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Friday, 5 December 2008 at 4:19 pm Posted by smp

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Heart attack patients get 'big chill' treatment (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 04:18 PM CST

A patient is cooled in the thermosuit Monday, Nov. 11, 2008 at Ochsner Hospital in Jefferson, La., a suburb of New Orleans. A pump rapidly inflates it as doctors Velcro on a plastic topsheet. Tubes spray naked patients with frigid water as other tubes drain it away, taking heat from the patient's skin with it. (AP Photo/Judi Bottoni)AP - It took five mighty shocks to get Cynthia Crawford's heart to start beating again after she collapsed at Ochsner Clinic a few weeks ago.

Horrifying parasitic illness reaches all-time low (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 01:20 PM CST

In this Friday, March 9, 2007 file photo, a Guinea worm is extracted by a health worker from a child's foot at a containment center in Savelugu, Ghana. Cases of Guinea worm disease — a horrifying infection that culminates in worms coming out of a victim's skin — have reached an all-time low worldwide, former President Jimmy Carter says. (AP Photo/Olivier Asselin)AP - Cases of Guinea worm disease — a horrifying infection that culminates in worms coming out of a victim's skin — have reached an all-time low worldwide, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter announced Friday.

WHO sets limitations on use of melamine (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 02:53 PM CST

Newborn babies lie at hospital in Beijing on December 1, 2008. The World Health Organization on Friday issued safety limits for melamine levels in food as international concern mounted over a widening tainted food scandal in China.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AP - The World Health Organization said Friday that tiny traces of the chemical melamine are not harmful in most foods, except baby formula, but it joined the U.S. and EU in setting a strict limit that regulators should impose before pulling products off the shelf.

FDA: Risks of new asthma drugs vary (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 05:22 PM CST

AP - The blockbuster asthma drug Advair does not appear to have an increased risk of serious respiratory complications seen with similar new medicines, federal health officials said Friday.

Self-Dosing Pain Medication Errors Too Common: Study (HealthDay)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 06:03 PM CST

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Allowing patients to control their own pain medication intravenously is four times more likely to cause the patient harm than other medications, a new study says.

Decongestant Exposure Needs Closer Look (HealthDay)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 06:03 PM CST

HealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 5 (HealthDay News) -- Exposure to the decongestant pseudoephedrine, found in many cough, cold and allergy medicines, appears to be common among children in the United States.

Many risks seen with traumatic brain injury (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 12:05 AM CST

A military doctor wraps a blanket around a seriously injured U.S. soldier as he is brought to the emergency room of the 28th Combat Support hospital in the Green Zone in Baghdad August 18, 2007. (Damir Sagolj/Reuters)Reuters - Traumatic brain injury may lead to an increased risk of developing symptoms like those of Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and other disorders, a panel of experts said on Thursday.

Health Tip: Warning Signs for Ovarian Cancer (HealthDay)

Posted: 05 Dec 2008 06:03 PM CST

HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- The symptoms of ovarian cancer -- a form of cancer that's often life-threatening -- can mimic symptoms of other conditions. So it's best to have them evaluated by a doctor.

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