A report shows that in 2005, symptom awareness and recognition of the need to call 9-1-1 were low in the United States, with disparities seen by race/ethnicity, sex, and education level. Medscape Medical News
Early intensive treatment for hypertension in patients with acute intracerebral hemorrhage is well-tolerated and appears to reduce hematoma growth. Medscape Medical News
A sudden spate of urgent cardiovascular (CV) syndromes requiring emergency department (ED) visits among residents of Sydney, Australia, in 2005 has been traced to high solar radiance and ozone levels. Reuters Health Information
A brief and helpful review for preventing contrast induced nephropathy--a serious challenge in the emergency department. AccessMedicine from McGraw-Hill
Adverse antibiotic reactions, mostly allergic ones, send more than 140,000 people to U.S. emergency rooms each year, researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Wednesday. Reuters Health Information
Can we predict whether the next pandemic will be like the mild 1968 Hong Kong influenza or more similar to the devastating 1918 pandemic, which may have killed more than 50 million people worldwide? Medscape Infectious Diseases
