VIDEO: African Americans Who Suffer Cardiac Arrest in Hospital More Likely to Die, Dirty Shower Heads Threaten Health, H1N1 Contagious For Longer Than Previously Thought

16.09.2009 | 2:13 min

From Kansas City - African American patients who suffer a cardiac arrest while being hospitalized are more likely to die than Caucasians, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.  Researchers used information from the National Registry of Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, analyzing survival disparities between Caucasian and African Americans who suffered an in-hosital cardiac arrest. African Americans had a 25% survival rate compared to 37% for Caucasians.  From Colorado - According to research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, dirty shower heads can put your health at risk. American researchers went to 50 houses in nine different cities, inspecting shower-heads specifically. They found significant levels of Mycobacterium Avium--a type of bacteria that, when swallowed or inhaled, is capable of causing lung infections. And finally, from San Francisco - The H1N1 influenza is more contagious than previously thought, according a report presented at the Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy. Researchers studied nearly 50 people with H1N1 and the members of their homes. They found that after eight days, 45-75% still tested positively on flu tests, and 19% were still shedding germs capable of infecting others. As a result, scientists recommend that H1N1 patients be isolated for 7-10 days.  
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