Dust explosions spark safety lag in US factories
The Imperial Sugar blast in 2008 and related incidents show gaps in combustible dust rules across industries. Regulators have not enacted comprehensive standards, leaving workers exposed as CSB cites at least 35 explosions since 2008 with 26 deaths and 128 injuries.
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Hoegannes Corporation
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Deep chilling to save trauma patients tested by Pittsburgh
Trauma surgeons plan to plunge critically injured patients into extreme hypothermia to as low as five degrees to buy time for life saving surgery. The study, funded by the Defense Department, will test emergency preservation and resuscitation on gunshot and stab wound victims in Pittsburgh and later Baltimore, with community education and opt out lists due to consent laws.
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Samuel Tisherman
University of Pittsburgh
Food and Drug Administration
Free heart drugs often ignored by patients in major study
In Orlando a large study showed many heart attack survivors did not take free prescribed medications including statins and heart-function drugs. Only about half adhered after a year, despite no-cost access. insurers expect long term savings, while experts call adherence appalling.
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Orlando, Fla
Elliott Antman
Harvard
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Boston
Aetna
America
Eric Peterson
Duke
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