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Strong earthquake jolts Anchorage by Rachel D’Oro The Associated Press 9/20/10 ANCHORAGE, Alaska – An earthquake jolted Anchorage on Monday and was felt well beyond Alaska’s largest city. The 4.9 magnitude quake struck at 1:24 p.m. about 10 miles southwest of Anchorage, according to earthquake monitors. There were no reports of injury or damage, but [...]
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Heartwire Use of oxygen in MI patients questioned by new Cochrane review June 15, 2010 Sue Hughes Alicante, Spain and Guildford, UK – There is no conclusive evidence from randomized controlled trials to support the routine use of inhaled oxygen in patients with acute MI, a new analysis in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews [...]
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If you go into cardiac arrest while you’re out shopping for groceries or watching your child’s Little League game, your odds of survival are low. But there’s something that can help – widespread deployment of automated external defibrillators. The latest evidence comes from Japan, where the country’s Fire Disaster Management Agency tracked 312,319 out-of-hospital cardiac [...]
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Great news for hypochondriacs: you no longer have to go to the ER or see a doctor to find out if you are having a heart attack– at least if you live in Europe. Now you can do it from the comfort of your own home. A Chinese company announced that its consumer test for [...]
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Nov. 17, 2009 (Orlando, Fla.) — Men age 40 and over have a one in eight chance of suffering sudden cardiac death, and the risk is even higher for African-American men, a study shows. For women 40 and over, the odds of suffering sudden cardiac death are one in 24, according to the study, the [...]
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