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Health - May 21, 2008
Rare disease, hospital quality, and hormone replacement therapy for women
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How One Hospital Fends Off 'Code Blues'
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Avery Comarow
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Comarow On Quality - May 13, 2008
A fast heartbeat, or a nurse's concern, can quickly bring a team to check on an ill patient.
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Health Buzz: Aspirin, Breast Cancer, and Other Health News
Health - May 1, 2008
A new study finds that aspirin may reduce the risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer.
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Health Buzz: Heparin Contamination and Other Health News
Health - April 30, 2008
Officials think the tainted batches of heparin may have been intentionally contaminated.
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Health Buzz: Blood Substitute Risks and Other Health News
Health - April 28, 2008
The use of hemoglobin-based blood substitutes may raise patients' risk of heart attack and early death.
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Why Apnea Is a Surgical Risk—and What to Do About It
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January W. Payne
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Health - April 24, 2008
Having sleep apnea increases your risk of complications. Dr. Chung explains how to take precautions.
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FDA Was Right About Contaminant in Tainted Heparin
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January W. Payne
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Health - April 23, 2008
Researchers have confirmed that oversulfated chondroitin sulfate was the adulterant.
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Heparin Aftermath: FDA Told More Foreign Inspections Needed
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Matthew Shulman
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Health - April 22, 2008
Safety of drugs made overseas had been questioned; now, 81 Americans are dead.
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Taking a (By)pass on Surgical Volume
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Avery Comarow
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Comarow On Quality - April 22, 2008
Conventional wisdom says deaths go down the more often a hospital does a procedure. Oh, yeah?
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If You're Considering a Tattoo, Read This
By
Lindsay Lyon
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Health - April 15, 2008
Sometimes the inks are tainted with substances you don't want under your skin.
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Prostate Treatment Raises Blood Pressure
By
Adam Voiland
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On Men - April 11, 2008
The surge linked to a microwave therapy for enlarged prostate could put men at risk of complications.
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Do Patients Plus Clinical Trials Equal Better Care?
By
Avery Comarow
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Comarow On Quality - March 25, 2008
Hospitals that sign up lots of patients for studies just might be improving the quality of care across the board.
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5 Ways to Size Up a Health Risk
By
Adam Voiland
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Health - March 7, 2008
Don't let misleading stats from doctors and the news lead you astray.
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Finding Your Pills Under a Pall
By
Lindsay Lyon
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Health - March 6, 2008
Are your medications safe, or are they harming, perhaps even killing, you?
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Health Buzz: The Latest Medical News
News Desk - March 5, 2008
New research on participants in the Women's Health Initiative study who underwent combined estrogen-progestin therapy shows a slightly increased risk of cancer for menopausal women after they stopped hormone replacement therapy about three years ago. But those results should be interpreted with caution, says U.S. News Health Editor Bernadine Healy, since the differences are quite small in absolute terms and could disappear over time. In related news, HRT also increases the risk of having an abnormal mammogram or breast biopsy.
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Medical Identity Theft Turns Patients Into Victims
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Michelle Andrews
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Health - February 29, 2008
When health records get breached, wealth and well-being are both in jeopardy.
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What to Do When Thieves Snatch Your Medical Identity
By
Michelle Andrews
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Health - February 29, 2008
If you know—or even suspect—that your medical identity has been stolen, take these steps now.
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Interpreting the Supreme Court's Medical Device Decision
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Justin Ewers
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Nation & World - February 22, 2008
The ruling gives the FDA the final word, but legal experts say it's not as extensive as it appears.
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Prescription Drugs: How to Avoid Heath Ledger's Fate
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January W. Payne
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Health - February 8, 2008
The actor died after taking a combination of prescription medications.
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iPods, Pacemakers Can Work Together After All
By
Adam Voiland
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On Men - February 1, 2008
A new study disproves the notion that the music players interfere with heart devices.
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Rating Doctors: A Rank Practice?
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Michelle Andrews
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Health - January 31, 2008
Websites now let patients rate their physicians, despite opposition from medical groups.
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Four Ways to Avoid Dangerous Drug Errors
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January W. Payne
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Health - January 31, 2008
Lots of mistakes happen because medications sound or look alike. Here's how to protect yourself.
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Checklists Can Save Lives
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Avery Comarow
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Comarow On Quality - January 17, 2008
But the plug was pulled on a large research project because the sponsor didn't follow one.
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A Rectum, a Finger, and a Lawsuit in New York
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Ben Harder
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Thinking Harder - January 16, 2008
The patient feels violated. Doctors feel it was necessary. A court will decide.
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