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New CPR Guidelines issued by Heart Association

...ntrained rescuers are wrong about whether or not a victim has a pulse. The United Kingdom and European Resuscitation Councils have already successfully deleted pulse checks by lay people from CPR training. Pulse check is not effective. Even health care workers have difficulties. And when bystanders look for...

Now umbilical cord helps in stroke treatment.

...ords will give enough stem cells to treat a stroke victim and the cells can be frozen and used whenever needed. Sanberg says the study was conducted on 60 rats and 80% of them responded well to this treatment. He also says the treatment works better if it is started within the first 24 hours after a person...

Be happy: live long

...are hurting themselves and are more likely to fall victim to heart disease and stroke." These findings were published in the journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Since 1986, Snowdon has carefully tracked participants in the study, who all are members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. All 678 a...

Drinking arsenic water leads to cancer

...eases. Bangladesh, a low-lying area, has been the victim of its own success in providing clean drinking water to nearly all of its 130 million people. More than 3 million wells have been sunk across the country.At least 27 percent of those wells, which draw underground water from less than 200 meters (650 ...

Unnatural death common in mentally ill

...a mental illness are six times more likely to be a victim of homicide than the general population. Alcohol and drug abuse were important factors is many of these deaths. Strategies for reducing suicide risk among the mentally ill continue to be important. But this study suggests that we also need to look ...

Plague creates panic in India

... stay away from the area" Thakur said. The first victim died on February 4 after he had gone hunting in a forest last month and had been possibly infected by a wild rat. The highly contagious disease later killed three of his relatives. Twelve more infected people from the same village were being treated ...

An Indian Bride with signs of SARS

... brother who is India's second confirmed SARS case victim tested positive for the illness after traveling to Maharashtra state from Jakarta via Singapore for the ceremony. He was screened twice for SARS during the journey. //The man, a cloth merchant based in the Indonesian capital, admitted himself to a ho...

When Man Bites Man

... 40 human bites between 1990 and 2000. The average victim was a young adult male.// About two-thirds received their bites while incarcerated in a local prison and most occurred during an altercation. The most common site of the bite was the ear, and more than two-thirds of the patients presented with expose...

Teen dies after complications from abortion pill

...ar-old lay dying on an emergency room //table, the victim of complications after she took the abortion pill. Patterson's death is likely to reignite the debate surrounding RU-486, the pill approved by the Food and Drug Administration two years ago as a way for women to end pregnancies themselves. Her fath...

Link between Faith, Health and Healing

...ynthesis and new age healing process. From being a victim of medical science and declared a dead man; having spent 20 years to studying this concept. Today he is the pioneer and one of Americas foremost healing authorities. Spreading the message are his seven books. The most sought after being The Cancer Co...

Patients Suffering From Severe Mental Diseases Are At Risk Of Being Crime Victims

...rely mentally ill person is at risk from being the victim of violent criminal acts. Symptoms associated with severe mental illness, such as disorganized thought processes, impulsivity and poor planning and problem solving may compromise one’s ability to perceive risks and protect oneself, the authors sugge...

Encephalitis claims 46 lives in UP

Uttar Pradesh has turned a victim of encephalitis with, as many as 43 children and three adults who have been affected in the past three weeks. A report of 9 casualties has // created a sense of fear among the public. The bulk of the rush is from rural pockets around Gorakhpur, Maha...

Men Victims Of Breast Cancer?

... learn that it is possible that even they may be a victim // of breast cancer. In male breast cancer, the prognosis tends to be worse than for women, mainly because of the lack of awareness in both men and doctors, who tend to “slough off” the symptoms: a lump, pain or sensitivity, or a clear or bloody dis...

Another Victim Of Legionnaires' Disease

...89-year-old woman yesterday became the 21st person victim of legionnaires' disease.// The 89-year-old woman resident of the Seven Oaks nursing home in Toronto's east end died Monday morning in hospital, Toronto health officials said. Last week investigators confirmed the outbreak originated in the nursing...

A bird's eye view of the Bird Flu scare

...xactly should we be looking at to avoid becoming a victim of this deadly condition. Bird flu basically is the viral flu that occurs in wild birds as well as domesticated ones including chickens, ducks, and turkeys. Normally, this condition is confined to the bird population and will not infect humans. But ...

Students Involved In Bullying And Victims Were Equally Stressed

...n 737 students in the study group were involved or victim or both of bullying, 201 students were always bullied, 469 students were involved in bullying other students and 67 students were involved in bullying and victims of bullying. The study author said, “The prevalence of frequent bullying among elemen...

Doctors attacked for complacency against pandemic threat

...eve this is actually going to happen”. The first victim of bird flu in Britain was a parrot infected with the H5N1 strain that died in quarantine at Heathrow last month. This strain has devastated poultry flocks in the Far East over the past eight years and killed 62 people, raising fears that the world m...

Difficult Pregnancy Linked to Premature Heart Problems

The risk of becoming a victim to heart disease increased if the infant died in the womb or its growth was restricted by any external factors. "The risk of premature cardiovascular disease is higher after a maternal placental syndrome, //especially when the fetus is adversely affe...

Domestic Violence: The Silent Killer of Women Worldwide

...aced by women worldwide. One in every 6 women is a victim of domestic violence, suffering in silence. However, the continuous physical violence by an intimate partner is far less highlighted, compared to rapes and other forms of sexual and physical abuse by strangers and acquaintances. Over 24,000 women ...

Government To Consider Ragging Victim's Plea

...de whether the nursing student who was the alleged victim of sexual ragging by her seniors at the School of Medical Education in Kottayam be granted admission in Thiruvananthapuram Medical College.// The next state cabinet meeting on November 30 will also discuss a request for providing financial assistan...

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