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Jolt delayed in third of cardiac arrests
Jan 2 2008 11:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Just because you're in the hospital doesn't mean you'll quickly get treated if your heart stops beating. About one-third of patients don't get a potentially live-saving shock within the recommended two minutes, a new study found.
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Jolt delayed in third of cardiac arrests
Jan 2 2008 11:06PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - Just because you're in the hospital doesn't mean you'll quickly get treated if your heart stops beating. About one-third of patients don't get a potentially live-saving shock within the recommended two minutes, a new study found.
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Fewer NY high school students smoke
Jan 2 2008 7:13PM (CT)
NEW YORK (AP) - The number of public high school students who smoke has declined again to its lowest on record, 8.5 percent, city officials said Wednesday.
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Sleep disruptions may up diabetes risk
Jan 2 2008 6:43PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - When Shakespeare called sleep the "chief nourisher of life's feast," he may have been well ahead of his time, medically at least. Researchers at the University of Chicago Medical Center report that disrupting sleep damages the body's ability to regulate blood sugar levels, potentially raising the risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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Whites more likely to get ER narcotics
Jan 2 2008 6:43PM (CT)
CHICAGO (AP) - Emergency room doctors are prescribing strong narcotics more often to patients who complain of pain, but minorities are less likely to get them than whites, a new study finds. Even for the severe pain of kidney stones, minorities were prescribed narcotics such as oxycodone and morphine less frequently than whites.
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Pa. study to probe Vitamin C, cancer
Jan 2 2008 6:12PM (CT)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Researchers are preparing for clinical trials examining whether high doses of vitamin C, administered intravenously, can slow the spread of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Researchers work on cocaine vaccine
Jan 2 2008 6:05PM (CT)
HOUSTON (AP) - Two Baylor College of Medicine researchers in Houston are working on a cocaine vaccine they hope will become the first-ever medication to treat people hooked on the drug. "For people who have a desire to stop using, the vaccine should be very useful," said Dr. Tom Kosten, a psychiatry professor who is being assisted in the research by his wife, Therese, a psychologist and neuroscientist. "At some point, most users will give in to temptation and relapse, but those for whom the vacc
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