Stop foodborne diseases - rapid test, monitoring at home

The steady stream of reports on the food that is making me think twice about what is on my plate the original disease. We only have this year seen dozens of food recalls, including one involving frozen tuna that has been linked to 62 cases of Salmonella infection, and another involving an ice cream in 10 cases of Listeria infection - and three deaths. Sick food poisoning 48 million people a year, sending 128,000 to the hospital and killing 3,000...

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A promising new treatment for high triglycerides

When you think about the fat that circulates in the blood, it could immediately think of cholesterol. But there is another type of fat you should not ignore: triglycerides. As with cholesterol, high triglycerides may also increase the risk of having a heart attack.  Existing drugs for lowering triglycerides are not as good for reducing the risk of heart attack. That is why a report on a new way to reduce triglycerides, published today...

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CPR for cardiac arrest: someone's life is in your hands

Cardiac arrest is the latest in 911. The heart ceases to send blood to the body and brain, or because it is beating too fast and too erratic, or because it has stopped completely. Brain cells begin to die of oxygen starvation. Death occurs in minutes - unless a viewer takes things in hand and began cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Make CPR keeps blood from flowing until rescuers trained and better equipped arrive on the scene to start the...

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