http://www.gotsafety.org Your Safety Is Our Life's Work Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:51:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Daylight savings time and Halloween are coming. Here are some important safety tips for trick-or-treaters and their parents. Be Crosswalk Safe: When holding a child’s hand crossing the street make sure you are holding their hand rather that the other way around. If they are holding your finger or part of ... http://www.gotsafety.org/2008/10/october-safety-halloween/ To minimize risk of skin cancer sunscreen is only one part of the picture.  Hats, protective clothing and avoiding the sun between 10AM and 4PM also help. To ensure protection against both UVA & UVB rays, look for sunscreen that is labelled "broad spectrum" and contains zinc-oxide, titanium-dioxide or avobenzone. Look ... http://www.gotsafety.org/2008/09/september-safety-which-sunscreen/ Do Calf Squeezers in Lines:  One common cause of fainting, and the resultant injury, is prolonged standing.  When you stand for too long the blood begins to pool in your leg veins.  This may mean poorer circulation to the brain and thus fainting.  This pooling of blood does not occur ... http://www.gotsafety.org/2008/08/august-safety/ The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality has information for preventing diseases that are the top killers in the US: Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke.  Not smoking, healthy diet, and regualr visits to your doctor of course top the list.  Click below for more info Men click here   Women click here http://www.gotsafety.org/2008/05/june-safety-screening-tests/ According to some experts, medication errors cause more deaths per year than car crashes, breast cancer or AIDS. The medical, nursing and pharmacy professions as well as your local hospital are all working very hard to minimize medication errors, but you need to do your part as well. A recent ... http://www.gotsafety.org/2008/05/medication-safety/ GotSafety.ORG is devoted to keeping people safe and out of the Emergency Department (ED). The tips contained in the Monthly Newsletters and Safety Books have been collected from the medical literature, from general health literature and from the stories of thousands of patients I have cared for in the ... http://www.gotsafety.org/2008/04/welcome-to-gotsafetyorg/ The World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research have published a 500-page report highlighting ways to prevent cancer through diet and exercise. Recommendations include the following: Maintain a healthy body weight. Being overweight is linked to at least six types of cancer. Exercise 30 to 60 minutes a ... http://www.gotsafety.org/2008/03/april-safety-preventing-cancer/ Falls are a major cause of injury and even death, especially in older adults. (Kurt Vonnegut and George Burns both died from head injuries after a fall.) Injuries can range from simple sprains and lacerations to wrist and shoulder fractures to severe injuries such as hip fractures, neck fractures and ... http://www.gotsafety.org/2008/01/march-safety-preventing-falls/ Some gym machines and excercises may not be as safe as others! For gym excercises to avoid, click here. http://www.gotsafety.org/2008/01/february-safety-excercises-to-avoid/ Drug companies are in the business of selling their products. Don't trust everything in their ads or their claims that "Four out of five doctors recommend..." Non-prescription cough medicines have questionable efficacy and are unproven in children, where their side effects can be more severe and risk of inadvertent overdose ... http://www.gotsafety.org/2008/01/february-safety-cough-medicine/