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Acute Defined
Occurring over a short time, usually a few minutes or hours. An acute exposure can result in short term or long term health effects. An acute effect happens within a short time after exposure.
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Surgeons lose faith crisis will be solved -- (comment on this story)
Published November 21, 2008, 5:03 pm, The Sudbury Star
Five orthopedic surgeons in Sudbury say they have lost faith in the ability of Sudbury Regional Hospital's administration, its board of directors, the Ministry of [...]
India sets target of 28 toilets a minute
Published November 21, 2008, 3:56 pm, Narromine News
INDIA has to do a big job. More than half a billion citizens don't have a toilet and the country needs to build 28 new loos every minute over the next four years to meet the Indian Government's ambitious sanitation target.
Cases of stroke complicating heart attack down
Published November 21, 2008, 3:24 pm, Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - While the incidence of stroke as a complication of heart attack has decreased since the late 1990s, death during hospitalization in affected patients has not shown a corresponding decrease, new data suggest.
Long-Term Erythromycin Cut COPD Complications
Published November 21, 2008, 3:14 pm, Health Scout
But researchers remain cautious about future antibiotic resistance from widespread use.
New Cause Of Fatal Brain Injury From Acute Viral Meningitis
Published November 21, 2008, 3:14 pm, Science Daily
What was once thought to be the culprit responsible for fatal brain damage in acute viral meningitis has now been found to be only an accomplice, say researchers at the Scripps Research Institute.
Emergency patients wait longer
Published November 21, 2008, 2:59 pm, Busselton-Dunsborough Mail
PUBLIC patients are waiting longer on ambulance stretchers for emergency attention and a larger percentage are waiting more than eight hours to be transferred to a bed or operating suite compared with two years ago, the latest health department figures show.
New Sutter Medical Center for Santa Rosa
Published November 21, 2008, 2:48 pm, KFTY TV50 Santa Rosa
Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa has announced that it wants to build a 70-bed acute care hospital at the Wells Fargo Center where it once planned a $253 million...
As winter sets in, vitamin C vanishes from shops
Published November 21, 2008, 2:38 pm, The Times of India
NEW DELHI: If vitamin C supplements are your staple every winter, you may have to consider switching to natural alternatives like amla this year.
UT Houston launches geriatric training with $3.25 million in grant, matching funds
Published November 21, 2008, 1:27 pm, EurekAlert!
( University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ) The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston will launch a new program, Training Excellence in Aging Studies, to promote geriatrics training for physicians through a prestigious $2 million award from the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and $1.25 million in matching funds.
Diarrhoea outbreak source discovered
Published November 21, 2008, 1:03 pm, Pretoria News
The outbreak of diarrhoea in Carolina was caused by the Shigella bacterium which was spread through contaminated water, the Mpumalanga Democratic Alliance said on Friday.
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Thu Nov 20
- Senate gears up to push P4P for hospitals
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- Baby Kerry's leukemia and Stingray's death: This is a music video that I made about baby Kerry̵ 7;s battle with leukemia and the much loved Stingray&# 8217;s death. It is very sad. Please rate and Comment!
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Thu Nov 13
- INNO-406 Demonstrates Positive Clinical Responses In Phase 1 Trial In Patients With Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: CytRx Corporation (Nasdaq:CYTR), a biopharmaceuti cal company engaged in the development and commercializat ion of human therapeutics, today announced that INNO-406, CytRx̵ 7;s potent, orally available, rationally designed, dual Bcr-Abl and Lyn-kinase...
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Tue Nov 11
- Severe Back Pain: Many people suffer from severe back pain and it is becoming a more common condition. This may be due to our modern lifestyles, with less exercise and bad back posture from sitting or working in awkward positions. Most back pain can be cured however prevention is usually better for you so try a few exercise to strenghthen your back muscles.
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