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Father of CPR dies at 79

...delines for ambulance design and emergency medical technician and paramedic training. Safar stepped down as chairman of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center's anesthesiology department in 1979 and went on to establish the International Resuscitation Research Center, which he ran until 1994. It later beca...

Accuracy Of Lung Function Test Questioned

... lower values recorded during testing, leading the technician to believe the patient’s lung function is better than it actually is. Thus researchers say that those who conduct spirometry need to be aware of these possible errors....

Medicare Queries Expected To Increase Over Time

...today," said Andrew Cacciapaglia, a pharmaceutical technician at Eckerd in Bellmore. Recipients of Medicaid would be enrolled into the program automatically. For other, it would be based to their own personal interest. Individuals with either Medicare Part A or Part B, that comprises of hospital and medical c...

Zap the butt (cigarette) with Laser Therapy

... laser therapy with customized guidance. The laser technician targets energy points on the body using a “cold” laser beam, releasing natural chemicals called endorphins. Endorphins are known to have a calming, relaxing effect on the body that consequently helps in reducing nicotine craving and withdrawal sympto...

Dentist Banned From Practicing For Allowing Boyfriend to Work on Patients

...earnt minimal techniques while working as a dental technician in a lab. It was found that Amidi acquired a lease for a surgery in Dog Kennel Hill, East Dulwich. An elderly dentist by name Johannes Kidane was the original dentist in that surgery. Amidi impersonated this elderly dentist and carried on this way so...

Madhya Pradesh Doctors Demand HIV Kits

...conducted for verifying it and three doctors and a technician were exposed to the virus, Rai said. "This situation could have been avoided if the doctors and supporting staff were provided with emergency kits in time to deal with the situation," he said. Source:PTI News...

Police Stumble into Trading Corpses Racket

...ra passed off as a doctor because his father was a technician at the King George's Medical College here. Source:IANS...

Nanotechnology Used For Detecting Viruses

...ia of Raman shift values. With that information, a technician could readily reference a Raman shift for a particular virus to identify an unknown virus. To make their finding commercially viable, they’re developing a business model, seeking venture capital and exploring ways to mass-produce the silver nanorod...

New Regulation to Check Medication Errors

...Historically, any function performed by a pharmacy technician relative to dispensing a prescription had to be verified and documented in writing by a pharmacist, but the new regulation will enable hospital pharmacists to devote their time to activities designed to reduce errors, such as working with physicians ...

NYC Trains Delayed Due to Fainting Dieters

...ubway. Asim Nelson, a transit emergency medical technician said that Subway-Disruptions Analysis of MTA statistics, taken between October 2005 and October 2006, shows that fainting dieters topped the "sick customer" list. Nelson is part of the MTA's "sick Customer Response Program," which consists of emerge...

NASA Technology Helps Detect and Treat Heart Disease and Strokes

...st, a patient lies on an examination table while a technician applies gel to the neck to image the carotid arter...oth sides of the neck near the skin's surface. The technician uses an ultrasound machine while following a patented protocol to capture specific images of the car...

Allocation Of Hospitals In Rural Areas

...e without a doctor, about 38.9% were without a lab technician and about 17.7% were without a pharmacist. In the CHCs, overall about 54.5% of the sanctioned posts of the specialists were vacant. The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) envisages strengthening health care delivery in the rural areas by strengt...

Stem Cell Licensing Deal Positions Toronto as World Leader in Technology

... CReATe laboratories for processing and storage. A technician at the laboratory uses a proprietary process to remove the cells from the cord tissue and stores them for future use. Unlike cord blood stem cells, which can also be harvested, mesenchymal cells are the building blocks for the muscle, bone and connec...

WAG Wedding Extravaganza for England Footballers

...Scholes also attended. Gerrard married former nail technician Alex Curran at Cliveden House Hotel in Berkshire, west of London. Michael Owen, Peter Crouch, Jamie Carragher, Rio Ferdinand, Theo Walcott, Jamie Redknapp, John Arne Riise, Robbie Fowler, Harry Kewell and Ashley Cole were among the football talent a...

Brain Pathway for Depression Revealed

...at brain, Deisseroth said, "like a computer repair technician would take out a circuit board" to test its functional properties. The brain slices, which remain active for many hours, came from parts of the hippocampus, a region long implicated in depression. They also tested slices from rats treated with the an...