The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is responsible for regulating the safety and proper labeling of foods, medicines, medical devices, veterinary drugs, animal feed, cosmetics, vaccines, and blood products. Listed below you will find some information on how the reporting system works and on what manufacturers and healthcare facilities are required to do. 1. The […]

With the entire electronic system of health care, new laws and policies regarding health care coming out every year, and the changing corporate environment, making sure that employees are complying with federal standards while maintaining good ethics can be a difficult endeavor. Good ethics and compliance can protect a company from violating many of the […]

First Aid is one medical jargon that nearly everybody has heard of. While most households at least contain a basic first aid kit, not many people know how to properly deliver first aid in case of major accidents. Putting a band-aid on an abrasion after a skateboard crash is certainly one form of first aid, […]

With the entire electronic system of health care, new laws and policies regarding health care coming out every year, and the changing corporate environment, making sure that employees are complying with federal standards while maintaining good ethics can be a difficult endeavor. Good ethics and compliance can protect a company from violating many of the […]

In terms of medical and pharmaceutical products, consumers need to know that their products are not only going to work effectively but also not illicit any adverse side-effects that are unknown to the consumer. Therefore, since 1984 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has required firms to notify them when complaints of malfunctioning medical products […]

A root canal is oral surgery in which a dentist preserves a tooth that has become infected or decayed. The dentist extracts the nerve and pulp under the decayed or infected tooth. They then clean the tooth and seal it. If an infected or decayed tooth is not taken care of, abscesses may form in […]

In this day and age, you can find so many treatments that aims to give you a more desirable body, that it comes to a point where things can become rather confusing. One procedure in particular has evolved into a number of approaches, and a number of names, and this is liposuction. Many are asking, […]

We have heard about breast implants too many times before that we think that we know enough about this already. But if you are seriously considering on getting implants, you need more than common knowledge to reach an informed decision. You must be aware of every other detail and preparation to achieve the successful results. […]

A popular maxim says that ‘money rules the world,’ while in reality the state of a society’s healthcare system directly influences the ability of its citizenry to contribute to the economy. There is a direct co-relation between healthcare and economy, which has given rise to the Health Economics discipline. Health economics studies the functionality and […]

Bloodborne pathogens are microorganisms that cause numerous infectious diseases, some of which are dangerous as they have no cure. The health care industry has been researching ways to prevent the spread of these pathogens in order to prevent these infectious diseases. The health care industry as whole as well as individual hospitals have their own […]