Disabilities-R-Us News

Disability related news from around the world courtesy of The New York Times.

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• Patient Money: In the Age of Recalls, Tips for a Pathogen-Free Kitchen

  Safety experts have advice on ways to germ-proof your food, and still save money.
  
  

• Employers Push Costs for Health on Workers

  Employers passed all of the increases in insurance premiums this year to their employees, a survey found.
  
  

• Srinagar Journal: A Kashmir Hospital Is Witness to Conflict

  Just getting to work is an ordeal for staff members, who have also had to face chanting protesters in their emergency room.
  
  

• Recipes for Health: Grilled Leeks With Romesco Sauce

  Steamed and grilled leeks are paired with romesco sauce, a nut-thickened pepper purée.
  
  

• Child?s Ordeal Shows Risks of Psychosis Drugs for Young

  Powerful drugs are given to young children despite a lack of study on how they affect development.
  
  

• Public Hospitals Look to Overhaul Affiliations With Medical Schools

  New York City?s hospital system wants to renegotiate longstanding contracts that allow medical schools to manage physicians.
  
  

• Doctor and Patient: Tending to Patients During a Hurricane

  Dr. Ruth Berggren was among a team of nurses and doctors that stayed with patients during Hurricane Katrina.
  
  

• Finding Suggests New Aim for Alzheimer?s Drugs

  A discovery by Paul Greengard, an 84-year-old scientist and Nobel winner, has illuminated a new direction.
  
  

• Returning to Classrooms, and to Severe Headaches

  Doctors say frequent headaches and migraines are among the most common childhood health complaints, yet the problem gets surprisingly little attention from the medical community.
  
  

• Scientist at Work: Dr. Donald A. Redelmeier: Think the Answer?s Clear? Look Again

  Dr. Donald A. Redelmeier is an internist-researcher in Toronto.Dr. Donald A. Redelmeier?s work has debunked preconceived notions and revealed some deep truths about the predictors of longevity, the organization of health care and the workings of the medical mind.
  
  

• Essay: Isolation, an Ancient and Lonely Practice, Endures

  For those who are not just infected on the inside but also infested on the outside our state-of-the-art treatment includes a direct carryover from the Middle Ages.
  
  

• The Bay Citizen: I.R.S. Looks at Finances of Bay Area Clinic

  The criminal division of the Internal Revenue Service is looking into the finances of Planned Parenthood Golden Gate in Oakland, CA, which has also begun its own investigation.
  
  

• At Flea Market, Fear of a Different Insect

  Buyers in secondhand stores are concerned about bedbugs coming along with the clothing or furniture.
  
  

• Study Sees Heart Risk in Meridia Diet Pill

  A clinical trial found that the controversial drug increased the risks of heart attacks and strokes while doing little to slim their waists.
  
  

• Maker of Botox Settles Inquiry

  Allergan agreed to pay $600 million to settle charges that it illegally promoted and sold Botox for unapproved uses.