8,331 source-backed health facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 69 of 84.
“some 14 months ago”
“At least 170 people have died in rioting which began in the cities of Osh and Jalalabad.”
“Recent tests found noise levels from a vuvuzela, at full volume and when pressed against your ear, equates to 127 decibels.”
“This is louder than a drum at 122 decibels, a chainsaw at 100 decibels and a referee's whistle at 121.8 decibels.”
“The Hear the World Foundation - set up by Swiss hearing products group Phonax to raise awareness about hearing loss - has warned that extended exposure to such noise risks permanent hearing loss.”
“She said a recent study found that aerosols, tiny droplets which can carry flu and cold germs, were formed at the bottom of a vuvuzela after people had blown into them.”
“Those particles are small enough to stay suspended in the air for hours, and can enter into the airways of a person's lungs, Dr McNerney said.”
“Highland Council chiefs have admitted they cannot afford to build five new care homes planned for the region.”
“When I visited the five care homes a week or so ago with the convener, there wasn't one person who said to me they wanted us to build a new care home.”
“In five years time or so when the financial situation is better and the bankers have paid their money back to the public purse, we can improve the facilities that are there. In the meantime we must retain the 24 local authority beds in Loc…”
“In the meantime we must retain the 24 local authority beds in Lochaber.”
“Nine of the group remain in hospital in South Africa.”
“The US has a higher rate of maternal deaths than 38 other nations - including Greece, Albania and the UK.”
“Every day in the US, at least two women die - either during childbirth, from problems such as haemorrhage - or because of pregnancy-related complications, like pre-eclampsia.”
“Health officials estimate half of these deaths are preventable.”
“especially as the District of Columbia has the worst rate of deaths among mothers of all US states.”
“Life expectancy for men in this area is 56 years - that's worse than Kenya.”
“But with standard post-natal care comprising just one check-up visit to a doctor, six weeks after giving birth, educated white women can become victims too.”
“But achieving that will require legislation in 50 states. There's a huge amount of work to be done - and that's just one tiny thing.”
“Scientists at University College London discovered people tend to think that their hands are wider and their fingers are shorter than they truly are.”
“In the study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Dr Longo's team asked 18 volunteers to take part in an experiment. [...] This revealed striking distortions - the volunteers tended to misjudge their hands as wider and their…”
“Our results show dramatic distortions of hand shape, which were highly consistent across participants.”
“These findings may well be relevant to psychiatric conditions involving body image such as anorexia nervosa, as there may be a general bias towards perceiving the body to be wider than it is.”
“We know that one of the features of anorexia nervosa can be distorted body image. People affected can truly believe that they are grossly fat, even when they are dangerously underweight.”
“They are able to judge other people's bodies quite accurately and would describe someone else the same size as themselves correctly, but still not be able to do that about their own weight and shape.”
“expand from 33 to 58 cots”
“10-bed accommodation area”
“birthing unit with 10 ensuite rooms”
“Two of the world's richest men and the Spanish government have pledged $150m (£101.7m) to battle disease and improve health in Central America and Mexico.”
“A poll of 1,000 pregnant women for the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists found many regularly wore ballet pumps, flip flops, high heels and Ugg boots.”
“The survey also suggests half feel under pressure to keep up with the latest celebrity trends.”
“Yet seven out of 10 women admitted to suffering from foot problems including swollen ankles (37%), swollen feet (45%) and arch and heel pain (16%) while pregnant.”
“Among those surveyed, 66% regularly wore flip flops, 32% wore high heels, 53% wore ballet pumps and 30% wore Ugg boots.”
“As a rule, she says women should opt for 1.2in (3cm) heels as they shift weight a little further forward on to the feet, which can help alleviate discomfort.”
“Replacing white rice with brown rice and wholemeal bread could cut the risk of diabetes by a third, US experts say.”
“In the study of nearly 200,000 US people, white rice consumption was linked to type 2 diabetes.”
“After adjusting for age and other diabetes risk factors, those who ate five or more 150g servings of white rice per week had a 17% increased risk of diabetes compared with people who consumed less than one serving - about a cup of rice - p…”
“Although few people - only 2% - in the study ate this much white rice, the finding was significant.”
“People who ate two or more servings of brown rice per week had an 11% reduced risk of developing the condition compared with those who ate less than one serving a month.”
“Based on the results, the researchers estimate that replacing 50g or one-third of a typical serving of white rice with the same amount of brown rice would lead to a 16% lower risk of type 2 diabetes.”
“And replacing the white rice with wholegrains, including brown rice and pasta, wholemeal bread and rolled oats, could cut the risk by more than a third.”
“Experts generally recommend that at least half of carbohydrate intake should come from whole grains like brown rice.”
“More than 70% of the rice consumed in developed countries such as the US and UK is white.”
“up to 100,000 lives could be saved every year if a known drug were given to seriously bleeding trauma patients”
“could lower the risk of dying by 15%”
“after studying 20,000 patients”
“Each year 600,000 injured patients bleed to death worldwide”
“nearly six million people die each year from injuries, which accounts for 10% of the world's deaths”
“Almost half of those deaths are caused by bleeding”
“The trial involved patients from 274 hospitals across 40 countries”
“1g of TXA within a few hours of being injured, followed by another 1g in a drip over the next eight hours”
“TXA reduced the chances of death, due to massive blood loss, by one sixth”
“up to 100,000 deaths every year across the world”
“about 12,000 lives each year”
“Two thousand deaths a year could be saved in the United States”
“about 1,800 people die from bleeding after injury each year”
“cut this figure by about 280”
“TXA costs about £3 per gram”
“tranexamic acid (TXA), which helps blood to clot, could lower the risk of dying by 15%”
“1g of TXA within a few hours of being injured, followed by another 1g in a drip over the next eight hours, or a matching placebo”
“highly significant reduction in risk of dying”
“no evidence of complications or unwanted clotting”
“about 280”
“The new Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield has opened its doors to its first patients.”
“Children's outpatient services have started at the £250m hospital, which includes purpose-built consultancy and treatment rooms.”
“Other services at the hospital are expected to open over the summer.”
“Other facilities include single rooms or four-bedded wards with en suites and landscape garden areas.”
“one man had suffered first degree burns and another third degree burns.”
“Both men, believed to be in their 50s, were taken to Frenchay Hospital.”
“their injuries were serious but were not thought to be life-threatening.”
“Four "knitting nannas" have been thanked by the Welsh Ambulance Service after they "got the needle" and produced 40 woollen teddy bears.”
“What we do know from previous games is that in the Autumn of 2012 there should be a spike in participation rates in physical activity, but we need to work hard, right now, to maximise that because I believe, perhaps surprisingly, that elit…”
“The Vacoped holds the foot in a ballet-style pointed position and costs less than half as much as a traditional plaster cast.”
“It can be reused and so far it has helped more than 20 patients.”
“I had my treatment on the Tuesday and I was back to work, fully weight-bearing, by the Wednesday.”
“Once the device is fitted, air is pumped from the lining to make it fit snugly to remain in place for about four weeks.”
“Traditional treatment involves wearing a plaster cast for four to six weeks.”
“Some 20 other patients have so far tried the boot.”
“The report predicted that 400,000 people could be affected by 2031, due to problems associated with an ageing population.”
“The Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) said that almost two million people in the UK were living with sight loss.”
“Mr Legg, speaking at the start of National Eye Health Week, said that a 62% increase in the elderly population by 2031 meant it was important that provision was made now to cover the cost.”
“RNIB research found that diabetes affected almost 5% of the Scottish population.”
“"Someone with diabetes has a 10 to 20 times greater chance of being registered blind," Mr Legg said.”
“"However, early diagnosis and treatment can prevent up to 98% of severe sight loss and the earlier the treatment the more likely it is to be effective."”
“The report also pointed to claims that for every 1,000 smokers who quit there would be an estimated 12 fewer cases of blindness.”
“The report's authors said diabetic retinopathy was one of the most serious and costly complications of diabetes and the leading cause of blindness among the working-age population in the UK.”
“"If a new virus was discovered that threatened to cause sight loss in 3,000 adults a year in Scotland it would receive the highest of priorities."”
“Plans to spend £2.4m on saving key services at Oxfordshire's Horton Hospital have been approved by its directors.”
“In May the board of NHS Oxfordshire agreed funding of £1.5m a year to help save children's and maternity services at the Banbury site.”
“The hospital's directors have now agreed to provide a further £900,000 annually to maintain the services.”
“The funding will ensure children's and maternity services are offered 24 hours a day.”
“I'm delighted that we today were able to agree to implement the plans that had been confirmed by Oxfordshire PCT, which will commit us to maintaining 24-hour services for paediatrics and obstetrics at the Horton.”
“Mr Mitchell was left with burns to 12% of his body after the incident in the Headingley Taps pub last October.”
“The student needed a number of skin graft operations for burns to his ankles, arms and hands.”
“Up to 60,000 children in Scotland are believed to be living with drug-addicted parents.”
“More than 600 women have been supported by the initiative since it began about a decade ago.”
“But she says she has been clean now for two years with the support of the project.”
“She said it had resulted in fewer babies being born to drug-addicted mothers.”
“I would say there has been a decrease in children that have been removed from their parents' care.”
“Fathers of new babies will be able to stay overnight on postnatal wards at Bath's Royal United Hospital (RUH) as part of a pilot scheme.”
