Tag: injured

Apr242018 by adminNo Comments

New technique helps injured hearts regenerate via stem cells

April 23 (UPI) -- Engineers have developed a new way to help injured hearts regenerate using cells derived from human stem cells, potentially leading to better treatments for cardiac medical conditions.Researchers at the Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Science found a way to treat the heart without implanting the cells, because in the past they didn't work well with the heart and can cause abnormal heart rhythm. Instead they applied extracellular vesicles -- a small structure within a cell -- secreted by cardiomyocytes, which make up the cardiac muscle cells.Their findings were published Monday in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering."We reasoned that the cardiomyocytes would be the best source of molecules driving the recovery of injured heart, as it is well known that the...

Mar172018 by adminNo Comments

Several injured by out-of-control ski lift in Georgia

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March 16 (UPI) -- At least ten people were injured when a ski lift in Georgia, a mountainous country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia, malfunctioned.Two accident victims, one Swedish and one Ukrainian, were taken to the hospital with serious but not life threatening injuries. The breakdown occurred at the ski resort Gudauri.It's not yet clear what caused the lift to break down, but a glitch of some kind caused chairs to begin moving backwards at high speed. Chairs slammed into each other as they zipped around the terminal at the bottom of the slope."According to initial information, Sadzele ski lift in Gudauri stopped working, chairs crashed into each other with riders suspended in the air, causing health injury of medium gravity," the state-owned resort manager, Mountain Resorts De...

Feb42018 by adminNo Comments

One dead, five injured in record Moscow snowfall

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Feb. 4 (UPI) -- Record snowfall in Moscow has resulted in travel delays, injuries and at least one death, according the mayor of the Russian capital.Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said a man died Saturday after a tree fell and knocked down power lines. Five other people were injured amid worsening weather conditions including heavy snowfall and powerful winds."Be careful. According to forecast, the weather will worsen," he wrote on Twitter.Sobyanin added the heavy snow and strong winds have downed more than 2,000 trees.More than half of Moscow's monthly precipitation average fell on Saturday, breaking a record set in 1957.As of Sunday, 109 flights at Moscow airports were delayed and 28 were canceled.Road conditions were also considered hazardous as Sobyanin instructed residents to stay insid...

Jan132018 by adminNo Comments

Dozens injured in protests over Trump's Jerusalem move

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Jan. 12 (UPI) -- Clashes between Palestinians protesting U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and Israeli forces left dozens injured Friday, Palestinian health officials said.Palestinians held protests -- as they have done each Friday since Trump's announcement in December -- near border areas in the Gaza Strip, including in Rafah, Khan Younis, Gaza City, al-Bireh, Ramallah, Bethlehem, Qalqilyah, Jericho, Nabuls, Hebron and the al-Boreij refugee camp.The Palestinian Health Ministry said 43 Palestinians sustained injuries from live rounds and rubber-coated steel bullets, and 65 others underwent treatment for inhalation of tear gas. Haaretz reported a total of 176 Palestinians had injuries.In addition to recognizing Jerusalem as Israel's capital in early...

Dec152017 by adminNo Comments

4 Palestinians dead, hundreds injured in clashes ahead of Mike Pence's visit

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For the second Friday in row, thousands of Palestinians in Jerusalem, Gaza and across the occupied West Bank turned out to protest more than a week after President Donald Trump's announcement recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and days before his vice president visits the region. Nearly 400 Palestinians were injured today across the Palestinian territories, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. Four Palestinians have also been shot dead by Israeli forces, two in the West Bank and two in Gaza, the Gaza Health Ministry said. Today was the deadliest day since Trump's Dec. 6 announcement, and the funerals are expected to be held Saturday. In Gaza, one of the two Palestinians killed was 29-year-old Ibrahim, a paraplegic who lost both legs during an Israeli airstrike in th...