American Heart Association Pushes For Hands-Only CPR

The American Heart Association (AHA) is making a push for hands-only CPR. The typical CPR procedure involves resuscitating an unconscious person using one's hands and mouth. But, the AHA is suggesting CPR should...

Canadian soldiers fight to survive extreme Afghan heat

We must remember Canadian, British and other troops are fighting in Afghanistan, not just the United States. " And the Afghan heat is only gaining strength, creeping forward day by day like lava from a volcano, as...

Michael Jackson: Cardiac Arrest vs. Heart Attack

Pop icon Michael Jackson died on June 25, 2009. Paramedics rushed to Jackson's home after suffering a cardiac arrest. So what is a cardiac arrest and how does it differ from a heart attack? A heart attack is when there is damage to the muscles of the heart, usually due to...

Roubini: The Risk of the Mother of All Bank Runs

Nouriel Roubini - the man who anticipated the current financial meltdown - is worried:"Yesterday Thursday a senior market practitioner in a major financial institution wrote to me the following: Situation Report:...

NUMEROUS ACADEMIC STUDIES CONFIRM REMOTE DIGITAL MONITORING IS THE FUTURE OF ...

The results of several different studies have offered conclusive proof that remote monitoring for heart patients significantly improves survival rates. The studies, released in the British Journal of Sports Medicine and the International Journal of Electronic...

Researcher dies after Andrea Doria dive - Yahoo! News

Bright, of Flemington, N.J., resurfaced from a dive late Saturday with decompression sickness and went into cardiac arrest, according to the Coast Guard. He was pronounced dead at Cape Cod Hospital a short time later. Bright was a historian and an experienced technical diver...

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