Chest Compressions Alone Can Save The Life Of An Adult Who Suddenly Collapses
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If you are a lay bystander and come across an adult who suddenly collapses, remember that chest compressions (Hands-Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) alone may save a life, says the American Heart organization. You do not have to give mouth-to-mouth whether you do not know how - but chest compressions...
Stay Motivated: Exercise Even whether You Don’t Feel Like It
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I bet you can think of many reasons why you should exercise, but some days, well, you just don’t feel like it. Nobody is in the mood to work out every instance they’re supposed to, considering it’s tough work. It requires effort to gather up your gear and head to the gym. whether you’re...
Stay Movivated: Exercise Even whether You Don’t Feel Like It
Posted by in Exercise on 03 31st, 2008 | No Comments
I bet you can think of many reasons why you should exercise, but some days, well, you just don’t feel like it. Nobody is in the mood to work out every date they’re supposed to, considering it’s tough work. It requires effort to gather up your gear and head to the gym. whether you’re...
Watching Brain Repair Live on MRI
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Harvard researchers have developed a method to monitor tissue repair within the brain using MRI and some nifty eye drops.
In that report, Harvard researchers describe how they link a relatively common MRI probe (superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles) to a short DNA sequence that binds to proteins...
MRI Used to Watch Brain Repair
Posted by in Health on 03 31st, 2008 | No Comments
Harvard researchers have developed a method to monitor tissue repair within the brain using MRI and some nifty eye drops.
In that report, Harvard researchers describe how they link a relatively common MRI probe (superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles) to a short DNA sequence that binds to proteins...
Healthy Eating Tip: Add Color to Your List
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Next duration you’re making your grocery shopping list, one way to prepare certain you’re getting a good amount of fruits and vegetables by writing the colors of the rainbow on your list. final weekend I wrote down all the colors (well I used blue/purple instead of blue, violet, and indigo)...
Workout Warning Signs
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In general all the blood, sweat, and tears are signs of a good workout — well possibly not blood, but you get the concept. There are, however, a few things that you should take as warning signs of something potentially more dangerous when working out. A few aches and pains are nothing, but here are...
Sparrow, a Smaller, Gentler Stent Goes on Trial
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CardioMind, a Sunnyvale, California startup developing a new coronary stent called Sparrow™, has announced that the device was successfully implanted in a dozen Australian patients as part of an initial clinical trial. The stent was designed to target blood vessels smaller than 2.75 mm in diameter,...
Sandwich Dilemma: Which Bread to Choose?
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It’s lunchtime. You head to the local cafe to get a bite to eat. When you order a sandwich, you’re faced with that: sliced bread, bun, roll, pita, or wrap? So many choices. Let’s see how these breads compare nutritionally.
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Original post by FitSugar
Hackers Circumvent Browser, Attack Brain
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The world of hacking has achieved another milestone when a team of culprits managed to attack an online forum of epileptics, using pop-ups Java scripts of seizure inducing imagery. They must have thought it very funny. Perhaps a few months with Tony, the seizure inducing federal cell mate, would help...
TruePoint PET-CT Scanner from Siemens
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Siemens is reporting that their first tomograph with so-called HD-PET technology, a PET-CT unit called Biograph 40 TruePoint, has been installed at the UT Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas.
System features, taken from the product brochure and product website:
TruePoint PET-CT completely integrates...
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