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  • March 2008

    • When to Dump Your Doc

      Forbes  |  Mar 19, 08 6:30 PM CDT

      When to Dump Your Doc

      (Newser) - Is it time to break up with your doctor? View your next physical the same way you would a date, then decide. Forbes outlines 10 red flags that might indicate "It's over." Your personalities just plain clash. Your doctor doesn't give you enough information about your health and doesn't take the time to explain his or her decisions. You spend way too much time in the waiting room each time you visit, and your doctor doesn't seem concerned when you mention it. More »

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      list  • health  • medicine  • doctor  • physician

    • Coke Can Mimic Heart Attack Symptoms

      Associated Press  |  Mar 17, 08 7:56 PM CDT

      Coke Can Mimic Heart Attack Symptoms

      (Newser) - Doctors should ask younger patients if their heart attack symptoms are really due to cocaine use, the American Heart Association said today. Coke can cause chest pain similar to a heart attack, it said, but heart medication can be fatal to cocaine users. "Not knowing what you are dealing with and giving the wrong therapies could mean death rather than benefit," said Columbia University Professor James Reiffel. More »

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      doctor  • cocaine  • heart attack  • blood pressure  • hospitals  • American Heart Association  • emergency room

    • NY Swears In New Gov; Paterson Calls for Unity

      Times Union (Albany)  |  Mar 17, 08 2:00 PM CDT

      NY Swears In New Gov; Paterson Calls for Unity

      (Newser) - David Paterson was sworn in as New York’s governor this afternoon and gave a speech that mixed humor and solemnity, the Albany Times-Union reports. “I never expected to have the honor of serving as governor,” said New York’s first black governor, who repeatedly stressed the importance of bringing political parties together. More »

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      New York  • Eliot Spitzer  • doctor  • David Paterson  • budget deficit  • endowment  • Albany

    • Doc Linked to 17 Aussie Deaths Busted in Portland

      Associated Press  |  Mar 12, 08 10:05 AM CDT

      Doc Linked to 17 Aussie Deaths Busted in Portland

      (Newser) - A doctor accused of leaving a bloody trail of surgical mistakes from New York to Australia to Oregon, has been arrested in Portland, the AP reports. Jayant Patel, a US citizen, fled to Oregon in 2005 after an inquiry was launched into botched operations linked to 17 deaths at a Queensland hospital. "Patel bungled surgeries with tragic results," said a court memo. More »

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      Australia  • doctor  • Oregon  • extradition  • manslaughter  • medical malpractice  • surgeon

  • February 2008
  • January 2008

    • Docs Demand ABC Pull Vaccine-Autism Drama

      USA Today  |  Jan 29, 08 4:17 AM CST

      Docs Demand ABC Pull Vaccine-Autism Drama

      (Newser) - Angry pediatricians are demanding the first episode of new ABC legal drama "Eli Stone" be pulled because of its dangerous message about childhood vaccinations, reports USA Today . Doctors say the storyline, in which a woman wins a $5.2 million judgment against vaccine companies because of her son's autism, will give viewers "the destructive idea that vaccines cause autism"—and trigger a drop in vaccination rates, said a statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics. More »

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      television  • doctor  • ABC  • vaccine  • autism  • pediatricians

    • More Patients Undoing Nips and Tucks

      Chicago Tribune  |  Jan 21, 08 6:14 PM CST

      More Patients Undoing Nips and Tucks

      (Newser) - Thousands are feeling a little too "cookie-cutter" with their new nipped noses and tucked chins, one doctor says—so they're ponying up for surgery to look like (gasp!) themselves again. These 'undo-plasties' are becoming big business; some doctors spend half their time as "revision plastic surgeons." Even stars like Courtney Love, Jenna Jameson, and Julio Iglesias have admitted to undoing surgery or hating what they got. More »

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      doctor  • plastic surgery  • Courtney Love  • surgeon  • Jenna Jameson

    • Don't Get More Than Seasick

      ABC News  |  Jan 20, 08 11:33 AM CST