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... to take them to childcare, but forgot and went to work instead. The remainder were left in vehicles by childcare providers or drivers....Male surgeons report highest rate of mistakes in patient care
...e or found that the incident had made it harder to work as a doctor. And almost one in five said that it had had a negative impact on their private life. One in four doctors admitting to serious mistakes said that they had not been supported by their colleagues afterwards. Around half the doctors found i...IDSA applauds Senate leadership for introduction of S. 3
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...ted tomography (SPECT) and stress echocardiography work as well in women as in men to accurately diagnose coronary artery disease (CAD). Women at risk for CAD, however, are less often referred for the right tests, according to a consensus statement from the American Heart Association. The statement was ...New way to block pox shows promise in lab study
...tency," he says. The new findings build on earlier work by the researchers in which they determined that smallpox growth factor (SPGF), a protein produced by the smallpox virus, attaches to a cell membrane receptor called erb-B1. This interaction primes the cell to become a factory for producing new virus...Clinicians report missing patient information is common
...t a problem exists, and this study, along with the work of others, should engender a state of mindfulness about the frequent occurrence and importance of missing clinical information. With this cognizance, practice patterns can be modified. Physicians and their staff should screen charts prior to patients...New research could help physicians tailor asthma therapy in children
...there a good way to determine what medication will work best in my child?" said Stanley J. Szefler, MD, FAAAAI. "These findings begin to address this question by taking a step toward enabling clinicians to better individualize asthma therapy." Dr. Szefler and colleagues from the National Heart, Lung, and ...Brain tumor treatment can vary greatly, according to new JAMA study
... can conduct a similar study and use this original work as a benchmark." She adds that with more research and education, she hopes that results for brain-tumor patients will continue to improve and that numbers for survival will look quite different in 10 years. In conjunction with the JAMA article is a ...Promise of 'bladder pacemaker' for people with spinal cord injury
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...nited States, one in Mexico and one in Brazil. The work could help determine whether a vaccine for males should be employed in the arsenal against cervical cancer. The study is of great interest in Latin America, where rates are higher than in the United States. Hispanic women in the United States have s...Minorities who experience pain don't receive the same care as Caucasians
...n the response to pain based upon race and age, to work that focuses on workers compensation claims among Caucasians and African Americans. Commentary by Louis W. Sullivan, MD, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1989-93, and Barry A. Eagel, MD discuss the history of health and...New non-hormonal hot flash treatment set for clinical trial
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...xt step, according to Dr. Bezprozvanny, will be to work with other researchers to test these drugs in whole animal models of Huntington's disease, and see if cell death and loss of motor function observed in these models can be prevented. In addition, the researchers would like to expand their drug search...Lottery funding to aid research into superbugs
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