The British Heart Foundation is urging people to forget “mouth-to-mouth” and to concentrate on chest compressions when performing CPR, specially for those who are untrained and don;t know how to give the “kiss of life”.

Ellen Mason, who is a senior cardiac nurse with the British Heart Foundation (BHF) emcourages people to learn how to do a simple CPR, which can save the lives of those who have a suddem cardiac arrest. As she mentions, “The kiss of life can often be daunting for untrained bystanders who want to help when someone has collapsed with a cardiac arrest”

Below you can watch a simple step by step guide on CPR steps. This how to perform CPR without “mouth-to-mouth kissing” video is beneficial to teach you how to perform a CPR first aid on a patient.

You don’t necessarily need a professional CPR course, CPR Training, or cpr certification to help someone with a cardiac/heart arrest. All you need to do is to learn this simple guide which can help you save another human’s lives.

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A video posted on  New Scientist can help you find out whether you’ve got an Eagle Eye or not! Watch the video below and find out by yourself.

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The vidoe has been created by  Kevin O’Reagan and his colleague at Paris Descartes University, France.

You’ll probably wonder how you may not notice an obvious change in this video. The researchers discuss that un-noticing this change could be an example of our blindness to certain slow changes, as humans tend to first focus their attention on the most interesting elements of a scene.

Could you identify the change in the video the first time?

“A researcher must be young in mind, charming, faithful, honest, hard-working, and should have the art to respect and appreciate others.”

This is an excerpt of our interview with Dr. KB Ashok, who celebrated an outstanding hat trick in 2011 by winning 3 Awards in the IOMC 2011 Conference. He won 3 different awards in IOMC 2011 conference, namely, the Most Active Confernce Students Board Member Award,  Best Presenter Award of Conference Day 4, and one of the Best Reviewer Awards.

In the third series of IOMC Blog posts to introduce the Award Winners of the IOMC 2011 Conference, please enjoy our friendly talk with Dr. K.B. Ashok, below:

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In the second series of IOMC Blog posts to introduce the Award Winners of the IOMC 2011 Conference, we are pleased to have with us Dr. Haris Habib,  who has eagerly answered all our questions. Dr. Haris Habib was one of the Award Winners of IOMC 2011 Conference who won the Best Presenter Award for the Day 2 of the conference.

Dr. Habib encourages young researchers not to be scared of their mistakes as they can learn from the mistakes and improve their research in a learning process. You can read the full interview below.

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IOMC 2012 is the 5th International Online Medical Conference that will take place on March 3, 4, 10 & 11, 2012. IOMC is one of the most innovative conferences which has been increasingly welcomed by medical & healthcare experts, researchers, professionals, students, and professors from around the world.

Building upon the success of previous IOMC conferences since 2007, IOMC 2012 aims to foster the discussion among medical, nursing and healthcare researchers and provide them with the opportunity to discuss and present their research findings, studies, and experiences at a professional level and share their research works with the world.

Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished papers related to one of the conference themes. Case reports and poster submissions are also welcomed.

All accepted conference abstracts will be published in a Conference Proceedings’ special issue with an ISSN and will be indexed in renowned databases including ScopusEMBASEProQuestEBSCODOAJGALEGoogle ScholarAcademic OneFile, IndexCopernicus, and etc.

Besides, all accepted conference Full Papers will be published in one of the conference peer-reviewed indexed Journals, at no extra fee, based on the decision of conference team and reviewers. To see a list of the journals click here. Read the rest of this entry »

In this post of IOMC Blog, we are pleased to have a short and exclusive interview with two of the Award Winners of the IOMC 2011 Conference. Yan Huang and Jing Ren, our interviewees for today, won the Best Student Paper Award for their manuscript entitled “Cost-Benefit Analysis of a Community-Based Stroke Prevention Program in Bao Shan District, Shanghai, China” accepted in the IOMC conference, and has been published in one of the journal partners of IOMC conference (International Journal of Collaborative Research on Internal Medicine & Public Health).

Below, you can get to know more about them.

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Heart attacks in the morning can cause more severe damage than other times of the day.

In a recent study conducted by Suárez-Barrientos et al. conducted on 811 cardiac patients and people with heart disease to determine the impact of time-of-day onset of ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) on infarct size, it was found out that people who had heart attack between 6 am and 12 noon had 20 percent more damage to their heart muscle than those having a heart attack later in the day.

 

Heart Anatomy (Heart Attack)

Heart Anatomy

These findings have been published in Heart journal (BMJ Publishing Group) and have been press-released on BBC Health News.

Sources: BBC Health News, Heart Journal

Do men show their love and passion for their partner faster than women? Or are women better romantic communicators in a date and score higher in a romantic Love Calculator?!

In an interesting post by Jenna Goudreau – a FORBESWOMAN – published few days ago in Forbes, it was discussed that men are the ones who tend to say “I Love You” in a romantic situation first.

Citing a study appearing in an ISI index psychology journal (the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology [ISI Impact Factor: 4.732]) to be appearing in June 2011 issue, Jenna highlights that an MIT psychologist (Josh Ackerman) has conducted a qualitative research by interviewing 205 heterosexual men and women, to find out that 64% of people believe women are the quickest to say “I love you.” However, in reality men were more likely to say it first and consider it earlier–a full six weeks before women think it’s time to fess up.

According to the study, men were happier to exchange “I loves yous” if they’d not yet had sex in the relationship, but women were happier to say the words if they had just sex.

You can read the full story here >>

Sun protection creams (also known as Sunscreens) protect our skins from dangerous  sun rays or lights that may cause sunburn, skin problem, or other skincare damages or diseases (cancer, red skin, itchy skin, etc.).

Sunscreen TipsHere are some important tips on how to choose and apply the proper sunscreen, as reported by HealthDay News, quoting the Skin Cancer Foundation guidelines:

  • Choose a sunscreen with an SPF (sun protection factor) of at least 15.Apply sunscreen to children’s skin, as long as they are at least 6 months old.
  • Children younger than 6 months should not be exposed to the sun.
  • Make sure you choose a broad-spectrum sunscreen that protects against both UVA and UVB rays.
  • Use about 1 ounce of sunscreen for good coverage.
  • Apply sunscreen 30 minutes before going outside, and reapply every two hours.
  • Reapply sunscreen after swimming, sweating or towel drying.
  • Be aware of how much time you spend in the sun. Your skin doesn’t have to turn red to be damaged by the sun’s rays.

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We hope that these skincare tips are useful to you!

Source: Yahoo! Health

Test de Connaissance du Français (TCF) Practice Tests, Manual & Exam Preparation Resources

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Free Sample Questions, Test Manual & Materials for Test de Connaissance du Français (TCF)

Every year, many of medical students and graduates, as well as those from other fields tend to continue their studies or immigrate to francophone countries, including immigration to Quebec, Canada. That’s why, the TCF exam might be a requirement for them. We are going to provide them with the opportunity to download free materials for their preparation for TEF exam.

All applicants who want to sit for the Test de Connaissance du Français (TCF) or TEFAQ, and look for the Sample TCF Questions, can download TCF questions for Free easily here and also here.

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We hope this helps you with your TCF exam preparation! Good luck!
Donc, familiarisez-vous avec les questions proposées dans les sessions du TCF ici!  Bonne Chance!