Animal study leading to new treatments for hemorrhagic shock and uncontrolled abdominal hemorrhage
...equires rapid action to prevent mortality. Using a swine model for severe hemorrhagic shock and uncontrolled abdominal hemorrhage, three methods of treatment were investigated. In a paper to be presented at the 2007 Society for Academic Emergency Medicine (SAEM) Annual Meeting, James Manning, MD, will show...Agricultural workers at increased risk for infection with animal flu viruses
...coupled with the fact that pigs can be infected by swine viruses, bird (avian) viruses as well as human flu...igs significantly increases the risk of developing swine influenza infection. Agricultural workers should, therefore, be considered in developing flu pandemi...US swine workers at increased risk of infection with swine influenza virus
...ing workers, are at heightened risk of contracting swine influenza, according to a study in the Jan. 1 issu... human health. In Iowa, the state with the highest swine production, researchers examined farmers, veterinarians, meat processing workers and a control group...... studied, he said. The UB study employs a unique swine model of hibernating myocardium created by scientists in UB's Center for Research in Cardiovascular Medicine. Researchers treated normal pigs and pigs with hibernating myocardium with pravastatin for four weeks, and compared the results with normal ...