern," Lyle said.
The EWG study didn't determine how the chemical ended up in cows milk,
but perchlorate has been found in many of the state's water sources,
which are used to irrigate farmland and grow crops fed to cows.
California's dairy industry will work with state and federal officials
to find out how perchlorate is getting into milk and how to remove the
chemical, said Michael Marsh, CEO of the Western United Dairymen, which
represents the state's $4.5 billion dairy industry. But Marsh said there
is a "paucity of science" showing perchlorate's harmful effects on human
health.
A recent study by the University of California, Irvine, found that
healthy adults were not harmed by levels as high as 100 parts per
billion of perchlorate. But the study did not draw conclusions about
perchlorate's impact on pregnant women, children and infants.
LENA'S NOTE:I have a sneaking suspicion that if other
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