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CPR studies find no benefit to mouth-to-mouth over chest compressions alone
For anyone trying to save a victim of cardiac arrest, the questions used to be: How many breaths do I give? How many chest compressions? And do I really want to do this in the first place? Health - Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - Public Health and Safety - First Aid - American Heart Association
Lack of funding threatens the future of HIV drug therapy in the developing world
Ten years ago, many experts thought you couldn't bring antiretroviral therapy to people with AIDS in poor countries. The drugs cost too much, there weren't enough doctors, the patients wouldn't take the medicines correctly, and the risk of creating a resistant virus was too high. HIV - AIDS - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Immune Disorders
Including time for rest in a workout routine can help fitness goals
If you're like me, you may be looking at some upcoming vacation and thinking: I wonder how many extra workouts I can squeeze into all that free time? Health - Fitness - Shopping - Personal Training - Physical exercise
Baby is breast-fed by wrong woman at Virginia Hospital Center
The day after her first child was born in January at Virginia Hospital Center in Arlington County, Suzanne Libby discovered that he was missing from the hospital nursery. Searching frantically, she found Spencer in his hospital bassinet -- in another woman's room. Standing next to him was a hospi... Breastfeeding - Health - Medicine - United States - Breast
D.C. developer David von Storch is pumped to take fitness centers to a new level
Navy suits and crisp oxfords occupy every seat except his. With the jacket fringed in fur, the red high-top Nikes with electric blue laces, the polo shirt whose slim-fit sleeves permit the right amount of biceps bulge, David von Storch is a very Logan Circle presence in this very Georgetown meeti... Fitness - Health - United States - Gym - Services
Medical Mysteries: Sudden hearing loss in one ear was no minor irritant
As he picked up the phone to make the call, Wayne Curtis worried that his doctor might think he was a hypochondriac. Hearing impairment - Hearing - Health - Disability - Business
Medical examiners use differing criteria to tally heat-related deaths
It's nature's stealth killer. It's not always the medical examiner's prime suspect. And the deadly toll it exacts often becomes clear only well after it has left the scene. Coroner - Health - Conditions and Diseases - Wounds and Injuries - Heat Related
Health-care overhaul: Long-term-care benefits are a long way off
Among the most important questions involving the health-care overhaul are how seniors will be affected. Here are two of the biggest pocketbook issues. Health care - Insurance - Health - Business - Financial Services
Disputed chemical bisphenol-A found in paper receipts
As lawmakers and health experts wrestle over whether a controversial chemical, bisphenol-A, should be banned from food and beverage containers, a new analysis by an environmental group suggests Americans are being exposed to BPA through another, surprising route: paper receipts. Business - Pulp and Paper - Materials - Bisphenol A - Paper
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