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Turning Down the Thermostat May Help Some Baby Brains

WSJ Health Blog
Original publication date: 
Thursday, June 12, 2008 - 11:58

For decades, hospital nurseries have taken great care to keep babies warm. You can hardly move in the average maternity ward without tripping over incubators, warming bassinets and receiving blankets. Now, though, some hospitals are turning the thermostat down for a few infants.

Brain Surgery, Via the Nostril

WSJ Health Blog
Original publication date: 
Tuesday, July 1, 2008 - 14:44

When you’re navigating around something as delicate as the brain — not to mention cutting things out of it — depth perception helps a lot.

Computers Wouldn’t Have Helped in Overdoses of Texas Babies

WSJ Health Blog
Original publication date: 
Friday, July 11, 2008 - 10:12

After 17 babies got overdoses of the blood thinner heparin at a Texas hospital, a hospital-quality group pointed to the incident as one more reason to push for computerized systems for ordering drugs within hospitals.

Pension Plans Take Healthy Turn --- Rising Markets Aid Big Firms' Funds; Failure Risk Lessens

The Wall Street Journal
Original publication date: 
Tuesday, January 23, 2007 - 00:00

After years of steep underfunding, pension plans are now healthy, thanks to several years of double-digit investment gains and rising interest rates, separate studies from benefits consultants suggest.

Haute cuisine from Vistaprint…

It turns out there’s a lot of money to be made in business cards and marketing brochures — and some good eating, too.

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