fires in Medical News

Prilosec OTC(R) Fires Up A BBQ Tour for NASCAR(R) Fans

The Official Heartburn Remedy of NASCAR(R) Announces a National Competition CINCINNATI, March 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Prilosec OTC(R) BBQ Shootout Series rolls into NASCAR(R) cities across the nation and it is giving fans the opportunity to taste best in class BBQ, meet NASCAR(R) dri...

Temporary Cease Fires Not Enough for Humanitarian Aid Groups Working in Gaza

U.S.-Based Alliance of relief organizations offers five action steps to improve response WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Despite the recent three-hour cease fires to allow the delivery of food and medical supplies to residents of the Palestinian territory, upwards of 750,000 peo...

As Fires Burn, Red Cross Brings Relief to Weary California

A busy disaster season continues with the response to California wildfires WASHINGTON, July 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection today reported 80 active wildfires still burning in parts of California where the American Red Cross has opened 1...

Fire Sprinklers Prevented More Than a Dozen Major Fires This Year in Chicago Area

ORLAND PARK, Ill., April 8, 2008 /PRNewswire/ -- The Northern Illinois Fire Sprinkler Advisory Board (NIFSAB) reports that a fire sprinkler that prevented a fire from spreading in a multi-unit building last week in Lake Zurich was the 15th successful activation in the Chicago area. According...

MEDIA ALERT: Smoke from Wild Fires Could Mean Health Problems for Asthmatics

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- The smoke caused by raging wild fires in Southern California poses a serious health risk to people suffering from asthma and other lung conditions. People with asthma have inflamed airways, which can become even more inflamed after exposure to smoke. The ash...

Anthem Blue Cross to Support Members and Communities Impacted by Santa Barbara Fires

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., May 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Anthem Blue Cross announced today that it is making a $10,000 donation to the American Red Cross to bring aid to Californians in the Santa Barbara area who have been impacted by the recent fire that continues to burn and threaten homes. In addit...

Scientology Volunteer Ministers Provide Disaster Relief During Melbourne Fires

The Church of Scientology Volunteer Ministers of Melbourne, Australia aided firefighters and provided emergency relief to victims of raging wildfires that took an estimated 200 lives. Melbourne, Australia (PRWEB) February 25, 2009 -- Scientology Volunteer Ministers ,...

Credit Relief Extended to State Fund Policyholders Impacted by Southern California Fires

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- State Compensation Insurance Fund today announced it will extend credit to policyholders who have suffered financial loss or business disruption caused by the fires in Montecito, Orange County and Sylmar. To date, more than 900 residences and structur...

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...

Blue Cross of California Reaches Out to Members Impacted by Southern California Fires

WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- In addition to a $50,000 donation made earlier this week from the Blue Cross of California Foundation to the American Red Cross to aid in the disaster relief in Southern California, Blue Cross announced today several additional actions they are t...

ASA San Diego Offers Resources and Information to Families with Autism in Wake of Fires

Local chapter of largest membership organization dedicated to autism spectrum disorders rallies to assist special population SAN DIEGO, Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The San Diego County Chapter of the Autism Society of America (SDASA), together with TACA and the Autism Society o...

AutismCares Offers Support to Families Affected by California Fires

NEW YORK, Oct. 25 /PRNewswire/ -- AutismCares is actively seeking families affected by autism who are also victims of the California wildfires, and invites those families to call the Autism Response Team at 1-888-Autism2 or email autismcares@autismspeaks.org to receive assistance. Families m...

APA Provides Disaster and Mental Health Resources for Those Impacted by the California Fires

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- As devastating wildfires continue to endanger and destroy California communities, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) expresses its deepest sympathies to all those affected by these devastating events and offers tips and resources on how to minimi...

State of Patient Care and Humanitarian Aid Amid the California Wild Fires

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement by Steven C. Anderson, IOM, CAE, President and Chief Executive Officer of National Association of Chain Drug Stores: The National Association of Chain Drug Stores (NACDS) and community pharmacy join with our nei...

Medical Director of Famed Los Angeles Jewish Home Gives Tips to Elderly for Coping With Effects of Southland Fires

RESEDA, Calif., Oct. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- The medical director of the world-renowned Los Angeles Jewish Home is alerting Southland residents to the particular vulnerabilities of the elderly in the area as a result of the multiple fires ravaging California. Dr. Rick Smith points out that though ...

NuVasive Cancels 10/24/07 Investor Reception Due to Concerns Over Southern California Fires

Confirms Earnings Conference Call for October 24th, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. ET SAN DIEGO, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NuVasive, Inc. (Nasdaq: NUVA), a medical device company focused on developing products for minimally disruptive surgical treatments for the spine, announced today it has cancel...

Greeks get space-based help in wake of deadly fires

Cleanup and rebuilding teams responding to the devastation across Greece caused by this summers deadly fires are getting help from space. A series of crisis map products based on satellite acquisitions of affected areas are being provided to aid damage assessment efforts following the activation o...

Burning fires in Northern Ontario Cause Hundreds to leave their Homes

Raging forest fires have forced over 1,300 people to leave their homes in eight northwestern Ontario communities while firefighters continued to battle// the hundreds of forest fires on Friday. According to Ontario fire officials the situation is the worst that they have ever encountered at this ...

Indonesia Reportedly Fires Top Animal Health Official

Even as Indonesia struggles to cope with the full extent of bird flu, the country's top official in charge of animal health has been transferred from his post//. But agriculture ministry spokesman only commented that Sjamsul Bahri's transfer was of a routine nature. Sjamsul Bahri was working a...

Health Minister fires another salvo at MCI

Kasauli (HP), Sept 27: Union Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss today fired another salvo at Medical Council of India – The apex medical body of the country. He said: "influence of mafias over such a regulatory body was // a matter of grave concern." The MCI is an autonomous body and the gove...

Higher Health Cost Due to Forest Fires

In a study to assess the economic impact of air quality changes arising from forest fires, human health risks were found to be second only to timber losses in terms// of dollars and cents. In the study published in the Canadian Journal of Forest Research, researchers from University of Albert...

Put Safety First on the 4th

...ch can reach temperatures above 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit, are responsible for the greatest number of injuries in children aged 10 to 14, and can start fires if conditions are right. When attending public fireworks displays, stay behind designated safety barriers. Fireworks displays are usually best view...

Sudden Cardiac Arrest Foundation Mourns the Loss of Michael Jackson

...ne. In fact, more people die each year from SCA than from colorectal cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, auto accidents, AIDS, firearms, and house fires combined. For more information about sudden cardiac arrest, including how it differs from the more commonly understood heart attack, as well as the cr...

PA Professional Fire Fighters Association is First State Association in Nation to Offer Smoking Cessation Program

...d emphysema. It contributes to more than a dozen types of cancers, many of which are often fatal, and smoking is the leading cause of fires, including fires that have claimed the lives of so many PPFFA members. Studies have shown that while 70 percent of smokers want to quit, fewer than five percent ...

Underwriters Laboratories Reminds Parents to Pay Attention to 'Staycation' Safety Hazards

...Fire Protection Association, gas and charcoal grills cause about 8,300 home fires each year, which includes 3,400 structure fires and 4,900 outside fires. In addition to keeping the grill a safe distance f...

The New Face of AD/HD Comes to Capitol Hill

...lor is a pre-med student at the University of California , Berkeley . His memoir, ADHD & Me - what i learned from lighting fires at the dinner table , offers an inside look at what it's like to grow up with the condition. Ms. Courtney Gifford is a 4.0 college student, and the re...

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

...upply. Consider the following: in 2007 there were approximately 1.5 million fires in the United States, causing about 18,000 injuries and 3,400 deaths. Acco...0 hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths. Today, no one would tolerate fighting fires with buckets and horse-drawn wagons - this would be unacceptable. Similarly...

Discover the Deadly Toxic Twins: Hydrogen Cyanide and Carbon Monoxide

...FPA study reveals 87-percent of people who died in fires had toxic blood concentrations of cyanide. Accord...ay's cabinetry are just a few of the items causing fires to develop at a considerably faster rate than in t...xic and deadly gases found within the smoke of the fires they fight on a daily basis." Proper use of ...

AVMA, AVMF, Red Cross Enter Agreement to Coordinate Animal Rescue Efforts and Programs

...to address a problem of common concern following house fires: temporary housing for pets. The Red Cross provides temporary housing for the victims of fires but cannot currently accommodate pets. "Many people choose to sleep in their cars simply because they can't find a home for their pets," Dr. Cas...

Firefighters Have Narrower-Than-Normal Arteries, Study Finds

... chief of the cardiology division at the University of California, Los Angeles, said that exposure to small particulate matter in smoke that occurs at fires also is harmful. Smoke, he said, provokes inflammation, which is associated with heart disease and stroke. Also, many firefighters sleep during the...

Tobacco-Free Toolkit Helps Businesses Increase Their Bottom Lines

... per year than non-smokers. As the toolkit points out, businesses also incur sizable tobacco-related costs not related to health. Commercial cigarette fires cause about $500 million in damages and kill 2,000 people each year, while cleaning costs associated with smoking in the workplace total about $4 bill...

Ka-Boom!!!

...test bombing. S&T's Stephen Dennis explains the idea: DHS wants to develop cameras with memory chips sturdy enough to withstand bombing attacks, fires or floods, but inexpensive enough to use in places where a complete surveillance system wasn't workable. DHS's target price for the cameras was bet...

Replace Smoke and CO Alarm Batteries This Sunday for Daylight Saving Time

...ime." An estimated annual average of 378,700 fires, 2,740 deaths, 13,090 injuries and $5.6 billion in property losses associated with residential fires were reported by fire departments from 2003 through 2005. Carbon monoxide is an odorless, colorless, poisonous gas that consumers cannot see or s...

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

...of infection and loss of fluids. DTBV is the largest tissue bank in Australia and the only human skin bank in the state of Victoria, where most of the fires and deaths have occurred. MTF was quick to respond when the request came from DTBV. After receiving the necessary international clearances, the s...

Great Comebacks(R) Program Announces 2008 National Award Winner and Inaugural Tony Snow Public Service Award

...me to get well and based their decisions on my demonstrated performance." Cuyler, 43, credits the support of his wife Tammy, who keeps the home fires burning in Hannibal, New York, as well as his daughter Megan and son Jared for giving him the strength and motivation to keep pushing forward. "I hope...

Upcoming Packard/Stanford Autism Symposium a Catalyst for Collaboration among Researchers and Community

...e opportunity for scientists at the annual symposium to interact with people who have daily experience with individuals with autism is invaluable. "It fires us up as researchers." Registration and a complete symposium agenda are available at http://childpsychiatry.stanford.edu . The $100 fee includes...

American Red Cross and HOPE worldwide Honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Legacy

...then communities by giving people the information they need to prevent home fires and protect their loved ones." During the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ... and fireplaces may lead to additional home fires, above the usual 180 home fires to which the Red Cross responds every day. This is the second year R...

When It's Cold Outside, Be Careful Inside With Heaters

... 1 in 6 house fires are blamed on faulty heating equipment SATURDAY, Jan. 10 (Healt...Association reports that heating equipment is the cause of one of every six fires in the home. Space heaters caused a third of these incidents, resulting in ...

VSP Program Provides Over $1.8 Million in Aid in 2008

...nsas, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. The mobile clinic and VSP eye doctors also provided relief and eyecare to fire crews battling wild fires in both Northern and Southern California. About the VSP Family of Companies VSP (R) 's family of companies includes the largest not-for-pr...

Why Are So Many Americans Wearing Gold Earrings on their Right Ear?

...s a result of second-hand smoke. Cigarette-related deaths kills more people each year in the U.S. than AIDS, automobile accidents, drug overdoses and fires combined. Miss America, whose mission is to help Americans stop smoking, is doing TV and newspaper interviews about helping Americans, using...