Major Study Finds Miscarriage Risk Higher for Nurses...
January 27, 2012 - A recent study published by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology has found the rate of spontaneous abortion in nurses who handle chemotherapy drugs to be twice that in nurses who did not handle these drugs. Past studies have yielded similar results, but this study, done in partnership with National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Nurses’ Health Study 2, used a significantly larger sample size of nearly 7,000 nurse pregnancies. The study looked at five potentially hazardous exposures: x-rays, chemotherapy drugs, sterilizing agents, anesthetic gases and antiviral drugs. (Source: NurseZone.com Nursing News)

California Man Uses Social Media To Find Bone Marrow Donor
BOSTON (CBS) #8211; Amit Gupta says social media helped save his life. The 32-year-old San Francisco Internet entrepreneur spoke with WBZ from his room at Brigham and Women#8217;s Hospital in Boston. #8220;It#8217;s kind of amazing that this came together the way it did,#8221; says Gupta. #8220;I can#8217;t imagine this happening without Twitter or Facebook or Tumblr. It just wouldn#8217;t have been possible to meet so many people so quickly.#8221; Gupta was diagnosed with Leukemia in September. To live, he needed a bone marrow transplant. Since he#8217;s Indian American, he says his chances of finding the perfect match he needed were slim#8230;some estimate one in 20,000. He turned to social media to get the word out, and his friends in the tech industry even raised a $30,000 r...