Researchers Find Drug May Give Some Cardiac Protection 24 Hours After Heart Attack
A drug has been shown to provide some protection to the heart from injury even if given as much as 24 hours after a heart attack, Jefferson Medical College researchers report. Walter Koch, Ph.D., director of the Center for Translational Medicine in the Department of Medicine at Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, and his co-workers knew that the drug D...Watching television for long hours could lead to agressiveness
Researchers claim that children who watch television for long hours are more likely to be agitated.The research was carried out by Jeffrey Johnson, of Columbia University// and the New York State Psychiatric Institute. His team tracked more than 700 children through adolescence to adulthood. They found that those who had watched one or more hours of television a day appeared much more...Risk of DVT for those spending long hours in front of computers
e-thrombosis is the new e-jargon associated with computers. But it is no term to be happy about, because this term refers to the condition called Deep Vein Thrombosis(DVT), which could affect those individuals whose work or lifestyle demands them to spend long hours in front of a computer. Sitting for a long time without a break could cause blood clots in the unmoving lower limbs, then tr...Sitting in office for long hours can cause overweight and obesity
An interesting study done on the Australians workers has suggested that the workplace may play// an important role in the growing problem of overweight and obesity. The current study examined the role of occupational workplace and the body mass index. In the present day, lack of physical activity and irregular food intake are some of the established problems of certain occupation. As a r...Heart Attack Patients Reaching Hospital During Off-Hours Have Increased Risk Of Death
Patients, who reach hospital during off working hours for treatment for heart attacks, may be more at risk from death and delayed restoration of normal blood flow, said a research // findings in the latest issue of JAMA. Reperfusion therapy (restoration of blood flow to an organ or tissue) with either fibrinolytic therapy (medication for dissolving blood clots) or percutaneous coronary...Junior Doctors Working Long Hours May Perform Poorly
Lack of sleep for the junior doctors can affect their neurobehavioral performance as much as having alcohol and working.// During heavy call rotation and long hours, effects on residents’ neurobehavioral performance are comparable to the impairment associated with a 0.04 to 0.05 grams percent blood alcohol concentration. The article was published in the September issue of JAMA....Nitrogen, Total 48-, 72-, 96-Hours, Feces
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