WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - A new study at Wake Forest University School of Medicine reveals that many N.C. high schools are not adequately prepared to handle the immediate medical needs of a student or employee who suffers a sudden cardiac arrest on campus. The findings were used to support a new statewi...

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Officer.com Breaking News E-AlertWednesday, January 28, 2009 Arkansas Police Chief Killed in Ice Storm TRUMANN, Ark. -- The ice storm claims the life of Trumann Police Chief Larry Blagg. Sources say that Chief Blagg was......

The New York Times has reported that a recent study found atypical antipsychotics, which include the friendly family of Clozaril, Abilify, Risperdal, Zyprexa, and Seroquel (maybe Saphris soon), can increase a patient’s risk of dying from cardiac arrest twofold. The......

The United States Fire Administration (USFA) has received notice of the following firefighter fatality: Name: Steve Hagan, Sr. Rank: Lieutenant Age: 48 Gender: Male Status: Volunteer Years of Service: 4 Date of Incident: 12/22/2008 Time......

Biotech, Politics, vaccines Luke Timmerman wrote: A new batch of research grants, worth $19 million, was announced earlier this week by the state Life Sciences Discovery Fund. It’s the quasi-public agency charged with running a 10-year, $350 million program to invest the state’s tobacco ...

Biotech, Roundup, cancer Luke Timmerman wrote: Many life sciences shut down operations between Christmas and New Year’s Day, so obviously they need to cram a lot of work into weeks like the last one. Here’s a rundown of the big news. —Amgen, the giant biotech with about 1,000 emplo...

Biotech, vaccines, Politics Luke Timmerman wrote: (Update: This story has added information on the six finalists that fell short in their bid for state grants.) Washington’s Life Sciences Discovery Fund just made a bunch of biomedical researchers either very happy, or highly disappointed. The ...

Medical News Today Main Category: Sleep / Sleep Disorders / InsomniaAlso Included In: Cardiovascular / Cardiology; Ear, Nose and ThroatArticle Date: 10 Nov 2008 - 4:00 PST After studying the sleep characteristics of nearly 11,000 adults in an overnight sleep laboratory, Mayo Clinic researchers sugge...

Hundreds of emergency defibrillators in hotels sports centres and shopping malls that are used to shock the heart back to life in a cardiac arrest may fail to work it has been warned....