Could Modern Medicine Have Saved Lincoln?
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If Ford's Theatre had been in Baltimore, if the patient had been taken to the  state  Shock Trauma Center and if 1865 were 2007 . . . Abraham Lincoln might have survived the gunshot wound to his head.
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Years before its heart drug failed in massive human trials, there were indications such drugs might be dangerous.
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What was in many ways a great display of American medicine was also an example of whatâs wrong with our health care system.
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With heart disease by far the No. 1  cause of death in the United States, former President Bill  Clinton was hardly alone in his need for bypass surgery.
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Report on US college massacre says officials might have saved lives if they had acted sooner.
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Tony Blairâs future was questioned as never before today as he faced hospital treatment for a recurring heart condition. Before undergoing the two-and-a-half hour
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BELGRADE, Maine -- Fifty years ago, Ronald Herrick wasn&#39;t thinking about making medical history that would one day lead to saving countless lives.
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Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb had a gift for fixing heart defects in the tiniest patients, and it made him one of the best in the business. But that apparently wasn't good enough for him. Drummond-Webb killed himself Dec. 26 with an overdose of painkillers and bourbon, just three days after what seemed like another medical miracle: the successful use of a miniature heart pump that kept a 14-year-old boy alive until an organ became available for transplant.
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Treating heart-attack patients without losing any time and with a more aggressive regimen of cholesterol-lowering medicines can save many lives, shows new research.
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The study suggested that a widely used heart-surgery medicine might increase the risks of death and stroke.
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A new therapy shows glimpses of promise, but proving a benefit in heart patients could be hard.
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The Christian Science Monitor - On the eve of his election victory in 1997, Tony Blair famously declared that Britain had 24 hours to save its derelict National Health Service.
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He should have been in jail. Or maybe locked down in a hospital. Or maybe in a life-altering boot-camp drug treatment program. Some doctor, some jailer or some judge should have known to save Ken Caminiti from himself.
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This Australian seaweeed could yield a new treatment for cholera and perhaps a whole new type of antibiotic medicine, scientists said yesterday.
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Could that ancient practice of bleeding patients really have done some good? A scientist says new research on how germs thrive in the body suggests it just may have &#151; for some people.
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Comment is free: Andrew Rawnsley: His ideas for modernising our democracy are both exciting and risky. Politicians can never be sure where reform will take them.
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A drug popular in the 1960s could help scientists find a medical treatment for alcohol abuse.