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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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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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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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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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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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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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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