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Las Vegas surgery center self-reports disinfection lapse
'Senior moments' tied to blood-sugar levels
Embattled Miami heart surgeon won't surrender medical license
Grocery chain to provide free antibiotics
Geriatric care in 'crisis mode'
December 30, 2008
No background checks for one-third of CA health workers
'Personalized medicine' reads DNA for effective treatments
December 29, 2008
After expanion, ER usage up but waiting time stabilized
Obesity surgery reverses teen diabetes
Hospitals address breast cancer side effects
December 23, 2008
Many question new ratings of nursing homes
Top hazards from medical devices in hospitals
Right to learn hospital infection rates survives bid to stop it in legislature
December 22, 2008
Cleveland Clinic's face-transplant program aims to help combat veterans
Scientists recreate nerve disease to study it
December 18, 2008
NJ reports increase in hospital errors
Nashville hospital can keep baby unit closed
Urbana, IL, clinic's settlement with AG approved
Pittsburgh hospital renovates, expands its ER
Commonwealth Fund rates hospitals online to spur improvement
December 17, 2008
Ohio legislation threatens reporting plan for hospitals
December 16, 2008
Racial gap in colon cancer deaths is widening
UCSF's cooling method a first for at-risk babies
Dennis Quaid settles with Cedars-Sinai over infants' health scare
December 15, 2008
U.S. emergency rooms find ways to fix what ails them
Deaths raise questions in Indian hospital
December 11, 2008
Web site compares cost, quality among Massachusetts hospitals
Las Vegas hospital agrees to pay big fine
December 10, 2008
Louisiana hospital seeks money to build
Louisville, KY-based Baptist East may have averted loss of Medicare
Emergency care report card bleak for Florida
Report finds fault with U.S. health services for teens
December 9, 2008
Uninsured put a strain on hospitals
Women less likely to get proper care for heart attacks
December 8, 2008
Weak patchwork of oversight lets bad hospitals stay open
Anaheim (CA) General Hospital loses accreditation
Emergency room workers say problems are rampant
December 5, 2008
Farmington, CT-based John Dempsey Hospital put on probation
Death on roof prompts Pennsylvania hospital probes
December 4, 2008
County faulted in death at King-Harbor
U.S. study weighs lifetime risks from CT scans
December 3, 2008
Medical residents should sleep after 16 hours, experts urge
December 2, 2008
Los Angeles County Supervisor to make reopening King-Harbor Hospital top priority
Do photos help doctors see patients better?
Arrogant, abusive, and disruptive (and a doctor)