Month: July 2011
Poorer, Less Educated Youth More Prone to Hypertension (HealthDay)
Does adrenaline help cardiac arrest victims survive? (Reuters)
Reuters – People who’ve suffered cardiac arrest usually get a shot of adrenaline to help their heart back on track, but in a controversial study from Australia the hormone did little to increase patients’ survival.
Movies companies snuff on-screen smoking (AP)
Stormy weather: Disaster exercise July 18, 19
Citadel Rumble, a Navy Region Southwest and Northwest disaster exercise, is set for July 18 and 19, and this scenario envisions a 100-year storm that forces evacuations at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC), Point Mugu, and damages buildings and injures …
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Meditation: Exercise for the brain?
"Meditation appears to be a powerful mental exercise with the potential to change the physical structure of the brain at large. Collecting evidence that active, frequent and regular meditation practices cause alterations of white-matter fiber tracts …
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Exercise: the New Doctor's Orders
Despite all the public service announcements about the benefits of exercise, including First Lady Michelle Obama's “Let's Move” campaign, Americans aren't listening. According to a recent survey from Russell Research, 67% of Americans are overweight or …
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German farm in deadly E. coli outbreak to reopen (AP)
Exercise, heat and vital signs
"You probably should only exercise this time of year in the morning." Dr. Neal says ER traffic is pretty heavy this time of the year. "We actually had a couple of patients in today with the heat being so high," said Dr. Neal. Mike Otieno who exercises …
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Military Police Down Under
The US Marines are working hand-in-hand with the military policeman of the Australian Army in support of Talisman Sabre 2011, an exercise designed to train US and Australian forces to conduct Combined Task Force operations to improve combat readiness …
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Africa Endeavour Communication Test Exercise Underway
Africa Endeavour (AE) 2011 Communication Test Exercise hosted by The Gambia Armed Forces (GAF) which was officially opened by the vice president and minister of Women's Affairs, Her Excellency Dr Aja Isatou Njie-Saidy on behalf of the president of the …
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Pool Drowning Victim: Training For Military With Breath-Holding Exercises
| One young man is dead and another is clinging to life after a breath-holding exercise went terribly awry in Staten Island yesterday. Bodhan Vitenko and Jonathan Proce, both 21, were pulled, lifeless, from the bottom of the Lyons pool yesterday morning … See all stories on this topic » |
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