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March 2010
"I'd Like To Go Home Today"
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A Genuine Pain In The ...
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A Sporting Chance For Knee Replacement Patients
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A Window Into The Body
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Bankruptcy Follows Hepatitis Scrutiny For Doctor
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Bariatric Surgery For Adolescents: Should It Be An Option?
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Buffett: U.S. Health Care Like An Economic Tape Worm
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Buffett: U.S. Health Care Like An Economic Tape Worm
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But Steroids Fix Everything!
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Care Givers Guilty Of Over-testing, Over-treating
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Clip Could Be Safer Than Valve Surgery
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Clipboards Safe For Now - iPad Launch Delayed
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Concerns Over ‘Metal On Metal’ Hip Implants
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Cornea Transplant Shows Short & Long-Term Promise
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Despite Recession, Plastic Surgery Down Only 2 Percent
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Dirty Air The Source Of Millions In Annual Medical Care
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Doctors Helping Children Die
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Doctors Need More Individualized Learning Plans
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Embedding Images Helps Speed Decisions, Improve Care
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Endoscopic Decompression Of The Ulnar Nerve At The Elbow
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Energized Operation
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FDA's Top Reviewer Jumps To Microsft
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FDA's Top Reviewer Jumps To Microsoft
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FDA's Top Reviewer Jumps To Microsoft
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Fixed-Cost Surgical Packages
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Food Illnesses Costing U.S. $152 Billion Annually
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For Health Or Money?
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Full Hospitals Raise Risks
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Gastric Bypass Increases Kidney Stone Risk
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Hospital Displays da Vinci System
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How Wireless Is Transforming Healthcare
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Infection Control Concerns From Local Hand Sanitizers
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Instrument Design Is A Touchy Subject
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Intuitive Surgical's Stock Up, CEO Compensation Down
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It’s Time For Surgery’s Future To Go Under The Knife
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Laparoscopic Adrenalectomy: Troublesome Cases
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Lawsuit: Cosmetic Surgery Killed Mom Of 3
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Learning To Keep Patients Safe In A Culture Of Fear
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Less Salt Could Cut Healthcare Costs By Billions
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Ma, Don't Worry
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Medical Marking System
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Medical Polymer For Chronic Implants
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Michael J. Fox Named Honorary Doctor In Sweden
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More Potentially Unnecessary Surgery Patients Identified
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More Potentially Unnecessary Surgery Patients Identified
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Nanotechnology-Based Personal Protective Apparel
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Needlestick Prevention In The OR
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New Advances In Youth Sports Surgeries
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New Advances In Youth Sports Surgeries
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New Pain Relief Techniques For Post-Op Patients
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New Pain Relief Techniques For Post-Op Patients
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NOTES Technique Produces Scarless Myotom
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Operating Room Of The Future
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Osteoporosis Drug Improves Recovery
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Outlook For Surgical Product Innovation: Stable
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Positioning With The Montgomery Knee Board
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Post-Mastectomy Patients May Not Need Radiation
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Posterior Spinal Distraction Implant Receives CE Mark
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President Hopes Undecided Democrats Can Push Plan Forward
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Projectors Aid Virtual Reality Medical Research
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Purchasing Considerations For Surgical Mobility
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Purchasing Positioning Equipment
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Retained Sponge Lawsuits A Real Head-Scratcher
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Retained Sponge Lawsuits A Real Head-Scratcher
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Robotics Could Raise The Bar For PCI
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Self-Expanding Stent Receives CE Marking
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Senators: Lift Ban On Gays Donating Blood
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Shoulder Function Not Fully Restored After Surgery
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Spinal Intramedullary AVM
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SSI Surgical Sold
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SSI Surgical Sold
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SSI Surgical Sold
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Stryker Makes Key Announcements At AAOS
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Stryker Makes Key Announcements At AAOS
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Study Shows New Surgical Option In Treating Strokes
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Surgeons Perform Fetal And Minimally Invasive Surgery On Baby
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Surgery On Sunday
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Surgery Through A Single Port
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Tax Soda, Pizza To Cut Obesity
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Tax Soda, Pizza To Cut Obesity
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The Doctor’s Failure To Cut Costs
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The Risks of Hospitals Live-Tweeting Surgeries
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The Small Things
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Tissue And Vessel Sealing In Robotic Complex TLH/BSO
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Touch
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Trial To Help In Stent vs. Bypass Debate
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Turning Medical Discards Into Life-Saving Treasures
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Used Equipment Offers Dual Green Benefit
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Wisconsin Hospital Connected With Legionnaires' Disease
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February 2010
"My Heart, My Choice"
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"My Heart, My Choice"
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28 Charges Dropped Against Surgical Tech
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3D Visualization And Guidance Platform For Microsurgery
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Achieving Surgical Exposure For da Vinci Thyroidectomy
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Acupuncture Insufficient Treatment For Fibromyalgia
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Apparently … Homey Does Play That Game!
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Automating The Driver Of The Hospital
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Beer A Source For Bone Health
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Biomaterial For Wound Healing
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Building A Heart Care Partnership
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Canada Targets Shorter Surgical Waiting Lists
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Canadian Premier Seeks Surgery In The U.S.
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Cardinal Targets Improved ASC Profitability, Efficiency
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Cardinal Targets Improved ASC Profitability, Efficiency
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CDC: MRIs, Other Medical Scans In ER quadruple
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Chlorhexidine Gluconate As An Antiseptic Agent
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Common Sense Prevails As Nurse Acquitted
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Common Sense Prevails As Nurse Acquitted
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Computer-Assisted Knee Replacement
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Cosmetic Surgery Needs Vary By Geography
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Cost-Sharing Could Hurt The Elderly
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Do You And Your Patient Speak The Same Language?
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Doctors Sue To Stop Unsupervised Nurse Anesthetists
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Drugs Could Help Lessen Tumor Removal Risks
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Drugs Could Help Lessen Tumor Removal Risks
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Endoscopic Treatment Could Enhance Esophagus Surgical Approach
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Evaluating Length Of Stay vs. Cost Controls
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Evaluating Length Of Stay vs. Cost Controls
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Exercise Reduces Patient Anxiety
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Feeding Tubes May Be Overused In Demented Patients
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Femoral Hernia Surgery
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Fetal Surgery Continues to Advance
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Few Differences In Outcomes Between Open And Laparoscopic Prostate Surgery
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Fewer Complications With Sutures For Cesarean
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Flight Simulator For Robotic Surgery
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Flight Simulator For Robotic Surgery
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Forgotten Instrument Plagues Woman For 5 Months
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Gates Pledges $10 Billion For Vaccines
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Good Samaritan Statutes: When Are You Protected?
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Government Picks Up Huge Health Care Tab
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HD Technology Enables MIS
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Herbal Medicines Can Be Lethal
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Herbal Remedies Conflict With Heart Disease Meds
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Hospitalization Linked To Cognitive Decline
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ICU Room Assignment Can Affect Survival
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Illinois Court Overturns Malpractice Statute
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Innovative Wound Management Solution
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Inside The Head Of An NFL Player
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Intuitive Surgical Avoids ED Lawsuit
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Intuitive Surgical Avoids ED Lawsuit
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Investors Losing Patience With Hospitals
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Iowa Sees Decline In Malpractice Suits
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Iowa Sees Decline In Malpractice Suits
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iPad For Doctors: Exciting Or Disappointing?
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It’s A Small World After All
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It’s A Small World After All
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J&J Settles Tumor Detection Systems Dispute
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Jackson's Family Seeks Stronger Charges
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Landmark For Pressure Ulcer Prevention
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Laparoscopic Incarcerated Hernia
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Lighter Sedation For Elderly In Surgery May Reduce Disorientation
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Male Breast Reduction Is Fastest Growing Cosmetic Surgery In UK
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Malpractice Suit Dropped, Court Costs Covered
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Mind Over Matter - Matters
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MIS A Pain For Surgeons
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Modular Primary Hip System
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Nearly Half Of All Cancers Are Preventable
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Nearly Half Of All Cancers Are Preventable
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New Bariatric Social Network
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New Budget Plan Could Hit Generic Drugs
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New Drugs Offer Hope Against Superbugs, HAIs
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New Grants For Healthcare Technology, Job Training
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New Laser Surgical Technique Reduces Scars
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New Laser Surgical Technique Reduces Scars
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New Safeguards Planned For Medical Imaging Tests
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Nurse Could Face Prison Time For Reporting Surgeon
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Outside The Comfort Zone
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Patient Positioning And Preparation
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Pediatricians Pushing For More Choking Warning Labels
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Poll: Less Fear For Healthcare Overhaul
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Post-Surgery Wireless Skin Patch In Development
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Practicing On Patients, Real And Otherwise
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Questions Remain On Bariatric Surgery For Adolescents
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Radiation Safeguards Added To CT Scanners
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Radical Excision Of Endometriosis
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Report: Hospital Infections Killed 48,000
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Researchers Use Microwave Oven To Sterilize Medical Equipment
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Restrictions On Female Plasma May Not Be Warranted
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Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty For 4-Part Fracture
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Revisional Bariatrics Pose Greater Patient Risks
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Risk Factors For Severe Adverse Outcomes In VHR
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Robot-Assisted Option Offers Advantages For Kidney Surgery
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Robotic Assisted Thorascopic Pulmonary Lobectomy
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Robotic Partial Nephrectomy
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Robotic Surgery To Treat Prostate Cancer
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Simple Test For Athletic Concussions
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Simple Test For Athletic Concussions
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Simple Test For Athletic Concussions
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Simple, Interrupted Suture
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Single Incision Lapband And Hiatal Hernia Repair
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Source: Surgical Error May Be To Blame For Murtha’s Death
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Specialists Impact Orthopedic Surgical Outcomes
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Specialists Impact Orthopedic Surgical Outcomes
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Steris System 1 Processor Update
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Stimulation May Not Help After Spinal Surgery
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Stomach Balloon Could Be New Weight Loss Option
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Studies Unclear On Role Of Pre-Surgery Beta Blockers
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Study: Biologic Grafts Reduce Postoperative Pain
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Study: Medicare Rewards MDs For Overuse
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Surgeon Advocates Gastric Bypass In Non-Obese Patients
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Surgeon Advocates Gastric Bypass In Non-Obese Patients
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Surgeon Narrates Total Knee Replacement Surgery
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Surgery Can Be Effective Tool In Fight Against Weight
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Surgery For Diabetes
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Surgery Is A Team Sport
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Surgery Solves One Problem, Leads To Another
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Surgery Tech Sentenced To 30 Years In Prison
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Surgical Simulator
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Surgical Sling
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Surgical System For Flexible Laparoscopy
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Suturing Workshop
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Telemedicine Technology Now Includes Smart Pills
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Telemedicine With True Control
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The Foreign Body That Didn’t Exist
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The Lonesome Kicker/Surgeon
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Thigh Lift Malpractice Sees $60 Million Judgement
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Titan Looks To Take The Next Step In Robotic Surgery
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True Tales About Healthcare Abroad
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Tweeting Matters Of The Heart ... Surgery
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Two Sepsis Strategies Show Similar Results
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Two Sepsis Strategies Show Similar Results
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Universal Surgical Drainage
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Unnecessary Mastectomy Leads To Protocol Changes
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Vaccine Needle Size Matters For Obese Patients
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Vegetative Patient Talks With Brain Waves
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When The Patient Can’t Afford The Care
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Where East Meets West In Modern Medicine
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Wii Ability Points To Laparoscopic Skill
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Work Hours On The Decline For Doctors
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Work Hours On The Decline For Doctors
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January 2010
4-Port Multiple Instrument Access Port
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9/11 Hospital Facing Financial Trouble
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9/11 Hospital Facing Financial Trouble
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Adjustable Surgical Instrument Organizer
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Adverse Event Report Shows Good & Bad
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Adverse Event Report Shows Good & Bad
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Ansell Sends Medical, Occupational Gloves To Haiti
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Approximately $1 Million Of Supplies Donated To Haiti
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Are Doctors Ready for Virtual Visits?
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Armed With A New Windpipe
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Artificial Muscles Restore Facial Movement
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Balloon Retention Facilitates Transgastric Laparoscopic Cysto-gastrostomy In Treatment Of Pancreatic Pseudocyst
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Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Improve
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Beer For Blood
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Benefits Of Bariatric Surgery Validated
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Best Way To A Man's Heart - Though The Wrist
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Biomedical Research Funding Declines
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Brain Surgery Error, Enclosed Sponge Net $50K Fines
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Bullet Removal Not Subject To Malpractice
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Campaign Enables New Mayo Research, Education Programs
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CareFusion Partners With ESP-Winning FloShield
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ChloraPrep® Superior As A Surgical Skin Prep
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Choledochotomy LCBDE Cholangitis Large Stone
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Circumcising Babies Could Help Africa's AIDS Fight
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Colorado Surgery Tech Details Stealing Painkiller
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Conjoined Twins Readying For Separation
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County Cuts vs. Private Therapy
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Court Rejects Medical Marijuana Limits
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Court Rejects Medical Marijuana Limits
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Cuffed vs. Uncuffed Pediatric ETs
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Current System Cares Well For Fraudsters
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da Vinci Myomectomy
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daVinci Thyroidectomy
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Dear John
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Diary Of Weekend With Free Health Care
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Do You Have The ‘Right Stuff’ To Be A Doctor?
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Doctor-Patient Communication
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Donors Not Necessary - We Have Clones
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Electronic Health Records And Liability: What Happens When The System Fails?
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Empowering The Problem
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ER Lawsuits Stem From Delays
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FDA Site Offers Public Insight
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FDA Toughens Stance On Tanning Beds
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Field Guide To Hospital Grunts: Patient Edition
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Fish Oil Helps Shorten ICU Stays
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Former NFL Chair Sacks Head Injury-Brain Disease Connection
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Glove Perforation And The Risk Of SSI
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Glove Safety
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Glucose Aids In Prostate Surgery
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He Fought The Good Fight ... And We Won
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Health System Reduces Carbon Footprint
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Helping Haiti – The Struggle Within
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High-Tech Devices Aid Bariatrics
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Hospital "Goes Green" By Reducing Waste, Water Consumption
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How Progress Can Get In The Way
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Hysterectomy Consent Law Dismissed
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Hysterectomy Consent Law Dismissed
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Illegal Drug Injection Site To Stay Open
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Improved Antiseptic Curbs Post-Surgical Infections
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Inducing Labor Could Mean More C-sections
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Infant Bypass Procedure Won't Impair Neurological Outcomes
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Innovative Laparoscopic, Gastric Products Get EU Approval
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Inserting A Port For Single-Incision Laparoscopy
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Inspiring
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Intelligent Radio Nodes To Track Medical Biologics, Devices
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J&J Unit Closes Deal For Sinus Surgery Device Company
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Katrina Lawsuits Could "Open Pandora's Box"
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Katrina Lawsuits Could "Open Pandora's Box"
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Laparoscopic Adjustable Banding Surgery
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Law Will Require Hospitals To List "Avoidable Mistakes" On Web
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Lighter Sedation For Elderly May Reduce Post-Op Confusion, Disorientation
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Looks Over Logic
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Mauling Victim Seeks New Hand, Face Transplant Site
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Med Students Cite Place For Alternative Therapies
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Med Students Cite Place For Alternative Therapies
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Medical Companies Send $15.5M To Haiti
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Medtronic Announces $500 Million Expansion Plan
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Medtronic Receives FDA Approval Non-Surgical Heart Valve
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Meteorite Strikes Doctor's Office In Virginia
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Minimally Invasive Lumbar Fusion
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Needle-Free Migraine Relief Hits Market
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New 3D Interface Could Be A Surgical Tool
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New Alternative For Pancreatic Biopsy
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New Catheter-Based Ventilation Device Begins Trials
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New Social Site Connects To The OR
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New Stent Offers Competitive Option
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New Stent Offers Competitive Option
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New Surgery Simulator Prepares Physicians For OR
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New Surgical Robot Design With Force Feedback Control System
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New Tools Aid Haiti Relief Effort
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New Training Programs For Health IT
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New Weapon In Fighting HAIs
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Non-Invasive Technology For Treatment of Uterine Fibroids
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NYC Looks To Take A Bite Out Of Salt Content
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Obesity Rate Still High, But Steady
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Organization Repairs Instruments For Volunteer Surgeons Headed To Haiti
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Orthopedic Sector Strong For 2010
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Orthopedic Sector Strong For 2010
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Oxyview Pulse Oximeter
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Patient Heal Thyself - The Best Source For Aortic Grafts
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Prize Those Thighs
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Proven Endoscopic Solution For Chronic Sinus Pain
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Purchasing Perspectives: Surgical Gowns And Drapes
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Purchasing Tips: Surgical Gowns & Drapes
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Quick, Quiet And Out Of Sight
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Rare Condition Results In Baby Born Without Eyes
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Reflux Surgery Won't Guard Against Cancer
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RFID-Enabled Cabinet
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Robots Cut Vasectomy Procedure Times
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Schwarzenegger Cries Foul On Bought Vote
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Single-Port Laparoscopic Surgery In Urology: Initial Experience
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SMX Series Gamma Probe
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Sorting Things Out
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Specialists Better Route For Emergency Colon Surgery
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Spine Immobilization A Potential Hazard For Gunshot, Stab Victims
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State Board Accuses Octo-Doc Of Negligence
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Steerable Instrumentation
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STERIS Expands OR Support Services
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STERIS Expands OR Support Services
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Study Casts Doubt On Surgical Recovery Technique
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Surgeon Perspective: Single Port Surgery
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Surgeon Ruled Incompetent After Removing Wrong Kidney
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Surgeons Outline Marathon Procedure
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Teens Hooked On Caffeine
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Telemedicine's Nominal ICU Impact Raises Questions
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Texted Donations For Haiti Pass $5 Million
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The Difference Between Respirators And Surgical Masks
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The Doctor Will Friend You Now ...
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The Numbers Don’t Lie
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The Problem With FDA Approvals Is ...
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The Rise Of Technology In 2010
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The True Costs Of Malpractice Claims
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To Practice Or Not To Practice ... That Is The Question
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TransEnterix Looks To Enter Into New Class Of Surgery
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Tweeting Aids Plastic Surgeon's Practice
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Unnecessary Surgical Procedures Draw Malpractice Claim
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Wall Street Optimistic On Medical Device Market
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Wash & Reuse: Textiles In The Hospital Setting
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We Don't Last Very Long
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Weighing The Business Of Bariatrics
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Will Apple Tablet Affect Healthcare?
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Woman More Emotional Over Limb Loss Than Men
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Would “No Fault” Be A Better Way?
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Wrapping Up Organ Transplants
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December 2009
"Superman" Saves 6-Year-Old Girl
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"Superman" Saves 6-Year-Old Girl
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$600 Million Heading To Health Centers
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$765 vs. $9.4 billion: How A Stethoscope Shows Us The Way
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26 Operations And 13 Kidneys Later … The Ultimate Gift
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3 Toxin Exposures, 2 Minor Electrocutions, 1 Gastrointestinal Tract A-Bleeding And A Few Less Ornaments For The Tree
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A Little Dirt Never Hurt Anyone – Especially Kids
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Addressing Post-Surgical Depression Aids Recovery
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Addressing Post-Surgical Depression Aids Recovery
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Advanced PACS Technology
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Alcohol-Based Surgical Prep Solution And The Risk Of OR Fires
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Ambulatory Surgical Centers Best Hospitals In Some Procedures
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Americans Paying For Longer Life
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Anterior Hip Resurfacing
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AORN National Time Out Day at Florida Hospital
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Barrier Gauze
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Best Practices Project Improves ER Heart Attack Success
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Beware Of Mr. Squiggles This Christmas
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Blood-Clotting Foam Wins Award
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Breast Lumpectomy Surgery
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Burn Patients Benefit From Faster-Growing Skin Grafts
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Capsa Acquires Artromick Mobile Solutions
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CNN's Top 10 Medical Innovations
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CNN's Top Five Medial Innovations For 2009
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Colon, Cancer Deaths In General Decrease
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Compensating Doctors For After-Hours Call Coverage
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Controversial Kidney Transplant Technique Could Help The Very Ill
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Does Skin Marker Type Prevent Erasure Of Surgical-Site Markings?
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FDA Grants Emergency Use For H1N1 Detection Device<
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FDA Warns Of Sterilization Device Issues
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Flight Risks
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Gastric sleeve With Hiatal Hernia Repair
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Gift Guide: Tech Gadgets That Help Promote A Healthier Lifestyle
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Good Stress Aids Recovery Times
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Group Corrects Zhu Zhu Pets Safety Statement
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Gunshot Victim Recovering After Face And Jaw Transplant
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H1N1 Generates New Disaster Plans
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Heart Transplant Can Lead To Cancer
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HeartPlus
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High-Definition 3D Getting Closer To The OR
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High-Volume Fat Harvesting Device
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Holding Doctors Accountable For Medical Errors
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Hotel In Hot Water
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How To Use The Pyxis SupplyStation®
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I Feel Your Pain ... No, Really
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ICU Infections Common Worldwide
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Illinois Supreme Court Delays Malpractice Ruling
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Impact
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In-Line And Pistol Grip Laparoscopic Instruments
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Increased Abdominal Surgery Complications
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Intuition, Bedside Skills Rival New Technology
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Investigation Of CT Radiation Overexposure Continues
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Is Medicine No Longer a Calling?
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Johnson & Johnson Makes Acquisition
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Joining Forces For The Smallest Patient
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Laparoscopic Liver Surgery
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Laparoscopic Repair Of Complex Hiatal Hernia Containing Pancreas And Stomach
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Learning From Mistakes
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Lessons From the War Zone
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Living Longer Than Ever Before
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Malignant Hyperthermia Survival Story
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Manager Steals Over $200K From ASC
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Many Still Fearful Of Electronic Records Systems
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Many Still Fearful Of Electronic Records Systems
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Mars Rescue
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Medical Call Spooks Home Intruder
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Medical Center Works To Reduce Retained Sponges
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Medical Errors, Malpractice And Healthcare Reform
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Medical Imaging Suites Pose MRSA Risk
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Mind Control For Robotic Hand
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More Minority Doctors Needed
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MRI Helps Detect Life-Threatening Complication
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My Grandmother's China
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Needle Injuries Going Unreported
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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Warnings
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Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Warnings
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New Endoscopic Guidelines Okay Aspirin/NSAID Use
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New Gas Keys MIS Success
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New Grant Covers Face Transplants For Vets
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New Grant Covers Face Transplants For Vets
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New Strategy For Battlefield Wound Treatment
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New, Faster Weapon In Battling HAIs
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NOTES Approach Produces Another Success
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Nurse Abuse Could Involve Over 100 Victims
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Nurses Form Super Union
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Occam’s Razor, Resharpened
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Opera In The OR
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Optimizing Supply Management In The Surgical Suite
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Organ Donor Spreads Rare Infection
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Out-Of-Sight Medical Care
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Patient Deaths End Anti-Bleeding Studies
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Piloting OR Safety
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Primary Pelvic Floor Repair With Laparoscopic Supracervical Hysterectomy
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Q&A: Hand Hygiene
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Quicker Cardiac Testing Equipment Developed
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Recessionary Impacts On Hospitals
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Review Of Medical Marijuana Continues
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Robotic System Operates On Beating Heart
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SCIP Amends Patient Warming Recommendations
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Senator Seeks Health Group Funding Sources
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Single Incision Robotic Surgery For Radical Nephrectomy
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Smart Phones Allow Quick Diagnosis Of Acute Appendicitis
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Stroke Surgery Safe for Kidney Patients
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Study: MRSA On The Rise In Hospital Outpatients
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Sunshine Often The Best Cure
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The Band-Aid Bandwagon
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The Highest Hospital Bills In The Nation
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The Looming Surgeon Shortage
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The OR Goes Green
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The Solution To Infection Prevention Is ... Shark Skin?
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Transvaginal Sleeve Gastrectomy Via NOTES
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Troops Shot Up Before Holidays
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U.S. Approves Human Stem Cell Research
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What Was He Thinking?
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What’s More Affordable Than Free?
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WHO Safe Surgery Saves Lives Checklist In A Trauma Surgery
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Wrong Site Surgery: The Disconnect In Prep
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November 2009
"Old" Bypass Method May Be Better
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1 Bite, 13 Surgeries & 20 Months Later
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3-D Software Gives Doctors, Students A View Inside The Body
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A History Of Heart Disease
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Acquisition Makes Merck #2 Drugmaker
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Actor James Woods Sues Over Brother's Wrongful Death
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Animal Tissue Growth Arouses Hope For Human Surgical Procedures
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Antimicrobial-Treated Face Mask
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Australian Doctors Operate On Conjoined Twins
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Bedside Manner?
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Beyond Grey’s Anatomy - Doctors and Nurses Behaving Badly
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Cardiology Innovator Passes
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Castro Fears U.S. InFLUence
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Caveat Lector ... Let The Reader Beware
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Chest Pain Patients Wait Their Turn
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Companies Cut Costs By Not Reporting Health Issues
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Conjoined Twins Survive Marathon Surgery
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Conjoined Twins Survive Marathon Surgery
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Country Folk Replacing More Joints Than City Slickers
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Democratic Division Drives/Haults Health Bill Progress
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End-Of-Life Decisions Often A Mystery
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ER No Free Ride For The Uninsured
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Feds Ignored Medicare Scam Warnings
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First Human Robotic Endoscopic Aortic Valve Replacement Performed
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Fluid Management System
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He Shoots, He Scores, He's Fired
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Healthcare Reform: Where Saturday Night's Vote Puts Us
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Hospital Prices Continue To Climb
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If You Had To Code Your Life
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Integrating Force Feedback Into Minimally Invasive Robotic Surgery
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Integrating Your Surgical Facility
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Intelligent Operating Room (iOR)
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iPhone App Aids Surgical Prep
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iPhone App Aids Surgical Prep
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iPhone App Aids Surgical Prep
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Is Silver The Solution To Improved Wound Healing?
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Keep Control Of Your Fluid Waste
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Kidney Angioplasty Brings Risk Without Benefit
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Laparoscopic Perforated Cholecystectomy
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LED Surgical Lighting Solution
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Med-Mal—What We Need Is Precision
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Medical Electronics: 'An Art And A Science'
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Medical Waste Disposal
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Michigan Steering Defunct Auto Suppliers Towards Medical
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Missing The Airport
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New Approach To Lung Cancer Favors Radiosurgery
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New Approach To Lung Cancer Favors Radiosurgery
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New Catheter Placement Could Ease Bleeding, Pain, Costs
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New Course For Med Schools
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New Guidelines On N95 vs Surgical Masks
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New Micro-Endoscope Design Seeks Out Early Signs Of Cancer
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Nurse Sentenced For Demerol Tampering
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One Of Formerly Conjoined Twins Talking
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Pain Continues After Cancer Surgery
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Patients Not Up For Risky Business
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Pediatric Robotic Pyeloplasty
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Plasma-In-A-Bag Offers New Sterilization Approach
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Plastic Surgeon Eliminating Traditional Methods
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Possibility Of E. Coli In School Lunches
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Post-Surgical Radiation Offers Benefits
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Pre-Surgery Beta Blockers Key For High-Risk Patients
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Primary Care’s Image Problem
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Q&A: Knotless Wound Closure
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Radical MS Theory Stirs Interest
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Radical MS Theory Stirs Interest
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Rating Hospitals By Risk-Adjusted Mortality
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Red Cross Memorabilia On The Block
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Report Shows Shift In Salaries
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Retroperitoneal Robotic Kidney Surgery: Technique And Early Results
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Shape Up America! Urges Medical Care For Obese
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Sleep-Deprived Surgeons
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Smart Phones Help Speed Up Diagnoses
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Surgeon Pioneers 'Scarless' Thyroid Surgery
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Surgeons Perform Pediatric Robotic Surgery
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Surgical Strategies For Heart Defect Unclear
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Swine Flu Vaccine Deaths?
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Texting As A Health Tool For Teenagers
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The Costs Of Defensive Medicine
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The Dirty Truth
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The Greatest Gift
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The Other Reason Why Medical Malpractice Reform Is Critical
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The Value In Team Training
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Top 10 Ways To Annoy Your Doctor
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Trying To Leave It Behind
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URO-GYN Scissors
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Use Of Bidirectional Barbed Suture In Gynecologic Laparoscopy
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Virtual Reality Surgery
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Weight Not Linked To Success Of Fibroid Surgery
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What Health Care Reform Means To Our Taxes
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Wireless Endoscopic Capsule Robot
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Wound Dressing With Antimicrobial/Barrier Technology
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Wrong Surgery Lands Hospital With Big Fine
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October 2009
4-Port Multiple Instrument Access Port
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5th Wrong-Site Surgery Puts Hospital In The Crosshairs
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A Clear Diagnosis
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A New Tool To Fight Against Surgical Site Infections
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A Vision Lives On
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Autofluorescent Endometriosis: Part 2
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Bending The Rules Of Clinical Trials
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Blog: Calling For Reinforcements
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Blog: I Sent A Guy With A Normal EKG To The Cath Lab
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Boston Medical Pioneering New Incisionless Surgery
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CDC Downplays H1N1 Vaccine
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Celebrity Targets Conventional Cancer Treatments
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ClearCount Medical Solutions Closes Series B Financing Round
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Company Introduces Smaller 7 French Compatible Atherectomy Catheter
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Ethicon-Endo Study Demonstrates MIS Benefits
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Ethicon-Endo Study Demonstrates MIS Benefits
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Exclusive: Oil Drums Offer Insight To Hospital Purchasing
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For Lack Of Transparent Prices
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Gallbladder Removal Via Needlescopic Technique
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GE Unveils Flip-Phone Ultrasound
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Get With The Guidelines Quality Program Improves Care
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Getting Patients To OR More Quickly Could Cut Preoperative Treatment Costs
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Google Answers The Call
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Gore Implant Sees First Use
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H1N1 Patients At Greater Risk For Acute Pulmonary Emboli
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Have You Heard The One About The Surgeon, The Rabbi And The Car Salesman?
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Healing Combat Heroes - Including The Four-Legged Variety
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HHS' Sebelius: Ample Flu Vaccine Will Be Available
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Hic Sunt Dracones
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Hospital Sees Success With NSQIP
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House Dems Unveil Health Bill
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How Mindfulness Can Make For Better Doctors
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Hyperfluorescent Endometriosis
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ICU Stays More Prevalent Amongst U.S. Patients
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Infection Prevention In The Operating Room
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J&J: Planned Tax On Device Makers Too High
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Lack Of Insurance May Have Figured In Nearly 17,000 Childhood Deaths
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Laparoscopic Mesh Repair Of A Large Epigastric (Ventral) Hernia
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LEDs To Completely Replace Halogen Lights In The OR
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Limiting Lawsuits Could Save $41 Billion
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Med School Enrollment Up For 11th Straight Year
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Medial Meniscus Replacement Surgical Technique
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Medical Miracle: Toddler Survives 30' Fall
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Medical Miracle: Toddler Survives 30' Fall
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Microsoft Hopes For Fresh Start With Windows 7
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Neurostimulator Device For Treatment Of OSA
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New Index Combines Nutrition With Affordability
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New Insurance Options Aim To Ease Employer Burden
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New Insurance Options Aim To Ease Employer Burden
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New Report Means; "We've Got Ourselves A Real Health Care Shooting War Now"
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Nurse Investigated For Cheerleading Suicide
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Nurse Investigated For Cheerleading Suicide
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Obama Waits Finished Health Care Bill
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Obesity - It Must Be Mom's Fault
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Orthopedic Surgeon Uses New Technique To Save Three-Year-Old's Arm
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Pageant Honors Ms. Surgically Enhanced
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Pageant Honors Ms. Surgically Enhanced
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Patients' Lives At Risk Due To Faulty US Implant Tracking System
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Quantity Not Concerned About OR Quality
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Robot Performs Surgery
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Robotic Hysterectomy In HD
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Robotic Kidney Cancer Surgery
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Robotic Prostate Surgery May Have Trade-Offs
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Robotic Prostate Surgery May Have Trade-Offs
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Robotic Pyeloplasty For An Obstructed Kidney
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Safety Scalpel Blade And Handle System
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Saving Lives ... Profitably
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Seguro Acquires Johns Hopkins Abdominal Surgery Device
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Single Port Access (SPA) Proximal Gastric GIST Resection
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Single Port Surgery Advancing, But There Is Still More To Learn
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Sony, ORLive Announce Partnership At ACS
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Steerable Instrumentation
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Surgeon Pioneers Minimally Invasive "Natural Opening" Spine Surgery
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Surgeon Uses Stem Cells In Orthopedic Surgery
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Surgeons’ Best Friend
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Surgical Hospital Utilizes Wireless HD Transmission
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Surgical Team Develops Time Out Checklist
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Swine Flu Claims 11 More U.S. Kids
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Swine Flu Impacting Surgical Resources
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Swine Flu Scams Picking Up Speed
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Synovis Cleared For Two New Tissue Repair Products
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Taking Time To Talk with Patients
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Targeting Pot Shops
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Tech Spending, Including Medical Device Development, Will Rebound
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Technology Provides Most Accurate View Inside Human Body
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Telemedicine Care A Malpractice Risk? Au Contraire …
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Telemedicine May Be The Answer For Rural Trauma Surgeons
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Temperature Management: Finding A Balance
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The Future Of Surgery In The Single Port
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The True Cost Of Surgical Mistakes
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Town Looks To Shed Unhealthiest Label; Recruit Better Physicians
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Unmasking The Surgical Mask: Does It Really Work?
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Virtual Surgery
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What if...
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What Price Victory?
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When The Doctor Is Distressed
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Women Are Unaware Of Key Factors In Breast Cancer Treatment
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Xbox + Math = Virtual Surgery
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Your Voice Tells Me You Have 17 Minutes To Live
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Zargis Medical Cleared For iPhone Apps
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September 2009
Have Scalpel, Will Travel
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Hernia Mesh Technique
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Microlaminectomy Challenges
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MIS Aids Liver Resection, Gastrectomy
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2D End-Ported Biocontainers
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3D Imaging In The OR
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A Tale Of Two Tactics
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Advances In Electrosurgery
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Apple CEO Discusses Liver Transplant
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As Physician Shortage Mounts, Hospitals Turn To Temporary Doctors
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Bariatric Surgery In Teens—A Narrow Window Of Opportunity
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Better Care, Pay Less: Some Communities Find A Way
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Blog: "...And That's When I Broke The Child's Arm In My Bare Hands."
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Blog: Fish Or Cut Bait
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Blog: Maybe I'm Not Cut Out For This... Maybe I Should Think About Quitting...
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Blog: The Best Part Of Spending Two Weeks With Medevac?
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Blog: The Save
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Blog: Tort Reform
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Blog: When Patients Think They Have Something To Hide
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Case Study: Hospital Benefits From Standardizing Surgical Instrumentation
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Childhood Obesity Programs Funded
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Company Launches Spine Surgery Product
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Employer Ordered To Pay For Weight-Loss Surgery
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Expandable Tissue Anchors
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First Video Laryngoscopic Intubation Performed Via Telemedicine
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Gown Helps Reduce Risk Of Hospital Acquired Infections
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Health Workers Under Pressure To Get Flu Shots
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Hospital Uses Sponge-Counting Technology To Improve Patient Safety
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Inflation Rates For Healthcare Supplies Projected To Remain Stable
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Investigating Laparoscopic Approaches To Incarcerated, Strangulated Inguinal Hernias
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Keep Laparoscope Clean, Fog Free
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Laparoscopy Lesson In Video Games
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Malpractice Changes Ahead?
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Medical Students Cross The Line
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Mini Total Hip Replacement
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Natural Orifice Transgastric Endoscopic Surgery
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New Surgical Platform Recognized As 'Innovation of the Year'
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No More Dirty Trocars
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Obama Tries To Build Momentum For Health Overhaul
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Obesity Could Become Top Cancer Cause
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Online Support Tool For Post-Bariatric Surgery Expanded
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Orthopedic Capital Of The World Strategizes For Growth
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Orthopedic Team Performs Over 63 Free Surgeries In Guatemala
|
Powered Surgical Instrument Products Recalled
|
Research Teams Operate Multiple Biomedical Robots From Numerous Locations
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Robotic Aortic Lymph Node Dissection
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Robotic Surgery Expert Weighs In On Overseas Da Vinci Prostatectomies
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Safe Measuring, Weighing Solution
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SILS Cholecystectomy
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Single Dose Enough For H1N1
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Single Dose Enough For H1N1
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Single Port Laparoscopy/SILS/LESS Laparoscopic Surgery TriPort Insertion
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Smoking Is Good for Business
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Study Reveals Improved Patient Outcomes, Cost Savings Associated With MIS
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Study: EVAR Results In Better Surgical Outcomes For High Risk Patients
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Surgeon Discusses Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy
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Surgeons And Empathy
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Surgeons and Empathy
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Surgeons General Call For Obesity Policy
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Surgeons Perform Minimally Invasive Approach To Removing Large Colon Polyps
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Surgery Scam
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Surgical Care And Outcomes Assessment Program (SCOAP) Checklist Initiative
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Surgical Fire Patient Dies
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Surgical Fixation Fracture Of The Calcaneus
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The Effects Of Obesity In Hernia Repair
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The Not-So-Accidental Tourist
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The Plight Of General Surgeons
|
The Transience Of Patients
|
Time Running Out For Health Compromise
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Training Surgeons To Perform Robot-Assisted Laparoscopy
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Tweets From The OR
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Vote For The 2009 Excellence In Surgical Products Award!
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When Surgeons Turn To Robots
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August 2009
"Touchy-Feely" Robot Detects Tumor Tissue Faster And More Accurately
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3D Pelvic Fracture Repair At Surgical Training Facility
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Epidural Positioning Device
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Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Trainer
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Students Build Surgical Training Device
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Surgeon Q&A: Surgical Simulation Training
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US Rep. To Introduce Legislation To Address National Hepatitis Epidemic
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Video Demonstration: Laparoscopic Internal Scope Cleaner
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Video: Inside A Company That Repairs Your Facility’s Equipment
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Video: Robotic Surgery Technology Removes Prostate Cancer
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Video: Surgical Instrument Repair Company Provides Education, Support
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July 2009
'Gifted Hands' Of American Surgeons Revolutionary In Scientific Medicine
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3 States Investigating Hep C-Infected Scrub Tech
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Advocates Are Back With Real Health Care Stories
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Airman Loses Legs After Gallbladder Surgery
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Another Hepatitis Case Linked To Colorado Hospital
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Being Surgical Superwoman
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Bone Agent Linked To Problems In Neck Surgeries
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British Girl's Heart Heals Itself After Transplant
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CareFusion Expands Perioperative Offering
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Company Reaching New Limits In Arthroscopy
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Distance Makes The Heart Grow ... Distant
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Europe's Free, State-Run Health Care Has Drawbacks
|
Fight For Swine Flu Vaccine Could Get Ugly
|
Health Care Overhaul Bill Has Ups And Downs
|
Innovation That Makes A Difference
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Introducing: The ESP Awards
|
Manufacturers Brewing New Swine Flu Vaccine
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Northwest Hospital Introduces Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
|
Obama Challenges On Health Care
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Obama Presses On For Health Care Overhaul
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Obesity Surgery Death Rates Are Low, Study Finds
|
Pandemic Vaccine Fast-Tracking System Years In The Planning
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Parents Of Oregon Boy Settle In Surgery Lawsuit
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Prevent Infection: Save Lives, Control Costs
|
Real Stories Behind The Healthcare Debate
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Saying 'Sorry' Pays Off for U. Of Michigan doctors
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Scrub Tech Causes Major Hepatitis Scare In Colorado
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Scrub Tech May Have Exposed Thousands To Hepatitis
|
Study: New Flu Inefficient In Attacking People
|
Surgeon Pioneers Cutting-Edge Laser Back Surgery
|
The Future Of Wireless Medical Devices
|
Video: Begging For Change
|
Video: da Vinci S-Robot In Action
|
Video: DaVinci Robotic Prostatectomy
|
Video: Faces Of Government Healthcare: Katie Brickell
|
Video: Medical Device Solutions
|
Video: Step-By-Step Gastric Bypass (Part I)
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Video: Step-By-Step Gastric Bypass (Part II)
|
Wound Care Technology Web Site Launched
|
June 2009
Appalling Lack Of Infection Control Procedures
|
ASA Ignoring Medication Risks?
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Back To Normal: Surgery Improves Outcomes For Spine Patients
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Boston AG Subpoenas Medtronic Over Implant Study
|
Botched Cancer Treatment
|
Complete Examinations Of Small Intestine Using New Product
|
Cost Concerns Spur NJ Hospital Labor Disputes
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Doctors Say More Ovary Transplants Possible
|
Doctors Signal They'll Work With Obama
|
Dollars Or Sense Driving Surgical Spending?
|
Driving Technology
|
Expert Q&A: Patient Positioning
|
Finding Your Passion
|
Fire In The OR
|
Health Care Overhaul
|
Improve Patient Safety ... Check
|
Leading Retina Surgeon Incorporates HD Microsurgical Imaging
|
Limited Exposure To Blood Transfusion Increases Morbidity And Mortality After Surgery
|
Malignant Hyperthermia: Is Your OR Prepared?
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Monitor Thermal Changes In Tissue
|
No Scars: New Obesity Surgery Goes Through Mouth
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Patient Positioning: Education Is Key
|
Radiofrequency Ablation For Barrett's Esophagus Using the HALO Ablation System
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Single Port Surgeries Performed At University
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Spine Surgeon Uses ILIF Procedure To Treat Lumbar Spinal Stenosis
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Stomach Stapling May Lower Cancer Risk In Women
|
Surgeon Sued For Filing False Claims
|
Surgeons Use Incisionless Operating Platform to Reduce Pouch, Stoma Size In Gastric Bypass Patients
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Swine Flu Shot Campaign Could Involve 600M Doses
|
Tools For Success
|
Toyota Technology Has Brain Waves Move Wheelchair
|
Video: Rapid Airway Management Positioner
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Video: WHO Surgical Safety Checklist
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Web Site To Educate, Empower Public About Anesthesiology
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May 2009
Access and Instrumentation In One
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Crying Swine
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Double Hand Transplant Patient Recovering Well
|
Flu Alert Level Kept At Phase 5
|
Flu Overhyped? Some Say Officials 'Cried Swine'
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Flu Scare Reveals Strapped Local Health Agencies
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Medical Providers Get 'Homework' To Find Savings
|
Q & A With Infection Preventionists
|
Study Finds That Team Preop Briefing Improves Communication, Reduces Errors
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Surgeons Replace 80 Percent Of Face Transplant Recipient's Face
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The Pride Factor
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Up to 2 billion People Might Get Swine Flu
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April 2009
'Never' Is A Dangerous Word
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Making The Right Mark
|
New England Hospitals Partner To Prevent Pressure Ulcers
|
Patient-Specific Early Warning System Launched For Hospitals
|
March 2009
ACOG Annual Clinical Meeting (ACM)
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Air Foot Switches
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AORN Annual Congress
|
Discounted Hygenic Keyboards
|
Medical Polybags
|
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy System
|
Powder-Free Latex Exam Gloves
|
Procedural Masks
|
Table Pad & Positioning Aid Catalog
|
Taking the Danger out of Abdominal Access
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The Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Annual Meeting (SAGES)
|
February 2009
A Little Pre-Spring Cleaning
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Does the OR Need HD?
|
Taking the Pressure Off the Patients
|
January 2009
Body Smart Solutions® Positioning Products
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Improving the View in Your Operating Room
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December 2008
Instrument Cleaning For Today's OR
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October 2008
The Next Generation of Laparoscopic Instrumentation
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September 2008
Looking Toward The Light Ahead
|
Tissue Dissection System
|
July 2008
Care & Comfort by Degrees
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June 2008
Surgery Without The Scalpel
|
May 2008
The Titans of Surgical Tables
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April 2008
Keeping Case Data Close at Hand
|
February 2008
Creating a Partnership for Quality and Care
|
January 2008
The Bright New Face of Surgical Lighting
|
November 2007
Improving Efficiency Through Centralized Control
|
October 2007
An Older Technology with a Modern Flair
|
September 2007
Arming the First Line of Defense
|
The Revolution Will Be Televised
|
July 2007
The Solutions for Unburdening Instruments
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June 2007
Keeping Critical Equipment Close at Hand
|
May 2007
Cutting With Care
|
Problematic Posturing
|
March 2007
Sometimes It’s All in the Way You Look at It
|
The Critical Cover-Up
|
February 2007
Making Ends Meet
|
January 2007
Tying Technology & Safety Together
|
December 2006
Sharps Safety: Avoiding a Stick-y Situation
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November 2006
Planning, Designing & Implementing a Modern OR
|
October 2006
Out of CAOS Comes Order
|
September 2006
What Backs-Up That Used Equipment?
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August 2006
Fighting Infection Before the First Incision
|
July 2006
The New Rules of Travel for the Modern OR
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June 2006
Making Sure that Your Sterilizer is Working for You
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May 2006
Big Tools for a Big Job
|
March 2006
Bringing It All Together
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February 2006
Posing The Patient
|
January 2006
Helping the Pictures to Tell the Tale
|
December 2005
Getting a Firm Grasp on Fluid Waste
|
November 2005
Let There Be Light (In the OR)
|
October 2005
Finding the Finest Specimen
|
September 2005
You’re Covered
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August 2005
Searching For The Safest Port
|
July 2005
Cleanliness & Comfort Working Hand in Hand
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June 2005
Surgical Instrument Surgeons
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May 2005
Heavy Lifting
|
April 2005
Access Granted
|
Electrosurgery: Still Sparking New Technology
|
February 2005
Keeping Blood Where It Belongs
|
January 2005
OR Tables: Well Beyond Patient Pedestals
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October 2003
AAGL
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ACS
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AHCA
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MEDTRADE
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February 2001
Surgery Solves One Problem, Leads To Anothe
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