Tag: North Carolina

EMS strategy change gets heart patients faster care

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People with a certain type of heart attack get better care when paramedics take them directly to a medical center that can perform stent procedures – even if it’s not the closest hospital, according to new research from North Carolina. In a so-called ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction, or STEMI, blood is blocked for an extended period of time and a patient needs artery-opening surgery as quickly as possible – ideally within two hours or less. …

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Study finds increase in unused transplant livers

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The number of donor livers thrown away in the U.S. has increased since 2004 due – in part – to a population growing older and heavier, according to a new study that also points to changes in medical practice that may make some donor livers less viable. “The rationale for looking at this question in the first place is that the number of liver transplants done in the U.S. has gone down,” said the study’s lead author Dr. Eric Orman, a fellow at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. …

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Studies Examine Hair Issues Of African-American Females

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Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online Hair has long fascinated people of all ages, backgrounds, and ethnicities. In particular, recent studies have looked at the impact of hair on physical exercise as well as scalp diseases. One study by a team of investigators from Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, found that hair practices could limit physical …

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Teens may buy less tobacco when displays are hidden: study

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(Reuters) – Teens may be less likely to buy cigarettes at convenience stores if they aren’t sold in plain sight behind the counter, according to a U.S. study conducted using a virtual reality game. “We know the retail environment is a very important place for tobacco companies to advertise and market their products,” said lead author Annice Kim, from the independent research institute RTI International in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. “They’re prominently displayed at the point of sale, and it exposes all customers, including kids. …

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Meningitis death toll reaches 25 with another Tennessee fatality

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A sample of Cladosporium species, one of the fungi diagnosed in the fungal meningitis outbreak sweeping the United States, in Nashville, Tennessee(Reuters) – The U.S. death toll from a meningitis outbreak tied to contaminated steroid injections reached 25 on Friday following another death in Tennessee, the state where the problem was first discovered, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. In its daily update on the meningitis emergency, the CDC said the latest fatality brings the number of deaths to 10 in Tennessee, the most of any state. Michigan has reported five deaths, Florida and Indiana three each, Virginia two, and Maryland and North Carolina one each. …

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Number of U.S. meningitis cases rises to 50 in deadly outbreak

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NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) – The number of people stricken with a rare form of meningitis linked to steroid injections rose to 50 in seven U.S. states, authorities said on Friday, in a widening outbreak that has killed at least five people. Michigan said it had confirmed six cases of fungal meningitis, the seventh state to report people falling ill after receiving the injections, mainly for back pain. Other states with cases are Tennessee, Virginia, Florida, Maryland, North Carolina and Indiana. The U.S. …

Dole recalls salad in 6 U.S. states for listeria risk

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than 1,000 bags of salad produced by Dole Foods Co have been recalled from stores in Georgia, Kentucky, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia because of a risk of listeria. Dole announced the recall on Friday after a sample of Romaine lettuce tested positive for listeria in North Carolina. The company said in a statement that no illnesses had been reported. Dole did not immediately reply on Monday to a request for comment. In 2011, more than 30 people died from listeria-contaminated cantaloupe linked to Jensen Farms in Colorado. …

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