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Acute Heart Failure: Recognizing Signs And Symptoms
Although heart failure is a chronic condition, acute exacerbations are frequent and occur with serious complications; patients with heart failure and their families can help improve prognosis in acute events if they are taught to recognise the tell-tale signs of worsening condition and seek immediate medical help. "Any delayed recognition of these signs is associated with an increased rate of hospitalisation and complications, including mortality," says Professor Ferenc Follath from the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland.
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2009 Recipient Of Minority Scholar Award Begins Clinical Research On Leukemia
Alejandro Gutierrez, MD, is the third recipient of the ASH-AMFDP grant, an award designed to help increase the number of underrepresented minority scholars in the field of hematology, and will begin his research into the pathogenesis of T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) this month. The award, the result of a partnership between the American Society of Hematology (ASH) and the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (AMFDP) of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, provides four years of support, including an annual stipend of up to $75,000 and an annual grant of more than $29,000 for research activities.
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More Than 1 In 10 Major Injuries In Ontario Involve High Blood Alcohol Levels

A study of hospitalizations for severe injury in Ontario"s designated trauma centres shows alcohol was involved in at least 12% of major trauma cases in 2007-2008. 2008 Major Injury in Ontario, released today by the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI), shows 526 patients hospitalized for severe injury were found to have blood alcohol concentration levels over the legal limit of 0.08% last year. Of these patients, half (262) were injured as a result of a motor vehicle collision; one in seven major trauma cases resulting from a motor vehicle collision involved people who were over the legal limit. The CIHI study examined 4,354 hospitalizations for major trauma in Ontario"s 11 designated trauma facilities in 2007-2008. Major trauma cases are those that have an Injury Severity Score (an international coding system used to classify injury) greater than 12 and are treated at facilities that have been designated by the province of Ontario to provide specialized trauma care. These major trauma hospitalizations account for 7% of all hospitalizations in all acute care facilities in Ontario (the total number of hospitalizations for 2007-2008 was 62,920). Canadian Institute for Health


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