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- Advisory about methemoglobinemia with the use of benzocaine sprays dur­ ing medical procedures. Since then, FDA has received reports of 72 new cases of methemoglobinemia associated with the use of benzocaine sprays, including 3 resulting in death, bringing the total to 319 cases as of March 16, 2011. Of the 319 cases, 7 were deaths, 32 cases were categorized as life threatening, and 216 were categorized as serious. A review of the 319 cases indicated that the development of methemoglobin­ emia after treatment with benzocaine sprays may not be related to the amount applied. In many cases, methemoglobin­ emia was reported following the admin­ istration of a single benzocaine spray. In other cases, methemoglobinemia resulted after excessive amounts were applied.
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- May cause respiratory sensitization. Chronic Exposure: May cause methemoglobinemia, which is characterized by chocolate-. brown colored blood, headache, weakness, dizziness, breath shortness, cyanosis (bluish. skin due to deficient oxygenation of blood), rapid heart rate, unconsciousness and.
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Hemophilia A Hemophilia affects 1 in 5,000 male births in the U.S. and approximately 400 babies are born with hemophilia each year. 400,000 people worldwide are living with hemophilia and about 20,000 are living with it in the United States alone.
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Vibrio Cholerae Vibrio cholerae infections have been rare in industrialized nations for the last 100 years. In the United States, there are zero to five cases per year. In 2003, 111,575 cases from 45 countries were reported to the World Health Organization.
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Are medical errors really the third most common cause of death in the U.S.? This study found from four to ten times the number of deaths attributable to medical error than the IOM did; i.e., approximately 400,000 per year. If this were true, then medical errors would be approaching the number two cause of death in the US, cancer, which claims 585,000 people per year. Classen et al noted that adverse event tracking methods that had frequently been in use at the time of the IOM report missed a lot of adverse events, noting that this tool found up to ten times as many adverse events.
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Japanese soldier found hiding on Guam Publisher. A+E Networks. After 28 years of hiding in the jungles of Guam, local farmers discover Shoichi Yokoi, a Japanese sergeant who was unaware that World War II had ended. Guam, a 200-square-mile island in the western Pacific, became a U.S. possession in 1898 after the Spanish-American War. In 1941, the Japanese attacked and captured it, and in 1944, after three years of Japanese occupation, U.S. forces retook Guam. It was at this time that Yokoi, left behind by the retreating Japanese forces, went into hiding rather than surrender to the Americans.
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Wide variability in organ donation rates across United States: Midwest leads nation in highest rates of lifesaving donations Wide variability in organ donation rates across United States: Midwest leads nation in highest rates of lifesaving donations. FULL STORY. More than 123,000 Americans are currently waiting for lifesaving organ transplants, but 21 patients die each day because there aren't enough organs to go around. New research shows wide variation in the number of eligible organ donors whose loved ones consent to organ donation across the country.
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- This report describes a case of acquired methemoglobinemia that occurred after benzocaine spray was applied orally to a 69-year-old white woman weighing 175 lb who was undergoing transesophageal echocardiography. Patient care was successfully managed.
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- Methemoglobinemia is the most significant health problem associated with nitrate in drinking water. Blood contains an iron-based compound called hemoglobin, which carries oxygen. When nitrite is present, hemoglobin can be converted to methemoglobin, which cannot carry oxygen.
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Probable Zoonotic Leprosy in the Southern United States Currently in the United States, there are over 1.5 million people living with Parkinson's and 50,000 new cases reported each year.
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- The 7 day weather forecast summary for London: The outlook for London in the week ahead shows the average daytime maximum temperature will be around 12°C, with a high for the week of 18°C expected on the afternoon of Tuesday 20th.
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Multiple Myeloma: Diagnosis and Treatment Multiple myeloma accounts for 1.6% of all cancer cases and approximately 10% of hematologic malignancies in the United States. In 2015, an estimated 28,850 new cases of multiple myeloma were diagnosed in the United States, and the disease caused more than 11,000 deaths. Patients older than 65 years account for 85% of those diagnosed with
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Venous Thromboembolism  (Deep Venous Thrombosis & Pulmonary Embolism) Although the exact incidence of VTE is unknown, it is believed that there are approximately 1 million cases in the United States each year, many of which represent recurrent disease. Nearly two thirds of all VTE events result from hospitalization, and approximately 300,000 of these patients die. Pulmonary embolism is the third most common cause of hospital-related death and the most common preventable cause of hospital-related death. Most hospitalized patients have at least 1 or more risk factors for VTE (Table 1).
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Warning: Benzocaine Topical Products Carry Risk of Methemoglobinemia Methemoglobinemia has been reported with all strengths of benzocaine gels and liquids, and cases occurred mainly in children aged two years or younger who were treated with benzocaine gel for teething.
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- 1 In 2012, 1.36% of U.S. births were born outside a hospital, up from 1.26% in 2011. 2  In 2012, 1 in 49 births to non-Hispanic white women were out-of-hospital births. 3  The percentage of out-of-hospital births was generally higher in the northwestern United States and lower in the southeastern United States. In 2012, out-of-hospital births comprised 3%–6% of births in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington, and between 2% and 3% of births in Delaware, Indiana, Utah, Vermont, and Wisconsin.
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- Wintemute said more than 200 people go to U.S. emergency rooms every day with gunshot wounds. Gun deaths by homicide, suicide or accident peaked at 37,666 in 1993 before declining to a low of 28,393 in 2000, the data show.hooting deaths in 2015 will probably rise to almost 33,000, and those related to autos will decline to about 32,000, based on the 10-year average trend.
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American deaths in terrorism vs. gun violence in one graph Using numbers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, we found that from 2001 to 2013, 406,496 people died by firearms on U.S. soil. (2013 is the most recent year CDC data for deaths by firearms is available.) This data covered all manners of death, including homicide, accident and suicide.
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Multiple Sclerosis by the Numbers: Facts, Statistics, and You About 200 new cases are diagnosed each week in the United States. Rates of MS are higher farther from the equator. It’s estimated that in southern states (below the 37th parallel), the rate of MS is between 57 and 78 cases per 100,000 people.
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Beta thalassemia methemoglobinemia, beta-globin type-caused by mutations in the HBB gene. More than 10 mutations in the HBB gene have been found to cause methemoglobinemia, beta-globin type, which is a condition that alters the hemoglobin within red blood cells.ore than 10 mutations in the HBB gene have been found to cause methemoglobinemia, beta-globin type, which is a condition that alters the hemoglobin within red blood cells.
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55,772,015 Abortions in America Since Roe v. Wade in 1973 The United States marks 40 years of legalized abortion in all fifty states at any time for any reason throughout pregnancy on January 22nd, the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court decision. Since that time, there have been approximately 55,772,015 abortions that have destroyed the lives of unborn children.s abortions have declined, the number of surgical abortion centers has declined as well. According to Operation Rescue, in 1991, there were over 2,176 surgical abortion clinics in America.
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- 1 Yield of West Nile virus nucleic acid amplification test (NAT) screening of 4,585,573 donations at American Red Cross and America's Blood Centers (constituting ≈95% of US collections) from July... 2  Figure 2.
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Cystic Fibrosis Statistics There are currently about 30,000 people living with cystic fibrosis in the United States alone, while more than 75% of the patients are diagnosed by age two. In addition, statistics reveal that approximately 1,000 new cases of CF are diagnosed in the country each year. However, the diagnosis of the disease is still often delayed or mistakenly conducted and, according to the study “Misdiagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis,” the rate of misdiagnosis is about four percent.
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Methemoglobinemia Methemoglobinemia is a blood disorder in which an abnormal amount of methemoglobin -- a form of hemoglobin -- is produced. Hemoglobin is the molecule in red blood cells that distributes oxygen to the body.Methemoglobin cannot release oxygen.ethemoglobinemia may be passed down through families (inherited or congenital). Or, it may be caused by exposure to certain drugs, chemicals, or foods (acquired). There are two forms of inherited methemoglobinemia. The first form is passed on by both parents.
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Sickle-cell disease 1 The blood type most often requested by hospitals is type O. 2  The blood used in an emergency is already on the shelves before the event occurs.  It is estimated that sickle cell disease affects 90,000 to 100,000 people in the U.S. About 1,000 babies are born with the disease each year.
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4,250% increase in fetal deaths reported to VAERS after Flu Shot given to pregnant women WHAT THE CDC FAILED TO TELL PREGNANT MOMS. This year, on September 27, 2012, the Human and Environmental Toxicology Journal (HET) published Dr. Gary Goldman’s study that confirms NCOWs data, a 4,250 percent increase in the number of miscarriages and stillbirths reported to VAERS in the 2009/2010 flu season.
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- From 1967 to September 2008, approximately 50,200,000 abortions occurred in the United States; of these, about 30,260,000 or 60% were to women with no prior abortions [1,2].