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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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GLOSSIES

 A Surgeon's Case for 
 Universal Health Care 

If every other industrialization nation and Massachusetts can do it, so can the feds

Jan 19, 09 7:02 PM CST
(Newser) - If Americans are smart, they'll learn from other nations—and Massachusetts—in building a system of universal health care, writes surgeon Atul Gawande in The New Yorker. The rise of health reform "is surprising and instructive" in nations like the UK and France, which made controversial changes after... More »

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health care • public health • universal health care • hospital • health care reform • policy changes • President Obama • Bill Maher Grid

 Israel Shells UN Headquarters 

Offensive escalates even as ceasefire hopes rise

Jan 15, 09 6:51 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli shells set fire to the UN’s relief agency headquarters and a hospital today, as Israeli tanks pushed deep into Gaza City, the BBC reports. Some 700 people were inside the compound, along with large amounts of fuel and aid supplies; at least three UN employees were injured. Secretary-General... More »

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Israel • United Nations • Gaza • Ehud Barak • Israel and Palestinians • Gaza City • hospital • Arab Israeli conflict • United Nations Relief and Works Agency • Ban Ki-Moon

(Newser) - Even as electronic consumer gadgets grow more sophisticated, medical technology lags, relying on wires that one doctor calls “malignant spaghetti,” the Boston Globe reports. Because devices such as heart monitors and IV drips can’t communicate easily, human error enters the equation. "My bank can notify... More »

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health care • iPod • doctor • hospital • medical devices • operating room • connectivity

Attenborough Falls, Slips Into Short Coma

Gandhi director, 85,
in hospital after
'banging his head'

Dec 21, 08 11:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Acclaimed director and actor Sir Richard Attenborough fell at his London home and briefly slipped into a coma, reports the Times of London. The Oscar-winning director of Gandhi, 85, is recovering in the hospital, but his family is unsure whether he'll be home for Christmas. Attenborough received a pacemaker after... More »

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London • celebrity • hospital • film director • actor • coma

Obnoxious Docs Linked to Dangerous Mistakes

Nurses often afraid to point out errors, ask questions

Dec 3, 08 9:37 AM CST
(Newser) - If your doctor's a jerk, it might be dangerous to your health. Many nurses are reporting that hostile, harried physicians often ignore their summons—or make them hesitant to questions in the first place. This "health care equivalent of road rage" causes errors, dangerous complications, and sometimes the... More »

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nurses • medical errors • hospital • surgeon • attitudes • doctors • anger management

Barbara Bush Released
From Hospital

'Silver Fox' said to be in good health

Dec 2, 08 1:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Barbara Bush is headed home today, reports the Houston Chronicle, less than a week after surgery on a perforated ulcer that left her, in her husband’s words, “in extraordinary agony.” Though the former first lady skipped a hastily assembled news conference, her husband said she was recovering... More »

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surgery • Barbara Bush • hospital • George HW Bush • perforated ulcer

Surgery Looms for Teen
Mom's Conjoined Newborns

Brit parents refused to
abort Faith and Hope

Nov 30, 08 6:07 AM CST
(Newser) - A medical decision will be made this week on when and how to separate the conjoined newborns of an 18-year-old London mom. The baby girls are joined from chest to navel and share a liver, but have two hearts, reports the Daily Mail. "They're little fighters," said the... More »

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London • surgery • twins • conjoined twins • hospital • Britain

Ulcer Hurt 'Worse Than Childbirth'

Barbara Bush in good spirits after serious health scare

Nov 27, 08 12:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Barbara Bush is making a quick recovery after surgery for a perforated ulcer that was causing pain she described as "worse than childbirth," the Houston Chronicle reports. The 83-year-old was sitting up and joking less than a day after the procedure, which her husband called "serious and... More »

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surgery • Barbara Bush • hospital • George HW Bush • George W. Bush • perforated ulcer

(Newser) - Michael Mukasey is out of the hospital with a clean bill of health after collapsing during a speech last night. The attorney general spent an "uneventful night" at the hospital and passed a battery of tests. Doctors have seen no indication that he suffered a stroke or heart attack,... More »

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Attorney General • hospital • Michael Mukasey

OPINION

 Ditch the Snake 
 Before ER Trip 

It's one of several items emergency-room docs don't appreciate seeing

Nov 9, 08 5:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Yes, your doctor wants to know everything about you. But that doesn't mean he needs to see it, physician Edwin Leap writes on his blog. Here are a few things he'd prefer emergency-room patients leave at home:
  • The snake that bit you: "Irrational? Probably. But phobias are phobias.
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emergency room • hospital • Edwin Leap

(Newser) - A Massachusetts hospital has a novel way to administer influenza vaccinations: the drive-through. Caritas Norwood, south of Boston, has nurses on hand to administer the shot in a designated areas of the hospital’s driveway, the Boston Globe reports. Some 250 people, at $20 a pop, have received the... More »

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Massachusetts • hospital • flu shot • influenza • flu • drive-through

Stomach Pain Lands Jesse Jackson in Hospital

Chicago docs suspect viral gastroenteritis

Sep 4, 08 1:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jesse Jackson is being treated in a Chicago hospital today, after being admitted last night with stomach pains, the Tribune reports. Jackson began to feel ill earlier this week, while campaigning for Barack Obama in Georgia. Doctors believe he has viral gastroenteritis, but are conducting more tests. “I have... More »

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Jesse Jackson • hospital • stomach problems • stomach

Patients Paying $1B in Medical Bills They Don't Owe

Health-care providers engage in illegal practice to get funds

Aug 29, 08 3:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Millions of patients throughout the country are footing the bill for medical payments they don’t owe, BusinessWeek reports. In a practice known as balance billing, health-care providers stick weary patients with the cost of their treatment not covered by insurers. The practice is often illegal, but, according to... More »

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health care costs • patient • doctor • hospital • American Medical Association • insurance providers • balance billing

NC Hospital Faces Heat After Man Ignored
22 Hours Dies

Patient unattended as staff played cards

Aug 20, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Federal authorities are threatening to cut funding for a North Carolina hospital where a psychiatric patient died after being ignored for 22 hours, the AP reports. It’s still not clear what killed the 50-year-old, who at one point choked on medication, but surveillance video shows him sitting unattended while... More »

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North Carolina • abuse • patient • death • hospital

 Pakistan Hospital Bomb Kills 23

Shia mourners killed in volatile northwest province

Aug 19, 08 7:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Twenty-three people died today and another 20 were wounded in a suspected suicide bomb attack in a Pakistani hospital. The blast took place in the North West Frontier Province, the highly volatile region bordering Afghanistan. The explosion took place as Shia Muslims were mourning the death of a leader, who... More »

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Pakistan • sectarian violence • suicide bomber • suicide bombing • Shia • hospital • North West Frontier Province • Shiite militants

CEO Arrested in Plan to Use Homeless in Medicare Scam

Scheme recruited LA's skid row denizens to bilk feds for unnecessary service fees

Aug 6, 08 5:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - The CEO of a Los Angeles hospital was arrested today for defrauding Medicare by using the city’s homeless to fill empty beds, the AP reports. The FBI says Rudra Sabaratnam, of City of Angels hospital, recruited the homeless in a scheme to charge for unnecessary health services and keep... More »

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health care • fraud • homeless • scam • hospital • spending • billing • kickbacks

OPINION

 Night Docs Need Electronic 
  Info System to Save Lives

Inadequate handoff details can cost lives

Aug 1, 08 2:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The night-float hospital system, in which one resident works the night shift so that others can sleep, was created so that patients could receive care from rested, focused doctors. But there are rarely mechanisms in place to ensure the night workers have all the patient information they need when they... More »

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health care • patients • doctor • hospital • health workers

Blood Clots Killed Woman in Waiting Room

Camera caught fallen patient left ignored on NYC hospital floor

Jul 12, 08 10:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The death of a woman on the floor of a Brooklyn hospital was caused by blood clots from extended inactivity, CNN reports. Chronic deep vein thrombosis formed clots in her legs that eventually reached her lungs. The case has drawn international attention after security-camera footage showed the woman falling to... More »

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health care • New York City • Brooklyn • autopsy • blood clots • hospital • deep vein thrombosis • negligence • psychiatric treatment center • Esmin Green

Family Wants $25M Over Hospital Death

Woman left to die on floor 'killed twice' by staff at NY facility

Jul 9, 08 11:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The family of the woman who died on the waiting-room floor in a Brooklyn hospital plans to sue for $25 million, CNN reports. Esmin Green’s relatives are also pushing for criminal charges against the hospital staff, who they say ignored her and falsified records to say she was up... More »

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New York City • Brooklyn • patient • lawsuit • hospital • negligence • psychiatric treatment center • Esmin Green

 Pregnant Man Gives Birth 

Girl born naturally, not via C-section, for transgendered Oregon resident

Jul 3, 08 4:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - "Pregnant man" Thomas Beatie has given birth to a baby girl, ABC News reports. The 34-year-old transgender male gave birth at a hospital in Bend, Ore., sources said. The birth was natural, not by caesarean section as some reports have claimed. "She's really cute, really pretty,'' one... More »

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gender • pregnancy • transgender • birth • hospital • male • Thomas Beatie

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