News tagged with attack rates
If you want to lose weight, find a mountain retreat
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study has found the secret to effortless weight loss: spend some time at high altitude. Even a week on a mountain retreat can produce weight loss in sedentary people eating as much as ...
Feb 05, 2010 |
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Chest compression-only CPR improves survival in cardiac arrest patients
Heart attack patients whose hearts have stopped beating and who receive cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) from bystanders fare better if their resuscitators skip the rescue breaths and do only chest compression, ...
Oct 14, 2010 |
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Social isolation worsens cardiac arrest effects on heart regulation
A new study in mice shows how social support can help minimize some of the worst physical damages to the brain caused by a heart attack.
Aug 30, 2010 |
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UF report: 2011 shark attacks remain steady, deaths highest since 1993
Shark attacks in the U.S. declined in 2011, but worldwide fatalities reached a two-decade high, according to the University of Florida's International Shark Attack File report released today.
Feb 07, 2012 |
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Anonymous gives Colombian president a hack attack
Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos on Wednesday tweeted that his Facebook page had been hit by the hacker group Anonymous, which took a swipe at the country's independence celebrations.
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Longevinex exhibits L-shaped safety curve for first time in resveratrol biology
It was Paracelsus, the Renaissance physician (1493-1541 A.D.) who first said "the dose makes the poison." So, you can drink too much wine, or ingest too much resveratrol, but in an unprecedented study, heart researchers ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Dec 30, 2010 |
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Can wage regulation be deadly?
A study forthcoming in the Journal of Political Economy suggests that government regulation of nurses' pay leads to higher death rates in U.K. hospitals.
Other Sciences / Economics & Business
May 12, 2010 |
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Heartbreak increases heart attack risk: study
People mourning the loss of a loved one are six times more likely to suffer cardiac arrest, potential proof that you can indeed die of a broken heart, Australian researchers said Tuesday.
Sep 15, 2009 |
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Excessive increase in heart rate before exercise doubles risk of sudden cardiac death in later life
French researchers have discovered a simple and cheap method of predicting who is at greater risk of dying suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack.
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Expert questions Lansley's key arguments for NHS reform
England's health secretary Andrew Lansley has said that his reforms for the NHS are needed because the country's health outcomes are among the poorest in Europe. But in an article published in the British Medical Journal ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Comprehensive asthma care keeps kids out of the hospital
A comprehensive, patient-centered approach to asthma care that includes education, referrals to specialists and home visits not only improves patients' health but also has tremendous potential to decrease health care costs, ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
May 01, 2010 |
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The benefits of reperfusion therapy
The wider use of reperfusion therapy in patients with heart attack (AMI) can save millions of lives in Europe. Effective reperfusion therapy in an AMI patient can cut the individual risk of dying by half. AMI is caused by ...
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Pre-hospital organization: The first links in the chain of survival for heart attack patients
Mortality rate following a heart attack has fallen by more than 50% in Europe over the past 25 years. However, because only minor advances in the medical treatment of AMI are expected over the next decade, it is through organisational ...
Sep 01, 2009 |
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Death rate decreases following hospitalization for heart attack
From 1995 to 2006, hospital 30-day death rates decreased significantly for Medicare patients hospitalized for a heart attack, as did the variation in the rate between hospitals, according to a study in the August 19 issue ...
Aug 18, 2009 |
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Resting heart rate can predict heart attacks in women
A simple measurement of resting pulse predicts coronary events in women independently of physical activity and common risk factors, such as smoking and alcohol consumption, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 04, 2009 |
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