Nurse says Winnipeg patient got potassium at faster rate than ...
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WINNIPEG (CP) - The nurse who cared for an 83-year-old woman just before she died of a potassium overdose told an inquest Thursday that an intravenous pump was set at twice the speed she expected.
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The effectiveness of therapy for advanced breast cancer can be rapidly predicted by an analysis of the level of cancer cells in the patient's blood, according to a study.
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More patients are getting life-saving drugs quickly after a heart attack, according to a national survey.
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There are reports a bacteria plaguing Quebec hospitals is more widespread and deadly than previously believed. After studying the spread of Clostridium difficile bacteria at eight hospitals in Montreal, a
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A 39-year-old Douglas County resident has the flu. The Douglas County Health Department ran confirmation tests on cultures Tuesday.
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A simple system that checks how much blood a patient loses during surgery speeds recovery, NHS trials show.
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Life & style: How healthy can something be with eight teaspoons of sugar in it? Emine Saner on flavoured water.
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At Brigham and Women's Hospital, a group of doctors last week gathered around the ''most physiologically gifted athlete in the world,&quot; and watched her breathe.
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Research at a Welsh hospital finds most patients who think they have had their drinks spiked tested negative for drugs.
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Someone slipped into the rooms of six patients at a nursing home and cut the feeding tubes keeping them alive, police said Thursday.
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One in 20 patients in Northern Ireland catches an infection while in hospital, according to a new survey.
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WINNIPEGâCanada&#39;s newly minted &quot;doctor to the nation&quot; says although the threat of infectious diseases such as SARS remains real, the health-care system&#39;s ability to deal with them has improved greatly since 44 Toronto-area people died in an outbreak
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A Seattle hospital&#39;s recent decision to switch antiseptics from a brown solution to a colorless liquid appears to have played a key role in the death of an Everett woman.
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More patients visiting A&E are being seen quickly but there is still room for improvement, an official report says.
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Two more patients have developed respiratory illness symptoms at the Caritas Medical Centre, bringing the total cases to 30. Among them, six have fever, while the condition of the patient in intensive care is improving.
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Giving blood transfusions to patients with acute heart problems nearly triples the risk they will die or suffer a heart attack within a month, a study said on Tuesday.
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A registered and licensed nurse who gave more than 100 people at Whatcom County grocery stores questionable flu shots was found by police Thursday afternoon.