Medical Madoff: Data Faked in 21 Studies

"Over the past 12 years, anesthesiologist Scott Reuben revolutionized the way physicians provide pain relief to patients undergoing orthopedic surgery for everything from torn ligaments to worn-out hips. Now, the...

Hepatitis C Warning - Endoscopy Center of Nevada - Thousands at Risk

"The Southern Nevada Health District alerted patients that had received injected anesthesia medicine during medical procedures at the Endoscopy Center of Nevada, located at 700 Shadow Lane, of high risk...

Lethal injection challenge could halt Florida executions

 "The U.S. Supreme Court decided Tuesday to hear a case that challenges the constitutionality of death by lethal injection, putting Florida’s on-again, off-again death penalty back in limbo and potentially...

Twelve-year-old girl dies during circumcision in Egypt

Religious and health authorities of Egypt banned female circumcision after a 12-year girl had died on the hands of a doctor, performing the operation. The girl, Badour Shaker, died earlier in June while being...

Do your memories disappear when you sleep?

This article--which I had to read a few times to get to the heart of, thanks to the folks at Scientific American (more power to you for not playing dumb)--basically breaks down to this: they thought that our...

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