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 North America Information - December 1, 2008
| The National Zoo has removed the chickens and ducks from its children's petting farm to protect visitors from possible contraction of bird flu. Although none of the birds are infected with the virus and there have been no reports of infection in either birds or humans in North America, the zoo is transferring the 18 ducks and 27 chickens in its Kids' Farm exhibit to its research center in Front Royal, VA, as a precaution | | By some estimates 400,000 people in North America suffer sudden cardiac arrest. Of those, only 30% have their hearts restarted, and only about 6% survive to hospital discharge. Once the heart is restarted, a significant factor for subsequent death is brain injury, but a new study says lowering a persons body temperature can play a key role in a full recovery | | Chicago, IL (AHN)-A new survey reveals that middle-aged and elderly men around the world, tend to be more satisfied with their sex lives than women in the same age group | | Key West, FL (AHN)-Amid fears about spreading the deadly bird flu, Key West residents are focusing on the area's famous roaming chickens | | Most studies suggesting that moderate drinking staves off heart disease are flawed, an international team of researchers concluded in a report released on Thursday. In the suspect studies, people who had cut back or quit drinking because they were ill, frail or on medication were counted as "abstainers," whose death rates were compared to that of drinkers, said the study released in San Francisco | |
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