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- 5/4/2009
Pain meds account for one in five deaths after spinal fusion surgery
Pain medications are involved in more than 20% of deaths in the years after patients undergo spinal fusion surgery for low-back pain, a study in the April 1 issue of Spine suggests. - 5/4/2009
Cordoba: at the intersection of three histories in Spain
Muslims, Jews and Christians left their marks in this beautiful city - 5/4/2009
Family doctors likely to see expanded CA role
Head of Novartis Oncology gives an insider view on drug development; warns that as therapies help cancer patients live longer, long-term care will fall to family physicians - 5/4/2009
Keep women in early labour moving for better birth outcomes
Study confirms MDs' common knowledge, now hospitals need to accommodate moms - 5/4/2009
Photography on the wild side
For some physicians, medicine may leave no time for other ambitions; not so for Dr. Mark Freedman - 5/4/2009
CARDIOLOGY: Pacemaker-like implant helps after heart failure
Contractility modulation strengthens cardiac muscle contraction, boosts patients' quality of life - 5/4/2009
HELPING HAND: Take a lesson from kids in assertive communication
Set limits in your work by being calm, clear, direct and honest - 5/4/2009
'Arrivals screen' lands at hospitals
Keeps patients' families up to date without need to pester staff