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Drug combo curbs nausea of chemotherapy
• Emergencies / First Aid • Apr 26 05
For cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy that includes cisplatin, the combination of two drugs is better than one for curbing acute cisplatin-induced nausea…
Many women wait weeks for a mammogram
• Emergencies / First Aid • Apr 26 05
Many Mammogram facilities in the U.S. are facing staffing shortages, which, if left unaddressed, may further limit women’s access to mammograms and…
Mexico culls chickens with bird flu in the north
• Emergencies / First Aid • Mar 31 05
Mexico slaughtered chickens on farms in Northern Mexico this month and put a million more in quarantine after discovering low-pathogenic cases bird flu, a…
‘GlucoWatch’ may be useful in diabetic tots
• Emergencies / First Aid • Mar 17 05
A wristwatch-like monitor that checks blood sugar without a needle may be useful for managing Diabetes in young children, new research suggests.
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Over 180,000 Darfur deaths in 18 months: UN envoy
• Emergencies / First Aid • Mar 15 05
The U.N. emergency relief coordinator, Jan Egeland, estimates that more than 180,000 people have died in Sudan’s Darfur from hunger and disease over the…
MRI scans could have antidepressant effect -study
• Emergencies / First Aid • Mar 11 05
High-speed magnetic resonance imaging scans produce effects in rats similar to the use of antidepressants, confirming observations made in human patients,…
Banned rat poison may still pose threat
• Emergencies / First Aid • Feb 28 05
A highly toxic rodent poison, banned worldwide since 1984, may still pose a risk to public health due to its continued illegal sale and…
Men likelier than women to have bowel cancer test
• Emergencies / First Aid • Feb 25 05
Men are more likely than women to take up invitations for bowel screening, according to a large Cancer Research UK study published in…
Factors Should Signal Heart Disease In Women
• Emergencies / First Aid • Feb 16 05
Delay To Emergency Room Could Cause Heart Muscle Damage
Men and women share many risk factors for heart disease, the No. 1 killer in…
New Tests Provide Clues to Fetal Health
• Emergencies / First Aid • Feb 16 05
Two new techniques, one using maternal blood and the other amniotic fluid, should give health-care providers new insight into the health of a baby…
Antibiotic overuse linked to high resistance rates
• Emergencies / First Aid • Feb 11 05
Overprescribing antibiotics to patients is associated with high rates of antibiotic resistance in southern and eastern Europe, according to a report from the Netherlands.…
Occasion drinking accounts for more injuries
• Emergencies / First Aid • Feb 02 05
Moderate drinking accounts for more injuries than heavy drinking does, simply because more people tend to drink small amounts, according to a new…
Disaster looms for megacities, UN official says
• Emergencies / First Aid • Jan 18 05
Earthquakes, floods and other natural disasters could kill millions in the world’s teeming megacities and time is running out to prevent such a catastrophe,…
Studies cite poor CPR methods in restarting hearts
• Emergencies / First Aid • Jan 18 05
Many caregivers perform CPR incorrectly and fail to restart stopped hearts by not adhering to strict guidelines governing the frequency and force of chest…
Heed risks and signs of hypothermia, frostbite
• Emergencies / First Aid • Jan 06 05
Emergency room doctors are urging people to protect themselves from winter’s deadly companions, hypothermia and frostbite.
Be alert, says the American College of…
Emergency birth control not linked to risk behavior
• Emergencies / First Aid • Jan 04 05
Readily available emergency contraception does not increase the rate of unprotected intercourse among young women or affect the spread of sexually transmitted infections, according…
ER good place to get kids into health programs
• Emergencies / First Aid • Dec 20 04
The emergency department is an ideal place to enroll uninsured children in government-provided health coverage programs, according to a new study.
The emergency room…
A trainer at your fingertips
• Emergencies / First Aid • Dec 15 04
Want to calculate your BMI, heart rate or caloric needs? With a fitness cellphone, all that is easily accessible.
We are all about our…
More ‘superbug’ infections seen in ER patients
• Emergencies / First Aid • Dec 10 04
Among patients treated at urban public hospital emergency rooms for skin and soft-tissue infections, more and more often the cause appears to be the…
Americans need to careful around Christmas trees
• Emergencies / First Aid • Dec 09 04
Deck the halls, but don’t fall doing it, U.S. health officials warned on Thursday.
About 5,800 Americans are expected to be treated in emergency…
Chest pain not from heart?
• Emergencies / First Aid • Nov 26 04
People who go to the emergency room with chest pain and are told that it is not caused by a heart attack or angina…
Pseudoephedrine tied to heart attack in young man
• Emergencies / First Aid • Nov 24 04
If a recently reported case is a reliable indicator, the over-the-counter medication pseudoephedrine can cause a heart attack - even in healthy young adults.
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Paramedic-placed throat tube may up patient risk
• Emergencies / First Aid • Nov 23 04
People who sustain a brain injury often require an endotracheal tube in their throats to help them breathe. However, new research shows that the…
China Issues SARS Alert as Winter Approaches
• Emergencies / First Aid • Oct 26 04
China has issued emergency instructions to hospitals nationwide to isolate patients suffering from severe respiratory diseases to prevent a winter recurrence of SARS, a…
“Mad” honey can be a hazard to the heart
• Emergencies / First Aid • Oct 25 04
The cases of 19 patients sent to the emergency room by a dose of “mad” honey highlight the not-so-sweet side of the food, according…