Dispensary Corner 27 Aug 14
August 27, 2014
AND also for adults.
Any of our pharmacy student
readers under 20 will most
likely agree with the largest US
paediatrician group, which has
said that delayed start times
for classes was an effective
countermeasure to insufficient or
erratic sleep patterns in teens.
Of course, the American
Academy of Pediatrics was talking
about teenagers and moving
school classes to 8.30am or later,
USA Today reported, so alas,
University students still may have
to attend 8am classes.
Many things, including biological
changes in sleep and academic
demands, affected teenagers’
sleep patterns and pushing school
start times was “key” to helping
them achieve optimal levels of
sleep, the publication reported.
BLOOD or plasma alcohol levels.
Whoops - a good case for
improved science and clinical
testing communication was made
in the US when drivers tested
for alcohol levels in Pennsylvania
had their cases reviewed after
it was discovered that the office
of the district attorney was not
measuring the hospital test
correctly.
The hospital provided blood
plasma levels which differed by
a known algorithm from blood
levels, but the conversion was not
made by the attorney’s office.
Consequently, some 750 cases
needed to be reviewed, reported
Yahoo! News.
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