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Your Skinny When It Comes To Weight-loss Tablets

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Everybody wants to appear our best and that involves making sure we look good on the inside and the outside. However, for most of us, we are now more focused on, apparently more important activities, such as work, surfing the net, watching the television than we are on things we know we ought to do in order to help us improve our body shape. Most of us are living in states of significant emotional and metabolic stress – even if we don’t realise it – and hence look for quick fixes rather that long term solutions, and our bodies suffer the consequences. It is no wonder that people then turn to another quick fix, to allow them to carry on with their lives of quick fixes. One such solution that is sought is a magic slimming pill to burn off fat. People often mistake the power of these pills to be such that it will form the central part of their get slim quick dream. However, the truth is that these pills only really work as part of a balanced plan to lose weight. You can get some really amazing effects from using these slimming pills in combination with a [...]

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Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAI)

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When someone develops an infection at a hospital or other patient care facility that they did not have prior to treatment, this is referred to as a Healthcare-Associated (sometimes hospital-acquired) Infection (HAI). Healthcare-Associated Infections (HAIs) are a global crisis affecting both patients and healthcare workers. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at any point in time, 1.4 million people worldwide suffer from infections acquired in hospitals. A Centers for Disease Control (CDC) report published in March-April 2007 estimated the number of U.S. deaths from healthcare associated infections in 2002 at 98,987. The risk of acquiring Healthcare-Associated Infections in developing countries is 2-20 times higher than in developed countries. Afflicting thousands of patients every year, HAI often leads to lengthened hospital stays, increasing the likelihood of readmission, and adding sizably to the cost of care per patient. Financially, HAIs represent an estimated annual impact of $6.7 billion to healthcare facilities, but the human cost is even higher. About Not on My Watch Prevention Campaign To protect patients by reducing the risk of HAI, healthcare professionals must continually update their knowledge of infection management. As part of an ongoing commitment to quality care and infection prevention, nationwide doctors and hospitals are [...]

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