British researchers have found that the established medical rules about the amount of oxygen needed by a body under stress might be wrong. The world-first measurements of blood oxygen levels in climbers near the top of Mount Everest (29,029 ft), published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM), could eventually help critical care doctors to re-evaluate treatment strategies in some long-term patients with similarly low levels of blood oxygen.
Dr. Mike Grocott, a lecturer in...
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Legal thrillers definitely continue to interest us for their magical ability of sending shivers down our spines! The incredibly good “Damages” begins its second season Wednesday at 10 p.m. on FX, and it features Glenn Close’s comeback as lawyer Patty Hewes. Moreover all her intriguing and so very interesting partners will also be back on the screen: Rose Byrne as her revenge-minded protégé Ellen Parsons and Ted Danson as the devious wannabe, billionaire...
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According to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the teen birth rate increased in more than half of all states in 2006. Back in December 2007, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that the teen birth rate for the entire nation had increased for the first time in 15 years in 2006 -- from 40.5 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19 in 2005 to 41.9 in 2006.
However in a very recent report released Wednesday a state-by-state teen birth rate...
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It’s the award collecting season in Hollywood! The Hollywood Foreign Press Association presents the Golden Globes on Sunday, the Screen Actors Guild has the SAG Awards on January 25, the Recording Academy gives out the Grammys on February 8, and then there's the Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars on February 22.
But first of them all, the People's Choice Award ceremony will take place Wednesday. The People's Choice Awards were created in 1975 by producer Bob Stivers, who sold...
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Avian influenza has been widely debated in the last years, as it can spread to humans, not only poultry. The H5N1 virus has killed 248 people worldwide since 2003 and scientists are afraid that the virus might mutate into something more dangerous and cause a pandemic. Presently, the virus is mostly a threat to birds, but most cases of humans infected with the virus proved to be fatal.
Recently, a woman in Beijing has died from bird flu after she handled ducks at a Hebei Province...
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