New study in 'Nature' demonstrates protection against cell death during heart attack
...die a finding that could quickly lead to improved emergency treatments for heart attack and stroke. The Cincinnati Children's researchers discovered that blocking a particular protein in mice protects the heart from injury due to loss of blood flow during a heart attack. Moreover, drugs already exist that bl...It's winning, not losing, that triggers violence at sports events
... their findings on the numbers of people requiring emergency medical treatment for assault at the time of inter...the number of assault cases presenting to the only emergency medicine department in Cardiff between May 1995 and April 2002. The emergency medicine facility is a...Late developers may run higher risk of infection than sexually mature younger teens
...wer risk of chlamydial infection, while the use of emergency contraception doubled the risk. Sex during a period also increased the risk of bacterial vaginosis. Smoking conferred protection against HPV. But sexual maturity had a significant impact on all three infections. Young women, whose breasts were more ...HIV testing should be routine part of primary health care for sexually active
.... HIV testing also should be offered routinely in emergency departments, jails and substance abuse centers, the researchers say. The proposal for routine testing, which was published electronically February 28 and will appear in the April 1 issue of the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases , is based on a re...Geodon effective in psychiatric emergencies; Sharply reduces time in restraints
... are agitated, might also reduce time spent in the emergency room and thus reduce costs." Dr. Francis added th...ad author of the study and director of psychiatric emergency services at Stony Brook University Hospital, said that having patients in restraints for a shorter p...Billions in cost estimated for firefighter injuries
... stressed the importance of programs that minimize emergency calls, prevent accidental fires, and reduce the incidents of arson. It also calls for early detection of fires using smoke detectors as well as improved on scene command procedures to locate firefighters and understand threats to them. The study prai...Sudan surveys show high rates of death and malnutrition among displaced population
... that is recognized internationally as defining an emergency situation and 4 to 6 times the expected rate in su...ates exceeded the 2 per 10,000 per day used as the emergency benchmark." Deaths from medical causes predominated in Kass and Kalma with diarrheal diseases res...ESC releases the first European Guidelines on Percutaneous Coronary Interventions (PCI)
...of the coronary artery. 8. In cardiogenic shock, emergency PCI for complete revascularisation may be life-saving and should be considered at an early stage. 9. Randomised trials that transfer the patients for primary PCI to a 'heart attack centre' have observed a better clinical outcome than thrombolysis. ...Flu pandemic coming, US not prepared
...opulation. Strengthen liability protections during emergency outbreak response. In case of a declared influenz... care workers and medical facilities administering emergency therapeutics, as well as the companies that make them, should be protected from lawsuits stemming fr...Study shows use of budesonide reduced the risk of asthma related events by 40% in children
...ny children with asthma make repeated trips to the emergency room or are hospitalized because of worsening symptoms," said Dr. Albert Sheffer, Clinical Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Director Emeritus at the Allergy Clinic, Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston and an investigator in the saf...Use of inhaled corticosteroid led to fewer hospitalizations for young children with asthma
...first-line treatment for asthma, experienced fewer emergency department (ED) visits or hospitalizations than children prescribed the medication as second or third-line treatment . Asthma is the most common chronic medical condition among children under the age of 15 and the third leading cause of hospitalizat...Rural America vulnerable to bioterrorism and natural disaster threats
...le to bioterrorism and other serious public health emergency threats such as storms and other natural disasters...n rural areas need to work together to assure that emergency preparedness is achieved in a cost-effective manner. Paul Campbell, Harvard School of Public Health...Specialist care gives better rate of survival
...h a specialist had 38 per cent fewer visits to the emergency room, only 13 per cent were readmitted to hospital and the one-year mortality rate was lower--22 per cent versus 37 per cent. Patients who have follow-up care from both specialists and family physicians are in better health because they have more c...New hand-held information system for emergency responders
...tion System for Emergency Responders) provides the emergency responder with critical information on hazardous s...responder on-the-scene, a Hazmat specialist, or an emergency medical specialist (EMS). "First responders in general, and Hazmat units in particular, must make de...New NHS payment system 'is no panacea'
...foundation hospitals showed a change in numbers of emergency admissions and coding patterns compared with those...ort stay inpatient admissions through accident and emergency departments (24%) than non-foundation trusts (17%). However, average episode costs and HRG codes did...UCLA Medical Center becomes first hospital to introduce remote presence robots in ICU
... provide remote medical expertise in areas such as emergency rooms and patient wards....Emergency clopidogrel could save thousands of lives46,000-patient heart attack trial results
... anti-platelet drug clopidogrel to aspirin for the emergency treatment of heart attacks could save thousands of...shed that giving the beta-blocker metoprolol as an emergency treatment for heart attacks cuts the risks of repeat heart attacks and of ventricular fibrillation [...Study finds indoor allergen levels vary, cockroach allergens cause more asthma symptoms
...thma-related hospitalization or two asthma-related emergency room visits during the six months prior to enrollment in the study. They also had a positive allergy skin test to at least one of 11 indoor allergens such as dust mites, molds, cockroaches, pets or rodents. Children slept in the primary caretaker's h...Severe injuries on the rise among children and adolescents riding motorbikes
...ed for off-road use," says Wendy Pomerantz, MD, an emergency medicine physician at Cincinnati Children's and the study's lead author. "Riding motorbikes is dangerous because the rider's body is fully exposed and there is very little protection during a crash. Fast vehicles, combined with immature skeletal syst...Mayo Clinic develops first genomic-based test to predict stroke from ruptured brain aneurysm
... and compared them with the genetic variants of 58 emergency room patients with ruptured aneurysms. Blood samples were taken from all, and DNA analysis performed. There was no significant difference between the two groups in terms of age, race, gender, health history, family history, and smoking habits. Despit...