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  Skipping CPAP May Mean Return to the Hospital for Apnea Patients

  THURSDAY, March 1, 2018If people with sleep apnea who’ve been hospitalized for any reason...

  • Posted March 1, 2018
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  Too Few Older, Hospitalized Patients Getting Flu Tests

  As a nasty flu season rages throughout the United States, new research finds that...

  • Posted January 24, 2018
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  Timing of Cardiac Arrest May Affect Survival

  Survival rates are rising for people who have cardiac arrest while in the hospital,...

  • Posted January 23, 2018
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  Spending More on Health Care? Here’s Why

  Americans spent more on health care in 2016, even though their use of health...

  • Posted January 23, 2018
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  Is Surgery Riskier for Black Children?

  Black children are more than twice as likely as white kids to die from...

  • Posted January 10, 2018
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  Can Video Games Hone ER Docs’ Skills?

  Emergency room doctors must think fast — and video games might help boost their...

  • Posted December 13, 2017
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  With A-Fib, Urban Hospitals May Be a Better Bet

  The chance of dying from a common heart rhythm disorder is higher for people...

  • Posted December 11, 2017
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  How Hospitals Can Go Green

  Hospital operating rooms produce thousands of tons of greenhouse gases each year, but changing...

  • Posted December 8, 2017
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  Shhhh! Patients Are Sleeping

  In hospitals around the world, noise complaints are booming. But some medical centers are...

  • Posted December 6, 2017
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  Another Opioid Scourge: Dangerous Infections

  The epidemic of opioid abuse in the United States has put hospital ERs on...

  • Posted November 30, 2017
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  How to Spot the Virus That Puts Some Babies in the Hospital

  Is your baby’s stuffy nose and cough just a cold or something more serious?...

  • Posted November 19, 2017
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