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Surprising New Research about How Couples Argue0
- Lifestyle & Relationships
- October 27, 2011
New research shows that a couple’s level of fighting stays surprisingly consistent throughout the course of a marriage. According to Claire Kamp Dush, lead author of the study, “The most important takeaway is there is a lot of stability in conflict. If you’re finding it difficult to live with the level of conflict in your
READ MORESurgery may not be better for spine fractures0
- Consumer Alerts
- July 22, 2013
Back surgery may not be the best solution to fix fractures, according to a new study by the University of Washington. Spinal augmentation has been shown to relieve pain, but researchers found that those who had the procedure were just as likely to die or experience major complications as those who didn't have the procedure.
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Surgery centers don’t have to report deaths in 17 states0
- Headlines & Highlights
- August 14, 2018
“A Kaiser Health News & USA Today investigation found that surgery centers operate under such an uneven mix of rules across U.S. states that fatalities & serious injuries can result in no warning to gov’t officials, much less to potential patients.”
READ MORESurgeons Still Make Preventable Mistakes0
- Health & Healing
- December 24, 2012
Researchers at John Hopkins University have found that within the past 20 years, there were close to 10,000 reported instances when a foreign object was left in a patient, the wrong surgery was performed, or the surgery was performed on the wrong patient or wrong part of the body. These surgeries cost the healthcare industry
READ MORESurgeon general: Smoking to kill 5.6 million kids if we don’t act now0
- Health & Healing
- January 22, 2014
The first surgeon general’s report in more than a decade says over 20 million Americans have already died because of smoking, and another 5.6 million children could lose their lives if the rate of tobacco use doesn’t decline. As acting Surgeon General Dr. Boris Lushniak says, “Enough is enough. We need to eliminate the use of cigarettes and create a tobacco-free generation.”
READ MORESupermodel Niki Taylor reaches out to blood donors who helped save her life0
- Celebrity HealthStyles
- March 27, 2013
At a recent luncheon at the American Red Cross offices in Atlanta, Niki Taylor, a famous model who has been on the cover of over 300 magazines, was able to meet and thank some of the blood donors who helped save her life after the horrific 2001 car accident that left her with severe liver damage.
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