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Synopsis: The Nurses Health Study reports an increased incidence of breast cancer with daily alcohol consumption, hormone therapy, and an additive effect with greater drinking.
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Synopsis: Involvement of a gynecologic oncologist at the time of primary surgery for endometrial cancer was associated with comparable outcomes in both the university and community hospital setting.
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Synopsis: The hazard ratio for death from breast cancer for patients with high total cyclin E levels as compared with those with low total cyclin E levels was 13.3 to about 8 times as high as the hazard ratios associated with other independent clinical and pathological risk factors, including axillary node status.
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Synopsis: Of 217 consecutive Hodgkins disease patients seen at M.D. Anderson with Stage I or II disease who received chemo- and radiation therapy, 12 had elevated b2M (> 2.5 mg/L). There was a trend for reduced relapse-free survival for those with elevated levels, and a significant correlation with reduced overall survival. Thus, an inexpensive and widely available laboratory measure might provide useful prognostic information in patients with Hodgkins disease.
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News: An elderly woman with end-stage Alzheimers disease was admitted to the hospital for pneumonia. On the third day of her stay, she was given an enema containing scalding hot water, which caused first- and second-degree burns. The burns were not discovered until nine hours after the incident, and 20 hours had passed before she was given any pain medication.
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Ten percent of children treated in the emergency department (ED) may get the wrong dose of medicine or be administered medication at the incorrect frequency, according to a new study.
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In spite of heightened awareness of bioterrorism, and the recent terrorist threat to hospitals in key U.S. cities, 70% of hospital emergency depart- ment (ED) managers polled at a recent conference revealed that their hospitals are not prepared to deal with bioterrorist-related medical emergencies.
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Tenet Healthcare Corporations claim that it considers Redding, CA, physicians as independent contractors, as opposed to hospital employees, will do nothing to lessen the companys exposure from a rapidly growing list of lawsuits filed by former cardiac surgery patients at Tenets two Redding-area hospitals, according to one of the nations leading mass torts attorneys.
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Pennsylvanias hospitals continue to struggle with the medical professional liability insurance crisis, according to a new member survey conducted by The Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania (HAP).
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A study at the University of Wisconsin (UW) Hospital and Clinics in Madison shows the hospital has reduced medication administration errors by 87% with the use of a hand-held wireless bar code scanner.