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| Study: Basic checklist cut surgical deaths in half (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 04:57 PM CST AP - Scrawl on the patient with a permanent marker to show where the surgeon should cut. Ask the person's name to make sure you have the right patient. Count sponges to make sure you didn't leave any inside the body. Doctors worldwide who followed a checklist of steps like these cut the death rate from surgery almost in half and complications by more than a third in a large international study of how to avoid blatant operating room mistakes. |
| Fewer clogged arteries may need stent treatment (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 04:12 PM CST AP - A new study gives fresh evidence that many people with clogged heart arteries are being overtreated with stents, and that a simple blood-flow test might help prevent unnecessary care. Fewer deaths, heart attacks and repeat procedures occurred when doctors implanted fewer of these tiny artery props, using the blood-flow test to decide when they were truly needed, the study found. |
| Study finds heart risk in anti-psychotic drugs (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 04:13 PM CST AP - Newer anti-psychotic drugs are no safer than older ones for the risk of suddenly dying from a heart problem, says a study that finds they roughly double that hazard. The older drugs had already been linked to an increased chance of sudden cardiac death, in which the heart loses its normal rhythm and can't pump blood normally. |
| Doctors call for halt to Gaza assault (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 04:30 PM CST
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| Va. company recalls peanut butter nationwide (AP) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 05:32 PM CST AP - A peanut butter maker that sells bulk supplies to institutions issued a nationwide recall as officials on Wednesday reported two more deaths associated with a salmonella outbreak. |
| Clinical Trials Update: Jan. 14, 2009 (HealthDay) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 06:03 PM CST HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Here are the latest clinical trials, courtesy of CenterWatch: |
| House gives Obama jump-start on health reform (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 06:08 PM CST
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| Hard-to-Treat Leukemia Cell Subtype Identified (HealthDay) Posted: 14 Jan 2009 06:03 PM CST HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Jan. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers say they may have identified a subtype of T-lymphoblastic leukemia (T-ALL) in children that does not respond to standard intensive chemotherapy. |
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