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 Hospital Information - December 1, 2008
| Double Oscar-winner Shelley Winters, is recuperating in hospital after suffering a heart attack. She is listed in fair condition at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The 85-year-old actress earned fame in the 1972 movie classic "The Poseidon Adventure | | Cats have long been blamed for triggering asthma attacks in humans, but veterinarians in Scotland say it may also work the other way around, that cat sneeze you hear might be from you. Irritants such as cigarette smoke, dusty homes, and human dandruff can raise inflammation in feline lungs and worsen pre-existing cases of asthma in cats | | St. Louis, MO (AHN) An international team of researchers has partially unraveled the genetic details of a mysterious disorder that formerly caused seizures and death in infant boys within one month of birth | | Studies reveal that elderly adults with heart disease are less likely to receive aggressive treatment, than younger patients. In response, recent treatment guidelines have emphasized the fact that age alone should not determine whether emergency patients get blood-clot-dissolving drugs or invasive procedures. However, the new study of patients at 443 U.S. hospitals, found that the older patients were, the less likely they were to receive these therapies -- even when their overall health was taken into account | | Phoenix, AZ (AHN) A new study by University of Arizona Microbiology Professor Chuck Gerba - "The Germ Doctor" - ranks the TV remote control as the highest carrier of bacteria in a patient's hospital room compared to the toilet bowl handle, bathroom door and call buttons | |
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