Monday, March 31, 2014
Test rules out heart attacks in the ER
WASHINGTON
A simple test appears very good at ruling out heart attacks in people who go to emergency rooms with chest pain, a big public- health issue and a huge worry for patients.
A large study in Sweden found that the blood test plus the usual electrocardiogram of the heartbeat were 99 percent accurate at showing which patients could safely be sent home rather than be admitted for observation and more diagnostics.
Of nearly 9,000 patients judged low risk by the blood test and with normal electrocardiograms, only 15 went on to suffer a heart attack in the next month, and not a single one died.
The study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, was presented Sunday at the cardiology college’s annual conference in Washington.
Pa. Craigslist suspect says 2 never showed
sunbury, pa.
A woman charged along with her newlywed husband with killing a man she met through Craigslist tells a newspaper that two other men had responded to her ad for companionship but never showed up.
Nineteen-year-old Miranda Barbour tells The Daily Item of Sunbury that their failure to show saved the men’s lives.
Police say Barbour met 42-year-old Troy LaFerrara, of Port Trevorton, through Craigslist and stabbed him to death in her parked car in Sunbury last November with the help of her husband, Elytte Barbour.
Official vows search for jet will go on
perth, australia
Australia’s prime minister says the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is “an extraordinarily difficult exercise” but that it will go on as long as possible.
Tony Abbott said today that although no debris has been found in the southern Indian Ocean that can be linked to the plane missing for more than three weeks, the searchers are “well, well short” of any point where they’d scale the hunt back.
The Boeing 777 disappeared March 8 while flying from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 people aboard.
Review security at WTC, Schumer asks
new york
Sen. Charles Schumer stood by the World Trade Center on Sunday, demanding that federal officials review security after daredevils twice sneaked to the top of the site’s signature, 104-story skyscraper.
Schumer’s request comes after a teenager was charged with climbing to the top of the 1,776-foot spire of 1 World Trade Center, three skydiving enthusiasts turned themselves in to face charges in a September jump off the building, and a newspaper published a photo of a guard apparently sleeping on the job.
New Apple-Samsung battle goes to court
san jose, calif.
The fiercest rivalry in the world of smartphones is heading back to court this week in the heart of the Silicon Valley, with Apple and Samsung accusing each other, once again, of ripping off designs and features.
The trial will mark the latest round in a long-running series of lawsuits between the two tech giants that underscore a much larger concern about what is allowed to be patented.
Jury selection is to begin today in another round of litigation, with Apple Inc. accusing Samsung of infringing on five patents on newer devices, including Galaxy smartphones and tablets. In a counterclaim, Samsung says Apple stole two of its ideas to use on iPhones and iPads.
Associated Press