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Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog R&R in the FASTLANE 010For the 10th time, some of the best and brightest emergency medicine and critical care clinicians from all over the world tell us what the y...
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Massachusetts public health officials have called together patient safety leaders to determine why hospitals reported a high rate of surgical infections among women who received vaginal hysterectomies over...
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A heads-up to Patriots fans who traveled to Indianapolis for the Super Bowl: Massachusetts public health officials today issued a measles alert for anyone who attended the Super Bowl Village, a three- block...
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Robert Weisman of the Globe wrote last month that state insurance regulators had approved the most modest premium increases in at least a decade for the small group market, which serves small business es...
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Buffer What if you’re in surgery and the power goes out? No lights, no oxygen — and your anesthesia stops flowing. It happens constantly in hospitals throughout the world, turning routine procedures...
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Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog It costs what?Rick Abbot, our 'American ER Doc Gone Walkabout', dives into the murky quagmire of medical costs in the United States and makes a comparison with what he...
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Patient advocates called on state lawmakers today to close a loophole in Massachusetts law that allows nursing homes to advertise specialized Alzheimer’s and dementia care units, even though the ir...
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Most clinical review articles about health conditions that may require co-management of specialist physicians contain a short section or Table titled "Indications for Referral." For example, a...
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In her resignation letter submitted today, Handel countered the heavy criticism the organization has faced since announcing last week that it would stop grant funding for breast cancer screening provi ded...
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While more men are being diagnosed with the prostate cancer, fewer are dying from the disease. Data from the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries and the National Center for Health Statistics...
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