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Bans on smoking in public places have had a bigger impact on preventing heart attacks than ever expected, data shows.Smoking bans cut the number of heart attacks in Europe and North America by up to a...

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Abstract: Gastrostomy feeding has become widespread as an effective means of preventing or reversing malnutrition in children with chronic illness. Gastrostomy should be considered in all patients with 'long-term' reliance on nasogastric tube feeding; while not clearly defined, this period is usually considered to be more than 6 weeks. Children with neurodisability represent the largest group of patients with gastrostomy; parents must be closely involved in the decision-making process that leads to tube feeding, understand the potential benefits and disadvantages, and be supportive of this intervention. There is a small number of important relative and absolute contra-indications to gastrostomy, which is almost always performed as a percutaneous endoscopic procedure. Complications are well recognized, common, and often avoidable. Ideally, care of children who have a gastrostomy should include clear referral pathways and management protocols, education of parents and carers by specialis

CHICAGO - Smoking bans in public places can significantly reduce the number of heart attacks, two U.S. research teams reported on Monday.One team found smoking bans in the United States, Canada and Eu...

The number of heart attacks has fallen steeply in countries where bans on smoking in public places have been introduced, according to two independent reviews

SMOKING bans have dramatically reduced the number of heart attacks in Europe and North America, cutting rates by between a quarter and more than a third, two major studies have shown.

CHICAGO - Smoking bans in public places can reduce the number of heart attacks by as much as 36 percent, offering fresh proof that the restrictions work, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Smoking bans in public places can reduce the number of heart attacks by as much as 36 percent, offering fresh proof that the restrictions work, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

Researchers say that number--which equals one person every 12 minutes--equals more deaths annually than deaths caused from murder and drunk driving combined.

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