Health
American Red Cross issues urgent call for blood donations
(HealthDay)—Blood donations to the American Red Cross are down substantially, and the agency says an "emergency situation" could arise within weeks.
Jul 22, 2014
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Cardiology
FDA warns of problems with Philips heart devices (Update)
Federal health regulators are warning the public that certain cardiac defibrillators recalled by Philips Healthcare may fail to deliver a needed shock in an emergency.
Dec 3, 2013
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Health
Intervention helps older adults prepare for emergencies
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, one in three adults age 65 and older falls at least once every year. These falls can result in moderate to severe injuries, such as hip fractures and head traumas, ...
Oct 21, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Costa Rica issues health alert over dengue
Costa Rica on Tuesday declared a health alert due to a dengue fever outbreak which has claimed three lives and infected about 12,000 people so far this year, authorities said.
Jul 3, 2013
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Pediatrics
Scripts help novice instructors teach pediatric CPR
New, low-tech teaching techniques used by novice instructors may improve training for healthcare providers in performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on children who suffer cardiac arrest. Researchers in a large multicenter ...
Apr 24, 2013
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Cardiology
Haemodialysis works for reducing dabigatran levels: Implications for urgent use during bleeding or surgery
Dabigatran is one of the new oral anticoagulants which are increasingly used to prevent thrombosis. In case of an emergency (e.g. bleeding or urgent surgery), there are - despite the lack of a specific antidote - effective ...
Apr 8, 2013
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New research paper says we are still at risk of the plague
Today archaeologists unearthed a 'Black Death' grave in London, containing more than a dozen skeletons of people suspected to have died from the plague. The victims are thought to have died during the 14th century and archaeologists ...
Mar 15, 2013
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Health
More changes in health care needed to fulfill promise of health information technology
Despite wide investments nationally in electronic medical records and related tools, the cost-saving promise of health information technology has not been reached because the systems deployed are neither interconnected nor ...
Jan 7, 2013
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Health
Humanitarian organizations must do more for older people in emergencies
Emergency aid has failed to address the needs of older people in emergency situations and so donors and humanitarian agencies must urgently ensure that this vulnerable group is included in any emergency response, according ...
Dec 18, 2012
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Long-term public health support needed to tackle infectious disease outbreaks
Outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as swine flu (H1N1) threaten global health and should be considered by funding agencies and humanitarian organizations as development issues rather than emergency situations, requiring ...
Dec 11, 2012
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