The Claim: If Possible, Avoid Hospitals on Weekends
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Many public services are less reliable on weekends. But does that apply to medicine as well?
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For players, any trip is a lesson in unintended consequences. Ivy League trips, with back-to-back games scheduled on Friday and Saturday so players donât miss as much class, are even more so.
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Workload and doctors who don&#39;t have enough time for patients are cited as causes of medical errors. By Lee Bowman / Scripps Howard News Service.
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A study reveals most doctors do not believe changes to out-of-hours services have improved patient care.
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A common treatment for head injuries could be killing rather than saving patients, experts warn.
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When patients with heart disease are brought to a hospital, why not suggest a screening for their family as well?
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Hospitals accused of keeping thousands of seriously ill patients in 'holding patterns'
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Scheduling surgery earlier in the day may help prevent unexpected problems related to anesthesia, including added pain and postoperative nausea and vomiting, according to a study conducted at Duke University.
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A new study on emergency rooms  disputes the common wisdom that the poor and uninsured are  filling them up.
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Hospital A&E departments are flooded with 1m boozers at weekends each year, a study says.
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even at some of the most reputable hospitals in the nation -- does not necessarily translate into longer life or better health and may in fact leave patients
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NEW YORK  - A substantial number of  "adverse events" -- many of which could have been prevented --  affect children in hospitals each year, according to a new  study.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I.  - Overworked, sleepy  doctors-in-training who hit the road after work are as much a  hazard as drunk drivers, a finding that could unleash a wave of  lawsuits against U.S. hospitals, a researcher warned on  Wednesday.
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People who occasionally have upsetting bouts of irregular heartbeats may be able to avoid a trip to the emergency room by popping a pill, much as those with chest pain do now with nitroglycerin, new research suggests.
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Requiring doctors and hospitals to report publicly on their performance and tying their pay to the results would dramatically reduce avoidable deaths and costs attributable
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SATURDAY 3PM: Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester United all to win, surely? If it were always so, we wouldnât bother enjoying sport and would garden or go to DIY stores every Saturday afternoon instead.
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Patients are not receiving the best care they could be because of the 48-hour GP access target.