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Teens can Perform CPR as Well as Adults and Should Be Taught from an Early Age

...ubles the chance of survival for victims of sudden cardiac arrest. Chest compressions are thought to be the most important component of CPR, but they are physically demanding. The ‘Heartstart Schools’ training programme, developed by the British Heart Foundation, introduces chest compression at age 11, bu...

Execution by Lethal Injection Questioned

...onsciousness and then death due to respiratory and cardiac arrest. The study has found that the drug is not working as intended. The anesthesia was insufficient to reduce suffering. In many cases the fated is still found to be breathing even after being administered the drug to stop breathing or paralyze t...

NRI Brings to India Effective Pain Relief Therapy

...he body." "Blood pressure readings only indicate cardiac risk, but ABPI indicates blood flow disorders through the overall condition of arteries and veins of the limbs. It is a much more advanced technique for predicting and controlling diseases, disorders and degeneration," he added. The therapy is avai...

NRI Doctor Protests Patient's Death in Kolkata Hospital

...r on April 18 with diabetes, abdominal problem and cardiac ailments. His medical bill had reportedly exceeded Rs.24,000, which was far higher than the hospital's permissible limit of Rs.5,000. The People for Better Treatment (PBT), India's largest patients' body fighting for medical rights spearheaded by O...

Hospitals Make Positive Strides to Reduce Wait Times for Patients

...ority areas were classified by health ministers, - cardiac care, cancer care, sight restoration, joint replac...rades were accorded for each area, such as - A for cardiac care and sight restoration, a B for CT scans, hip replacement and cancer care, and C for knee replac...

Most Heart Patients Do Not Need Antibiotics Before Dental Procedures

...onditions, heart transplant recipients who develop cardiac valve problems, recipients of an artificial patch to repair a congenital heart defect within the past six months and patients with a history of IE. For decades, the AHA recommended that patients with certain heart conditions take antibiotics shortl...

Bypass Surgery, Drug-eluting Stents Possess Similar Risk and Outcome

...rtery disease have about the same risk for a major cardiac event within 30 days after the procedures// , according to researchers. The two also have similar outcomes three years after treatment. Patients with coronary arteries narrowed by atherosclerosis are often candidates for either bypass surgery to r...

India -Penny Wise and Pound Foolish on Health Matters

...rkplace. The study also advises the institution of cardiac centers at important locations, to assist the many who will need cardiac care, especially in Asian and South-east Asian countries. SAVB...

Modern Lifestyle Could Damage Heart

...l with stressful situations," said June Davison, a cardiac nurse at the British Heart Foundation. Risk factors include smoking, high intake of salt and fat, excessive alcohol intake, and obesity. A major reason for failure to control it is the refusal of up to 50 percent of patients to take prescribed me...

New Research Shows That Flu is a Trigger of Heart Attacks

...alth message is that flu is an important killer in cardiac patients. If people can recognise that the flu vaccine has specific cardioprotective effects, then high-risk people will be more likely to make sure that they receive the influenza vaccine every year. We know from our other research that one in three...

Court Issues Notice to Venugopal Over Fund Irregularities

...n excess from patients undergoing treatment at its cardiac and neuro center. Additional Sessions Judge Swarnakanta Mehra issued notices Thursday to Venugopal, Mayank Sharma, former senior financial advisor, Arti Viz, former public relations officer, and the AIIMS to file their replies by May 17 to the alle...

New Reflux Guidelines Released

...urthermore, non-gastrointestinal entities, such as cardiac or pulmonary disease, may produce symptoms that are similar to those attributable to GERD. Some new technologies offer opportunities for more accurate diagnoses. “Wireless capsule pH monitoring, bile acid reflux monitoring devices and esophageal im...

CT Imaging With Novel Contrast Agent May Predict Heart Attack in Waiting

...aque in coronary arteries may be useful to prevent cardiac events but one major hurdle in detecting high-risk plaque is the lack of an imaging modality that allows physicians to see the composition of dangerous plaque, explains study author Zahi A. Fayad, PhD, FAHA, FACC, Professor of Radiology and Medicine ...

Sleep Disorder Linked to Heart Failure Patient Deaths

... to increased blood pressure, heart rate and other cardiac disturbances. This is the first time that the effe... the last five to 10 years, and participation in a cardiac rehabilitation program can improve a patient’s quality of life by increasing stamina and decreasing ...

A Broken Heart can Break Lifeline

...arge of memory, learning and emotion can upset the cardiac muscle in people who are grieving. They say that i...ark off irregular heart rhythms, leading to sudden cardiac death. In the words of the researchers, “We know that stress can increase the risk of sudden dea...

Dieting Fads -Flab Revisited

...vulnerable to infection. Yet, in addition to the cardiac impact, there are also concerns about how yo-yo diets affect one’s ability to burn calories at all. According to Carole Myles a personal trainer from Edinburgh, regardless of size, those who take in too few calories damage their exercise capability...

Integrated Trauma Care Facility in Mumbai

... all facility like level one except facilities for cardiac and neurosurgery. The level three centres should have facilities like the level two except surgeon and surgical sub specialists. Level four hospitals would only have faculties for resuscitation and stabilization of seriously injured patients. Round ...

Use Filtered Blood for Transfusion: Expert

... country to begin using leukoreduced blood for all cardiac surgery cases. Since then, the hospital has extended its leukoreduction practice to all patients, beginning in 2000. Source-Eurekalert/...

Mumbai to Have Integrated Trauma Care Facility

... all facility like level one except facilities for cardiac and neurosurgery. The level three centres should have facilities like the level two except surgeon and surgical sub specialists. Level four hospitals would only have faculties for resuscitation and stabilisation of seriously injured patients. Round...

India Should Take the Lead in Stem Cell Research, Expert

...tabolic disorders and minimal invasive surgery for cardiac diseases. He said that the hospital had also tied up with St Louis University, Missouri for performing the paediatric cardio thoracic surgery. "I would term this as a surgery outsourcing. People will be operated upon at a reasonable price and t...

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