Radio broadcasts have been picked up on a fetal heart monitor. In one case, mobile radios were suspected of causing a man's electric wheelchair to plunge off a cliff. While some hospitals are banning use of these devices, others believe that eliminating pagers and cellular telephones will only make matters worse, reports American Medical News . Studies have shown that a moderate intake of alcohol is associated with lower rates of heart disease. The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry reports that balloons cause 29 percent of choking deaths among children of all ages.
Balloons are second only to food as the most frequent cause of choking deaths.
According to the investigators, ejaculation can cause a significant but temporary rise in the PSA level, especially in older men. Two days after ejaculation, PSA levels return to normal in 97 percent of men. Technicians at a Cambridge, Mass., company are commercially growing patients' own cartilage cells for use in treating damaged knees. According to Health Midwest, an orthopedic surgeon provides the company with a biopsy of the patient's healthy cartilage. Millions of new cells are grown for the patient and are subsequently delivered to the hospital, where a surgeon then implants them into the knee.