News tagged with strangulation
Venetian blinds can cause accidental strangulation
Dr Mahesh Masand, consultant paediatrician at Dr Grays Hospital in Elgin, Scotland, recounts the day when a 22-month-old girl was rushed to A&E after her mother found the toddler hanging from the looped cord of a Venetian ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Jun 29, 2010 |
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Plastic bait strips now banned 'on sea' to protect marine life
New regulations on the possession of plastic bait straps will reduce waste and make the sea safer for marine life.
Dec 15, 2011 |
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Infanticide: the biological parents are more often responsible
Several cases of infanticide have made headlines recently in Quebec: the Shafia affair in which a father and mother are accused of killing their three daughters, the case of François Tartamella accused of stabbing his ...
Nov 24, 2011 |
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Minimally invasive surgeries: Laser suturing
Surgeries with the endoscope are exacting and require special capabilities of the surgeon. The suturing of the tissue and the setting of the knots, in particular, is very complicated due to the lack of space ...
Feb 28, 2011 |
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NHLBI launches body cooling treatment study for pediatric cardiac arrest
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has launched the first large-scale, multicenter study to investigate the effectiveness of body cooling treatment in infants ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 19, 2010 |
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Method of attempted suicide influences risk of eventual suicide
The method that people use to attempt suicide has a large influence on the risk of later completed suicide, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 14, 2010 |
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The Medical Minute: New toy safety standards bring parents confidence
The holiday season is here and for many kids that means one thing: toys. About half of all toy purchases in the United States occur between the Friday after Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Dec 16, 2009 |
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Brain difference in psychopaths identified
Professor Declan Murphy and colleagues Dr Michael Craig and Dr Marco Catani from the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College London have found differences in the brain which may provide a biological explanation ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Aug 04, 2009 |
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'Missing link' galaxies discovered
Astronomers at The University of Nottingham have identified a type of galaxy that could be the missing link in our understanding of galaxy evolution.
Nov 25, 2008 |
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South Africa in grip of strangulation spate
Murder of women by strangulation is a serious problem in South Africa. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health compared four South African cities for the period 2001 to 2005, and report information about ...
Oct 21, 2008 |
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Bunk beds pose dangers to kids and adults
Bunk bed-related injuries are not an issue of concern solely for parents of young children according to a study conducted by investigators at the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute ...
Jun 02, 2008 |
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