News tagged with carbon monoxide poisoning
Pediatric carbon monoxide poisoning linked to video games after Hurricane Ike
May 26, 2009 |
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Hours after Hurricane Ike roared ashore in Texas, more than two million homes were without power, which left some scrambling to preserve food and others looking for ways to entertain children, a move that proved to be, in ...
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Routine screenings uncover hidden carbon monoxide poisoning
Feb 13, 2008 |
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Screening all emergency room patients for carbon monoxide poisoning is a simple yet potentially life-saving practice that can be done even in a high-volume urban hospital, according to new research by emergency physicians ...
NIST to Study Hazards of Portable Gasoline-Powered Generators
Mar 05, 2008 |
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The same gasoline-powered portable generators that keep the lights burning, the freezer cold, and the house warm when a storm shuts off the electricity, can also kill you in minutes if you fail to follow safe ...
Carbon monoxide may cause long-lasting heart damage
Jan 29, 2008 |
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Lack of oxygen isn’t the only way that carbon monoxide (CO) damages the heart, say researchers at Rhode Island Hospital.
For safer emergencies, give your power generator some space (w/ Video)
Oct 06, 2009 |
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To subdue the steaming heat of hurricanes or to thaw out during a blizzard, gasoline-powered, portable generators are a lifeline during weather emergencies when homes are cut off without electricity. But these generators ...
Carbon monoxide linked to heart problems in elderly
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Exposure to carbon monoxide, even at levels well below national limits, is associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for the elderly with heart problems, according to a study published today in Circulation: Jo ...
Research to spotlight carbon monoxide benefits
Jan 22, 2007 |
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Scientists at the University of York have won a grant of £110,000 to investigate potential uses of carbon monoxide in treating disease.
Tiny levels of carbon monoxide damage fetal brain
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jun 25, 2009 |
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A UCLA study has discovered that chronic exposure during pregnancy to miniscule levels of carbon monoxide damages the cells of the fetal brain, resulting in permanent impairment. The journal BMC (BioMed Central) Neuroscience publis ...
Transcontinental wildfire emissions monitored from space
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 08, 2007 |
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Using data from the SCIAMACHY instrument aboard ESA’s environmental satellite Envisat, scientists have determined that the carbon monoxide hovering over Australia during the wildfire season largely originated ...
Pollution from California Wildfires Spreads Across the United States (w/ Video)
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Sep 04, 2009 |
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Beginning August 26, 2009, and continuing into September 2009, a large wildfire in the Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles known as the Station Fire burned more than 140,000 acres through September ...
Carbon monoxide reverses diabetic gastric problem in mice
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that very low doses of inhaled carbon monoxide in diabetic mice reverses the condition known as gastroparesis or delayed stomach emptying, a common and painful complication for many diabetic ...
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