Automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, are designed to save lives, but a new study finds that some 1,150 deaths over 15 years were tied to devices that failed to work — and nearly one in four failures was caused by battery problems.
Bad batteries in AEDs tied to cardiac deaths
Posted in Health by healthnutter 266 days agoU.S. newborn death rate tied with Qatar
Posted in Health by healthnutter 269 days ago
Babies in the United States have a higher risk of dying during their first month of life than do babies born in 40 other countries, according to a new report.
Neocitran Canada
Posted in News by kiran26 290 days ago
NeoCitran is comforting hot liquid medicine for the relief of symptoms associated with a Cold or Flu.
Paralysis tied to food poisoning in U.S., Mexico
Posted in Health by healthnutter 306 days ago
A cluster of cases of a rare illness that can lead to nerve damage and paralysis, now centered along a small stretch of the United States-Mexico border, may have been caused by an outbreak of food poisoning, health officials in the two countries said.
Two in U.S. infected in German E. coli outbreak
Posted in Health by healthnutter 360 days ago
Two U.S. residents who recently traveled in northern Germany appear to be among victims of a massive outbreak of food poisoning that has killed 16 and sickened more than 1,150 people in Europe, federal health officials confirmed Tuesday.
2 in 3 Americans are icky flu spewers
Posted in Health by healthnutter 487 days ago
Two in three Americans admit to spewing germs like walking influenza factories, a new survey shows just as flu season kicks into high gear.
Donor in first successful U.S. transplant dies
Posted in Health by healthnutter 513 days ago
A man who donated a kidney to his dying twin brother 56 years ago in what's recognized as the world's first successful organ transplant has died.
After dozens of deaths, drop-side cribs outlawed
Posted in Health by healthnutter 527 days ago
More than 30 infants and toddlers have died in the past decade and millions of the cribs have been recalled.
Hispanics in U.S. outlive total population
Posted in Health by healthnutter 590 days ago
Hispanic people in the United States live nearly three years longer than the population overall, says the first government study to confirm extended life expectancy in the nation’s largest minority group.
Mortgage “stores” are a Hit With Homebuyers
Posted in Finance by businessgod 658 days ago
Mortgage “stores” are a Hit With HomebuyersQuestion: “What’s the biggest financial investment most Canadians will ever make?”
Okay, that may have been an easy one if you read the headline of this column. For most Canadians, their home is their biggest investment – and their most powerful financial tool.
It’s odd – given the importance of the mortgage decision – that many homebuyers will spend much more time deciding on which mutual funds they should invest in… or even which sofa to buy… than on which mortgage will best meet their needs.
Times are changing though. Mortgage options are exploding, and Canadians have begun to demand – and receive – better rates, more flexible products and more personal s
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