Health
CDC: 221 sickened by synthetic pot in Colorado
Synthetic marijuana is believed to have sickened 221 people in Colorado during an outbreak earlier this year.
Dec 12, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Rotavirus vaccination may also protect children against seizures
A new study suggests an additional—and somewhat surprising—potential benefit of vaccinating children against rotavirus, a common cause of diarrhea and vomiting. Besides protecting kids from intestinal illness caused by ...
Nov 21, 2013
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Cardiology
Hospitalizations for about 70 percent of ER visits for A-fib
(HealthDay)—Nationwide, 69 percent of emergency department visits for atrial fibrillation (AF) result in hospitalization, with patient- and hospital-level factors affecting hospitalization, according to a study published ...
Nov 13, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Obesity may increase the risk of Clostridium difficile infection
Researchers from Boston Medical Center (BMC) and Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have identified obesity as a possible risk factor for clostridium difficile infection (CDI). These findings, which appear online ...
Oct 24, 2013
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Medications
ACEP: Characteristics of patients with opioid overdose
(HealthDay)—Characteristics associated with opioid overdose and doctor-shopping (utilizing more than 10 providers for schedule II to V medications over a one-year period) have been identified, according to two studies presented ...
Oct 18, 2013
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Addiction
Changing laws, attitudes of police response to drug overdose may lead to better outcomes
A recent study from Rhode Island Hospital has found that a change in the way police respond to drug-related overdose emergencies could contribute to improved outcomes of the victims and to the communities where overdoses ...
Sep 26, 2013
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Health
US probes likely synthetic pot outbreak
A federal team has arrived in Colorado to help investigate hospital reports that synthetic marijuana is to blame for scores of recent illnesses and possibly three fatalities in the state.
Sep 11, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Qatar announces second MERS virus death
A Qatari man has died from the MERS coronavirus, becoming the second fatality from the SARS-like virus to be recorded in the Gulf state, health authority said Saturday.
Sep 8, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
MERS virus claims two more lives in Saudi Arabia
Two women have died of the coronavirus MERS in Saudi Arabia, the health ministry said on Friday, bringing the total number of fatalities in the kingdom to 44.
Sep 6, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Qatar announces its first MERS death
A woman has died in Qatar after contracting the MERS coronavirus, becoming the first recorded fatality from the SARS-like virus in the Gulf state, local press reported on Wednesday.
Sep 4, 2013
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