Wrong site surgeries alarm to rise in hospitals
Chicago AP report says a hospital regulator warns of an increase in wrong site and wrong patient surgeries. Since 1998 there have been 136 such cases, with 108 in the last two years and 11 in the last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Joint Commission On Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations
Commission
Dennis O'Leary
O'Leary
American College of Surgeons
American Medical Association
Fluids in breast fluid may signal higher cancer risk
Researchers analyzed breast fluids from 7,673 women and found that those with abnormal cells in the fluid had about twice the risk of developing breast cancer. The study notes that fluid presence and cell type could become part of risk assessment, though further work is needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Journal of the National Cancer Institute
Margaret R. Wrensch
University of California, San Francisco
School of Medicine
Wrensch
Bruce F. Kimler
University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City
Kan
Kimler
Advisory panel on organ sharing faces scrutiny in liver distribution debate
A new IOM plan to rank patients within larger regions for liver transplants prompts concerns the 40 member advisory panel may be too large to work effectively. Experts say broader sharing could reduce national disparities, but officials resist immediate changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herndon
Institute of Medicine
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Robert Gibbons
University of Chicago
Gibbons
IOM
Clinton
Tommy Thompson
HHS
Wisconsin
United Network For
Richard Freeman
UNOS
Donor drought prompts new talk on increasing organ donations
An AP and Transplantation Network report details a government advisory committee meeting after over 5700 deaths awaiting transplants last year. The panel weighs its advisory role to the HHS secretary on UNOS proposed policies, with debate over its power and scope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Asher
HHS
UNOS
J. Thomas Rosenthal
University of California-Los Angeles
Gibbons
IOM
Thompson
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Twelve Apostles Church
Tarkwa
Ghana
Osorio
CARE
The
Organ Procurement
AP and Transplantation Network
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Dexter
P.O
Elford
Lincoln
Macy
Edwin
S.R
Chaves County
New Mexico
Town of
Elfort
NEPA
HUD
Harmon B. Clemmons Jr
LGD
Kay Roberts Caing
E. 2. Street
Dexter, NM
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