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Web Exclusive: 'Weekend Effect' Boosts Trauma Patients' Survival Chances
Contrary to other studies, a University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine study shows that patients in need of...
Web Exclusive: Trauma Patient Mortality Soars After Discharge
In-hospital deaths for trauma patients declined during a 13-year study, but after discharge, mortality rates rose...
Web Exclusive: Sepsis Survival Rates, Costs Vary Greatly by Hospital
Higher-spending hospitals do not achieve better blood infection survival rates, Massachusetts researchers say, echoing...
Web Exclusive: RFID 100% Accurate in Surgical Sponge Tracking Test
 A blinded clinical trial of radio frequency identification chips resulted in an accuracy rate far better than...
Simple blood test to reveal cancer at low levels
Harvard University medical researchers are developing a new test to make monitoring cancer in patients easier and...
A pinpoint beam strays invisibly, harming instead of healing
Stereotactic radiosurgery, or SRS, is one of the fastest-growing radiation therapies, a technological innovation...
Web Exclusive: Medical Errors Stubbornly Common, Studies Find
Eleven years after a major study revealed medical errors to be widespread and deadly, the results from two recent...
Web Exclusive: Pediatric Medical Errors Most Likely in Gynecologic, GI Surgeries
The presence of foreign bodies unintentionally left inside young patients during surgery adds to the duration and cost...
Web Exclusive: Stroke Mortality Rate Higher for Weekend Admissions
Regardless of stroke severity, patients admitted to the hospital on weekends are slightly more likely to die than those...
Web Exclusive: Multiple Brain Death Checks Cause Harm, Study Shows
 A second brain death examination results in significant  delay in diagnosis, adds anguish for grieving...