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3 plead guilty in BetOnSports online gambling case

Technology / Internet

created Jun 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Three former executives of the online sports gambling Web site BetOnSports, including two of the company founder's siblings, pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges.





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IV drug treatment for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest may not improve long-term survival

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients with an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest who received intravenous (IV) drug administration during treatment, recommended in life support guidelines, had higher rates of short term survival but no statistically significant ...


Cooling may benefit children after cardiac arrest

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created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

When the heart is stopped and restarted, the patient's life may be saved but their brain is often permanently damaged. Therapeutic hypothermia, a treatment in which the patient's body temperature is lowered and maintained ...


Continuous chest compression-CPR improved cardiac arrest survival in Arizona

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The chance of surviving a cardiac arrest outside a hospital was found to be twice as high when bystanders performed continuous chest compressions without mouth-to-mouth breathing than when bystanders performed standard CPR. ...


Chances of surviving cardiac arrest at home or work unchanged in 30 years

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The chance of surviving an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest has not improved since the 1950s, according to a report by the University of Michigan Health System.


Ex-CEO of BetOnSports pleads guilty

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created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- The former chief executive of BetOnSports pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal racketeering conspiracy, admitting that the Internet company falsely portrayed Web-based gambling as legal and caused customers to lose ...


Early cooling in cardiac arrest may improve survival

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rapidly cooling a person in cardiac arrest may improve their chance of survival without brain damage, according to research presented at the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions 2009.


Women suffering sudden cardiac arrest have lower prevalence of structural heart disease than men

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A woman who suffers sudden cardiac arrest is significantly less likely than a man to exhibit the decrease in the heart's pumping ability that is widely recognized as a precursor, says a new study in the Nov. 24 Journal of ...


CPR is successful without mouth-to-mouth, but not without oxygen

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

People can survive cardiac arrest if they receive only chest compressions during attempts to revive them - as advised by the current American Heart Association guidelines. But they cannot survive without access to oxygen ...


Less than 1 in 3 Toronto bystanders who witness a cardiac arrest try to help: Study

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created Nov 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers at St. Michael's Hospital working in conjunction with EMS services, paramedics and fire services across Ontario found that a bystander who attempts cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) can quadruple the survival ...


NASA image shows hot blue stars deep inside an elliptical galaxy

Eyes to the skies for the 'Galilean Nights'

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Astronomers around the world are gearing up for three days of intense sky-watching in honour of Galileo, whose observations 400 years ago revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos.



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