Fewer young people dying from chickenpox thanks to vaccine
Chickenpox deaths have declined 97 percent among people under 20, and 88 percent overall since the vaccine came on the market in 1995, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published this week in the journal Pediatrics. In fact, the chickenpox vaccine has been so effective that public health officials now foresee a potential elimination of deaths from the disease in the near future.
Before the chickenpox vaccine, approximately 13 children between one and four years old, and 16 children between five and nine died every year from complications of the disease. But since the single dose vaccine was introduced the number of childhood deaths from chickenpox has been drastically reduced.
Low-energy pulses mean safer heart defibrillation
WHEN the paramedics reach for the defibrillator to treat cardiac arrhythmia, they know the treatment comes at a cost: the powerful bolt of electricity can be painful if the patient is conscious, and may damage tissues around the heart.
However, the “brute force” approach is considered the only reliable way to combat the disordered pattern of electrical activity in the structurally complicated heart, say Flavio Fenton at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, Stefan Luther at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization in Göttingen, Germany, and their colleagues.
But the team have found that even a mild electric shock – with around 10 per cent of the energy used in standard defibrillation – restores normal heart rhythm to a few isolated areas of dogs’ hearts.
WWE’s Sarita: Dark Angel
Sarah Stock (born March 4, 1979) is a Canadian professional wrestler. She currently competes for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling (TNA) under the ring name Sarita and for Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (CMLL) under the ring name Dark Angel. In TNA, she is a former two-time TNA Knockout Tag Team Champion, having held the title once with both Taylor Wilde and Rosita. Stock has wrestled for many independent promotions throughout North America, facing both male and female wrestlers.
Stock began her career in Canada and moved back and forth across the country, competing for various promotions. She then moved t
Emergency! A Night in the Life of UConn Health Center’s Emergency Department
Its mid-afternoon during an early summer heat wave, and the temperature soars to an oppressive 92 degrees. In Avon, 68-year-old Sheila Barnett is playing golf with her friends. On the 16th hole, she decides to skip her turn, citing the heat and the need to take a break. On the 17th hole, everything becomes very bright. She passes out for more than two minutes. I woke up to police officers and an ambulance, she recalls.
Barnett is taken by ambulance to the University of Connecticut Health Centers John Dempsey Hospital Emergency Department (ED) in Farmington.
Still wearing her pink golf shorts and a johnny, she waits in one of the treatment rooms with a fellow golfer for the prognosis.
Its an apparent case of dehydration.
How to Make Your Own Mayo and Creamy Salad Dressings
Spread the joy: Homemade mayo is the base of all sorts of flavorful dressings.
Why dress your fresh local veggies with a tasteless, processed, mass-market spread? Making your own mayo and salad dressings from scratch is quick, it lets you use the healthiest ingredients, and the results taste better than anything that comes in a bottle. Basic vinaigrette recipes abound in most cookbooks, but when you’re craving something creamy, such as a ranch or blue cheese dressing, I’ve got some solutions for you.
Mayonnaise and mayonnaise-based salad dressings (which is what ranch and blue cheese dressings are) started with the French, but U.S.