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  • September 2007

    • Two Docs' Heads Are Better Than 1

      CNN  |  Sep 7, 07 1:56 PM CDT

      Two Docs' Heads Are Better Than 1

      (Newser) - When diagnosis is difficult, the procedure is risky, or less-invasive alternatives are available, a second opinion is essential. CNN lists five diagnoses that should send up red flags: Heart-bypass surgery: Alternatives may be better for some patients. Hysterectomy: The uterus isn't always the problem, and when it is, less dramatic alternatives are available. More »

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      list  • health  • doctor  • surgery  • treatment  • diagnosis  • brain surgery

  • August 2007

    • Cancer Can Wait; Botox Doesn't

      New York Times  |  Aug 29, 07 3:00 PM CDT

      Cancer Can Wait; Botox Doesn't

      (Newser) - Patients have a better chance of seeing their dermatologists if they want Botox than if they want a potentially cancerous mole examined, a new study finds. Researchers, posing as patients in a dozen cities, faced a typical wait of eight days for cosmetic procedures and 26 days to test a suspicious mole that could signal skin cancer. More »

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      cancer  • doctor  • surgery  • skin cancer  • cosmetic surgery  • melanoma  • Botox  • moles  • dermatology  • psoriasis

    • Doctor Killed Beethoven, Says Pathologist

      Associated Press  |  Aug 29, 07 7:35 AM CDT

      Doctor Killed Beethoven, Says Pathologist

      (Newser) - It's not exactly  CSI , but the classical era now has its own forensic murder investigation. A new Austrian study has concluded that Ludwig von Beethoven died from overdoses of lead administered by his doctor with the intention of healing him. Beethoven suffered from cirrhosis of the liver, and that organ's absorption of the lead killed him. More »

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      doctor  • lead poisoning  • composer  • pathology

    • Docs Often Miss High Blood Pressure in Kids

      WebMD  |  Aug 22, 07 3:43 PM CDT

      Docs Often Miss High Blood Pressure in Kids

      (Newser) - High blood pressure in kids is increasing, but it is often missed by doctors, a new study shows. Researchers examined the electronic records of thousands of children and teens enrolled in an Ohio health plan; they found 500 with high blood pressure readings, and only a quarter had been previously diagnosed. "High blood pressure isn't necessarily on the minds of pediatric clinicians," says one of the researchers. More »

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      health  • children  • obesity  • doctor  • blood pressure  • hypertension

    • 10 Ways to Cut Medical Costs

      MSNBC  |  Aug 17, 07 5:38 PM CDT

      10 Ways to Cut Medical Costs

      (Newser) - Avoid financial injury by following these ten tips from MSNBC : Shop for tests. Different labs may vary widely in costs. Negotiate. Hospitals may waive or reduce a co-pay fee if the patient can prove that it's a hardship. Question the necessity of follow-up appointments, X-rays or MRIs. More »

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      list  • health care  • medicine  • doctor  • blood pressure  • health care costs

    • Maybe Your Ailments Are All in Your Web

      Ars Technica  |  Aug 3, 07 7:50 AM CDT

      Maybe Your Ailments Are All in Your Web

      (Newser) - More and more people are turning to websites to complement doctor visits, Ars Technica reports. About three-quarters of adults seek out medical info online, a fraction that's held for nearly a decade even as the number of wired adults has soared. That translates to 160 million of what Harris Interactive calls "cyberchondriacs." More »

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      Internet  • health  • medicine  • doctor  • patient

  • July 2007

    • Transplant Doc Accused of Quickening Patient's Death

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 31, 07 5:56 PM CDT

      Transplant Doc Accused of Quickening Patient's Death

      (Newser) - A San Francisco surgeon is facing unprecedented felony charges of accelerating the death of a 25-year-old disabled man to harvest his organs for transplant. The doctor denies the charges that he acted without a legitimate medical purpose, the LA Times reports, but the controversy is bad news for transplant doctors nationwide. More »

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      doctor  • organ donor  • patient  • transplant  • disability  • organ harvesting  • medical malpractice  • surgeon  • Hootan Roozrokh

    • Aussie Police Blame Scotland Yard for False Terror Arrest

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 30, 07 4:58 AM CDT

      Aussie Police Blame Scotland Yard for False Terror Arrest

      (Newser) - Australian police yesterday blamed Scotland Yard for sending them inaccurate information that led to the arrest of an innocent Indian doctor in the failed British bomb plots. Mohammed Haneef was detained for 27 days before being freed; he was welcomed by cheering crowds in Bangalore. More »

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      Australia  • doctor  • arrest  • British terror attacks  • Glasgow Airport  • Scotland Yard  • Mohammed Haneef

    • 8 Yanks Graduate From Cuban Med School

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 26, 07 6:52 AM CDT

      8 Yanks Graduate From Cuban Med School

      (Newser) - Cuba's Latin American School of Medicine graduated its first batch of American students this week, helping raise the eight-year-old school's profile. There are 90 more already enrolled in the free program, which comes with an exemption to the ban on travel to Cuba for Americans. Students are selected by the US Congressional Black Caucus and a non-profit group, Pastors for Peace. More »

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      health care  • medicine  • Cuba  • doctor  • Fidel Castro  • medical training

    • 10 Careers With Staying Power

      CNN  |  Jul 15, 07 3:17 PM CDT

      10 Careers With Staying Power

      (Newser) - For most people job security is a thing of the past, and obsolescence a looming threat.  Happily though, there are some roles that never go out of style. Careerbuilder.com lists the most unshakable jobs, along with median annual income. Doctor: We always need someone to care for our ill.  Median annual salary is $120,000. Teacher: New crops of kids always need someone to educate them. $41,400 to $45,920 Mortician: Unless we somehow manage to eliminate death, we'll always need someone to lay our loved ones to rest.  $37,000 Waste Disposal Manager:  Humans are messy creatures.  $35,000 Scientist: We don't even know how much we don't know.  For a research scientist, $70,000; for an environmental scientist, $42,000 More »

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      list  • doctor  • job  • scientist  • career  • waste disposal management

    • Americans Pop Happy Pills in Record Numbers

      CNN  |  Jul 9, 07 6:28 PM CDT

      Americans Pop Happy Pills in Record Numbers

      (Newser) - Antidepressants are America's most prescribed drugs, according to a new CDC report, clocking in more scripts than meds for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or asthma. Prescriptions for antidepressants rose 48% between 1995 and 2002, accounting for 118 million of the 2.4 billion drugs prescribed in 2005. More »

    • Face Transplant Surgeons Plead For Privacy

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 8, 07 3:56 PM CDT

      Face Transplant Surgeons Plead For Privacy

      (Newser) - Doctors are preparing to execute Britain's first face transplant, but first they must face off with relatives of potential patients and the media eager to buy their stories, the Guardian reports. The press has fixed it eyes and nose on the upcoming operation, but surgeons say publicity for patients seeking it could both nullify their fully-informed consent and delay completion. More »

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      Great Britain  • doctor  • plastic surgery

    • UK Tightens Screening of Foreign Docs

      Daily Telegraph (UK)  |  Jul 4, 07 3:13 PM CDT

      UK Tightens Screening of Foreign Docs

      (Newser) - The UK is scaling up background checks on foreign doctors and other health workers in response to the revelation that eight suspects in the attempted London and Glasgow car bombings last weekend worked for the National Health Service, the Telegraph reports. PM Gordon Brown, in his first Question Time in the House of Commons, ordered a review of NHS recruitment. More »

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      Great Britain  • al-Qaeda  • terrorism  • United Kingdom  • Gordon Brown  • terrorist  • doctor  • car bomb  • British terror attacks  • Glasgow Airport  • Glasgow

    • Benoit Bought 'Excessive' Steroids

      CNN  |  Jul 3, 07 11:52 AM CDT

      Benoit Bought 'Excessive' Steroids

      (Newser) - Over the last year Chris Benoit's doctor was prescribing the wrestler a 10-month supply of anabolic steroids every three or four weeks, the DEA said in court papers made public today. The steroids, which can cause paranoia, depression and violent outbursts, may have been a factor in the murder of Benoit's wife and child, as well as his suicide.  More »

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      murder  • steroids  • suicide  • doctor  • wrestling  • WWE  • Chris Benoit

  • June 2007

    • Teen Performs C-Section in Bid for Record

      BBC  |  Jun 21, 07 2:21 PM CDT

      Teen Performs C-Section in Bid for Record

      (Newser) - A 15-year-old in southern India performed a Cesarean section so he could make the Guinness Book of Records as the world's youngest surgeon, the BBC reports. The boy's parents, both doctors, supervised and videotaped the operation on a 20-year-old patient. They later claimed he'd only assisted in the birth. More »

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      India  • doctor  • teenagers  • surgery  • record  • Guinness Book of World Records

    • Abortion Doc's Killer Draws 2nd Life Sentence

      ABC News  |  Jun 20, 07 8:35 AM CDT

      Abortion Doc's Killer Draws 2nd Life Sentence

      (Newser) - A militant anti-abortion activist who murdered an obstetrician was sentenced to life in prison on federal charges yesterday. James Kopp is already serving a state term of 25 years to life for the 1998 sniper-style killing of Barnett Slepian, who performed abortions. Kopp is also suspected in four other shootings of doctors in the US and Canada. More »

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      murder  • doctor  • abortion  • abortion rights  • sentencing

    • Amazon Tribe Broods Over Poached Blood

      New York Times  |  Jun 20, 07 6:31 AM CDT

      Amazon Tribe Broods Over Poached Blood

      (Newser) - An Amazon tribe is bilious after scientists took blood samples in exchange for medicine they never got, the Times reports. Doctors collected DNA from the Karitiana Indians in the late '70s and again in 1996, and then sold it to researchers for $85 a pop. But now the once remote tribe has made contact with the Western world, and wants compensation. More »

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      medicine  • science  • DNA  • Brazil  • doctor  • disease  • genetics  • blood

    • Vitamin D Slashes Cancer Rates

      Associated Press  |  Jun 8, 07 2:30 PM CDT

      Vitamin D Slashes Cancer Rates

      (Newser) - The first research linking vitamin D directly to cancer prevention shows the nutrient sharply reduces cancer rates in older women. Only 3% of the 1,179 women monitored while taking a combination of vitamin D and calcium developed cancer over 4 years, a 60% lower rate than those given placebos, according to the breakthrough American Journal of Clinical Nutrition study. More »

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      cancer  • doctor  • breast cancer  • study  • Nebraska  • salmon  • Omaha  • vitamin D  • tuna  • vitamins  • cells  • research articles

    • Kids Skate on Heelys to Emergency Room

      Baltimore Sun  |  Jun 7, 07 10:17 PM CDT

      Kids Skate on Heelys to Emergency Room

      (Newser) - A new craze has kids gliding across hard surfaces on tiny skate wheels built into their sneakers—but the "heelys" are deceptively unsafe, a new study says. The report claims the skate shoes sent 1,600 youngsters to the emergency room last year. More »

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      children  • doctor  • shoes  • emergency room  • sneakers  • skating  • helmets

  • May 2007

    • Doctors Post Prices for Procedures

      Los Angeles Times  |  May 28, 07 8:23 PM CDT

      Doctors Post Prices for Procedures

      (Newser) - A group of doctors in California has become the largest private practice in the country to go public with its prices for medical procedures. Breaking with the notion that price-shopping demeans professional services, HealthCare Partners posted the price of 58 common procedures, from x-rays to flu shots, on its website last week, the LA Times reports. More »

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      California  • health care  • doctor  • medical costs  • private practice

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