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Health News

A Medical Robot Makes Headway
2008-02-13 04:51 - You would never know a recession might be under way from looking at Intuitive Surgical, the leader in medical robot technology.

City Hospitals Reinvent Role of Emergency
2008-02-13 04:51 - New York hospitals are spending hundreds of millions of dollars rebuilding and expanding their emergency rooms.

Problems in Blood Drug Lead to Halt by Factory
2008-02-13 04:51 - A major maker of heparin, a blood thinner used widely in surgery and dialysis, has stopped making it after hundreds of patients reported severe allergic reactions to the drug.

Battle Against Counterfeit Drugs Has New Weapon: Pollen
2008-02-13 04:51 - A new investigation offers a model for attacking what has become a flood of fake drugs, which threaten to undermine the global fight against malaria.

Toy Magnet Swallowed? No Problem. Two? Call 911.
2008-02-13 04:50 - Swallowing a magnet the size of a watch battery is unlikely to cause health problems, but swallowing two can be fatal.

Building Organs Even the Prudish Can Handle
2008-02-13 04:50 - Dr. Carla Pugh builds anatomical models to help medical students learn to perform exams that might make them uncomfortable.

Finding May Solve Riddle of Fatigue in Muscles
2008-02-13 04:50 - Scientists are reporting that they have determined why muscles get tired and devised, for mice, an experimental drug that can eliminate fatigue.

You Remind Me of Me
2008-02-13 04:50 - Trying to decode the subtle cues that lead to human rapport, scientists have trained their focus on mimicry.

For an Era of Twins, the End May Be Near
2008-02-12 04:50 - The number of twins nationwide has increased by 65 percent in the past two decades in part due to reproductive technology for older mothers.

L.I. Hospital Scrutinized After Deaths of Patients
2008-02-12 04:50 - After a patient died of complications following a double mastectomy that she did not need, investigators are taking a close look at Mercy Medical Center.


 
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