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If applied to all hospitaliizations in 2006, it might have flagged 1,500 deaths in Southeastern Pennsylvania.
In 2006, 11 hospital patients in Southeastern Pennsylvania died after getting transfusions with the wrong blood type. An additional 40 died after medication errors, and four more after being accidentally burned during their stays, according to an Inquirer computer analysis of hospital billing records.
The island makes many best-selling pills. A probe found dozens of flaws in factories.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The first warning sign came when a sharp-eyed worker sorting pills noticed that the odd blue flecks dotting the finished drug capsules matched the paint on the factory doors.
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Longevity costlier than obesity, smoking
- In financial terms only, a study says more has to be spent to care for people who live longer.LONDON - Preventing obesity and smoking can save lives, but it doesn't save money for health systems, researchers reported yesterday.
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N.J. probes spine-disk makers, investors for possible conflict
- TRENTON - New Jersey's attorney general is probing two companies over financing for the development and testing of an artificial spine disk.
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Working to confine cancer
- An online auction of artist-decorated corsets benefits efforts for a cure.Challenged to make art out of underwear, Paul Palcko had to ponder. "The hardest part was figuring out how to work on it, because, essentially, it's sculpture," said the editorial illustrator, 32, who chose oil paint and stuffed the corset with a blanket.
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New water woes seen for West
- Global warming is changing U.S. snow patterns, a study warns, raising flood and drought risks.Human-caused global warming has been shrinking the snowpack across the mountain ranges of the American West for five decades, suggesting that the region's long battle for water will only worsen, according to a computer analysis released yesterday.
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Malaria deaths cut sharply in 2 nations
- In hard-hit Ethiopia and Rwanda, drugs and treated netting made a big difference.WASHINGTON - Widespread use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets and state-of-the-art drugs have succeeded in cutting malaria deaths in half in two countries most affected by the disease, the World Health Organization will report today.
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Super Bowl could be hazardous to your health
- Experts say the excitement - stress, even - can be too much for some.NEW YORK - For die-hard fans of the New York Giants and New England Patriots, Sunday's Super Bowl may not be just a game. It may be a health hazard.
Latest Health and Science News
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Carnal Knowledge: They give pleasure; science asks why
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There are some natural phenomena whose wonder only deepens upon scientific investigation. Take the orgasm. Scientists know it involves muscle contractions. They know it makes your pupils expand, and heart rate and blood pressure surge.
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It's the Year of the Rat Appreciation
- As we ring in the Chinese Year of the Rat (starting Thursday), perhaps it is time to consider whether the rat has gotten a bad rap.
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21st-century CPR
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Every few seconds, the sonorous male voice issues a command: Compress a little deeper. Increase duration of each compression. Release pressure between compressions.
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Personal Health: News and Notes
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'Suicide palm' is
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It started as a simple family picnic in the outback of Madagascar, off Africa's southeast coast. Xavier and Nathalie Metz, local cashew farmers, stared in disbelief at a 30-foot-tall mass of flowers and fruits sprouting gloriously from the top of a 30-foot-tall palm tree.
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Ask Dr. H: How, and when, hair loses its color
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Question: Why does some people's hair turn gray; some, white? Answer: Leaves turn beautiful colors each autumn as they lose their pigment, die and fall off the tree. As we age, our "leaves" turn gray or white as the hair's pigment cells - which give hair its color - die.
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Health & Science Columns and Blogs
"Don't fool with Mother Nature," the saying goes. But as Faye Flam explains in her column, Mother Nature sure does fool around, and in some amazing ways.
"Pictures on the nightstand, TV's on in the den
Your house is waiting . . . for you to walk in
Dealing with breast cancer is an ordeal too many women face. Sandra Long, Inquirer managing editor, tells her story, from diagnosis to drawing strength from faith and friends, in her blog, "In Sandra's Shoes."
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The law said he died of abuse. Medical science wasn't so sure.
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