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'Brief History' scientist Stephen Hawking 'very ill': university

Stephen Hawking, the wheelchair-bound British physicist whose book "A Brief History Of Time" became an international best-seller, is "very ill" in hospital, Cambridge University said Monday.

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 20, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (15) | comments 3

Fat patients force British ambulances to supersize

Britain is having to buy new ambulances and upgrade others to cope with a growing number of fat patients as an obesity crisis grips the country, a report said Thursday.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

'Invisible bracelet' for emergency health alerts?

(AP) -- Emergency health alerts for the Facebook generation? The nation's ambulance crews are pushing a virtual medical ID system to rapidly learn a patient's health history during a crisis - and which can immediately text-message ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Dec 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Treatment is just a heartbeat away

(PhysOrg.com) -- Those who delay going to hospital or calling an ambulance when experiencing chest pain - acute coronary syndrome (ACS) - have a higher mortality and morbidity rate than those who don’t.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Public ignorance over non-emergency calls, UK research reveals

Fewer than one in three people fully understand when not to call the emergency services, according to a new study from the University of Birmingham.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Community program halves fall rate among older people

A community based falls prevention service reduced the rate of falls among older people by 55%, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 11, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Toronto's entertainment district 'hot-spot' for violence-related injuries

Each day people living in large urban centres are injured as the result of violent acts such as physical assault. While existing research tells us where such events are most likely to happen, a new study by Canadian scientists ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 26, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Rural hospital hinging future on federal incentive

(AP) -- Electronic medical records are a life-or-death issue at Sac-Osage Hospital - not necessarily just for the patients, but for the hospital itself.

Medicine & Health / Other

created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Saving heart attack patients in the middle of the night

When Joyce Moss recently arrived at Loyola University Hospital with a life-threatening heart attack, it took just 42 minutes to perform an emergency balloon angioplasty.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 05, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Ambulance

An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient. The word is often associated with road going emergency ambulances which form part of an emergency medical service, administering emergency care to those with acute medical problems.

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