Seat belted Victims of Car Crashes Show Better Recovery
Recent research has indicated that car crash victims who wear seat belts show better chances of recovery even from the emergency rooms than those who don’t//. The research has revealed that of the 24,000 car accident patients, brought to the ER, the victims without seatbelts were three times more likely to die in the hospital than those with seat belts. According to Shane Alle...Pilot Crashes Himself, Daughter, into House
Police suspect that a plane accident that left a father and young daughter dead in the mid-west state of Indiana may be a suicide// crash. Two people were killed Monday after the single-engine Cessna crashed under clear sunny skies at the edge of a small local airport in Bedford - into the home of a relative. The plane destroyed the house of the former mother-in-law of the...Sleep Apnea Patients Have Greatly Increased Risk of Severe Car Crashes
People with obstructive sleep apnea have a markedly increased risk of severe motor vehicle crashes involving personal injury, according to a study presented at the American Thoracic Society 2007 International Conference, on Sunday, May 20. The study of 800 people with sleep apnea and 800 without the nighttime breathing disorder found that patients with sleep apnea were twice as li...Skin Rashes Signifies Longer Survival in Cancer Patients
Researchers from OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc found that the appearance of a rash in cancer patients treated with erlotinib (Tarceva) is strongly associated with longer survival. This is not the first time that rash has been associated with a survival advantage with EGFR inhibitors - a class of drugs which includes erlotinib, cetuximab, panitumumab and others designed to block overproduct...