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Lisa Kaiser says she is living proof that it pays to teach kids how to call 911.麗莎凱塞說，她就是活生生的例子，證明它自付，教導孩子們如何撥打911 。

Water companies in south-east England have been told that if they delay introducing hosepipe bans and other water-saving measures households may get water for only a few hours a day and standpipes will have to be introduced as in the drought of 1976.自來水公司在東南英格蘭被告知，如果他們推遲引入軟管禁令和其他節水措施的家庭可以得到的水只有短短的幾個小時，每天和喉，將要推出，在乾旱的1976年。

Diabetes patients could be able to receive insulin via a nasal spray using yeast, scientists believe.糖尿病患者可能接受胰島素經鼻腔噴霧劑使用酵母，科學家們相信。

Steroid medications commonly used to reduce inflammation caused by traumatic head injuries may actually boost the risk of death, a new report suggests.類固醇藥物的普遍使用，以減少發炎所造成的外傷性頭部受傷，實際上可能增加死亡的風險，一個新的報告建議。

Pfizer’s Eraxis (anidulafungin) has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to treat candidemia, a potentially life-threatening bloodstream infection.輝瑞公司的eraxis （ anidulafungin ）已獲得美國食品和藥物管理局治療念珠菌，一個潛在的威脅生命的血液感染。 Candidemia is the most deadly of the common hospital-acquired bloodstream infections, with a mortality rate of approximately 40 percent.念珠菌是最致命的共同醫院獲得性血液感染，死亡率約40 ％ 。

A new clinical formulation extracted from Scutellaria Barbata, may provide physicians with a new tool in treating aggressive late-stage breast cancer.一個新的臨床配方，提取半枝蓮，可提供醫師一個新的手段治療侵襲性晚期乳腺癌。

Two US doctors have suggested the sale of organs such as kidneys should be legalised to meet the rising demand.兩名美國醫生曾建議出售器官，如腎臟，應合法化，以滿足日益增加的需求。

Fish oil supplements may help reduce some fatty substances in the blood of people with diabetes, but not others, researchers report.魚油補充劑可能有助於減少一些脂肪物質在血液中的糖尿病的人，但不接受其他研究人員的報告。

A US study of more than 1200 stroke survivors found patients taking anti-cholesterol drug statins had a significantly better outcome than those without the medication.美國的一項研究對1200多名中風倖存者發現，病人服用抗膽固醇他汀類藥物產生了顯著的成果更好地比那些沒有服藥。