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America's Best Hospitals Rankings: Definitions
The meaning of reputation, patient safety index, and other factors that weighed into the rankings
July 15, 2009 - Avery Comarow - Best Hospitals
Health Buzz: Kidney Transplant Drug Warnings and Other Health News
Using supplements and herbals to fight cancer; hormone therapy and ovarian cancer.
July 15, 2009 - Health
Getting Medical Advice on the Web from Other Patients
Patients swap personal stories, offer help, and share studies at "crowd-sourced" disease sites.
July 13, 2009 - Nancy Shute - Best Hospitals
Treating Heart Failure: The Smartest Approach
Many doctors don't provide the right treatments, triggering unnecessary hospitalizations—even deaths.
July 08, 2009 - Deborah Kotz - Heart Health
Practicing Art on Medicine's Front Lines: Tales From the OR and the Bedside
Science takes doctors only so far. Then treatment becomes a judgment call.
July 08, 2009 - Deborah Kotz - Best Hospitals
Can Quercetin Improve Athletic Performance (and Protect Against Cancer)?
The supplement has shown promise in test tubes, but it's too soon to tell if it will work in humans.
June 25, 2009 - Katherine Hobson - On Fitness
Can Quercetin Improve Athletic Performance?
The supplement has shown promise in test tubes, but it's too soon to tell if it will work in humans.
June 25, 2009 - On Fitness
5 Funds That Are Off to a Fast Start in 2009
Front-runners include small and large, growth and value funds.
June 25, 2009 - Katy Marquardt - Money
Best Children's Hospitals: Defining the Terms
The meaning of Nurse Magnet, bloodstream-infection index, and other column headings in the rankings.
June 17, 2009 - Best Children's Hospitals
Cancer Drug Ups Risk of Clots in Veins
Those on Avastin faced 33% increased risk of dangerous side effect.
November 18, 2008 - HealthDay

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