Implementing an out-of hospital stroke policy in some Chicago hospitals was associated with significant improvements in emergency medical services use and increased intravenous tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) use at primary ...
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The death of a child is a tragic event for a family, bringing with it feelings of numbness, anger, guilt and denial. And, unfortunately, for many families, the loss becomes too much to bear.
Oct 19, 2012
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(AP)—Yosemite officials told 1,700 past visitors on Tuesday they may have been exposed to a rodent-borne disease already blamed for the deaths of two people who stayed in cabins at the national park.
Aug 28, 2012
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Because whooping cough (pertussis) is almost as contagious as measles (affecting ~12-17 individuals with each case), clinicians are required to report cases of this bacterial respiratory tract infection to the state's department ...
Jul 19, 2012
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(HealthDay) -- There were both good and bad trends in the overall health of Americans in 2011, a new government report shows.
Jun 19, 2012
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Among patients with acute coronary syndromes (such as heart attack or unstable angina) treated at public hospitals in Brazil, implementation of a multifaceted intervention that included educational materials, checklists and ...
Mar 25, 2012
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States that prescribe abstinence-only sex education programs in public schools have significantly higher teenage pregnancy and birth rates than states with more comprehensive sex education programs, researchers from the University ...
Nov 30, 2011
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Western Sydney University's "Brain Bootcamp" is Australia's first self-guided intervention demonstrating the potential of short lifestyle modifications, even later in life, in dementia prevention.
Aug 28, 2024
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With the Environmental Protection Agency's latest—and strictest—plan to minimize the risk of Americans drinking lead-contaminated water on the horizon, the debate over whether the rules go too far or not nearly far enough ...
Jul 17, 2024
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The University of South Florida will be the new headquarters of the Global Virus Network, a coalition of more than 80 virology research centers in 40 countries, as well as home to its co-founder: Robert Gallo, who is credited ...
Jun 7, 2024
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