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Hands-only CPR, pushy dispatchers are lifesavers
(AP)
AP - More bystanders are willing to attempt CPR if an emergency dispatcher gives them firm and direct instructions — especially if they can just press on the chest and skip the mouth-to-mouth, according to new research.
DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic
(AP)
AP - Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared."
NYC looks to stop spreading bedbug infestations
(AP)
AP - One of every 15 New Yorkers battled bedbugs last year, officials said Wednesday as they announced a plan to fight the spreading infestation, including a public-awareness campaign and a top entomologist to head the effort.
New program rebuilding faces of soldiers, veterans
(AP)
AP - Master Sgt. Todd Nelson lost his right eye and ear in a flash when a car bomb in Afghanistan exploded, sending fire up his arm and over his head.
Tests aim to settle if fresher blood works better
(AP)
AP - Facing surgery? You could receive blood that's been stored for a week, or three weeks, or nearly six — and there's growing concern that people who get the older blood might not fare as well.
Japanese women extend life expectancy to new high
(AP)
AP - Japanese women are expected to live almost 86 1/2 years, topping the world longevity ratings for the 25th straight year, the government reported Monday.
'Excellence' centers no better for bariatric surgery
(Reuters)
Reuters - For weight-loss surgery, "Centers of Excellence" may not be any safer than their undistinguished peers, a study of 25 Michigan hospitals suggests.
New Study Finds HPV Vaccine Protects Against Genital Warts
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that the
human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects not only against the sexually
transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, but also helps prevent
genital warts and low-grade cervical growths.
FDA considering changes to risky drug safeguards
(Reuters)
Reuters - Safeguards to protect patients from risky drugs should have less paperwork and more consistency, drugmakers and pharmacy representatives said this week during a U.S. Food and Drug Administration meeting.
U.S. a Leader in Tension Between Adults and Their Parents
(LiveScience.com)
LiveScience.com - Parents in the United States are more likely to have
conflict in their relationships with their adult children than are parents in
European countries, a new study finds.
Delirious Hospital Patients a High-Risk Group, Study Finds
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- Elderly hospital patients
with delirium are at increased risk for dementia, institutionalization and
death, a new study has found.
Genetic Risk Score Can Predict Odds For Breast Cancer
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- Taking advantage of recent
discoveries of more genetic variants that raise the risk for breast
cancer, European scientists have analyzed those variants in relation to
breast cancer and found that the risk is greater with certain variants and
for certain tumor types.
Technology May Explain Mammogram's Poorer Performance in Younger
Women
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- The poorer tumor detection
rate offered by mammography for women in their 40s is due more to the
technology itself than characteristics of a younger woman's cancer,
according to a new study.
Indian minister warns of fruit and veg hormone injections
(AFP)
AFP - Indian farmers are injecting a hormone sometimes given to women during childbirth into vegetables and fruits to make the produce ripen sooner and gain weight, an Indian minister has warned.
New fronts in AIDS war, but funding foe is back
(AFP)
AFP - The 18th council of war on AIDS has opened up new fronts in a nearly three-decade-old campaign but in the grim awareness that a battle-hardened enemy -- the money crunch -- is back.
Consumer gene test results misleading
(Reuters)
Reuters - People who send off their saliva to genetic testing companies to find out their risk for prostate cancer or diabetes are likely to get different results, depending on the company they choose, government investigators told lawmakers on Thursday.
Mediterranean diet may not protect against asthma
(Reuters)
Reuters - Countries on the Mediterranean might enjoy low asthma rates, but their typical diet shouldn't take the credit, suggests a new study.
Complications From Weight-Loss Surgery 'Relatively Low'
(HealthDay)
HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 27 (HealthDay News) -- Weight-loss surgery, also known as
bariatric surgery, in the state of Michigan has a relatively low rate of
serious complications, a new study suggests.