Goals for reducing injury deaths progress seen by CDC
Atlanta based CDC reports nine 1990 injury death goals nine years on. Six likely met, but falls and drowning targets likely missed. While car crashes, fires and gun incidents decrease, falls and drownings lag. progress varies by age group and region.
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Atlanta
United States
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Centers For Disease Control
CDC
Richard Lattin
Lattin
Doctors call for more humane circumcision methods
In Chicago, five doctors report that newborn circumcision causes pain and argue for anesthesia. The study in Journal of the American Medical Association tested lidocaine blocks on 60 infants, finding reduced stress with anesthesia but noting safety and reimbursement concerns. The authors urge parents to demand pain relief and note ongoing resistance from some physicians.
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Chicago
Howard Stang
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Journal of the American Medica. Association
United States
Stang
Dr. Stang
American Academy of Pediatrics
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Insurance status may steer lung cancer treatments
A Dartmouth and University of Vermont study of 1,808 cases, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, finds that insured patients and those who are married are more likely to undergo surgery, while uninsurable patients receive radiation or chemotherapy. The work notes potential inequities in care though experts warn other explanations exist and urge caution in attributing treatment decisions to finances alone.
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Boston
New England Journal of Medicine
E. Robert Greenberg
Dartmouth
University of Vermont
New Hampshire
Vermont
Robert J. Mayer
W. Bradford Patterson
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Experimental malaria vaccine shows promise in early human tests
In New York scientists report encouraging results from initial human trials of an experimental malaria vaccine targeting the parasite during red blood cell infection. Tests in young men show the inoculation delaying the parasite's progress and hint at protective potential.
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New York
Ear Reattachment After Pit Bulldog Attack in North Carolina
Two year old Chris Graham was mauled by three pit bulldogs on a farm in Columbus County North Carolina. Doctors at New Hanover Memorial Hospital reattached the ear after a veterinarian killed the dogs and found the ear intact in a stomach. The operation occurred within two hours of the attack and the boy remained in satisfactory condition as doctors awaited results.
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Wilmington
N.C
Chris Graham
New Hanover Memorial Hospital
Jeff Dineen
Leroy Graham
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