Space chimp lived

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Ham the Chimp, also known as Ham the Astrochimp, was the first Hominidae to take a space flight. He was named after the Holloman Aerospace Medical Center in New Mexico. He was launched from Cape Canaveral on January 31, 1961 and returned to Earth unharmed except for a bruised nose.

Space chimp lived

 Link: http://www.historyinorbit.com/175-fascinating-little-known-photos-of-the-past/37/?v=p

'NEW' Diagnostic Code in the International Classification of Diseases

Cow bites and spacecraft injuries enliven new medical diagnostic codes

By

Bruce Bower

December 22, 2015

 

A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN  Injuries at the library now have their very own diagnostic code in the latest revision of International Classification of Diseases used by physicians around the globe. 

Aaron Amat/Shutterstock

Magazine issue: Vol. 188, No. 13, December 26, 2015, p. 4

 

The latest diagnostic coding system for physicians, the International Classification of Diseases – 10th revision, took effect in October. 

With it came some curious new codes compiled in Medical Economics magazine. 

Here is a selection of some hard-to-explain mishaps. 

V91.35: Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to canoe or kayak

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V96.00: Unspecified [hot air] balloon accident injuring occupant

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Y92.241: Hurt at the library

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V95.40: Unspecified spacecraft accident injuring occupant

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V97.33: Sucked into jet engine

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W55.21: Bitten by a cow

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W56.22XA: Struck by orca, initial encounter

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V91.07: Burn due to water skis on fire

Credit: All animations by James Provost

Link: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cow-bites-and-spacecraft-injuries-enliven-new-medical-diagnostic-codes

from Science News

Warning signs for Dementia

Many people thought that forgetting why you have walked into a room (39%) might be a sign, which could happen to anyone. For a person with dementia, it is not so much why they walked into a room that is troubling, but the room itself seeming unfamiliar.

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Warning signs for Dementia

Seek medical advice if your memory loss is affecting daily life and especially if you:

• struggle to remember recent events, although you can easily recall things that happened in the past
• find it hard to follow conversations or programmes on TV
• forget the names of friends or everyday objects
• cannot recall things you have heard, seen or read
• lose the thread of what you are saying
• have problems thinking and reasoning
• feel anxious, depressed or angry
• feel confused even when in a familiar environment or get lost on familiar journeys
• find that other people start to notice or comment on your memory loss

The risk of dementia increases with age with one-in-six of those over 80 having the degenerative disease. But it can strike even in middle-age.




Link: http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/common-topics/d.htm