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- Exposing the Myth of Frivolous Lawsuits, One Laugh at a Time
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- Scared Pink: The Dubious Value of Fear Mongering about Breast Cancer
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- Minding the Gap in Doctors' Fees between Primary Care and Specialties
- FDA Issues a Warning for Avastin -- Again
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- The Award for Most Fear-Mongering Health Care Statement of the Year ...
- Will the Investment in Partnership for Patients Pay Off?
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- Patient Privacy Is Compromised by Identity Theft
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- How to Protect Against Listeria
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- More Bad News about All-Metal Hip Implants
- The Hype About Bioidenticals
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- Database of Dangerous Doctors Gets Yanked from Public Eye
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- Hospitals Embrace Alternative Therapies
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- How States Rank for Long-Term Care
- Andrea Mitchell's Lost Opportunity to Explain the Real Risks of Breast Cancer
- Dollars for Docs: Learn How the Big Bucks Flow from Drug Manufacturers
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- The Dirt on Hospital Uniforms
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- The Real News on Chocolate Is Not So Dramatic
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- New Safety Concerns Over Celexa, Proton Pump Inhibitors
- Growing Numbers of Physician Assistants May Help Cut Assembly Line Feel for Patients
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- For Medicare Advantage Plans, an Over-Abundance of Choices
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- "What's It Worth?" -- the Impossible but Necessary Calculus of Suffering in Medical Malpractice Suits
- Hip Implant Complaints Flood FDA
- Bladder Cancer Alleged in Actos Lawsuits
- More Generous Insurance Coverage for Preventive Care for Women
- Shortage of Vital Drugs Shows Another Free Market Failure in Health Care
- Awake by Mistake During Surgery: a Patient's Nightmare
- One Guide to a Quality Hospital: Does the CEO Have "MD" after His/Her Name?
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- Why Aren't Hospitals Any Safer with Fewer Sleep-Deprived Trainee Doctors?
- FDA Reopens Discussion of Gluten-Free Labeling
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- Better Treatment Decisions From More Accessible Research
- Study of Hospitalists Raises Questions
- Protecting Prescription Histories in the Era of Data Mining
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- 10 Weird Health Theories That Just Won't Go Away
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- Science Panel Says Oversight of Medical Device Safety Needs Big Overhaul
- At What Price Does a Hospital Get to Compromise Patient Privacy?
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- Another Study Shows Anti-Inflammatory Drugs Increase Risk of Cardiovascular Problems
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- The Myth of the Hypo-Allergenic Dog
- Study Casts Doubt on Brain Cancer from Cellphones
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- Asthma Study Shows the Importance of the Doctor "Being There" for the Patient
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- UCLA to Pay Fine for Violating Privacy of Patient Records
- Study Examines High Percentage of Dropped Medical Malpractice Claims
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- Study Says Stop-Smoking Drug Carries Cardiovascular Risk
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- Mammography--One Size Does Not Fit All
- Expanding the List of Medical Misadventures that Should Never Happen
- Lung Cancer Screening--Did You Get the Full Story?
- The Going Rate for Compromising A Surgeon's Principles and Patient Safety: $16 Million
- Once Again, the FDA and Avastin Are Doing the Hokey Pokey
- The Too-Slow Evolution of Electronic Medical Records
- Finally, the True Story of "Tort Reform" on HBO
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- Supreme Court Strikes Two Blows Against Patient Safety
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- Tort reform won’t address huge regional disparities in malpractice insurance fees
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- Physician learns about hospital errors the hard way
- Diabetes drug Avandia will be gone from retail shelves by November
- Does a Drug Really Work? Why Numbers, Not Testimonials, Matter
- Malpractice lawsuits are down while injuries are up
- Showing docs price of tests cuts unnecessary testing
- Doctor Superiority Is Dangerous to Patient Health
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- Many gastroenterologists overdiagnose Barrett’s Esophagus
- ‘Superbug’ deaths spur probe into prostate biopsies
- Hospital scrubs: "Fashionable" but a suspected source of infection
- Laser Spine Surgery: Promises Too Good to Be True
- Multiple CT scans increase “incidentaloma” risk
- Supreme Court hints that Vermont’s prescription data laws violate free speech
- New York creates fund for infants with neurologic damage due to medical errors
- Liposuction Produces Only Temporary Weight Loss
- Plugging the "Black Hole" in Medical Licensing Boards
- Two malpractice verdicts in two days in Pennsylvania town
- Accurate quality measures needed to improve health care quality and safety
- Washington state bill seeks consumer accountability for medical licensing board
- Philadelphia physicians failed to report dangerous peer
- A Gentler Option to Barking: "Did You Wash Your Hands?"
- New Hampshire governor fights subpoena over efforts to dip into malpractice fund to reduce budget deficit
- Government Gets Serious about Patient Safety
- As much as 45% of all U.S. health care costs due to medical errors, studies show
- Treatment Gap Wide For Brain Injury Victims
- Oregon bill would extend whistleblower protection to non-nursing hospital staff
- Savings from malpractice reform are a myth, study shows
- Two simple ways to cut medication errors
- States fail to discipline rogue doctors whose own hospitals find them guilty of serial malpractice
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- “Alarm fatigue” endangers hospital patients
- George Orwell Comes to Washington: The "Protect Patients Now" Lobbying Group
- Mandated use of unproven screening practices drives up medical costs with little patient benefit
- 'Apology' legislation could inhibit medical malpractice suits
- "When you're a hammer, everything looks like a nail"
- Female Hormone Injections for Weight Loss: Another Quack Remedy
- Hospital’s comprehensive obstetrics program cuts malpractice claims by 99%
- The Coming Cancer Epidemic from Overuse of CT Scans
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- New "Physician Compare" Website Doesn't Impress
- Study takes aim at myth of high cost of drug development
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- Maryland's Hospital Infection Effort Includes Financial Penalties
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- Kidney transplanted into the wrong patient -- luckily without apparent harm
- New Dietary Guidelines May Be Overly Influenced by Agribusiness
- Medical Malpractice in Breast Biopsies
- Is Grandfathering of Medical Devices Bad for Your Health?
- Study casts doubt on effectiveness of routine lymph node removal in some women with early breast cancer
- Ohio hospitals save $13 million by cutting infections
- "Best Hospitals" Ratings Don't Measure Up
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- Millions Untreated for High Cholesterol, but Are Drugs the Answer?
- Hospitals Ban Childbirth Videos for Fear of Malpractice Lawsuits
- Malpractice Victims Respond to Myth of "Frivolous Lawsuits"
- Panel rejects universal use of pain contracts
- Jury awards $250,000 for erroneous cutting of hepatic duct
- Hype Busters: Helping You Get Better Health Care
- Patients ask judge to bar equipment maker from selling to back surgeon
- "Awake" Liposuction: Malpractice Tragedy Just Waiting to Happen
- FDA sets new limits for prescription combination products with acetaminophen
- Couple challenges West Virginia malpractice award caps
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- Surgeons' Sleep Deprivation and Patient Safety
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- One hospital: Three wrong-site surgeries in four months
- The "Defensive Medicine" Fraud
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- Mistrial ruled after physician accused of malpractice treats juror in court
- Radiation Therapy Malpractice: A Deadly Combination of Errors
- Oregon appeals court limits comparative fault defense in malpractice suits
- Texas tort “reform” immunizes ER docs against most malpractice claims
- Why Malpractice Still Hurts and Kills So Many Patients
- University hospitals may not be all that better than community hospitals
- Defective DePuy Hip Implant Shows Big Hole in Regulatory System
- New Study Finds Doctors' Fear of Lawsuits Is Often Irrational and Misplaced
- Louisiana appeals court rejects malpractice cap in tragic case of child cancer victim
- Blood sugar monitors: One to a patient, if you want to avoid infection
- Error Rates in Medicine Continue High, but Lawsuits Are Down
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- Another Perspective on the Cardiac Malpractice Crisis in Maryland
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- Critical reception for study claiming malpractice laws chase docs from Illinois
- Pharmacists worldwide worry about drug counterfeiting
- Malpractice Victims Speak Out Against Balancing Fed Budget on Their Backs
- Pour Those Vitamin Pills Down the Toilet ...
- Louisiana malpractice fund may not cover claims against neurosurgeon
- Malpractice and preventable harm still common in hospitals, new study finds
- Patient safety at risk if testing standards for biosimilars are relaxed, FDA told at hearing
- A simple question to ask your dentist about X-ray safety
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- Studies on a new drug show comedy of errors when not enough patients are tested
- Rampant Malpractice and Safety Hazards Found in Kidney Dialysis Centers
- Maryland Hospital Pays Feds in Cardiac Malpractice Scandal
- Fatigue Wears at Doctors' Work Performance Too
- FDA recalls infusion pump and tissue stabilizer
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- CT Scan Screening for Lung Cancer: Saving Lives at a Big Pricetag, and Who Should Pay?
- Large number of drug shortages puts patients at risk
- Hospital Malpractice: Saying They're Sorry and Showing They Mean It
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- Alarm sounded over drug-resistant bladder bacteria
- Chamber of Commerce: Lawsuits Are for Us, Not for Regular People
- Fewer malpractice claims are being brought against hospitals
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- Getting the Best Health Care: Statisticians Are Our Friends
- Malpractice in treating sepsis: Early aggressive care saves lives
- Most Published Research Findings Are Wrong
- When doctors and nurses disagree about a patient, who decides?
- Malpractice Questions Raised in Kansas High School Football Player's Leg Amputation
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- Eight years on, diet drug Meridia withdrawn from market
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- Study to examine electronic health records safety
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- Antipsychotic Drugs: Oversold and Under-Warned
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- Some good resources for patient safety advocates
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- Mammograms Take Another Blow
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- OSHA to consider limiting medical residents’ time on the job to 80 hours per week
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- New alliance creates tools to reduce pain medication misuse
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- Patient safety authority finds frequent dosing errors with a narcotic drug
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- Dangerous Doctors and Lax Licensing Boards: A National Map
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- End of Life Care: The Checkbook Is Open
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- For Better Medical Care, Bring a Friend
- Adults Slack on Vaccinations
- Do You Really Need That CT Scan?
- Diabetes: An Underrated Illness
- Getting Control of Your Health Records
- A Patient's Advice to Hospital Staff
- Psychiatric Patients Face Long ER Waits
- Detecting Ovarian Cancer Early
- Region Affects Health Care Quality
- Walking: One of the Best Forms of Physical Exercise
- 11 Deaths Tied to Medical Devices Containing Heparin
- Government Website Rates Hospitals
- Disclosure Means Fewer Lawsuits
- Advice from a Cancer Patient for Getting the Best Care
- Wishful Thinking and Procrastination Play Role in Delays of Cancer Treatment
- The Dark Side of Drug Advertising
- Dennis Quaid Defends Right To Sue Pharmaceutical Companies for Injuries
- The Drug Industry and the DSM-IV
- A Growing Trend of Patient Advocates
- Lasik's Painful Side-Effects
- Protecting Yourself from Medical Error
- The Art of Pain
- FDA Identifies Heparin Contaminant
- California Orders Insurers to Reinstate Policies
- Doctors, Research and Industry Money
- Google, Medical Records and Privacy
- Study: Patients Feel Uncomfortable Asking Doctors about Hand-washing
- New Study: Patients Dissatisfied with Hospitals
- Potential Dangers of Arbitration Agreements
- Medical Mistakes: A Doctor's Point of View
- Study Supports Reduction of Older Blood Use in Transfusions
- Anti-Psychotics in Nursing Homes, Re-visited
- Lawsuit Settled in Missed Colon Cancer Diagnosis
- Heparin Contaminant Closer To Identification
- Anesthesia Awareness More Common Than Previously Believed
- Easy-to-Miss Lesions Most Likely To Turn Cancerous
- Patients Need Access to Hospital Records
- Los Angeles Sues Health Net for Insurance Cancellations
- HIV Patients Still Snubbed By Doctors and Nurses
- New Project To Help Patients Manage Medical Records
- A Collaborative Approach to Fighting Bedsores
- Scientists Conceal Raw Data from Cancer Studies
- Advocacy Groups Seek Repeal of Needle Exchange Laws
- Diet Soda strongly linked to Metabolic Syndrome
- Depressed Doctors More Likely to Make Mistakes
- Guidelines for Hand Hygiene in Professional Settings
- Botox Associated with Deaths
- Pill Reduces Ovarian Cancer Risk
- Another Study Confirms Lack of Reporting of Medical Error
- MRSA Transmittable Through Some Sexual Activity
- Emergency Room Waits Getting Longer
- U.S.A. Has the Most Preventable Deaths
- Where are the Illinois Hospital Safety Reports?
- Hospitals Dangerously Slow in Treating Heart Attacks
- Study Finds Anti-Psychotics Do Not Curb Aggression
- The Pain of Medical Error: Not Just Physical
- Reducing Medical Error Through Talking
- Higher Risk of Leukemia Linked to Anemia Drugs
- Should Hospitals Pay for Their Mistakes?
- Elder Abuse: Nursing Homes Often Use Anti-Psychotics to "Maintain Order"
- Study: Common Treatments for Sinus Infection No Better Than Placebos
- Checklists to Save Lives in the ICU
- New Study: Doctors Reluctant to Report Errors
- Hospitals Try to Combat MRSA
- New Factors for Breast Cancer Risk for African-American Women
- Hospital Commits 3rd Brain Surgery on the Wrong Side of the Head
- Risk Disclosure and Organ Donation
- Plastic Surgery: Still Safe, but Know the Risks
- Energy Drinks Linked to Heart Problems
- MRSA Discovered in Virginia Communities: What You Need To Know
- Tripled Risk of Deep-Vein Thrombosis on Long Flights
- Overuse of Some Painkillers May Increase Headaches
- Fighting Superbugs in Hospitals
- Helen Haskell Interview
- Popcorn Supplier ConAgra Will Drop Diacetyl
- Doctors With Poor Communication Skills More Like To Get Complaints
- Might Full Disclosure of Medical Error be the Best Policy?
- Cancer Panel Critiques U.S. Government for Lack of Illness-Prevention
- Protecting Yourself from Medical Errors
- Hospital Infection Rates a Matter of Concern
- Cancer Patients Face Confusing Obstacles and Inconsistent Treatment
- Healthcare System Disadvantages Patients with Low Literacy Levels
- Fewer Nurses Leads to More Pneumonia
- Recent Findings Show Medical Error as Major Cause of Death in U.S.
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