Victims in Medical News

Verizon and California Partnership to End Domestic Violence Launch Program to Help Victims Protect Themselves by Using Technology

OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- California domestic violence prevention advocates will learn how to use the latest technology to help keep abuse survivors safe, thanks to a new program created by the California Partnership to End Domestic Violence (CPEDV) and Verizon. ...

Are Patients Becoming Victims in Hospital Overcrowding Turf Wars? Experts Ask

PITTSBURGH, July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Sick people are being used as a "wedge" in a turf war on hospital overcrowding, according to a pair of patient flow experts. Some hospitals have made the decision to move patients from ER hallways to hallways on unit floors, believing that will fo...

Charlotte Attorney Calls on North Carolina Senate to Pass "Comparative Negligence" Bill in Order to Better Protect Injury Victims in State

Herbert Auger, veteran personal injury attorney, notes that North Carolina is one of just four states to deny any monetary award if injured party is even slightly to blame for accident Charlotte, N.C. (Lexis Nexis) July 23, 2009 -- The North Carolina State Senate needs ...

Available for Interviews: Doctor, Security Specialist Assisting Victims of Jakarta Bombings

PHILADELPHIA, July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- WHO: Dr. Robert Allen and security specialist Mr. Tony Ridley, members of a crisis management team assisting clients affected by the bombings in Jakarta's Mega Kuningan business district. ...

Death Penalty and Mental Illness: Families of Victims Speak out at National Convention; 'Double Tragedies' Report Released

SAN FRANCISCO , July 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- For the first time, families of murder victims have joined with families of persons with mental illness who have been executed to speak out against the death penalty. Double Tragedies , a report being released today at a special session on t...

MTF, Largest Tissue Bank, Provides Skin for Victims of Santa Barbara Wildfires

SHERMAN OAKS, Calif., May 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Ventura County firefighters who were overtaken by flames and seriously injured while battling brushfires in Santa Barbara are being treated at the Grossman Burn Center with skin donated by the largest non-profit tissue bank in the country, the Musculosk...

Foodborne Illness Victims Mark President Obama's First 100 Days By Calling For Permanent Fix To Food Safety System

Victims & Their Families Convene in Washington D.C. to Share Personal Stories & Ask Congress to Pass Legislation that Will Protect the Public WASHINGTON, April 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- More than 20 victims of foodborne illness, including surviving family members of those...

Increased symptoms lead mentally disordered to become victims of violence

ATLANTAContrary to common stereotypes, individuals with major mental disorders are more likely to become victims of violent crimes when they are experiencing an increase in symptoms than they are to commit crime, according to a new study by Brent Teasdale, an assistant professor of criminal justic...

Italian-American Organization Stands in Solidarity With Victims of Italian Earthquake

Columbus Citizens Foundation Calls on Americans to be Prepared to Offer Contributions, Goods, and Assistance as Scores Die and Tens of Thousands are Left Homeless NEW YORK, April 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The catastrophic earthquake in Italy this morning that has left an undetermined numbe...

MTF, Largest Tissue Bank, Provides Skin for Victims of Australian Wildfires

COSTA MESA, Calif., March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The deadliest wildfires in the history of Australia have now killed over 200 people and injured many more. Local medical institutions are filled with those who have escaped the blazes, many with severe burns. The United States' largest tissue bank, the M...

USAID Helps Flood Victims in Colombia

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing $100,000 in response to the heavy rainfall on February 15 and 16 in Columbia. Due to the rains, the Mira River in southwestern Colombia overflowed, causing extensive floodi...

Radiation Victims to Rally In Washington - Demand Congressional Action to Protect Homebuyers; Organization Labels EPA's Radon Program a 'Deadly Failure'

Two radon-induced lung cancer survivors will be joined by two radon widows at an upcoming National Safety Council Radon Awards Ceremony at the National Press Club January 28th in Washington, DC. Co-sponsored by the U.S. EPA, the ceremony is part of National Radon Action Month (NRAM) and will r...

Program to Identify Likely Victims of Radon-Related Lung Cancer; Survivors Commit to Risk Reduction Despite Failed Government Policy

Most of the 21,000 Americans who die each year of radon-related lung cancer never discover radon exposure was the likely cause. So, the American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists (AARST) is now assisting Cancer Survivors Against Radon (CanSAR) with a program aimed at identify...

Ski Safety and Medical Experts, Victims of Snow Sport Tragedies and Consumers Shed Light on Questionable Safety Practices of California Ski Resorts

Powerful Assembly Judiciary Committee to Hear their Concerns Today at Capitol Hearing SACRAMENTO, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: As the 2008-2009 California ski season opens, safety practices at California ski resorts are being called into question by...

Memo to ER docs: Send young victims of violence for 1-on-1 counseling

A study of 113 children and teens physically victimized by peers concludes that one-on-one mentoring about how to safely avoid conflict and diffuse threats makes them far less likely to become victims again if guidance is initiated in the immediate aftermath of the attack. The research, by inve...

Study suggests why heart attack victims do better with social support

COLUMBUS, Ohio Researchers have identified specific damages to the brain that may occur when heart attack victims are socially isolated from others. The study in mice found that those animals that lived alone before undergoing a heart attack showed five to eight times more damage to neurons in...

AmeriCares Meets Long-Term Health Needs of Disaster Victims in China and Myanmar

Second Field Hospital Arrives in Sichuan Province; Second Shipment of Medical Aid Arrives in Yangon STAMFORD, Conn., July 10 -- AmeriCares is continuing its efforts to provide long-term relief for people living in China's earthquake-stricken Sichuan Province and in areas most affected by Cyc...

California Attorney Robert A. Brenner Launches The Burn Injury Law Group to Aid Burn Victims Nationwide

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Every year in the United States approximately 2.4 million accidental burn injuries are reported, 20,000 of which involve burns over at least twenty-five percent of the body. One million of these victims, through no fault of their own, will sustain...

The Mesothelioma Victims Center Offers Victims Of Asbestos Related Cancer & Their Loved Ones The Most Comprehensive Free Service Especially For US Navy Veterans

Americas Watchdog created the Mesothelioma Center as a way for victims, or the family members & loved ones of Mesothelioma victims to get help,very honest advice & tailor made assistance at no cost to the victim, or their family members. According to Americas Watchdog, "watching what...

US Drug Watchdog Expands Its National Investigation Into The Drug Called Digitek, And Would Like To Talk To Possible Victims

Americas Watchdog's US Drug Watchdog has expanded its national investigation of the drug called Diditek. In April 2008, Actavis Towtowa recalled all lots of Bertek and UDL Laboratories Digitek (digoxin tablets, USP, all strengths) for oral use, due to a manufacturing defect. Since that time ...

USAID Increases Assistance to Cyclone Victims in Burma

WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) is providing an additional $3 million to the UN World Food Program to support its logistical operations in Burma, which have dispatched more than 2,649 metric tons of humanitarian assistance to...

Study: Child maltreatment victims lose 2 years of quality of life

Athens, Ga. - Child maltreatment is associated with reductions in quality of life even decades later, according to a new University of Georgia study that finds thaton averagevictims lose at least two years of quality of life. UGA College of Public Health associate professor Phaedra Corso and he...

AmeriCares Ships Medicines and Medical Supplies to Earthquake Victims in China

Airlift first by private organizations into Chengdu STAMFORD, Conn., May 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The first airlift of aid to Chinese earthquake victims provided by private organizations left Kansas City today, and AmeriCares medicines and medical supplies are an integral part of the sh...

Longs Drug Stores Donates Supplies to Victims of Santa Cruz Mountain Fires

WALNUT CREEK, Calif., May 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Longs Drug Stores Corporation (NYSE: LDG ) announced today that it has donated bottled water and nutritional bars towards the support relief efforts for victims of the fire in the Santa Cruz Mountains. "Many of our customers have been d...

Stroke Victims Often Suffer From Lack of Nutrients With Undiagnosed Disorder

Nestle HealthCare Nutrition offers products to help manage swallowing difficulties MINNEAPOLIS, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- In honor of National Stroke Awareness month, Nestle HealthCare Nutrition is bringing visibility to dysphagia -- an often undiagnosed, secondary c...

Chinese Preschoolers Participate in Fund Drive to Help the Victims of Sichuan Quake

Four and five year-old Chinese students learn the lesson of helping others in the wake of the Sichuan earthquake NANJING, China, May 16 /PRNewswire/ -- In the aftermath of the devastating Sichuan earthquake, even the youngest members of China are looking for ways to join in the ...

Study: Most female child molesters were victims of sexual abuse

Athens, Ga. A University of Georgia study that is the first to systematically examine a large sample of female child molesters finds that many of them were themselves victims of sexual abuse as children. The finding, published in the April issue of the Journal of Interpersonal Violence, has th...

Dubai Provides Aid for Cyclone Nargis Victims In Myanmar

Sheikh Mohammed Pledges Grant of Emergency Aid through Dubai Cares DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the U.A.E. and Ruler of Dubai, announced the emergency provision of 200 temporary st...

Myanmar Cyclone: Women and Children Make up More than Half of Victims - UNICEF

Hundreds of thousands more at risk because of lack of shelter and unsafe drinking water NEW YORK, May 5 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Powerful Cyclone Nargis, which slammed into the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar over the weekend, killed and injured many women and ...

Study: Counseling trauma victims causes secondary trauma

DANVILLE, PA. Hearing repeated stories of suffering from trauma victims causes serious psychological stress in clinical social workers, a new Geisinger-led study suggests. In a study appearing in the May edition of Research on Social Work Practice, Geisinger Senior Investigator Joseph Boscarin...

RAINN Helping Victims of Sexual Assault Online

WASHINGTON, April 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network), the nation's largest anti-sexual assault organization today launched a new service to provide support to victims online. Since 1994 RAINN has provided help to over 1.2 million people through the Nati...

Clergy Abuse Victims Want UN to Investigate Vatican

Pope violates international charter on children, they say At least twice, Holy See has failed to submit required reports Pontiff's one report ignored church's own clergy sex crimes & cover ups, SNAP says Thousands of predator clergy pose current threa...

Legal Aid Provides Access to Justice for Victims of Violent Crime

National Crime Victims' Rights Week is April 13-19 AUSTIN, Texas, April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Every day throughout Texas, victims of domestic violence and other violent crimes are struggling to regain control of their lives. In addition to dealing with the emotional trauma of the exper...

Children of New Bedford Immigrant Raids Are Victims of Terrorism, Testifies Dr. Laria Today

BOSTON, April 7, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- "If we define 'terrorism' as systematic premeditated acts of violence that provoke feelings of terror in targeted victims, there's no better term to describe these events," said Dr. Amaro Laria of the violent undocumented immigrant raid of a factory in New...

More Than 90,000 U.S. Infants Are Victims of Abuse or Neglect

Effects of maltreatment can damage a child for a lifetime, researchers say,,,, THURSDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- An estimated 91,000 babies in the United States were victims of maltreatment in 2006 during their first year of life, including 29,181 infants who suffered abuse or negl...

Anapol Schwartz Attorney Representing Trasylol(R) Victims Says Medical Study - Confirming Heart Bypass Drug Mortality Risk - to Open Floodgates for More Litigation

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Anapol Schwartz ( http://www.anapolschwartz.com/ ) attorney James Ronca ( http://www.anapolschwartz.com/attorneys/jim_ronca.shtml ), a New England Journal of Medicine study ( http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/short/358/8/771?query=TOC ) (to ...

UnitedHealthcare of the River Valley Acts to Help Tennessee Victims of Storm Devastation

Company Donates $100,000 to Red Cross for Disaster Relief; Opens Free Crisis Counseling Hotline for All Tennesseans BRENTWOOD, Tenn., Feb. 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Responding to the devastation caused by the tornados that swept Tennessee earlier this week, UnitedHealthcare of t...

Finding the right words: Provider-patient discussions can help domestic violence victims speak up

PHILADELPHIA Researchers at University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and other sites have found that doctors and other health care providers can better their chances of identifying and helping victims of domestic violence by changing the way they ask patients questions. In a large study rec...

New Automated System Can ID Disaster Victims in Minutes

It uses software and X-rays to produce fast, accurate results, study says TUESDAY, Nov. 27 (HealthDay News) -- In a development that could dramatically cut the time needed to identify victims of mass disasters, Japanese researchers have developed an automated identification system that...

New Automated System IDs Victims of Mass Disasters in Minutes

CHICAGO, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- A new, high-tech identification system developed in Japan will improve accuracy and significantly reduce the time it takes to identify victims of mass disasters, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North Ame...