Proposed rules cut interns' shifts to sixteen hours
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education proposes supervising interns more strictly and shortening their shifts to 16 hours while keeping 24 hour limits for second year residents. All residents must explain roles to patients, with supervisors in charge. Public comment runs until August 9, 2010, with board approval needed and changes unlikely before July 2011.
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Chicago
Accreditation Council For Graduate Medical Education
Thomas Nasca
New England Journal of Medicine
Stem cell transplants restore sight after eye burns
Italian researchers report stem cell transplants from patients own eyes fully restored vision in 82 of 107 damaged eyes and partially in 14 others with benefits lasting up to a decade. The study, online in the New England Journal of Medicine, shows promise for chemical burn victims while noting limits.
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Los Angeles
Ivan Schwab
University of California, Davis
New England Journal of Medicine
Man struck by lightning mauled by bear in North Carolina
Rick Oliver 51 recalls two freaks of fate in weeks apart in Raleigh area. He was struck by lightning in 2006 and, while tending his farm on June 3, was mauled by a black bear in his front yard. Doctors treated deep wrist wounds and warned to keep pressure on. Experts note bear and lightning attacks are both extremely rare.
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Rick Oliver
Cary
N.C
Raleigh
North Carolina
Oliver
WakeMed
United States
North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission
U.S. Forest Service
Ross Leadbetter
University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
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