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By STEPHANIE NANO Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Now, in China, rescuers are pulling out victims days after they were buried by a powerful earthquake. On Friday, four days after a powerful quake struck central China, rescuers freed a nurse from the debris of a clinic in Beichuan county,...
Teen driving has been a priority of The Allstate Foundation since 2005. This morning, County Executive Maggie Brooks teamed up with Allstate representatives and members of Rochester's Injury Free Coalition for Kids to launch a new community-based "Drive Smarter" initiative. Aiming to boost teen...
Thursday 15th May, 2008 - BMJ Learning, part of the BMJ Group, announced today that it has formed a partnership with the College of Emergency Medicine in the UK, to provide Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses for Fellows and Associate Fellows of the...
Canadian researchers have shown that an electric shock ranging from 120 to 52,000 volts can cause neurologic and neuropsychological symptoms in humans. Following an electrical injury, some patients may show various emotional and behavioral aftereffects, such as memory loss and symptoms of...
Major Leaguers far from immune to weird injuries, ailments By Gary Gillis / Special to MLB.com When you consider the relatively close confines of a Major League clubhouse, it's not much of a surprise that the Red Sox have tossed a flu bug between lockers over the past few weeks. It's a bit...
Local Dr. David Gray found the joy in medicine again after escaping the mainstream and creating an emergency house call practice Dr. David Gray, with High Altitude Mobile Physicians, made several house calls this season to the Hyatt in Breckenridge for visitors with altitude sickness. Three weeks...
By ROBERT DAVIS • USA TODAY • May 13, 2008 New York City officials plan within months to dispatch the nation's first ambulance equipped to preserve bodies of the newly dead so that families have time to consider organ donation. The controversial twist: Crews would swoop in and perform procedures...
By Steven Walters, Stacy Forster and Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel May 12--A Med Flight helicopter from the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison had taken off from La Crosse and turned toward home late Saturday when authorities lost contact with the aircraft less than...
As the temperature rises and the risk for heat stroke increases, people should be aware of how their bodies are handling the heat. Minimizing the stress of heat on your body by staying hydrated and spending more time in an air-conditioned environment will keep you cool and healthy throughout the...
NORWAY - Dr. Walter L. Novey has been hired by Stephens Memorial Hospital in its Emergency Department. Novey was most recently attending physician at Mercy Hospital's Department of Emergency Medicine. He received his medical degree from Mt. ... Sinai School of Medicine...
