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Doctors leaving foreign objects in patients
U.S surgeons leave a foreign object in a patient at least 39 times a week. They perform the wrong procedure on a patient at least 20 times a week. And they operate on the wrong body part at least 20 times a week. That is what Johns Hopkins...
Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests
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Chicago ophthalmologist indicted, allegedly stole from employee pension plan
A Chicago ophthalmologist who was the focus of a 2009 Tribune watchdog story was indicted by a federal grand jury this month on charges he defrauded his employees' pension benefit plan of more than $180,000. In a five-count indictment, Dr. Nicholas...Tags: Career and Workplace, Politics, Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Medical Procedures and Tests
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From the Right: Who will fund shortage in medical field?
We are facing the real prospect of a crisis in the healthcare field. Everyone in this country will be affected in the big cities and the small. The crisis will be far more dramatic in the rural areas than elsewhere. We are facing a critical shortage of...
Tags: Health Care Reform (2009), Education, Health Insurance Cost, Colleges and Universities, Nancy Pelosi
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Liberal or conservative? Court control at stake
LIVONIA, Mich. (AP) — One of Michigan's newest justices knocks down the belief that there's something wrong with having sharp differences at the state Supreme Court. Brian Zahra, who was appointed to the court in 2011 and wants to keep his job in...
Tags: Politics, Laws, Justice System, Lawyers, Judges
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Congressional candidate profiles
MEET THE CANDIDATES When Marylanders head to the polls Nov. 6, they will elect members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives in addition to casting their ballots for president. Dozens of people are running for a chance to represent the...Tags: Women's Health, Prescription Drugs, Social Issues, Agriculture, University of Michigan
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Arundel voters to decide matters of big importance, resolve tiny snags
Among the queries considered by the Anne Arundel County Council this year are issues large and small that lawmakers have asked voters to resolve: Should the Anne Arundel County Council take a vacation in August? What day should the county executive...Tags: Laws, Politics, Public Officials, Religion and Belief, Local Government
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How clout keeps court cases secret
On the eighth floor of the Daley Center, behind a locked metal door, is a narrow room known as the vault. Within its walls reside files that Cook County Circuit Court judges have ordered hidden from the public, something they have done hundreds of...
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics, Chicago Restaurants, Northwestern University
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FDLE report details sexcapades of former School Board member
The Broward School District now has its own Ken Starr-like report chronicling the sexcapades of an elected official. Teachers, principals, and administrators who work for the school district are abuzz about the steamy read behind the dully titled...
Tags: Email, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Company, Politics, Monica Lewinsky
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Election 2012: Multiple issues divide U.S. House hopefuls
jnatalie-lees@aberdeennews.comEditor's note: When South Dakota's candidates for the state's lone seat in the U.S. House visited the Brown County Fair, each took time to visit with an American News reporter. Democrat Matt Varilek of Sioux Falls is challenging incumbent Republican...Tags: Credit and Debt, Government Health Care, Tim Johnson, Politics, Energy
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Stephen J. Hughes
Services will be held at 6:30 p.m. Friday at the Grand Masonic Lodge, 304 International Circle, Cockeysville, for Stephen J. Hughes, 57, a former economist and founding partner of the Towson law firm of Treanor Pope and Hughes, who died June 4. Mr....
Tags: England, Towson, Catonsville, Justice System, Business Enterprises
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Details on midwife unaired in Hopkins malpractice case
When a jury ordered Johns Hopkins Hospital to pay $55 million to a Baltimore family whose newborn was brain-damaged, the case hinged on what doctors and nurses did in the two hours before birth.
But the jury never heard about the nurse midwife trying...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hagerstown (Washington, Maryland), Justice System, Obesity, Lawyers
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Doctors, hospitals concerned about hefty malpractice awards
Maryland's medical community is concerned about the potential fallout from two multimillion-dollar malpractice judgments awarded by Baltimore juries to families who blamed local hospitals where their babies were delivered for their children's...Tags: Obstetrics, Hospitals and Clinics, Montgomery County (Maryland), Glen Burnie, Laws
Dec 28, 2012
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Nov 30, 2012
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Nov 26, 2012
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Nov 3, 2012
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Nov 1, 2012
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Sep 30, 2012
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Aug 4, 2012
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