Sunday, October 17, 2010

Smoke Stoves Cause Deaths Two Million Per Year

Smoke from burning stoves and heaters are not perfect has caused the death of 2 million people per year. According to the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), indoor air pollution from stoves has affected about 3 billion people or nearly half the world's population.

According to the NIH scientists, in addition to impact on human health, the fuel used in stoves causes of deforestation and environmental degradation. Wood, dried plants, charcoal, animal dung, coal or fuel used for the stove filled the house with thick smoke and blackening the ceiling. This increases the risk of health problems such as cancer, pneumonia, and chronic lung disease.

Women and children who have experienced the greatest risk of health damage due to being at home all the time, while men usually leave the house when the daytime. Women and girls usually collect firewood for the stove. This task is time consuming because they must walk for miles from the settlement thus increasing the risk of experiencing sexual violence and other types of violence.

If women and girls do not need to spend so much time to collect fuel, they will have more time to get an education and build the economy, says the researcher, as quoted from HealthDay, Tuesday (18/10/2011).

"Many people in developed countries do not realize that the smoke from cooking food indoors is harmful to health. International efforts to combat the epidemic has now been started. The role of NIH is to support research that will determine the most efficient means and cost-effective to maintain human health "says Dr. Francis Collins, one of the authors of the report and director of the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

To overcome this problem, the UN has launched a public-private partnership called the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves. The goal is to get the stove and fuel efficient for 100 million homes by 2020, and is expected for all homes later.

Monday, October 11, 2010

The Forcast For Healthcare Management Jobs

As the U.S. population ages, healthcare management jobs are likely to increase greatly, both in number and in remuneration. This also includes careers in healthcare such as administration and allied health occupations in which business skills are more important than a medical degree.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), health care was the nation’s largest industry in 2004, providing 13.5 million jobs nationwide. About 411,000 of these health care workers were independent, self-employed professionals. 40% of the fastest growing occupations consist of careers in healthcare. Such healthcare management jobs include traditional fields such as nursing and physician’s assistant, but can also include medical secretaries and home and personal home health care aides.

Even if the U.S. finally joins the rest of the industrialized world by offering free, single-payer universal health care to all its citizens (by no means a foregone conclusion given the financial power of the insurance and pharmaceutical industries – but increasingly, a possibility with rising anger and frustration on the part of working Americans over a dysfunctional “for-profit” health care system), the job outlook should be unaffected. In fact, it is even likely to improve; contrary to corporate media propaganda, health care professionals in countries with socialized medicine enjoy a high standard of living and substantially greater job security as government employees than their U.S. counterparts.

Most healthcare management jobs are in hospitals (over 41%). Nursing homes and residential care facilities make up the second largest source of employment, with private medical and dental offices a close third.

In any event, the DOL now predict that most of the new wage and salaried jobs created over the next seven to ten years will be in healthcare management. Most of these workers have jobs requiring no more than an associate’s (two-year) degree; nonetheless, those with careers in healthcare are among the most educated in the nation.

Whatever shape health care takes in the U.S. during the coming decades, healthcare management jobs will be plentiful. If you are going to take advantage of the growing opportunities in careers in healthcare, you’ll want to make sure you are enrolled in, and receive a good quality health care management education.

Healthcare management education is offered at most major universities; there are also many schools that specialize in such courses of study. These train prospective students for careers requiring no more than an associate’s degree, such as dental hygienist, or anesthetists, which require more advanced training but do not need a medical degree; health care marketing; and even physical education for young people. Some institutions offer healthcare management education online. Before starting on your healthcare management education, you’ll want to check out several of these institutions to find out which is the best for you.

Friday, October 1, 2010

Saving Tips The Right and Safe Drugs

Most of the cases are caused by drug poisoning due to wrong drug storage. Storing medicine properly can ensure the safety of the use of these drugs.

Storage of drugs the right way to help maintain the condition of the drug remains in good condition or not broken. Moreover, it also can avoid the mistakes the use of drugs by the wrong people, such as children.

As quoted from MedicineNet, Tuesday (10/10/2011), Cleveland Clinic recommends ways to correct storage of drugs, namely:

1. Follow storage instructions on drug labels
Usually on the drug label will be written instructions, including drug store in a covered container at room temperature, away from heat, moisture, and direct light, and keep from freezing.

2. Avoid leaving medications in the bathroom, car, or in a place that
humid and too hot.

3. Cool the drug only if the drug label was written so
Form of certain drugs, such as suppositories must be stored in a refrigerator.

4. Make sure all medications are kept safely out of reach of children
Drug store out of reach of children is very important because it can avoid the mistakes of certain drug use by children, thereby also avoiding cases of drug poisoning in children. Cases of drug poisoning in children, include:
a. Misuse of drugs used in young adults.
b. The case of swallowed drug in children because children want to try it.
c. The drug is indicated for children, but because it is within the reach of children so that dosing errors occur.

5. If using a pill organizer, make sure that all drugs can be easily identified
Pill organizer, or a pill container, or special pill boxes used to store drugs in accordance with the scheduled dose for a person. Pill organizer is usually made with compartments for each day of the week. Pill organizer is a place to store medications to prevent or reduce drug misuse by patients. Storing drugs in a pill organizer must be made with care, to prevent drug misuse.

6. Keep medications in original containers with lids tightly closed
Somehow the original container of drugs derived from plants has been designed so that it can store medication properly.

7. Dispose of outdated medicine or medicine no longer needed
It is necessary to check the medicine cabinet periodically, to keep track of drugs that are already expired. The remaining drugs obtained by prescription from previous treatment if it is no longer needed, should also be discarded. Disposal of drugs that have expired and drugs that are no longer needed to prevent drug toxicity.

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Education Jobs Vs Health Jobs

When looking at education jobs and health jobs it would be very pointless to simply compare the two as there are completely different jobs and lifestyles but the similarities in their beneficial aspects are something to consider.

Jobs in the health business are one of the best career opportunities for candidates who are seeking to help the public and receive beneficial experience and rewarding success. Although when thought of at first, the initial jobs that spring to mind are those of a nurse and doctor, you will be surprised at the amount of ‘behind the scenes’ opportunities there are for someone looking to work in that field. There are a number of health careers like these such as a medical assistant, (somebody who assists nurses and doctors with routine tasks such as giving injections etc and fulfilling the demand for home health Jobs aides, (providing the sick, aged and disabled with help in their homes)

Unlike other professions, health job requirements, in terms of the candidate’s persona and overall attitude towards their work, are very similar to that of a career in education. Education jobs such as a Learning Support Worker require the employee to obtain specific personality traits such as patience, calmness, professionalism, sympathetic tendencies and independency, which are much like the type of traits needed for a job such as a home health Jobs aide etc.

Each day around the clock employees who work in both the health and education industries provide care and support for hundreds of people in the UK. From newborns and students with disabilities to the elderly and very ill, a career in these areas of work provides beneficial and rewarding results to anyone who decides to engage in their job roles.

Despite needing up to 4 years of education to become a health professional such as a doctor, there are many career paths you can take of which require only little or basic experience and education. This is the same for education jobs, however if you are wanting to work in an independent field of this career path than the opportunity to work with children is an aspect which requires both qualifications and experience.

So if you think that you would like to start looking into working in one of these two fields today, start with recruitment agencies to have a search through the job roles available and the requirements needed to work in them.