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With CPR, two bystanders are better than one: study
Wed,4 Jul 2012 05:51 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - When somebody suffers cardiac arrest in a public place, the odds of survival are better when more than one bystander comes to the rescue, according to a Japanese study. But the researchers, whose report appeared in the journal Resuscitation, said that there was no survival advantage to having multiple rescuers for cardiac arrests suffered at home, which is where most take place. "An increased number of rescuers improves the outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrests," wrote study leader Hideo Inaba of Kanazawa University Graduate School of Medicine. ... Full Story | Top |
Sleep apnea gets worse in the winter: study
Wed,4 Jul 2012 05:37 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Respiration problems in sleep apnea - which causes people to momentarily stop breathing multiple times throughout the night, for seconds to minutes at a time - appear to worsen during the colder months of the year, according to a study from Brazil. Changes in weight and seasonal allergies can affect sleep apnea, and researchers writing in the journal Chest wanted to see if weather changes might also have an impact. ... Full Story | Top |
Romney, in switch, says Obama healthcare a tax
Wed,4 Jul 2012 03:15 PM PDT
Reuters -  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Wednesday contradicted his campaign's stance on a key part of President Barack Obama's healthcare law, saying its individual insurance mandate amounts to a tax rather than a penalty. A Romney campaign aide said on Monday that the former Massachusetts governor viewed it as a penalty, a politically sensitive distinction among voters opposed to higher taxes. In reversing course, Romney cited the Supreme Court decision last week. ...
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India to give free generic drugs to hundreds of millions
Wed,4 Jul 2012 02:48 PM PDT
Reuters - MUMBAI (Reuters) - India has put in place a $5.4 billion policy to provide free medicine to its people, a decision that could change the lives of hundreds of millions, but a ban on branded drugs stands to cut Big Pharma out of the windfall. From city hospitals to tiny rural clinics, India's public doctors will soon be able to prescribe free generic drugs to all comers, vastly expanding access to medicine in a country where public spending on health was just $4.50 per person last year. The plan was quietly adopted last year but not publicized. ... Full Story | Top |
From a vial of mom's blood, a fetus's entire genome
Wed,4 Jul 2012 10:10 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters) - The days of pregnant women having a 3-inch-long (8-centimetre-long) hollow needle jabbed into their abdomens may be numbered. For the second time in a month, scientists have announced that a simple blood test, rather than more invasive tests such as amniocentesis, can determine a fetus's genetic make-up, identifying mutations causing any of about 3,000 inherited disorders that arise from a glitch in a single gene, such as cystic fibrosis. ... Full Story | Top |
Half of all heart patients make medication errors
Wed,4 Jul 2012 09:42 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Half of all heart patients made at least one medication-related mistake after leaving the hospital, and guidance from a pharmacist didn't seem to reduce those errors, in a new study. Consequences of mistakes - such as forgetting to take certain drugs or taking the wrong dose - can range from side effects like constipation to more serious drops in blood pressure. Two percent of errors were life-threatening. Hospitals involved in the study were already taking steps to prevent medication mistakes in addition to the extra pharmacist intervention, said Dr. ... Full Story | Top |
Sleep apnea gets worse in the winter
Wed,4 Jul 2012 07:28 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The breathing problems caused by sleep apnea appear to worsen during the colder months of the year, according to a new study from Brazil. People with the common sleep disorder stop breathing multiple times throughout the night, each bout lasting from seconds to minutes. Jerome Dempsey, who studies breathing problems at the University of Wisconsin and was not involved in the new study, said it makes sense that airway infections and weather would have an effect on sleep apnea. ... Full Story | Top |
Diabetes: The dark side of the Gulf's economic boom
Wed,4 Jul 2012 07:20 AM PDT
Reuters -  DUBAI (Reuters) - Dhari al-Fadli, a patient being treated at a diabetes clinic in Kuwait, is a victim of the dark side of his country's economic boom. After his weight hit a peak of 123 kg (271 pounds), Fadli developed such serious diabetes that he had to inject himself with insulin before every meal. Helped by the insertion of a gastric balloon into his stomach to reduce hunger, he has now lost enough weight to stop the injections, but still has to take diabetic medication. "We're all overweight in my family... ...
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Palestinians eye Arafat autopsy after poison report
Wed,4 Jul 2012 07:18 AM PDT
Reuters -  JERUSALEM (Reuters) - New suspicions that Yasser Arafat was murdered, perhaps poisoned by radioactive polonium, prompted the Palestinian Authority on Wednesday to agree to exhume the body of the iconic leader. Israel, seen by many Arabs as the prime suspect behind the mysterious illness that killed the 75-year-old Arafat in 2004, sought to distance itself anew from the death of the man who led Palestinians' bid for a state through years of war and peace. ...
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Elections to mark new start for Libya economy
Wed,4 Jul 2012 07:08 AM PDT
Reuters -  TRIPOLI (Reuters) - For Tripoli businessman Salem Mohammed, Libya's first elections in a generation on Saturday will pave the way for what he believes the North African country should become - a new Dubai. "We have oil, we have money, Libya can easily be just like Dubai," the 47 year old, who works in manufacturing, said. "We just need foreign investors and hopefully they will now start coming and business will boom. ...
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Superbug infections dropping across US, army finds
Wed,4 Jul 2012 06:47 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Bloodstream infections caused by the MRSA superbug may be on the decline in communities across the U.S., according to a large study of military personnel. Previous data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show a drop in infections contracted in healthcare settings. But the trajectory of community-onset MRSA, short for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, is less clear. ... Full Story | Top |
With CPR, two bystanders can be better than one
Wed,4 Jul 2012 06:45 AM PDT
Reuters - NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - When someone suffers cardiac arrest in a public place, the odds of survival are better when more than one bystander comes to the rescue, a new study suggests. The American Heart Association (AHA) and other groups say that everyone should learn cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR. For laypeople, that usually means doing "hands-only" CPR -- just chest compressions, and no mouth-to-mouth breathing -- until paramedics arrive. Studies have shown that hands-only CPR is just as effective as the traditional way when it comes to helping adult cardiac arrest victims. ... Full Story | Top |
Chlorine leak in Georgia, 73 taken to hospital
Wed,4 Jul 2012 01:48 AM PDT
Reuters - TBILISI (Reuters) - Seventy-three people were treated in hospital after a chlorine leak at a water distribution company in Georgia late on Tuesday, a Tbilisi city official said. "Around 30 patients are still in hospitals, but the majority of them will be discharged by the end of the day," Temur Grigalashvili, told Reuters on Wednesday. The leak was caused by the malfunction of a tap on a tank containing chlorine. Nearly half of those taken to hospital were on a bus that passed through the area in Tbilisi where the leak occurred, Grigalashvili said. ... Full Story | Top |
Over-the-counter pain drugs not tied to miscarriage: study
Tue,3 Jul 2012 06:52 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - Women who use certain over-the-counter painkillers such as aspirin early in pregnancy may not have an increased risk of miscarriage, according to a U.S. study. Researchers writing in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology looked at the possible connection between miscarriage and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), which include common painkillers like aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen. Some studies have hinted at an increased miscarriage risk among women who use NSAIDs around the time they conceive or in early pregnancy, but other studies have failed to find a connection. ... Full Story | Top |
Cuba says cholera kills three, blames bad water wells
Tue,3 Jul 2012 04:21 PM PDT
Reuters - HAVANA (Reuters) - Three people have died of cholera and another 50 have been diagnosed with the illness in an outbreak caused by contaminated well water, the Cuban government said on Tuesday. It blamed recent heavy rains and high temperatures for the water problems, which forced the closure of some wells and the chlorination of the water system in the hardest hit areas. The Public Health Ministry said in a statement that the township of Mazanillo in the southeast province of Granma had suffered the most cholera cases, which have occurred in the last few weeks, but that the outbreak is ... Full Story | Top |
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