The following recommendations are generic for all types of cardiac stress tests: 1  Do not eat or drink for three hours prior to the procedure. This reduces the likelihood of nausea that may accompany strenuous exercise after a heavy meal. 2  Specific heart medicines may need to be stopped one or two days prior to the test.
San Francisco mayor Frank Jordan declared a state of emergency in the city as the looting continued into the night. a condition, declared by a government, in which martial law applies, usually because of civil unrest or natural disaster.
Rio de Janeiro governor declares state of financial emergency ahead of Olympics. Emergency measures needed to avoid âa total collapse in public security, health, education, transport and environmental managementâ. This article is 10 months old. Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro.