Health
New recommendations in bedsharing debate
Researchers from Murdoch University's School of Health Professions are urging health organisations to reconsider their attitudes to mothers and babies bedsharing.
Apr 29, 2013
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News tagged with sudden death
Cardiology
Mayo Clinic Minute: Watch for these heart arrhythmia red flags
A heart arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat. It occurs when the electrical signals that tell the heart when to beat and pump blood aren't functioning properly. Some heart arrhythmias can be harmless and just bothersome, ...
Dec 8, 2021
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Cardiology
Sleep apnea increases risk of sudden death, cardiovascular conditions
A study by Penn State College of Medicine researchers reveals that people living with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), a condition that occurs when a person's airway becomes blocked while they are asleep, are twice as likely ...
Jul 28, 2021
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Pediatrics
Neonatal circumcision could increase the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in babies – new research
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) or cot death remains the leading cause of infant death in many developed countries. There are around 2,700 babies who die from cot death every year in the US – and around 300 in the UK.
Jan 11, 2019
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Infants who die unexpectedly in the first week might have different risk factors than those who die in the first month
While a sudden unexpected infant death (SUID) is rare in the first month of life, a new Rutgers study has found that those occurring in the first week, an even rarer event, have different risk factors than those dying later, ...
Oct 20, 2022
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Cardiology
Regular tub bathing linked to lower risk of death from cardiovascular disease
Regular tub bathing is linked to a lower risk of death from heart disease and stroke, indicates a long term study, published online in the journal Heart.
Mar 24, 2020
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Cardiology
No association between out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and COVID-19 vaccination, show study
Victorian cardiovascular disease (CVD) experts have found no association between out-of-hospital cardiac arrests and COVID-19 vaccinations.
Apr 26, 2023
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
More deaths, no benefit from malaria drug in VA virus study (Update)
A malaria drug widely touted by President Donald Trump for treating the new coronavirus showed no benefit in a large analysis of its use in U.S. veterans hospitals. There were more deaths among those given hydroxychloroquine ...
Apr 21, 2020
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Cardiology
Study helps predict which ARVD patients are at highest risk of sudden cardiac death
(Medical Xpress) -- Johns Hopkins experts in arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia (ARVD) have defined a set of criteria that could be used to assess a patient’s need for an implanted defibrillator to prevent sudden ...
Sep 23, 2011
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Chloroquine COVID-19 trial stopped after patient deaths
A study of chloroquine in novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) patients was halted due to potentially deadly side effects.
Apr 14, 2020
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